NEW ORLEANS GYPSY

it was gonna be the best title ever but then I forgot what it was

Soy candles.  When they burn they release negative ions in the air.  Like thunderstorms and the ocean.  That can only be a good thing.

Jeans, dark wash, when I wear them make me feel invincible.

I remember riding the bike in high heels and thinking nothing of it.  Now I can only handle medium heels.

Tomorrow I get my hair cut and colored.  It's like an adventure, always, every damn day.  Can you imagine the dislocation I feel?  I'm getting my hair cut!  I'm sure you know what I mean.

Love,
Sinja Soosun *who drank so many beers

"From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere... If you never did, you should.  These things are fun and fun is good."- Dr. Seuss

Stance stance stance

I feel really good to be planting in a garden again.  I've got parsley, cilantro, sage, oregano, marjoram, basil, rosemary, peppermint, jasmine, mandeville, jalapenos, green peppers, banana peppers, bouganvilla, ferns, sunflowers, agave, clematis, wildflowers, and the trees all going really well right now.  The composting all winter long really did make a difference with the transplants - talk about a steaming pile! 

I also feel really good to be doing nice things for people who have done so many nice things for me.  The people who trusted that I would come back around, that I would reinvent my life and get to where I wasn't so ... homeless, quite frankly.  And now I'm getting ready for the Helvestons to stay with me, to potluck and dance and fresh fruit them silly! 

Feeling good is also about push-ups, honesty, fulfilling obligations, water, sleep, pets, and a trip coming up that I can't wait to take.  Ah yes, a road trip up the Eastern seaboard to my original city - New York.  It's gonna be swell, I'm gonna eat & drink David to the poor house (!), walk and talk art, lose myself in Little Odessa, see the Atlantic, and go shopping at H&M with Ginger.  That also feels good.  It's really quite swell, folks, isn't it? to feel good.

don't stop till you get enough

What if the audience for art (who they are and what their relationship to the work might be) were considered the goal at the center of art production, at the point of conception, as opposed to the modernist Western aim of self-expression?  And what if the location of the art in the world were determined by trying to reach and engage that audience most effectively?