..LiL' Diddies and Ladida..

.Most Valuable Lesson.

2012-02-18T08:19:00.000-08:00

"Embrace and engage each stage of life as it comes; each offers opportunities for artistic as well as personal growth. I loved the time I spent as an obsessive, nomadic young potter, yearning to work hard and learn and see and do everything, where the focus was on discovery rather than sales. It was exhilarating and exhausting". -Elizabeth Robinson, Ceramics Monthly, December 2010.

For the past nine years I have been working in ceramic studios where I have had the pleasure and pressure to make my own glazes, load my own kilns, fire, unload, and re-make glaze recipes.

I loved the freedom. I loved the process.

While in the process of moving to this here city called Chicago, my fiance and I would have lovely biking expeditions inspecting ceramic studios.
Lincoln Square Pottery Studio (www.comeplaywithclay.com) was perfect for this lil'Alley Cat. The space is filled with natural light, the floors and corners are clean from particles, and the gal who manages the non-profit is AMAZING.
Her name is Meg. She is intelligent, calm, organized, and naturally sweet. No saccharin sweet-N-low near.

I AM PROCESS DRIVEN.
Learning how to use premixed glazes, allowing someone else to load my items, and ladida..I didn't like it. Not one bit. I was in like..a clay river bed..stuck.
I dug myself up.
In the new year, Meg asked me if I would be her Intern.

YES. YES. YES. !!!

I have been a happy maker ever since. Glaze makin', testin', loadin'.

I hope I can mop the floors tomorrow.

My goal is to make a solid stock of items for local craft fairs, an etsy site, and..um..see what happens.

oh. ya. and. get a job.

.Pablo Neruda.

2011-09-30T01:39:00.000-07:00

Modest Mouse- One Chance (with Lyrics)

2011-09-22T08:38:00.000-07:00

.Celebrate.That Moment.

2011-09-09T07:10:00.001-07:00

.Celebrate.this Moment.

2011-09-09T07:10:00.000-07:00

Saturated Deprivation: An Installation by Dana Childs

2011-08-15T15:46:00.000-07:00

I met Mr. Dana Childs three years ago. We were assigned brother and sister ceramic duo at Chautuaqua Instition.

I AM IN AWE. wow. Dana. An entire tile room.
FUCK YA.

They say that grad school expands your mind. evaluates you. tears you apart. you're made to push your seams back together and make sense of your new body.
Some people come out looking just. TORN.
Some people come out anew. better than before.
Dana. YOU Look Fantastic.

Utility is Useless. Without the User

2011-07-05T06:29:00.000-07:00

WWW.RINGJINGLING.WORDPRESS.COM

Nothing matters when we're dancing

2011-05-31T07:50:00.000-07:00

! Mother Goose !

2011-05-04T11:55:00.000-07:00

One misty moisty morning,

When cloudy was the weather,

I chanced to meet an old man,

Clothed all in leather.

He began to compliment

And I began to grin.

How do you do? And how do you do?

And how do you do again?

dang momma.
go sit on your egg.
(snap.snap.snap)

Santigold | L.E.S. Artistes

2011-05-03T09:07:00.000-07:00

Charlie Chaplin- Table Ballet

2011-04-12T16:44:00.000-07:00

the weather in philadelphia is tempestuous.esque. i must admit... i enjoy days like this... the sound of rain and wind upon the roof in studio is pleasant. ... ... ... ANYHOO. you. whomever you may be. instead of showcasing another Dying Swan clip. I am posting a lil'cute.simple.Charlie Chaplin "ballet" clip.

moth to a flame

2011-04-10T12:04:00.000-07:00

this fella is one of Philly's Clay Studio Residents (http://www.ryanwilsonkelly.com/). I've seen him with my very eyes.several times. I've spoken to him once. outside the Ox. (an indie music.DIY kind of joint. it's pretty smokey.alt.youngstery.kid crowd) UM. ya. TOTAL CLAY CRUSH. ..i want to be his video girl..

.?.

2011-04-07T17:07:00.000-07:00

Simple. Enough. right. ? .

! Oh.That.There.Stranger(s) !

2011-04-02T09:36:00.000-07:00

The Stranger by Lord Huron

Georges Melies- Lune a un metre

2011-04-01T10:53:00.000-07:00

.the best three minutes of my day thus far.

ART THOUGHTZ: How to Make an Art.

2011-03-27T08:46:00.000-07:00

.GETTIN' SCHOOLED.

Галина Уланова танец умирающего лебедя 1956 год

2011-03-25T02:06:00.000-07:00

long before studying the days of rococo.
i was interested in ballet.
i enjoy the fluid movements of limbs.
watching a study of physical perfection.

recently.during my moments of silent.self.complaisance.ness
i watch clips of the white swan dieing.
(so morbid)
.giggle.

when this lin was a lil'one
...
i had a beautiful edition of "Swan Lake". (chris van allsburg)
'twas my favorite book.

in the book the swan, odette, drowns with her prince, siegfried. awe.
i try not to be a romantic.but.alas. i am.
...
i can only hope to die
with ballerina white swan like grace.

silly.silicosis.slippin in my lungs.
i'll die knowing i tried.

.that will be my grace.

(whomp.whomp)

Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone (Live Hotel 101 LA 2008)

2011-03-24T05:01:00.000-07:00

The Dying Swan

2011-03-23T08:58:00.000-07:00

HUM BOM!.

2011-03-23T08:34:00.000-07:00

Leonard Cohen - A Thousand kisses deep

2011-03-22T20:42:00.000-07:00

Shoji Hamada bowl

2011-03-19T09:40:00.000-07:00

Clay is primal. Functional objects have a tactile way of connecting us to each other and with the past. From the beginning of civilization people have been using clay to create the necessary containers for holding liquid or storing goods. The functional vessel evokes interaction; an individual intuitively knows how to use the item for their task. Pottery is a part of each person's daily ritual. A piece of pottery is a sculpture, a sculpture that has an intimate relationship with the viewer. There are not many sculptures that you are encouraged to hold in your hands, press upon your lips, or handle like you will the vessel. The use of handmade pottery completes the work and is itself, a Performance Art piece.

lalala human steps "amelia"

2011-03-18T22:13:00.001-07:00

.Flick.It.Yo.

2011-01-14T07:24:00.000-08:00

www.Flickr.com/photos/ashleylindodge

I made a Flickr account.

nothing.witty. to say about this fact.

pity.

Richard Brautigan (a 5min presentation)

2010-11-12T18:09:00.000-08:00

.Brautigan.

2010-11-10T07:13:00.000-08:00

All That Glitters: Jamie Vasta

2010-10-30T20:03:00.000-07:00

.Oh.Oh.Oh.

Contemporary renditions of classic themes always gets me excited.

.Carravaggio.

.Glitter.ized.Modern.ized.

.please.continue.

.smiles.

2010-10-25T21:30:00.001-07:00

in the morning i sway.slightly.

while the breeze passes my cheeks.

as i ride on a bike seat.

the nights linger on longer now.a.days. i don't mind.

cause.i've been at work.from sun.rise to sun.down.

i missed the sun.today.yesterday.and the day before.

though i know where he resides.

bummer.

fuckin.bummer.

oh.well.i got my mind.

i got this time.to.to.to.do.something.

'round.'round.'round.i go.cause i don't know where else to go.

giggle.

hm.i'm going to post some diddies.that make me smile.at times.

while i press.pug.pack.plan.and.ladida.during the days.of the nut cracker season.

(i call this time of year."the holiday season".the nut cracker season becuase.i go nuts.and.i crack.a couple times)

.whistles.whistling.good.times.whistling.and.whistlers.

.the friendly york.st cats.

.tasty local brews.

.dance partners.

!

2010-10-20T08:15:00.001-07:00

.Something.Positive.

2010-10-18T06:41:00.001-07:00

.

2010-10-17T20:54:00.000-07:00

.Ai.WeiWei.

2010-09-19T05:13:00.000-07:00

.this man is a valiant.artist.activist.

The triptych gained notoriety as an iconoclastic gesture, it encapsulates several broader constants in Ai’s work: the socio-political commentary on the random nature of vectors of power; questions of authenticity and value (vis-à-vis the artist’s comment that the value of “Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn” has today exceeded that of the once-prized urn itself), and the cycle of creative destruction necessary for any culture’s survival and evolution.

.Interesting.

2010-08-30T19:58:00.000-07:00

http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=129090687

(snip) interview between terry gross and tony judt.

GROSS: Now, you've written extensively over the years about European history. You've written about the European left. Now that your body is immobile, and your physical world has shrunk, does history matter to you as much?

Mr. JUDT: Yes, I think it does. I know that sounds funny, but it really does. I believe the reason is this - that all I ever wanted to do in life, professionally, occupationally, was teach history and read and write it.
You know, there are times I've thought: My God, you're a dull man, Judt. You know, since the age of 13 you've wanted the same thing, and now you're 62 and you still want it. But the upside of that is that I get as angry at bad history writing, or the abuse of history for political purposes, as I ever did.
I think, however, probably, that I am more also - not instead of but also focused on where we go now than I was 10 years ago. You know, 10 years ago, or whenever it was, I might be criticizing Clinton or Bush or Blair for some ridiculous policy, but it was very much in the sort of, the sense of that I'm doing what I can do, which is to write about politics in the public space.
But I think now I'm more worried about the future. The past is always going to be a mess. It's going to be a mess because it was a mess and because people are going to abuse it, get it wrong and so on. But I'm reasonably confident that with each generation of historians, we keep fighting hard to get it right again. But we could get the future very seriously wrong, and there it's much harder to get it right.

GROSS: Is that why your new book, "Ill Fares the Land," is, in a way, a letter to young people about applying the past to the future?

Mr. JUDT: Well, it's absolutely, deliberately a letter to young people, though it's not written down at all. And I would hope that a young person, aged 16, would want to read it. But it's about not forgetting the past, about having the courage to look at the present and see its faults without walking away in disgust or skepticism.
It's about believing, I think, really, I've been teaching for forty years now -I'm encountering the first generation of young people in colleges and schools who really do not believe in the future, who don't think not just that things will get evidently and permanently better but who feel that something has gone very badly wrong that they can't quite put their finger on, but that is going to spoil the world that they're growing up into.
Whether it's climate change or political cynicism or overreaction or lack of reaction to external challenges, whether it's terrorism or poverty, the sense that it's all got out of control, that they, the politicians and so on, media people, are neither doing anything nor telling us the truth, that sense seems to have pervaded the younger generation in ways that were not true in my experience.
Maybe the last time that might have been true was in the 1920s, where you had the combination of shock and anger from World War I, the beginnings of economic depression and a terrifying realization that there might very well be a World War II. I don't think we're on the edge of World War III or IV. But I do think that we are on the edge of a terrifying world. That's why I wrote the book.

GROSS: You compare that in your book to the attitude of young people in the '60s. You compare this sense of helplessness that you think a lot of young people have today to the '60s. And you say back in the era of self-assured, radical dogma, young people were far from uncertain. The characteristic tone of the '60s was that of overweening confidence. We knew just how to fix the world. It was this note of unmerited arrogance that partly accounts for the reactionary backlash that followed.
Do you feel that you shared in that sense of confidence and arrogance?

Mr. JUDT: Oh, absolutely. I don't think I would have felt comfortable writing that if I had been either born earlier or later because it would have sounded smug and a bit sanctimonious, an outsider, you know, dumping on the '60s and so on.
But in practice, that's my generation. I grew up with the idea that you only had to worry about ideas and change because things like jobs, things like physical security, could all be taken for granted. And that's, I think, a common Western position in those years, so that we had the luxury of sitting in comfortable colleges or with parents who would support us if the time came to it, looking at the world and saying it's terrible, it's terrible, we must change everything and we know how.
There was the residue of Marxism, which was still very much alive, kicking in the '60s, but in the worst possible sense in that Marxists were now young people, with the exception of a few old people, who thought that well, the West was a lost cause, liberalism was a fraud, the proletariat had disappeared. So let's focus on blacks or colonial, minority victims or someone outside ourselves. So we never looked hard at ourselves to ask what was wrong with our own society.

GROSS: So was there a particular dogma or philosophy that you felt you became, that you feel now in retrospect that you were overzealous and overconfident about?

Mr. JUDT: Well, in my case, there were two. I think most of my contemporaries were bound up, to a greater or lesser extent, with what they thought of as Marxism, the revolutionary critique of capitalism, changing the world in China or Cambodia or Africa or wherever it might be. I shared some of that coming out of an East European, self-taught, Jewish-Marxist background - both of my parents left school at 13, my grandfathers as well. But my particular form of ideological overinvestment came with Israel. I went to live on a kibbutz, and I'd idealized the world of collective agrarian work, where everyone was equal, everyone contributed, that all this awful European intellectual stuff just fell away.

.

2010-08-11T06:40:00.000-07:00

.Some.times.words.are not.necessary.

.33.

2010-08-05T11:08:00.000-07:00

.Hot.Pots.

2010-07-24T09:35:00.001-07:00

(NOTE.ALL.WORKS.HAVE BELLS.SECRET.BELLS.)

(i've been reading.diddies.on chaos.theory.)

I don't complain much. perhaps.because. i wasn't brought up as an air.conditioned.brat.

(i am not stating that all people with air conditioning.are brats. air conditioning would just make my daily situation.harder to adept too.honestly.)

I know it could always be worse.

it's fucking hot in this tin roofed.re.constructed.loading dock.

especially when there are three kilns going.

YUCK.

.i need to shower.

.twice.

HIGH.FIVE

.

2010-07-10T05:57:00.001-07:00

.!!.

2010-06-29T14:56:00.001-07:00

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on a .gin.whim. i locked my bike 'round a parking sign on second and market street.saturday night.06.26.2010. My legs skipped down the steps as i gathered loose change with my left hand. two dollar blue line ride to thirtieth street.indeed.

SEPTA.takes pennies.dimes.quarters.bills.ladida.just no slugs.those are best kept for fishing trips out of town.so i heard.once on a rainy day.but.no need for that story today.

...

anyhoo.

i paid exact change for a seat on the bolt bus.thirty-fourth and eighth.NYC.

i sat in awe.

i'm allowing myself.to fluff. i'm allowing myself to whim.!!!.i'm allowing myself to step aside.of my hibitual.ritual.work.mode.ness.yo.

i am able to take a gin.whim.trip.cause i got a kick.ass lady named DEVO.who lives in Bushwick.she's crafty with her hands.and.witty.sweet.with her mind.

i met her two years prior 'round these dates.at an art residency.gated community.in upstate new york.called chautauqua. we've been tight ever since.

i check my bag for a breathe.mint.diddie. i have no such item available. only a bike pump.a dieing phone.thirty dollars.a dirty ballet leotard.and.cotton shorts.

.it was the fluff i needed.

.thank you devo.

.caroline.maggie.eden.dave.and.dorie.

.it is always a pleasure seeing you.

.high.five.

!

2010-06-25T10:46:00.000-07:00

There is madness to my work.i mean i work so much i get mad.like a hat maker in the eighteenth century. giggle.s.
no. not really. i could work more.
always.more.always.i wake up to work.i live to work.i have nothing else to do but work.
i guess i could shower.i could go to that party.i could go to rittenhouse square.climb a tree.and people watch.i could.i could.i could do lots of things actually. i'm capable of getting a desk job too. nine.to.fiver.health insurance.
i choose to work in the constantly shifting.unstable.realm of art.making.
i chose this life.this time 'round.'round.'round.

what i'm trying to type. ... there is a.reason.theory. purpose. of some sort.

yes. yes. yes.

purpose.and thought process to my method of living.working.decorating.glazing..
and i really want to write it down. just not now.

.cause.i have to make more of these.but.with handles.oh.ya.new element.more time in a dirty hot studio with a cotton hat on.

.bells.lid.straw cups.

.high.five.

.

2010-06-25T10:30:00.000-07:00

.Tips.

2010-06-06T19:15:00.000-07:00

these here tips.i tap.tonight.so.you.whomever you may be.read what i decide to type.
hm.

.ants.follow chem trails to communicate.or.something like that.a friend once said to me.

.giggle.giggle.

i had a piece in a show during the past two months.DURING NCECA. ya. like. no big deal. whatever. YA RIGHT.

the Cohoquinoque Crew had an amazing stint at a "pop-up" art space in OLD CITY.holla.like.the SOHO.of philly.and.ya. it was truly overwhelming.amazing.part of my past.listed on page under the title of resume.shows. ...

made some sales. saw some old friends.made some new.

(thank you devan.kyle.myra.jeremy.and.cassie for there.special.awesome.high.fives)

cleaned up the streets of girard avenue.in a dinosaur costume. for four hours with the COHO CREW. yo. PHILLY CLEAN UP DAY.SHOULD BE EVERY.DAY.respect.the land which is covered in concrete.hobo.pee.and.needles.seriously. CONSCIOUSNESS.WILL CATCH ON.

i've taken plenty of walks.through alley ways. looking for art barks. and. pretty scenes.hardly seen.by main drag passers. bye.i say to thee.who don't see me.

my room.mate and i planted a garden in my neighbors back yard.on raised beds so the philly.filth does not seep into the tastee treats she and i are babying.

soon to be full grown.

cucumbers.eggplants.two types of tomatoes.several basil bushels.cilantro.dill.yo.something.else.oh. and a passion flower vine by my window.

silly duder.roo.ooes.

visited my Lady Devo.in Brooklyn. went to the indie venue.Death by Audio. went to the beach for birthday bash with a card.board cut out. saw a truly lovely male speciman.running.walking.naked.jumping.naked. his form was greek.god.like.seriously.

i bet he comes with paper work. ya know what i mean..?

OH. made a dotted.yellow vase hair.pig for charity.(http://www.adoptapig.org/). first to sell at B2 Gallery.in south philadelphia. TOOT.TOOT. to me. the people who put on the event heard my name because of this. that was a thrill.to meet them and not have to introduce myself.

i wore a dress.and.washed some silicates off my face. that was fun too.

(S.Kent)
another toot.a.too. to me. too. I sold five mugs at a NCECA show called "Get Mugged" in the borough of fish.town. at a cafe called Rocket Cat.in philly.!!. which was curated by a cool cat named Stephen Kent.he did the book.case.you may have seen this piece.cough.cough.in an issue of American Craft. high five.r. thank you to whomever is rattling those balls.i've rolled and placed upon the vessel.for.an added playful dash.to the ritual of drink.

those sales paid for my BALLET lessons at a lovely studio in center city. called. Symmetry.

(i'm taking the lessons.for several.several.several reasons. fulfill child.hood fantasy.,.submerse myself in fluid awe.some acts of spins whenever i damn well choose.,.learn a new art.craft.ritual.,.and.research for a performance piece i've been conjuring in my brain.for.years.)

Saw my Friend Kyle Housers ceramic work at the Center for Emerging Artists in a very fancy.clean part of this philthy.delphia. His art was on the post card as well. a deserved.high.five.to you sir. WELL.WELL.DESERVED.

.Danced.Danced.oh.danced. at a Felice Brothers show. GOsh. YO. COME TO PHILLY. SOON. the crowds in the PA. places. pennsyltucky.as some philadelphian.city.folks may say.are well. to sheltered.or something. okay.okay. LAME.

i will drive two hours to see those fellas play.but..gee golly.PLAY IN PHILADELPHIA. I SAY. I SAY. to no one. i'm typing..

NORTHERN LIBERTIES CRAFT FAIR MUSIC FEST.

kicked.ass.i thought.

hot.fun.times.

i hope the vendors the crew decided upon had a good time as well.sold.well.laughing often.and.well.just enjoyed themselves.well.well.well.

what else do i want you to read about..me..

i'm actually a silver.man machine.during most hours of the day.hey.hey.hey.

HIGH FIVE

.YAY.!.!.!.

2010-03-25T15:20:00.000-07:00

THE COHO CREW GOT THE MONEY FOR THE CLEAN UP PARADE.!.

.Seven Dollar Dress.

2010-03-24T08:12:00.000-07:00

I wore a dress worth seven dollars in the state of Iowa. My friend Gina lent me five of those dollars. The rest was paid for with a trout dish i made with twigs, figs, and dandelion wine.
Later in the day she and i traveled on down to Atlantis,creating rhythm with our kitty.heels hittin' the concrete.
We read the newspaper while sipping a local porter brew. We had two.
As i strolled on home, i overheard the leaves on a chestnut tree speaking to a woodpecker. "May you arrive in hell, pecker, thirty minutes before the devil knows you are dead".
"Until then".the pecker said."I'll continue pokin' at your strong stems".
The conversation made me crave a carrot.

.New.Cup.Move.Down.MOve.Down.Move Down.

2010-03-23T14:52:00.001-07:00

.

I bought my first hand made mug today. wow. ay. shame on me.
but. as a potter.with potter friends. there is a.lot. of exchanging going on...

This Artist is Stephanie Kantor. she has a wordpress.com (link along the edge).
but.since you are here..she is a painter.and.potter working at red star studios in kansas city.
.(check out her wordpress. her quality is top notch. her style is a high.fiver in the air.awesome.).

.I saw a Post Modern Art Bark (art.art.art.art.bark.like a seal) while walking through a fish.town alley.the piece made me giggle.as i swayed my way to la.studio through the dribbling march rain.

..

.CoHo.Crew.SHOW.

2010-03-16T13:41:00.000-07:00

.CoHo Crew. Clean.Up.

2010-03-13T13:11:00.000-08:00

I feel fortunate to be involved with young.struggling.dedicated makers of art who are conscience of their surroundings.

There is time.to make a difference in our society.
Think Local. Think Organic.Think.Think.Think.Fabric bags.not.Plastic.Car Pooling. Bicycling. Walking.Public Transportation.Think.Pulling your weeded garden.not.Spraying Chemicals.Cold Water for Laundry.not.Hot. Air Dry.what you can.

gee golly..

Just fucking think. Please.

The Coho Crew wrote a proposal for Earth Day/Philly Clean-Up Day.(for that beast called money..)

Whether or not the crew receives the money for rubber gloves and poking sticks. We are parading around.picking up trash along the way.with gloves and poking sticks.
(i'm going to make a corset vase vest diddie...my "theme" for the out.fit..crazy eighteenth century prostitute.esque..powder in my teased out hair and..ladida..)

*Description of the organization: (mission, history, and accomplishments, with a focus on capacity to develop the proposed project.)

The Cohoquinoque Crew is a collective of artists in Philadelphia catalyzing creativity in their community through positive social adventures. The crew is comprised of contemporary artists who, for the love of making, wish to preserve and promote the innovative culture found in their neighborhoods-Fishtown and Northern Liberties.

The Coho Crew hosts community and environmental service activities to sustain clean and growing neighborhoods. We, also, hope to promote friendship and cooperation between these two neighborhoods.

The most recent accomplishment of the Coho Crew is the Rock Bass Rainbow Fest, a two day festival comprised of a fashion show, music, and an art/craft fair. The festival featured local artists, musicians, and vendors. Participants and patrons during the festivities donated food for our city’s Philabundance program.

Our goal is to use our creative resources for positive impact in our neighborhood and in our city. During Philly’s Spring Clean Up day, our collective hopes to inspire fellow neighbors by joining in our enthusiasm and dedication to the environment and our community.

Description of the neighborhood: (boundaries of the area neighborhood, appearance and open spaces (including community facilities)

The Coho Crew's focus for this project will be on their neighborhoods of Northern Liberties and Fishtown; specifically on the street that splits them, Girard Avenue!

Description of the project: (location, current condition, plans for site use, progress on this plan, community support for project, and any match funding or agreements with partner organizations.)

Girard Avenue is covered in trash. Our small group will make a big difference by cleaning from Shackamaxon Street, the location that William Penn and the Lennape Indians signed a peace treaty, continuing our march down Girard Avenue, concluding at 8^th and Poplar. Our crew will then join forces with the Northern Liberties Neighbors Association to clean up the baseball park.

We are proposing a cleaning parade consisting of the following: colorful trash and recycling bins, musical instruments, participants in costumes, gaining attention for our cause. The whole process will be filmed and documented for a later art project. The collective of artists that make up the Coho Crew will then take what was found on Girard and either dispose of it accordingly or create a collaborative art piece to commemorate Philly’s Annual Spring Clean up!

Through advertising for this parade and through the fun energy we create on the day of the clean up, we hope to have volunteers join in helping us with this project.

Impact of the project and future sustainability: (planned or anticipated programming in project location, plans for continued maintenance (including long-term maintenance budget and timeline), and how project fits into community plans for neighborhood.)

It is our hope that this parade will inspire the neighborhoods of Fishtown and Northern Liberties to take more pride in their surroundings and take care of their streets.

It is also a way to express concern to the advisory committees of these neighborhoods to take a look at how unclean the border between these two communities have become, and,maybe,they will initiate a plan to start beautifying this area.

This clean up day will not only brighten up Girard Avenue, it will also be a catalyst for future clean up projects and art pieces amongst our energetic and creative neighbors.

...Why I Cup...

2010-03-08T21:49:00.000-08:00

.Why I cup. (one a.m. modified version..)

Fucking ay.
Why..?

I became truly interested in the making of vessels while studying Art History. I was thinking about delving into the field of iconography (an iconographer).
Which...You know..I could still study how certain symbols have evolved through the years. A great deal of advancements in media, communication, and an individuals confrontation/involvement with imagery has altered certain icons. (side note.i began college as an english and philosophy major(s)...)

Anyhoo..I realized while studying the classic Flemish.Dutch still life paintings..that..I could make the items which carry.hold.and.continually sustain meaning.

The process of creating these vessels..Overly.Whelming.

Wedging.Throwing.Chemistry.Kiln Gods.and.my own Mortality.

Then..to learn the history of ceramic art. Also. Overwhelming.

long hours.dry hands.perseverance.

I am proud to be a part of the pottery tradition.

(some recent.work)

..Gee Golly..

2010-03-04T16:03:00.000-08:00

.I almost do not know what to type.
I should not be typing. I should be working.
But. I am so excited.
.in twenty.two days. the space below will be..The Meeting of the Chiefs..exhibition. In Ole.City Philadelphia.which.is like..the..SoHo of New York.Ole City is gallery.after.gallery. corporate.esque.gotta know.gotta smoooze..gotta..ladida.

The Coho Crew..we are motivated.we are young.we are Non.Profit.
WE ARE STRUGGLING ARTISTS!!

..gee golly..

(22 N. 3rd Street)

.

I am a Potter

2010-02-26T15:18:00.000-08:00

I am an Idealist.
I am a Process addicted Romantic.
I am a Potter.

pottery...

I have heard people say that the inside of a vessel is a symbol of a female..well..a vagina. And. Yes. a void within a strong form which serves a purpose. Makes sense.Right..??
The statement makes my feminist side smile...My critical side shrug. Like. ay. Fucking. ay. anything.and.everything that holds an object can be related back to the female reproductive.

High.Fiver.
Recognize and Respect.
(more feminist then angst.critic about this subject i suppose)

Question Mark..

Do men get excited about handles on vessel forms..??
'Cause i place them on forms to make a..Mug..(!) ..

Teapots..Gee golly..

spouts.
(and a handle)

I have seen many ball and penis looking tea.pots..
It is harder..then one may think..to make one pour to satisfaction.

Pottery.
i am a kiln slut.
I've been hopping state lines.kiln.to.kiln.
The difficulty of continuing a Pottery Practice outside the academic sphere is a challenge.. that i have been fortunate enough to...Continue.
(i do not give sexual favors to any kiln master. just to let you know...)

I'm two Kiln Firings away from an Etsy account. A show. and. A Festival (application).

Lots of happenings.

(Lunch Plate.2010)

.snow.snow.snow.

2010-02-14T04:03:00.000-08:00

yesterday.
i walked atop the tips of trees
beneath a blue celadon sky
left of a rutile peach horizon line
'twas a lovely scene
indeed.

oh. snow.snow.
you are pretty and ladida.
i wait patiently for you to leave.
four days.
no heat.
no electric.
i am far beyond my deadlines.

buses cannot fit in the philly streets.
my death will be of suffocation from silicosis.
not from a silly slip on a bike seat.

snow. you can not read.
snow. you are just cold h(2)o.

The Coho Crew had to cancel the bake sale account of the snow and la.di.da.
One of our members sold our cards at an art opening diddie last night. so. hopefully that went well.

.LA.DI.DA.

Love.
Hm.Hum.A.Humma.

Love.
Love is..Lust.
Love is Llust.
With a Blanket of Respect..
Basket of Patience..
Bottle of Time..

Find a shaded spot..
Fill your cups..

(Twice)

CoHo Crew

2010-02-03T16:02:00.000-08:00

The night sky is velvet.ee blue
indee.la.dee.do
may i remind you..?..that my eyes are the color of poo.
gee golly.
there must be a better thing to post then this here dude.a.roo

diddies.dots.and.pots are the best things i do.

i am now part of an ART CREW!!

.WOO.HOO.

The Cohoquinoque Crew
-www.cohophiladelphia.wordpress.com-

"the deal"
Cohoquinoque is a group of artists in Philadelphia working towards the organization of positive social adventures and the preservation and promotion of creative culture for the love of Making.

We are currently working on a show for the NCECA. in the month of April.
which.for me.is truly exciting.

next weekend we are having a bake sale. v-day card sale. and. ladida. on 2nd street..near the foodery.

lil.pre.view..

alright.now.i gotta try to make something of myself.
tootles

ROCK BASS RAINBOW FEST!!!

2009-12-08T07:21:00.000-08:00

oh.ya.
rock .bass.rainbow fest!!
i got accepted to a weekend festival diddie.

the first night is a fashion show and dance party..
perhaps the years of me meandering the streets and ladida will pay off when i strut on the cat walk wearing my new friend brooke's pieces.
oh.ma.goodness.

saturday is a artsy.fartsy crafty sale.
this is my coming out philly diddie.

i haven't shown my work since my 2008 (?) summer at chautauqua.

i'll post pictures when i can.
when i can afford to get my computer fixed/buy a new one.

it's been a tiring autumn season.

'round.'round.'round i go

2009-12-08T07:12:00.000-08:00

i told ol'gordon to stay where he stood
so i knew where to find him when i come back 'round.
he reminded me that ol'grand dad is waitin'
to warm my coffee at ten and twelve.
a good cup makes me grin.

don't ya know..?

well.i'll tell ya when you come 'round
how this proletarian gets on..
gets on..
under the ramped rounds of I-95.
no lie.

all is well.
as far as i can tell.
when good ol'grand dad is 'round.

"Hey there..
the factory could smell worse
on this here stagnat day darlin."
he says..

he says to me.

takin' my hand that good ol'grand dad.
later he be tellin' me stories
'bout singin' off key but keepin' with the beat.
i start snappin' my fingers
to the s0und of two soles shuffling dirty concrete floors.

all is well.
as far as i can tell.
when good ol'grand dad is 'round.

darlin did you see that moon..

2009-11-05T05:24:00.000-08:00

did you see that there moon darlin'..
in the month of november..
in the year '09..?
the harvest tones are warm in a cardigan
while shim.shim.shivering.shimmering
'cross the delaware on i-95 .
i sat on the passenger side in a dead.heads honda
passing d.w.a's pondering the thought of cliches.
i coughed.
perhaps in several days the silica will settle with the clay
and i'll be a better creation that day.
hey.hey
nani.nani
she.said
shakespeare.said
back in the day.
but.today. i sit in a rocket cat coffee shop
down a block.between.the bar of atlantis and a space
i pay to place my stuff.
but. hey.
i shouldn't be here.
so. high-fiver in the air.
.cause i have to bike eight miles to work on a converted loading dock.

(wink)

2009-10-20T19:09:00.000-07:00

i'll post today.
just to say i posted today.

.hey.hey.

there went the day.

where. .?
there.

over beside where they're sitting on their...what's that there. .?

unknown.

...giggles...

.Gee Golly.

2009-10-02T18:21:00.000-07:00

Gee golly.

Anyhoo..
loop.de.loop

I had a lil.ald.pottery seven hour throwing session today.which.is pretty awesome.
It’s hard to find that kind of time.for me.time.

.ladida.

I have gotten good at being a Silverman Machine..I can put one hundred Silverman handles on his mug forms in three hours. Three hours. One hundred handles. Hi.

.la.dida.

Gee golly.

It’s weird to think about...

On the positive..I’m getting really good at my job.
I’m not going to dive into the negatives..cause..I don’t want too.

Cheers to you.
Cheers to me.
Cheers to whatever may be.
Maybe.
Just kidding. Gotta let be.be. Indeed.

(.egon.)

2009-06-05T06:31:00.000-07:00

It’s nine am. I’m sipping a glass of wine.
I woke up at six am. Willa was whimpering.
I thought to myself. Ya..So..If I woke up at nine..three hours later it would noon..an appropriate time for glass of wine. Not. Alot..just a diddie. So. I justified my glass of wine as a breakfast component this morning.

Funny true story..several months ago I was online..and a website pops up..it’s a..no lie..Ancient Chinese porn website..I write porn because it was incredibly graphic, interesting, and gave my puter a lot of virus..then my puter crashes completely. After my computer has enough strength and space to work..Lil Miss Willa-Nilla D gnawed my power chord. Urgh. Just in time for some fools to steal my phone at work. No communication is nice for a hand full of days..then I start thinking about all the things I want to say. Want to do. All online. I’m starting to fulfill my online fantasies this morning before work.

I will finish this post with a poem..

Whatever which way
May i. May.June.July
a certain way.

i want to play everyday.
do whatever i want that day.
Moment by moment
i want to praise my way.
Yay.

.ald.06.02.09. c.engman .pic.

2009-06-01T10:49:00.001-07:00

.Willa Nilla D.

A month ago i was working at the studio during the evening and i heard little cat whimpers from a "dead space" in the warehouse. i tried to find the kitten.but.couldn't.

..jump.skip.high fiver in the air and two days later i finally found the kitten in a gutter like area under a broken freight elevator. i rolled around in a dead mouse for three hours until i noticed the dead mouse and then a half an hour later grabbed the kitten by the neck.

I named her Willa-Nilla D.

she makes me happy.

2009-03-12T06:44:00.000-07:00

Sometimes..i just want to hang out with my buddies.eat cupcakes.drink tea.with gin. and watching the tree limbs sway..but..mostly i just want to work. while eating cupcakes and drinking gin.

This is my first year out.official year. of school. (i was a ceramic tech at a small college in the hills of West Virginia for a year). It think about how i spend my time..and..what i am working on..and..why.

i feel like i can't just work to work. make a mug for the gee golly thrill..like..i have to do something..bigger. I've really been trying to think about something larger then the making. but. i have been making just for the love of making.

i never want to loose my love of making.

NOTE..
MY BOSS MAN TALKED TO ME ABOUT MONEY THAT DAY. MONEY AND FUTURE DIDDIES. YA. FREAK ME OUT. I'M ABLE TO LIVE.BY.LIVING IN THE MOMENT. I TRY NOT TO THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE.FAR.FUTURE. BECAUSE THE FUTURE IS NOW.WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. SO. WHEN I JUST FOCUS. I AM A LOT HAPPIER.

I DON'T LIKE THINKING ABOUT HYPOTHETICAL SITUATIONS. TOO MUCH.

2009-03-08T10:10:00.001-07:00

.Egon.

I hear birds chirping.

I'm listening to the tunes of Laura Veirs.

I see the bare limbs

of a chestnut tree

and

the spicky spore nut diddies

that hang slightly below.

Today will be a good day.

i'll make it that way.

2009-03-04T05:26:00.000-08:00

Judith Schaechter..She's a real filly philly..

She was interviewed in for the February/March American Craft Magazine...she's awesome..she's up there with Ani D. for female awesome.ness..

"My new thing right now is I think that the whole craft identity crisis is a projection from art. It's ART that has the identity crisis. Craft is fine."

2009-02-24T17:46:00.000-08:00

so. i haven't touched the tips of my fingers to my computer's letters faces..ya..for quit some time.."four months" the captioned said. for reasons of this and that and ladida..life. one can make up plenty of excuses..just to make up excuses..but..why do we always want to do..or desire to do soo many diddies anyways. some think life is short.the days are long. but. the watch is constant.

or something..

we all say something....

here is something..

this is what i call.. The Jason Silvermanite... a theory.. a statement from jason silverman's mind.. (these words are not full quotes just a simmer.ized verision..as i remember it..)

the prison system..fucked up..we feed.shelter and ladida these men and women and what do they do..? lift weights.read.chill.smoke.think.doodle...anyhoo...weeell..

the system should not punish these peeps with years in prison but with measurements..yes..of watts. ENERGY. like hamsters.. The prisoners should go on bikes and just pedal. fucking ay..paddle.. think about it..it allows the prisoners excercise.endorphines.time to think.and time to give back. YESS.

.i can make you smile.

2008-10-14T05:15:00.000-07:00

I can make you smile...with...

Teacups

Parties

Pots &
(shoko teruyamalg)
Poop
(shaton)

Morning giggles with a cup o coffee. i'm going to studio soon. i'm wrapping a huge order for Green Mountain Coffee for mr. Jason Silverman.
i really enjoy my silverman gig. he's a great guy. intelligent.dedicated.good worker.and.my employer. WOW. i have a job in clay!

i can't wait to work for myself though..oh..oh..economy..

2008-09-20T20:23:00.000-07:00

...LaLaLaLaLa...

I usually just have to shut my ears..and..go on with the day(s) trying to not think of all the things in this society I have no control over..

Corruption is the core of the American Democracy Tradition.
..that is all I’m going to say right now..

Ladida..

I need some Visual Stimulation..

check this out..

2008-09-20T18:11:00.000-07:00

DemocracyNow.org

2008-09-20T17:57:00.000-07:00

John McCain...
If elected, he'd be the oldest president ever inaugurated. And after months of slamming Barack Obama for "inexperience," here's who John McCain has chosen to be one heartbeat away from the presidency: a right-wing religious conservative with no foreign policy experience, who until recently was mayor of a town of 9,000 people.
Huh?
Who is Sarah Palin? Here's some basic background:

She was elected Alaska's governor a little over a year and a half ago. Her previous office was mayor of Wasilla, a small town outside Anchorage. She has no foreign policy experience.
1
Palin is strongly anti-choice, opposing abortion even in the case of rape or incest.
2
She supported right-wing extremist Pat Buchanan for president in 2000.
3
Palin thinks creationism should be taught in public schools.
4
She's doesn't think humans are the cause of climate change.
5
She's solidly in line with John McCain's "Big Oil first" energy policy. She's pushed hard for more oil drilling and says renewables won't be ready for years. She also sued the Bush administration for listing polar bears as an endangered species—she was worried it would interfere with more oil drilling in Alaska.
6
How closely did John McCain vet this choice? He met Sarah Palin once at a meeting. They spoke a second time, last Sunday, when he called her about being vice-president. Then he offered her the position.
7
This is information the American people need to see.

She is really just a mayor from a small town outside Anchorage who has been a governor for only 1.5 years, and has ZERO national and international experience. I shudder to think that she could be the person taking that 3AM call on the White House hotline, and the one who could potentially be charged with leading the US in the volatile international scene that exists today. —Rose M., Fairbanks, AK

She is VERY, VERY conservative, and far from perfect. She's a hunter and fisherwoman, but votes against the environment again and again. She ran on ethics reform, but is currently under investigation for several charges involving hiring and firing of state officials. She has NO experience beyond Alaska. —Christine B., Denali Park, AK

As an Alaskan and a feminist, I am beyond words at this announcement. Palin is not a feminist, and she is not the reformer she claims to be. —Karen L., Anchorage, AK

Alaskans, collectively, are just as stunned as the rest of the nation. She is doing well running our State, but is totally inexperienced on the national level, and very much unequipped to run the nation, if it came to that. She is as far right as one can get, which has already been communicated on the news. In our office of thirty employees (dems, republicans, and nonpartisans), not one person feels she is ready for the V.P. position.—Sherry C., Anchorage, AK

She's vehemently anti-choice and doesn't care about protecting our natural resources, even though she has worked as a fisherman. McCain chose her to pick up the Hillary voters, but Palin is no Hillary. —Marina L., Juneau, AK

I think she's far too inexperienced to be in this position. I'm all for a woman in the White House, but not one who hasn't done anything to deserve it. There are far many other women who have worked their way up and have much more experience that would have been better choices. This is a patronizing decision on John McCain's part- and insulting to females everywhere that he would assume he'll get our vote by putting "A Woman" in that position.—Jennifer M., Anchorage, AK

Sources:
1. "Sarah Palin," Wikipedia, Accessed August 29, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin (not the best of source..in my opinion..)
2. "McCain Selects Anti-Choice Sarah Palin as Running Mate," NARAL Pro-Choice America, August 29, 2008 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17515&id=13661-10026142-OWDXxVx&t=1
3. "Sarah Palin, Buchananite," The Nation, August 29, 2008 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17736&id=13661-10026142-OWDXxVx&t=2
4. "'Creation science' enters the race," Anchorage Daily News, October 27, 2006 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17737&id=13661-10026142-OWDXxVx&t=3
5. "Palin buys climate denial PR spin—ignores science," Huffington Post, August 29, 2008 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17517&id=13661-10026142-OWDXxVx&t=4
6. "McCain VP Pick Completes Shift to Bush Energy Policy," Sierra Club, August 29, 2008 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17518&id=13661-10026142-OWDXxVx&t=5
"Choice of Palin Promises Failed Energy Policies of the Past," League of Conservation Voters, August 29, 2008 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17519&id=13661-10026142-OWDXxVx&t=6
"Protecting polar bears gets in way of drilling for oil, says governor," The Times of London, May 23, 2008 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17520&id=13661-10026142-OWDXxVx&t=7
7 "McCain met Palin once before yesterday," MSNBC, August 29, 2008 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=21119&id=13661-10026142-OWDXxVx&t=8
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2008-08-28T10:23:00.000-07:00

Here are a Few of My Favorite Things!

.The Ceramic Arts. (Naomi Cleary,Tammy Marrinuzzi, Kyle Houser, Me)

Moments of Leisurely Activity..(Boldini.Me.Cooper)

..Friends.

.Giggles. (MulletPony.com)

.Sensitivity and Sweetness.

.Swings.Sets.
.Shots.of. Espresso.

.Mysterious Characters.

(Nosferatu and Shadow)

.. Playful Characters.

(George Ohr and A Funny Little Bunny)

19th Century Story Telling..
.Iconography.

(Calascione and Carravagio)
Innuendoes..

(Mapplethorpe)

Ladida..I'll List More Later...