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So this explains it...

Horoscope for week of July 26 2007

VIRGO

In the language of the Hopi Indians, koyaanisqatsi means "crazy life," "life in turmoil," or "life out of balance." It's usually invoked to describe a culture that's in disarray because of corruption and lack of vision. In the horoscope you're now reading, however, I'm using it to identify a chaotic state that each of us periodically goes through in our personal life. It's a phase when we lose our moorings, when we're out of touch with our moral center. On the one hand, it's uncomfortable and disorienting. On the other hand, the brain-scrambling it stirs up is often a blessing. It flushes out mental habits that no longer serve us. It provokes creative innovations by rearranging the contents of our psyche. According to my reading of the omens, this is such a time for you, Virgo. Happy koyaanisqatsi!

Waterspout in Luquillo???

Yep, I have it on video and in photo. It was pretty awesome to watch.

StudioTime:Hurray

Yesterday was an event filled day, beginning with a trip to San Juan to check on some exhibition space for Guild members. Then returned home to discover a message that one of my paintings,"Baile de las Flores" at the gallery sold. This morning I headed over to clean up the painting and take the COA and registration for it. I did my goodbyes and off she went. It is always a bit sad when a painting is sold. So much of me goes into it when I am painting that a piece of me goes with it when it is sold.

I returned home and headed straight into my studio. I had a successful day today.

Can't wait til tomorrow.

There's No Place Like Home

After two weeks on the road, I am finally back home. My return trip from Atlanta left a lot to be desired. My original flight from Atlanta to Miami went fine, except we had to sit on the runway in Miami for an hr while waiting for bad weather to pass before being able to get off to make my connecting flight. My connecting flight was delayed and then eventually cancelled due to a problem with the locks in the luggage compartment below. Thank goodness I have friends in Miami that I was able to stay the night with. After a short shopping spree to KMart, I was unable to get may baggage back, I managed a good night's sleep and made it back to the airport early Friday morning to catch my 10:20 flight back to San Juan. Upon my arrival in SJ, my bags were no where to be found. When I went to the baggage assistance area, they were able to retrieve one of my bags and sent me on my way. Of course, my other bag was there also, but they didn't bother to look, so I had to wait till Sat evening before getting the rest of my belongings. But all is well and good.

My trip to Atlanta was great. Went to the High Museum of Art where there were exhibitions of Annie Lebowitz, photographer and Cecilia Beaux, a portrait artist. I really enjoyed Beaux's portraits. Lebowitz's photos were amazing, but I didn't feel a connection with them. There was also a huge crowd of people there, making it difficult to view the exhibit.

Of course, once again, my favorite image in the museum was another Keifer painting named "Dragon". I am really loving Keifer. I admired his work in college, but had forgotten how fabulous his textures are and how moving his images can be. The photo just does not due justice to this piece or any of his pieces.

I am heading back into my studio as I have an exhibition in Delaware to prepare for. After seeing Keifer, I am wondering how this will impact my future pieces. Guess we will find out.

Art Quotes

"Above all, it is a matter of loving art, not understanding it."
Fernand Leger
"There's no retirement for an artist, it's your way of living so there's no end to it."
Henry Moore
"Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language. I don’t know what to say about what I paint, really."
Balthus
"A sincere artist is not one who makes a faithful attempt to put on to canvas what is in front of him, but one who tries to create something which is, in itself, a living thing."
William Dobell
"O great creator of being grant us one more hour to perform our art and perfect our lives."
Jim Morrison
"I just wanted to find out where the boundaries were. I've found out there aren't any. I wanted to be stopped but no one will stop me."
Damien Hirst
"The method of painting is the natural growth out of a need. I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them."
Jackson Pollock
"It's not a matter of painting life, it's a matter of giving life to painting."
Pierre Bonnard

Stone Mtn Parkway

After a day of rest from traveling on Friday, up at 3:45 am to catch my 6:30 am flight, I am ready to begin exploring. Upon my arrival in Atlanta, I picked up my rental car and drove to Stone Mtn. Thank goodness for Mapquest. I found my sister's house with no problems. I then went to Best Buy to pick out my new little Point and Shoot camera. I got the Sony Cybershot. I waited until I got to the states because this same camera in PR was $40 more than if buying it here or online. My Olympus is really getting old and after my media card was corrupted during my trip to Denmark, I was unable to find another card for it, rendering my reliable camera useless. For now I just got a small little take everywhere camera until I am ready to get another SLR by the end of the year.

During my brief sightseeing yesterday, I was driving down this rode and looked up in front of me and saw the carving of Stone Mtn right in front of me. The site was really spectacular and caught me completely off guard. Good thing there was not any traffic in front of me. Anyway, today I am hoping to venture out and do some more sightseeing. I hope to have some photos with my new camera later.

Traveling once again

On Friday I am leaving for Atlanta to visit my sister and hopefully do some museum and gallery browsing. I am also heading to Nashville and Jacksonville for a few days. Lots to do to prepare for my trip. I am planning a trip to the Atlanta Art Center and to various other galleries around.

Before I leave, I also have to put together a small exhibition of about 9 pieces to put in a local exhibition in Luquillo. No sense in having work laying around the house and studio when it can be hanging somewhere. I keep tripping over them in my studio.

I am still trying to fix my PC. What an adventure this has turned out to be. It appears that my CPU is shot and I can't access any of my old files to transfer them to my Mac. I am so glad I have the Mac. I actually have two. My studio desktop Mac, Big Mac, and my Little Mac laptop that I use for traveling. I had been running my PC simultaneously to backup Window files for my Mac when it crashed, I have tried swapping the hard drive from another PC laying around that I have been working on and now because of the difference in Window versions, it is telling me that I need to have it reactivated and of course I cannot get an internet connection to do that. I w ill be ever so grateful when I do not have to be dependent on Windows for anything any longer.