My Own Space Dementia
10 September 2009 @ 04:34 pm
oh shit - i think i have a new hero:

Linda Zacks

not going to post any of her art but I WANT IT ALL...

well, OK... check out this amazing inspiration:

http://www.extra-oomph.com/08/projects/women/
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My Own Space Dementia
31 July 2009 @ 07:38 am
Finally got Bono's card done!
This was so hard to do, and I have to say I'm just ultimately not really feeling it :(
And this was the third version of the card I made!
If i waited until i could feel it, it would probably be time to make his 50th birthday card :)

Anyways, it was still fun making it - as I tried some new techniques.
I took inspiration from their new album cover - black and white and greys and no real lines - i tried to integrate everything with no real lines anywhere.

Oh ya! And I was just reminded not everyone knows the background of this! HAHAHAHA, my bad.
Every year African Well Fund holds a fundraiser in honor of Bono's birthday raising money for clean water projects. We invite U2/Bono fans to donate and sign an online card which we then send to Bono through his management company. The first couple of years we just would send a print out of the messages, then I started crafting more seriously and the last 4 years have been handmaking cards that incorporate the messages. It's an honor to do and even more of an honor to be involved in such an amazing grassroots organization that literally started by "dreaming out loud."

Here's last years card btw
Here's 2007 card

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My Own Space Dementia
03 December 2007 @ 08:03 pm
birthday came and gone.
very mellow weekend.
no fanfare or anything too special.
i actually got 2 presents though!
what a surprise!
total surprise.
That's 2 more than I got last year!!
and both were so thoughtful and perfect.
My lovely neighbors got me a 30 day gym pass to the gym down the street and my brother got me "pop camera" - it takes pictures in 4 different lenses so when they're developed they're like a Warhol pop art piece! Although it uses 35mm film! Holy crap I'm still trying to wrap my head around using old school film.

i also bought myself a present - a new Forman Grill because we have worn the fuck out of our old one.

Went out to eat Saturday and Sunday - and i still feel indigested.
i just can't eat like i used to and i don't want to complain about it, but.....

We were going to karaoke saturday but there was somewhat of a tragedy in my brothers office and we didn't think it would be appropriate to have the outing since some of his friends who were going to go were affected. But that's fine, i was super stressed out about the karaoke anyways. We needed a minimum of 6 people to show up for the room and i really didn't think 6 people would show.
Sometimes i regret not having friends.
Oh well.

Sunday i went to an art show with Tiffany.
It was pretty cool.
It was the artiest show i've ever been too - in a super cool old rehabbed factory lofts thing.
Each apartment hosted a different artists gallery and each apartment's floorplan was completely unique.
Going into all the different apartments was almost more interesting than alot of the art!
Although there was pretty cool mixed media stuff and paintings.
Nothing i could even dream about affording though.
Made me feel a bit inferior actually.

I wish .... i wish ... hmmmmm, i guess i just wish i had more time to develop my talent.
There, that's a positive way of saying it.
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