Making/Looking/Buying art, antique oddities, playing the guitar, folk music and the folky folks that like folk music, solo adventures, drinking coffee on the porch, belly laughs, wit, geeky tech talk, improv, sketch comedy, my Twin-I-Beam pick-up, my new online store!, zines, handmade books, NPR, Thomas Jefferson Hour, yoga...that is all I can think of at the moment.
Visual artists I like: John Ford, John Fraser, Antoni Tàpies, Annette Messager, Susan Rothenberg, Jim Dine, Sandy Skoglund, Nancy Spero, Hannah Wilke, Cindy Sherman, Ellen Gallagher, Kiki Smith, Ray Johnson, Squeak Carnwath, Rachel Whiteread, Brent Riley, Barry Mcgee, Marcel Dzama, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Clive King...
Music
Greg Brown, Utah Phillips, Nick Drake, Karen Savoca and Pete Heitzman, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Leo Kotke, The Be Good Taynas, Voices on the Verge, Rose Polenzani, Laura Nyro, Ani DiFranco, Loudon Wainwright III, Leonard Cohen, Kenny Rogers (who doesn't love the Gambler?), John Denver makes me happy, Hem, The Duhks, The Decemberists, Cynthia G. Mason, Tom Waits, Xavier Rudd, Iron and Wine, Neko Case, Nina Simone, Sparklehorse, Opal, Mazzy Star...
Movies
The Red Balloon (Yes, it is the one you saw on film in gradeschool - my favorite movie of all time!) ,Five Obstructions (mind blowing!), Innocence, Hideous Kinky, Tides (Doc about artist Andy Goldsworthy), War Dance, The Sea Inside, The Lives of Others, The Secret Life of Words, The Cuckoo, Red, Blue, Koyla, You Are Alone, Whale Rider, The Piano, Holy Smoke, Talk To Her, The Jerk, How to Draw a Bunny (Doc about mail artist Ray Johnson), Waiting for Guffman, Dancer in the Dark, The Station Agent, The Slaughterhouse Rule, A Mighty Wind, Tennis Anyone?...I know there are so many more I have forgotten.
My strange little movie:
Television
I don't watch TV. This makes me a social outcast.
Books
Watership Down, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Blue Highways, How Proust Changed My Life, Delta of Venus, Wild Child, Yellow Wallpaper, Art Objects, The Long Legged House, Grass Harp...any stories by Wendell Berry and David Sedaris (Amy Sedaris is great too!), not a book, but McSweeney's Journal (by that wacky but serious Dave Eggers) I'm an avid art mag reader: Modern Painter, Art on Paper, Art Papers, Art News, Art Forum, Fiber Arts, Bomb, Juxtapoz...I can't get enough!
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Heroes
Grandma Sandfox, the funniest woman I've ever known, passed on too early in life (If she were born today she would change the face of comedy for women) and Melissa Borders Stevenson (a light that went out too early)
About me: A friend and amazing artist wrote this about my work:
"Julia is an artist who doesn't want to threaten or impress with the bleak and whose work is refreshing and keeps tinges of the sadness of living in the edges and the layers."
- Brent Riley (www.myspace.com/brentrileyart)
May your wonderful weekend be filled with brightest Blessings, Love & Beauty!
Peace & Love!
"Emptiness is the ultimate subtle state of all existences, phenomena. It is not the complete void of all things, but the ultimate nature of the Universe."
Food! Live Music! Bellydance performances by Tribal Moon Rising!
Featuring fine artwork by Audrey Jarvis; 9.19; Jen Raven; Nyoka Jameson; Jason Stewart; Ruth Herr; Amanda Rosado; Rojer J. Casanas; Julie Jordan Scott; John Hazlett; David Joseph Amaro; Aaron Wherry; Corky Blain; Cameron Mitchell; Darren Jones; Sam Leumas; Kevin Cook; Hope Henderson; Serena Victoria; Todd Powers; Deon Bell; And ... The Anonymous Contributor!
In Catalonia we Celebrate Saint George’s Day in April the 23th with roses for women and books for men.
To the Children we explain the legend of Sant Jordi:
It happened in the Village of Montblanc (in Catalonia), it is said that there Sant Jordi saved the princess and defeated the dragon who was frightening the village; where the beast died red roses grew from its blood. From that day on we celebrate Sant Jordi by giving roses and books to family, lovers and friends.
Just check out the chat box in the right column next to the article on Obama. See it? When you are on my website you will appear as "guest****". You can change the name if you want or simply start chatting with me if I'm on the blog (obviously I'm "lamirabelle") or with any other visitor. But this is public, so don't give private info you don't want to see published :)
By the way, check out the youtube module in my article on Obama. The videos are really good! I've seen a few of them. The videos made by Youtube (yes, they producing small shows) are really fun.
