Vision Event Go to a lonely place and rub a stone in a circle on a rock for hours and days on end. (From Shaking the Pumpkin: Traditional Poetry of the Indian North Americas by Jerome Rotherberg) Just thought of these: Learn the lyrics to c-h-i-c-k-e-n and sing it all day long. Keep a tamborine…

From Shaking the Pumpkin: Traditional Poetry of the indian North Americas. by Jerome Rothenberg Crazy Dog Events 1. Act like a crazy dog. Wear sashes and other fine clothes, rx carry a rattle, for sale and dance along the roads singing crazy dog songs after everybody else has gone to bed. 2. Talk crosswise: say…

Stopping before its done Originally uploaded by angrypirate. My teacher keeps stopping me from finishing my paintings. This one has already been stopped once before, only to be critiqued as not finished later on. Yesterday I made it messy in hopes of breaking up the stiffness that was occuring with the figures. Today I just…

Loft land Originally uploaded by angrypirate. I’m starting to get the hang of things around here. I am entering into some sort of vortex. Wake up, swim, coffee, bike to school, bike home, snack, gym, dinner, homework. That’s my plan. I was feeling a little off yesterday, but I am feeling a little better about…

Staying at someone else’s house gives you something to compare your own to. I seemed to have thought we lived a simple life but I find after staying at my friend’s house for a couple days that I am not so simple. 1. While washing carrots, wondered, “hey! where’s the vegetable brush?” 2. Turned on…

When Gabriela asked me to kitty sit for her in the east bay, it seemed like the perfect idea. I was taking two classes in the east bay during her trip and I thought a couple weeks of alone study time would do me good. Tom’s coming over here and there, but probably during the…

Take a look at this beautiful quilt from Lisa Call. It makes me want to sew really bad but there’s too much other work to do. Did I tell you, I finally finished the quilted duvet cover I nearly completed over the Winter break? It needed buttons. I thought I would fix a few problems…

We’re happy because we have technology Originally uploaded by angrypirate. I’m such an addict I had to run out and replace my sidekick, despite being horribly behind in my finances. Now I have a shiny new sidekick and all is right with the world again.

I lost my sidekick (cellphone blackberry thingy) today. It happened somewhere between my house and my car. It is nowhere to be found and I am in pieces. I know it’s bad to be so attached to material objects, but I am and I can’t help it. I love you, Sidekick. Please come home.

Waiting Originally uploaded by angrypirate. I was supposed to meet my teacher here at 11 today. But the library is closed for three days. I’ve gotten so used to spending my mornings in the library, I don’t quite know what to do with myself. So here I sit, enjoying the sunshine. I’ve been feeling pretty…

Bee houses Originally uploaded by angrypirate. More beehives today. I’m working on some smaller ones and ones without beekeepers. I’m a little cranky that its monday but I’m trying to suck it up and get some work done.

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! Hurry! Time is Running Out! Prices so low, you won’t believe it! No, seriously, I’m selling off the last of my encaustic collage paintings for CHEAP! They were originally $85 each. These are available for $50 each! Tax and shipping is included. PayPal buy me buttons have been provided for you on…

â?¢ Coffee in bed â?¢ Perfect bagel â?¢ Car Talk on NPR â?¢ House cleaning â?¢ Fresh sheets â?¢ Sage burning â?¢ Knife sharpening â?¢ Napping with Tom â?¢ Brushing the cat â?¢ Friend over for dinner â?¢ Hot peppermint bubble bath â?¢ Sewing buttons on the duvet cover â?¢ French potato salad making

Hi, cure Tom has added a PayPal Button to the Tiny Black Dots website so you can buy his new album. What are you wanting for? Clicky clicky!

I’m already done with week two of the painting intensive class I’m taking at CCA. It’s going by so fast. One big reason I wanted to take this class was that I’ve been struggling with oils since I started CCA, maybe even before. I think I just got so caught up in worrying about content…