Sometimes I create images and I don’t know what to make of them exactly. Today, is one of those days. I would’ve preferred using images of other people…I wasn’t in the mood to ask for and wait for permission though. Shocking to those of you who know me well, I know.
OK, if I had to guess what sparked these now that I’m about to post them. I think they are about being honest with myself and protecting my heart, even when faced with uncomfortable truths I would rather deny or compartmentalize in some way.
Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing–and keeping the unknown always beyond you.
—Georgia O’Keeffe
Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening. —Coco Chanel
Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. ―Stella Adler
You can’t use up creativity.
The more you use, the more you have. —Maya Angelou
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. ―Henry David Thoreau
fetch the bolt cutters,
I’ve been in here too long
—Fiona Apple
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cardboard layers missing South Dakota
fashion magazine paintings
your voice counts-Harvard Review I believe
Oakledge Park early morning with a friend after snow
I recreated this poster for Jeff’s Christmas gift. He was at this show on his birthday, 1981 I believe. I couldn’t find an original.
winter light with lights, the field behind my childhood home
fetch the bolt cutters, a Fiona Apple song I love-applicable for COVID life
