Wednesday, November 30, 2011

the following events take place between 10:10:11 and 11:28:11

now with my new iPhone camera (p.s. I'm new to cell picture taking & smart phones) ... these are the days & nights of my life...
the dangers & demand of the iphone4s 

why I really needed an iphone4s

celebrating Pepe's birthday on SoBe with a fine looking crew

pop up photo ops... pink! pink! pink!

a sign
future book cover?

the great mustache in the sky

used to be Peaches

and she isn't named Marge

dreamy tree... I want thee

scenic route of tree loving goodness

look me up

truism

Jesus of SoBe

cause you were all "yellow" Gehry Garage

Gold & Blue, Gold & Blue, FIU

Cortadito,literally means "small cut" & YUM!

baby jeggins

ironic... don't you think?

girls night w/ my Aunt Joanne at the Lost & Found

with the most delicious nachos ever

kinda how I feel walking with those crazy crowds

literally means now I have to pick up your slack

congratulating artist Tina La Porta at 2nd Sat

sweet potato marshmallow ice-cream betwixt red-velvet cookies

forget about dinner, lets get to the good stuff

sharing my heritage during a crit

random installation 2 @ W10

damn good manly burger with my mystery guest

root-beer floats & pretzel rods = tradition

getting to know you...

a place where nobody dared to go

repaired & back in business

mr howell in miami? 

all this deliciousness for $7

baking gingerbread cupcakes w/ tangerine cream cheese frosting
topped with candied ginger

scotch on the rocks trumps black friday

romancing the turkey

all the fixins

the sweetest friendly gesture

sometimes art just happens

videosode 2 from the studio of ARG

Ah word up!

Everybody say,
When you hear the call,
You've got to get it underway.

Word up!



(sharing in progress w/ fellow grads)

Monday, November 14, 2011

there's just so many things, that I can't touch... I'm torn

re-enactment of Italian hand gesture by ARG

It's not easy being a student again... and I'm not the only one feeling it! Today I visited my old stomping ground and enjoyed commiserating with fellow grad students who understand exactly what I am going through. Going from a professional to a student pushes me out of my comfort zone where the playing field has definitely changed.  Does this necessarily make one better than the other? 

Let me say that just because I am a student... it does not mean that I do not know what I am doing, who I am, or what I want to do. I am open to learn... show me the world, let's discuss ideas, suggestions, and opinions but the disrespect & superiority complex I can do without! What does this accomplish? 

I don't want to dwell on the negatives because as far as I am concerned the good most certainly outweighs the bad. There are many wonderful people that I am fortunate to have in my life that help balance all of this out. I am super excited and appreciate all of the new experiences and people that will inform my developing passion for exploration & creating as well as those I know I can always count on.

Fortunately I am already finding myself overwhelmingly inspired with many projects that I am extremely excited about working on... just learning how to balance the parts of these lessons that may not come as easily to me, may need a little extra dose of TLC! 

The marriage of 
academic requirements 
artistic creativity 
did I mention my fear of A-'s?  
=
12 page paper vs making music videos... 
always a tough choice right? 


Thursday, November 03, 2011

the following events take place between 09:14:11 and 10:09:11

always with my camera, these are the days of 
my life...

you better smile @ the grand opening of MIAMI BEACH URBAN STUDIOS in South Beach
moving on up, to infinity & beyond
a new adventure begins as the Gallery Coordinator at MBUS with the 1st exhibition

totally tubular 

old boss meets new boss = <3 both

checking out the on campus studio of the handsome abstract painter Peter Hammer


my 1st all faculty presentation = super nervous me

a perfect storm brewing in MIA

enjoying a multi university mixer with lovely law students on SoBe

every night it's a different color at the Frank Gehry garage

then jamming out at Churchill's

with fellow FAU artists

to celebrating my friends son's 1 year old birthday party with Mickey cupcakes

and bubbles = both make me very happy

field trip to check out a gallery where we will have an exhibition in the spring


some work's that caught my eye
the early lizard catches the caterpillar

the last radiation treatment with one of the bravest 

cancer free celebration of my 2nd mom
on a perfect day
a toast to a new start with my 2 mom's
wish you were here