Showin' Off: October 2010

Friday, October 22, 2010

Transcending the Material

From the web site:

These photos document “Transcending the Material”, a mixed media piece that I created and installed while in residence at the Wassaic Project (an arts collective and residency program located in New York state). The piece was exhibited at the Wassaic Project Summer Music and Arts Festival...

Read more and see more pics by clicking the attached link. I am awestruck!

http://bencuevas.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/transcending-the-material/?ref=nf

Likes and Dislikes

Likes: Coffee with my Cream~Cindy Lauper~I miss the 80's...love the music, love the movies, but don't miss some of the clothing and hair styles!~Chinese food~Crab legs~steak~tofu~Edy's Coffee ice cream~Dump cake~A Starry night~laying in the sun gett'n a tan~Crocheting~gardening~bird watching~photography~Tweety Bird~ sappy movies & love stories, I mostly LOVE movies like Armegeddon (end of the world being saved kinds)~zombie movies~a fire on a cold night~I like all colors~The fall for the changing of colors~I love the summer heat~Spring when everything greens up~and I only like winter when I can look outside from a heated building~I like the snow before it is touched~long island iced tea~fuzzy sweat pants~Crocks are my favorite shoe~thrift shopping~garage sales~the movie Titanic~

Dislikes: Being on time or late ~ sweating~mushrooms~a top sheet on my bed~cold feet~ the smell of a wet dog~ latrines~RUDE PEOPLE~black and white movies~ Westerns~ Smokers (the smoke bothers me bad)~drunks drive me nuts~people that say they have addictions (that is a choice you can fix if you want to)~high heals~tailgaters on the highway~not fond of winter, too cold~liars~election year~reruns~

Quotes That Inspire Me

"The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans are suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you."
~Rita Mae Brown

I can last two months on a good compliment. ~Mark Twain

The world is but a canvas to the imagination. ~Henry David Thoreau

Is he just doing a bad Elvis pout, or was he born that way? ~Freddie Mercury

The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas. ~Linus Pauling

You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created. ~ Albert Einstein

Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again. ~James R. Cook

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."~John Quincy Adams

Handle Every Stressful situation Like a Dog. If You Can't Eat it or Play With it, Pee on it and Walk Away.~ Unknown

CROCHET SNOB

CROCHET SNOB
(poems by fellow Crochet'ers)

I must admit I'm hopelessly hooked on crochet
It consumes my thoughts a good part of my day
Design a purse, make a scarf, threads, yarns, I have a gob
I'll try to make anything. Maybe now I'm a Crochet Snob! ~ Mona

A snob I am, a snob I'll be
Until someone takes my hook from me ~ Avis

Whether yarn or thread, ribbon or wire
Of designing new creations, I never tire ~ NiYa

Yarn, hooks, patterns...oh, my
A stash piled almost as high as the sky ~ BklynVonne

Creating with yarn is the life for me...A crochet hook, a skein, and in heaven I'll be! ~ Vic