They say all rivers flow to the sea...

Well, that's it for 2010. Here we have the obligitory year end post where one sums up one's year or some shit. So sure, a year of up and downs, of deaths and births and the ever present change. Not quite what I expected, but then life never does go according to plan, does it? But despite the oncoming cold I'm getting, I feel better about things than I did last year. Only regret is I didn't produce more, but that can't be helped I suppose. So 2011, what does it hold for me? Seems travel is in the works, I've been invited to several different places for various different reasons. I'm working on a new series, which is going to be a departure from my previous work. I have a solo show in Columbus in September at What the Rock, and it looks like I'm going to be showing out of state, more of that later.

So yeah! Happy New Years to you and yours. May you get what you want and not what you deserve!

Blessed Be ;)

Below is a few videos of my favorite videos that I took this past year. I hopes ya dig!





In memory of Angelo Head, RIP

Winter Solstice

Regardless if you're Pagan or not, I think the Winter Solstice (and all the solar holidays really) are interesting and worth some acknowledgment. Today in the northern hemisphere it's the shortest day, and the longest night. This is caused by the tilt of the earth's axis in relation to the orbit of the earth around the sun. Right now the north end of the planet pointed as far away from the sun as it can get, see below in the handy-dandy graphic I found.


What I find interesting about observing the cyclical wheel of the year (the solstices, the equinoxes, the growing and harvesting) is what a metaphor they are for the way life can be. We all have moments of darkness that seems like they'll never end. Where we lose, where what or who we love or tried so hard to create and keep is gone. It's the long dark. Fortunately though the nature of the universe is change. Just as the sun comes back after the longest night of the year, so too does the dark moments in our life go. Not all at once (most of the time), but hold on and the light comes back a little more each day, and the world will warm up and things will start to grow again.

Tonight for us in the Americas also there will be a complete Lunar Eclipse. It's going to last all night long, peaking for us in Ohio at around 3:30 am. There's going to be cloud cover, so I may not be able to see it, but here's to hoping. Friends down south are lighting bonfires in the night, hoping to watch the lunar event, my thoughts are with them.

In contrast to the festival I attend for the Summer Solstice, today I'll be alone and self reflecting. I'll probably make cookies, Christmas too is coming (which I celebrate with my family) and damn it they need some cookies!

So it's all good.

Here's hoping your holiday season is most festive, how ever you mark or celebrate it (or not). So Happy SolsticeYuleChristmasHanukkahKwanzaaAshuraETC ETC ETC and New Years to All of you crazy cats! Next time I post it'll be back to normal... whatever that is.

and for those who require poetry today, here you go.

December and it's wild winds

Well I don't know about you, but I'm ready for the Winter Solstice (December 21st this year). The sun setting at 5 pm, what can I say, I'm not a fan... however I appreciate the symbolism, especially now.

So here's what's going on. December the 18th (Saturday) there is the closing reception for Fortify! the Fort Hayes Alumni Art Exhibition. The address is 546 Jack Gibbs Blvd.Columbus, OH 43215, and it will run from 5-8. Should be a good party, and I'll be there of course.

With other stuff I'm working on... well I'm just working. The collaboration that I'm not talking about has officially begun, with the first session completed. What's different about this is it involves me working with photography, which I generally only do as a hobby (if that). I'm modifying them digitally, and I have to say I am pleased with the results so far. Yay for new challenges. Thing is though, these still may never be shown in public, due to their um... sensitive nature in tackling certain aspects of the human anatomy. Yeah I know, teaser. That's what I do... tease. I think though that this will all come off very well (in theory). As for the rest, I'm doing my mix media paintings (combining acrylics and/or oils with metallics) and researching trickster myths in contemporary contexts.... or something like that.

So for music, we have Beats Antique, Beauty Beats.