Blog: Studio, Shows, Reading, Random Thoughts
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I’ve learned one thing at my temporary job: not all workplaces are the same. The University of Denver Bookstore has none of the negativity and management bullying that is practically unwritten policy at Safeway. Thus the customers get experienced help and a genuine human interaction when they walk in, as opposed to Safeway, where they…
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The Art Students League is Richardsonian, referring to H.H. Richardson, prominent early 20th Century architect who had a big influence, though most of his actual projects are in the east (the state asylum building near the Albright-Knox in Buffalo, for example). I’m working at the University of Denver bookstore in their receiving department. It’s for…
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Catching Up
The sun has gotten gold-tinged, the temps have plunged into the 80’s. I had a week recently to try and collect my thoughts after a long brutally hot summer, and I’m thinking life is good. Last year at this time, things didn’t seem quite so sanguine. I’d had an unprecedented run of shows with no…
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another long break between posts. It does appear that launching oneself in the creative economy, and blogging about launching oneself in the creative economy, are two very different, and possibly mutually exclusive things. Like the year I spent 47 days walking a picket line, telling myself to keep a diary so I could write about…
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In the middle of August around here, the heat loses a little of its edge. Especially in Wyoming where I combined a little business with a quick road trip up I-25 past the splendid rocky mesas near Chugwater, and into the
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Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
Here’s a quick follow-up on the last post. The Tea-Bagger beat the plagiarist. Apparently Colorado GOP voters are more worried about the U.N. /bicycle conspiracy theory than whether their children receive quality education, or their seniors, health care. But politically, bicycle batallions are the least of their worries. In addition to the third-party Immigration Nazi,…
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Purple Haze
I haven’t commented on politics too much lately, but the GOP Gubernatorial slate aren’t really practicing it, anyway. More like slapstick. Yes, I know the conventional wisdom is that the Dems will suffer losses in the mid-term elections because of Tea-Bagger activism, but you couldn’t prove it here in Colorado. As those who are paying…
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Fascination Street
Boulder is, famously, a weird place, and not just because of its rep as the liberal wack capital of the world. Pound for pound, there are more “Free Tibet” t-shirts and dreadlocks on the mall than anywhere else ( Disclaimer: I have nothing against weirdness and dreads, think they’re attractive enough, and I totally embrace…
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In Which I Offer An Explanation of Sorts, Though I May Have Lied About The "Pina Colada Song"
Where did June/July go to? I meant to post, I really did. It would have been a good time to post the anxiously awaited Squishtoid Manifesto, but my infinitely staffed simian writing pool with their infinitely equipped Remington Selectrics dropped the ball, it must be said. Instead of witty, trenchant, action-inspiring words for artists, we…
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Rain, Rain, Raiiin; I Don’t Mind
I haven’t posted for a while, mostly due to preparations for the Art Students League Summer Art Market in Central Denver. As you can see, weather was less than art show-like. We had a total of 20 minutes of sun all weekend, with serial downpours, and temps so low you could see your breath. I’m…
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