it's coming along. slowly. respectively and with discipline, i'm getting around to my favorite part of shit--actually doing the painting. ripping a bunch of new music my friends think i should hear, brewing several pots of coffee, guitar and dog by my side and just fucking painting. i've launched the campaign which is steadily resting at the 45ish% completion mark and i've built my space at the generator. now i just need to buy some more paint and a few more detail brushes.... and the rest of the hardboard....and the framing.... and.... and.... a bunch of other shit and i'm on my way to making a series of paintings that'll make this city's panties twitch. (you can quote me on that)
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all i can say is that i hope this works. i hope reno and sparks... and black rock city... and san francisco... and cheney/seattle... and the communities i've touched beyond city limits love me and allow me to paint this project with more ease than i will without their support. i mean, i'm a ball of nerves right now...getting ready to launch this crowd funding campaign for my tarot project is all i can think about. i'm an artist consumed and i feel like my fate is in the hands of people around me. it's a strange and vulnerable feeling. it's also not completely foreign. it's similar to that feeling you get when you apply for a sierra arts grant... or try for an artown project... or want to put together a burning man art installation... or apply for residency in ireland.... (....and since we're talking about me... we might as well say that i don't usually get the things i go for. i get more rejection letters than my drawer can hold so this is shooting for the stars on a whole new level!) i feel like this is a project for the people... by the people... of the people of this awesome town that i live in. i've lived and created without much of the bullshit of reno and it's arts orgs and i'm prepared to continue. so this is in the peoples' hands. on mallory's gallery facebook yesterday i posed a question as to whether or not it was right for an artist to line the edges of his or her campaign budget in order get paid for his or her art. the answer was pretty unanimous in that it was wrong to do that and that people who donate like to believe that 100% of the funds donated go directly to the project. i concur. so.... in light of that, here's a copy of the budget i've been working on. it's good to note that some of the sections have a range of prices--like the price of good paint. it's also good to note that a fuckton of paint in my hands will never....ever...go to waste. something you didn't know about me.any of you ever listen to tilt? when i was in my junior year of high school in catholic school i rocked the fuck out to tilt on the regular. i loved the strength and diversity in her voice and her/their lyrics. in my drama class the teacher invited students to share a song... or a prayer at the beginning of class. guess what i chose? tilt. oh, what song? this one. TILT---Pious (linked at bottom) well, long story short, i shared this delightful tune. the lyrics are fantastic. i'm pretty sure it was one of my many first acts of rebellion against everything (ha) and... prolly put me on the school's suspension list. well, again. so the moral of the story is... listen to TILT |
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