muerto de risa

four

 

life is still quite busy, but i wanted to pop in to share a few observations:

-colorado produces some yummy wine.  i quite like the two rivers cabernet and the accomodations are lovely too.  i'd love to bike through some of the orchards and wineries next spring or summer. 

-colin powell rocks.  i loved listening to him on meet the press this morning.

-david sedaris is hilarious.  i forgot how much i enjoy him until i started reading when you are engulfed in flames.  i don't know if this book is particularly good or it just matches my current mood but i am struggling not to read the whole thing aloud to jordan or to giggle nonstop while devouring it.

-this poster is adorable.  i'm not sure where i'd put it but i may have to buy it anyway.

sweet

i love this mermaid doll by danita.

amanda marie

this past weekend we finally had some time to relax and decided to use our free passes to the denver botanic gardens.  despite having lived a couple blocks away for almost a year, we never made it inside until sunday.  we were excited to check out the "urban nature" exhibit which brings graffiti-inspired art into the gardens.

some of my favorite murals were by local artist, amanda marie.  her stenciled images make me smile.  every time i look at the duck in the flying bathtub or the octopi with balloons i giggle.

dreaming of another weekend like last week...

-sipping txacolina and nibbling on a cheese plate at beatrice & woodsley, a beautiful new restaurant that serves decadent (but pricey!) small plates

  

-walking among inspiring art (including whimsical sculptures by penney bidwell) at a summer festival

-waching a surprisingly entertaing movie

-putting together pieces of a puzzle followed by a sushi dinner

rose-colored dreams...

thank you for all the birthday wishes!  vail was incredibly relaxing (photos to come). i beat jordan in scrabble!!!  woo hoo!

he bought me the above painting by mary ann wakeley titled "for when i dream in pink."  (thank you jordan!) we hung it in our bedroom and now i dream in pink every night.  or at least i wish i do. 

  

beautiful losers

i love the feeling of empowerment that comes from being alone in a crowd.  in ny, when i got to an event alone it brings a rush of energy and happiness.  i'm finding it harder to achieve that feeling in a smaller city where more folks know each other.  The anonymous feeling i love sometimes turns into something more similar to loneliness than independence.

still

i am glad i went to see the movie beautiful losers last night.  there was a special screening at the mayan, a beautiful old art deco aztec-themed theater, followed by a q&a with director aaron rose.  it's not often that i get to sit and watch a movie about some of my favorite artists.  and this movie really is about the people.  aaron talked about how they conducted interviews with a bunch of high profile critics and in the end those interviews couldn't be included in the movie because they ruined the spirit of it.  the current version provides viewers with insight into the real lives of 12 creative souls.

i cried when the movie reached the point in time when margaret kilgallen got sick and ended up dying only a couple of weeks after giving birth to her daughter, asha.  and i loved hearing about how painfully shy barry mcgee is and how he had to be tricked into providing an interview. (harmony korine is endearingly odd!  and a little scary.) i adore this movie.

if you get a chance, go see this movie.  i'm already looking forward to seeing it again.

Awesomeness

Gosh.  I just adore these photo representations of kid's drawings by Yeondoo Jung fround via Drawn!

what do i REALLY want???

 

mary ann wakely

anna jaap

 

pamela tang

jordan and i are working hard to save, save, save money.  cutting back on our consumption hasn't been too hard.  and it's interesting too.  i find that the less i buy the easier it becomes to distinguish between things i really want and those that are just passing fancies...

one thing that i continue to think about  is an abstract painting to offset some of our more illustration-ish art.  above are some examples of abstract art i admire, but i am looking to learn about other artists.  any suggestions? 

we won't buy a big piece until we're settled into a more permanent space.  but i might by myself a little piece as a bday present. 

either that or moomin 1 and 2.  moomin is addictive.

happy spring!

(big sweep sculpture by cossje van bruggen and claes oldenburg)

i don't like winter.  i feel like an old lady saying it, but i realy could do with out the cold and snow.  the only great thing about winter is watching the happiness on everyone's face when it's over.  today, we passed smile after smile while walking through a newly green park.

there is no time for spring cleaning when it's sunny and warm outside.

sorry floors, you will remain dusty for one more day.

eek!

ken hamel of the denver arts blog took this great photo of the SCARY mustang sculpture that was recently installed at the denver international airport.  luis jimenez, the artist who created the 32-foot tall scuplture, was killed in 2006 when a piece of the horse fell on him. 

you may be familiar with jimiez's daughter, elisa, who was on the current season of project runway.  other contestants on the show expressed thoughts that elisa might be from another planet and i wonder if it might be the same one as this mustang.  doesn't it look like lasers will being to shoot from his eyes at any moment?