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Living is Being

jess — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:03:29 +0000

Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives. -William Dement

Last night I dreamt I made the best curry in the world.

New blog to read and re-read:

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Minute Project Ideas

-’write’ a letter once a day for one week and send each to someone at random

-exquisite corpse dual recumbent bike style

-create ‘melting’

-curate digital files

Anouk.

jess — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:36:22 +0000

A few months ago I had listed some items as unofficial homework for myself. These tasks were meant to get me motivated in a small way. I do not normally get motivated like this. Primarily, I believe most of my ideas are larger than life or not well thought out for the situation be it money, time, or skill. Lately, these little projects have had a way of working themselves out.

To quote:

An inconclusive list:

#1. Draw a haiku in Spanish (for Katie) (Done)

#2. Draw emotional bankruptcy

#3. Write a love letter to an unknown man who will be your next love (Done but I’d like it to be on nice paper and sealed)

#4. Write an essay on emotional bankruptcy

#5. Write a romance story (for KTK) (Abandoned for lack of skill and motivation)

#6. Photograph unflattering parts of your home (DONE, but Abandoned for the online world—they were not interesting)

#7. Send love and excitement through the USPS

The others still exist as ideas and perhaps started projects.

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Today’s 55555

9/17/09: 1. Finally cleaning my closet 2. Resulting feeling of accomplishment as well as control 3. old music from a few years back 4. making myself a satisfying dinner/lunch tomorrow for once 5. sitting with my emotions and letting them live

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Dream from last night included a multistory house (again) in the suburbs with lots of little staircases. Was at a dinner party there and in trying to leave was told to avoid letting a small child on one of the lower stories see you. In climbing down a ladder and beginning to descend some stairs a little bald boy saw us (I believe it was Mari and I). We both rushed down the stairs and into an alley, the little boy on our heels making zombie-like grunting noises. Mari was unable to hide from the little boy and eventually they both found me. Both were wearing golden togas with beautiful embroidery and both said something to me in French while climbing up to sit inside a circle cut out of a stone wall.

Melancholia and ‘I don’t live here anymore’

jess — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:44:49 +0000

Currently debating writing a short essay on Melancholia. Or just writing an essay in general.

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Current artist obsession: Ugo Rondinone

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Current other obsession: Camera-traps

homework assignments

jess — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:14:55 +0000

Since reading http://www.learningtoloveyoumore.com/ I’ve been more enthusiastic to make a list of assignments.

An inconclusive list:

#1. Draw a haiku in Spanish (for Katie)

#2. Draw emotional bankruptcy

#3. Write a love letter to an unknown man who will be your next love

#4. Write an essay on emotional bankruptcy

#5. Write a romance story (for KTK)

#6. Photograph unflattering parts of your home

#7. Send love and excitement through the USPS

‘Appropriate time’

jess — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:53:41 +0000

I believe that there is a time and a place for everything. Not in terms of actions or words, but in terms of media and other information. For example, I first heard the Silver Jews in high school and while I liked them I never cared to give them the time of day nor to listen to an album in full. Years go by, and today, probably six years from the time I first heard them, I picked up an album from the Zablocki library (not that that library is particularly amazing, I just like the name). The album feels so wonderful. Perfect to make little paintings and stare out the window. Perfect to be in emotional limbo for brief moments. This sort of ‘appropriate time’ occurance has extended to all parts of my creative and research life: blogs, books, artists, theories, histories, politics.

At another library earlier today I picked up a book I remember reshelving back at Borders. The book came out while I worked there, and since I headed the art department I had the choice to put it on display or not. I didn’t despite everyone’s interest in the book. I blame my disinterest on my ‘appropriate time’ theory. I was not ready to face this book with any sort of enthusiasm. But, today, I did have that enthusiasm. In fact the book fits in so neatly to my current interest in ‘homework’ with Katie.

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Learning to Love you More by Harrell Fletcher and Miranda July lists 63 ‘homework’ assignments.

(edit: website lists 70 homeworks!)

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My ‘appropriate time’ favorites:

#4. Start a Lecture Series

#8. Curate an artist’s retrospective in a public place

#10. Make a flier of your day

#17. Take a picture of strangers holding hands

#36. Grow a garden in an unexpected spot (DONE)

#37. Write down a recent argument

#40. Heal yourself

#62. Make an educational public plaque

#63. Make an encouraging banner (DONE)

#70. Say Goodbye

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Tonight’s ARM

jess — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:48:33 +0000

Tonight’s A.R.M. (apartment relay movement) will consist of the following:

7:15-7:45pm: arrive home, start dishes (so dinner can be made), start dinner

7:46-8:30pm: finish dishes, finish dinner, clean kitchen floor

8:31-9:00pm: Make rice for ‘beans and rice’ all week

9:01pm-9:30pm: Put away art supplies, clean off the perpetually messy table

9:31-10:00pm: Sweep apartment, spruce up bathroom

10:01-10:30pm: Finish all said projects

10:31pm-? homework time (see previous post regarding homework with Katie)

(55555) (hw) (ff)

jess — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:22:54 +0000

55555

5/27/09: 1. iced chai with skim 2. google earth 3. artist interviews 4. kate bush 5. ‘it’s a small world’ feeling

The Homework Project

-Trade a one page creation with Katie

*Due Next Week

Current infatuations:

Google Earth (Egypt!): Fecal Face: Jessica Williams: Maureen Gubia: Green tea: Chai tea: The Time Traveler’s Wife: Smitten Kitchen: Kate Bush: Watercolors: Mold-A-Ramas: Art theory: Oregano