Madeline Islands

_my foot & foot print on the sandy beaches of Superior!

It was a rainy weekend on the Island Oasis. This place is still gorgeous with or without the rain. I like the wave sounds. The storms make better wave sounds; they are bolder and carry more vibrato. The rain too has patterns of hushed coolness; like a brush on a high hat. The Basswood cabin with a wood stove, friends with board games and what you have is a hooting good time. The cabin saved the day.

Thanks Molly, Renee, Hillary, Aaron and Lee for making the place all that more special. Sharing meals, Trivial Pursuits and a championship Twister matches makes for a good time. That Polish was really good for my cough too!

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Bubbles

Jenna u fill space eligantly

BUBBLES
Opening ReceptionSeptember 15th – 6 to 10PM
Join us to celebrate the opening of this responsive inflatable environment.
Music and sax with John Juster (housegrown/ respect music)
This event takes place during the kick-off of Art Crawl. Bicycles will be available at M&A on loan (with picture id) so that you can pedal around Silver Lake, Echo Park, and Los Feliz to see what's on at the other galleries.
This interactive installation is a spatially adaptable pneumatic environment at an urban scale. The installation consists of large air-bags or "bubbles" that inflate and deflate in reaction to the visitors coming to the site.
For more information and to see the installation near completion, visit: ibubbles.blogspot.com or www.emanate.org.
Bubbles was created by Foxlin (Michael Fox and Juintow Lin) and NONDesigns (Miao Miao and Scott Franklin) and Brand Name Label (Gabriel Renz), with Axel kilian and Darius Miller.
Many thanks to our sponsors : the Annenberg Foundation, the Pasadena Art Alliance, Fountainhead, Dazian Fabrics, M&K Metal Company, and Furniture Technologies Inc

Punch Prints

_chalk stencil print CHALK STOMPERZ by Crayola (thanks LISA)

The rain came and soaked things a bit today.
Made for a very misty day here in the Twin Cities
Had a chance to print some new chalk stencils with these chalk pads from Crayola.
This print is actually on the bottom of a canoe illuminated by a bike light.

I like the chalk. It smells less than a spray can. The stencil takes much less of a beating with chalk so essentially you get much more out of your stencil. These print are temporary; the rain and wind erase these prints. A sporty step of a sole and you can add a gaussian effect to your print.


_____wet power poles seemed to produce the best prints for my stencils.

My stencils are printed card stocks(like old flyers) that I cover with clear tape for added strength. I then sketch a design and cut.

Cycle of Right

_photo from an Intermedia Art show in Minneapolis

I figured something out. Maybe I have before but tonight made it right again.
Riding tonight on a bike. The moon. The moon was so huge. So round and white minus the golden haze in the air. Warm and dry. And everyone is leaving their classrooms. Tonight was comfort.

Rolling on through and I figured that I may and will be back here again; on yet another night just like tonight. With the full moon rising and rolling on through on a bike with friends. I would hope more might stop to know. There will be more.

Nights like tonight. I got the cycle right. Had just the right amount and enough to know.
Nights like tonight make it all right.

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