3/10/12

Mumbai Inspiration: Monali

Who is this person? I am so drawn to this work. Could the world be generous enough for us to meet? To work together someday? I can dream. Yes I can.

 http://www.project88.in/monali_selected_work.html
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3/9/12

Resources: ArtSlant

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3/8/12

The Cinemagraph

I want to see twelve hours in moments like this (4:11 of this video) ... voila! The cinemagraph. This makes me so excited. Sigh.


Also, via PBS
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3/7/12

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Routine vs. Procrastination

Probably one of my least favorite things ... routine. But this year is teaching me that the only way to be a somewhat productive artist and mother is to establish a flexible but workable daily routine. Yesterday, after trying ALL day to get the baby settled enough to do some work for myself, I had to take stock of my time management habits. My problem is procrastination. It is my kryptonite. It's so bad, I can actually procrastinate while procrastinating.

A couple days ago, I was farting my life away on Facebook (le sigh) and found this article, on how procrastination is good for innovation. Why?! This is not going to help me get off of the procrastination band wagon. I need to make routine my new drug of choice. But how?

Read the article here.


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3/6/12

Resources: TROUBLING VISION

One of my go-to resources when putting together the impetus for the Tea work I'm doing is a book called TROUBLING VISION, by Nicole Fleetwood. If you enjoy sophisticated writing about performance and performativity ito blackness across the disciplinary spectrum, this is something you should check out. Yay to Nicole's brilliance. I have used portions of this text *many* times during Midnight Tea ceremonies.

Order from Amazon.com

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3/5/12

Rebirth Mantra by Stafanya Talenti

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3/4/12

Hina-Matsuri

March 3rd (yesterday) was Hina-Matsuri-- the doll's festival for girls in Japan. I don't know much about the customs associated with this festival, but our Japanese exchange student, Sayaka, was kind enough to gift me with these bunny-version hina dolls. In a note to me, she wrote: "People display a set of dolls and pray for the sound growth of girls in the family. Hina dolls wear ancient court costumes."


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