Monthly Archives: October 2010

Happy Halloween. West Side Highway. NYC. 10.31.2010

Happy Halloween! Back from the country to many, many little goblins in my building. Bigger goblins are gathering downtown for the parade. I’m staying in! The sky was amazing tonight, so I grabbed the iPhone. A little blur, a little Read More

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The Golden Notebook. Independent Bookstore. Woodstock, NY. 10.29.2010

The Golden Notebook is open! Great books, great people, and a great local bookstore. The newly renovated Notebook is on Tinker Street right in the middle of town—just across from the WAAM and a few doors down from Changes (the Read More

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Graffiti Revival. NYC. 10.28.2010

The New York Times reported yesterday that a collective of graffiti artists called Slavery is (sort of) reproducing well-known works with the goal of recreating and reinterpreting 50 or more pieces of famous graffiti as both history lesson and homage Read More

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Graffiti Truck. Midtown NYC. 10.28.2010

Thinking about graffiti and abstract expressionist exhibits while trying to get through midtown traffic made me remember this photo of a delivery truck that I took a couple of weeks ago with my iPhone. Sometimes when you’re in a cab, Read More

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Abstract Expressionist Exhibit. MoMA. NYC. 10.21.2010

I saw the Abstract Expressionist show at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC this week. I’m interested in how this generation of painters gathered in New York, communicated with each other, and searched for a new language on canvas. Read More

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Writing. Submitting Work. 10.21.2010

This is going to be a quick post. I’m sure I’ll write more about this subject later, but it’s Friday! This week I worked on a very, very short non fiction piece and finished it last night. My tiny memoir Read More

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Ice On Cooper Lake. Photograph. Sharon Rousseau. 10.14.2010

I’m using this image on the card for my solo show at the Rondout Savings Bank near Woodstock. In my artist’s statement, I explain that I try to find aspects of nature wherever I go. Most of the photos in Read More

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Patti Smith. National Book Award Nominee for Just Kids. 10.13.2010

Just Kids is an amazing book. When I found out today that Patti Smith has been nominated for a National Book Award for this memoir, I felt like I was witnessing something auspicious, something worth sharing with people. Just Kids Read More

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NY Times. Roberta Smith Reviews Joan Snyder. 10.1.2010

In today’s NY Times, Roberta Smith reviews the Joan Snyder show I covered in my 9.20.2010 post. “In all cases, the combination of sensuousness and honesty attracts,” wrote Smith.

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