Currently: Working on artworks in the studio. peace, quiet and fresh air. backyard wildlife. my pet fern's return. the magic bay. friend updates. Swimming in jasper landscapes. Looking at things up close and far away. Following dreams/visions. Facebook and internet apps that fundraise for charities. Network weaving. Artificial islands and utopias. a little less coffee, but more waffles, brussel sprouts, collard greens, tasty bites indian food, avocado sushi and ginger, pomegranate ade, mohitos and margaritas. Flickr, plant cells, networks, memorypalaces, recursiveness, Love. As usual: Near to busting with inexpressibles.
General:
Trying to feel, get and express this being alive for a moment thing. So far its weird, it hurts and tickles and can be heavy in the chest and other parts...still I think I like it. Other: Livejournal, Facebook, Flickr, making art,virtual worlds, toys, miniatures, fetishizing Cake in all forms (especially Inedible), Etsy ,sorting buttons, sparkleworlds, dreams,Layers, life as metaphor,mysticism, world religions, secondlife,evolution, emergence,memory palaces, maps, wonderwheels, microcosms and macrocosms, creating and nurturing worlds...and the aliens who love and guide me.
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Music
Bjork, Pj Harvey, My Toys Like Me, Kate Bush, Cibo Matto,Miho Hatori, Emilie Simon, Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, Ani Difranco, dj cheb i sabbah, Amon Tobin, Karsh Kale, Najma,Ojos de Brujo,
world fusion, ambient
Ella Fitzgerald, Stereo Total, Tori Amos,rain, birdsong, australian lyrebirds that mimic chainsaws
Movies
Baraka, Powaqqatsi, Pi, Waking Life, The Fountain, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Matrix, Wings of Desire, Henry and June, Devdas, Naked Lunch, Frida, Afterlife, The Scent of Green Papaya, You Me and Everyone We Know.
Television
replaced by internet. but we do enjoy the Battlestar Galactica series on DVD and are craving the next series.:)
Books
anything by Annie Dillard, Jorge Luis Borges, The Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas, Immense Journey by Loren Eiseley, The Global Brain by Peter Russell, Flatland by Edwin A.Abbott, books on theories of networks: Linked, The Tipping Point, Emergence, Sync, etc....Anais Nin, poetry...I could go on and on.
I loooooooove books
Heroes
David Pred of babsea.org, Peace Corps Volunteers, Doctors Without Borders, author Annie Dillard, NICAhope volunteers, Angelina Jolie,
About me?:Time-traveler,map-maker, waking dreamer, mixed media artist Queen of SparkleWorld aka MissyCakeland
The Collaborators
"A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security." - Albert Einstein
Upcoming art exhibits..
June-Sept 2008- Hunterdon Museum, Clinton,NJ-'The House that Sprawl Built' May 24-June 29th 2008- ArtSites, Riverhead,NY- group show Feb-Mar 2008 Locate/Navigate: exercises in mapping URBAN CULTURE PROJECT, Kansas City, MO
Who I'd like to meet: Poets, writers, artists, gypsies, Henry and June, wealthypatrons of the arts, DIYcrafty folks, network theory nerds, enlightened beings, homesick aliens, CupcakeCulters, punky knitters, Seagull-Man.
Also looking for some key supportive and enthusiastic team-members for my evil plan to save the world. Various positions available, Applications welcome.
*Note*:Messages must accompany friend requests please. Not looking for random adds. Communicate something, eh? thanks.
In spite of you trying to talk me out of 'buying an entire town', I daresay I'm enamoured with a particularly sweet little village... Don't you worry though... it looks like as if it may not need any redo (OK,OK - we can vegan-organic-erize AND liquor license the 'Hot Dog Hut'). Meet me at the 'Lemonade Lounge' for an afternoon cap... be sure to brush 3 times before bed...
hey ,yep thats what I'm working with for now - kinda lika sketch book like thing - the more I think about it tho it deserves some new stuff and there is plenty plenty but I'll keep it rolling ,soon I should be able to turn my archive into 'realtime ! I'm sure if I made an album than I'd play my cards a little diff. Hey I love that new peice you showed me on my profile it was awesome !When I very first looked at it I thought it was moving ,very pure and real !
Oh, I suppose I've been known to work some rather interesting hours at times. But yes, it's enjoyable work, so it doesn't really feel much like work at all.
It's also a nice thing that the people are wonderful. What else really matters?
i'm feeling big time crafty desire-full!!! miss missy cupcake yummy face, i just moved into the sweetest-quietest-beachiest-calmyumminess place: and i want you to come and we can sit on my porch and we can make little hanging-flying-sitting crafty lovliness for it!!!
Thank you for the kind comment. And yes, I suppose when we come to the point of loss of our soulmate in this life -- it seems almost fitting to wish nothing more than to be with them. While it may seem sad, it's also quite beautiful to me.
Then again -- I'll concede to admission of my being somewhat of a silly romantic.
I thought you'd be one to enjoy the conversions. I suppose I finally became frustrated enough with other IR conversions out there, and developed my own -- to be 'truer' to older IR films with some slight compromises, based on the proper spectrum analysis of those films. Not sure if I'll release the plug-in though, it was just something I did for myself.
wow ,have'nt had a chance to playaround/ check your site in quite the minute .I would like to hope your doing SO well and your right about the sugar and ice thing ...hehe so yeah I think there was something on your page making me thirsty ,,!!! well thats that BUT you have to check my "KACTILE" project I think you'll like it ! always mic. /flp
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