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16 years ago
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hi. sorry this looks like some kind of pointless, meandering essay...... i guess it kind of is.
well... first off, i went on a ten mile hike yesterday. scaling cliffs & wading through deep water, nearly getting swept away several times by the ridiculously strong current. all this to hang out on an old cement bridge in the middle of nowhere with a drop of over 300 feet. i think it was part of a highway construction project started in the 1920s. then a flood swept away most all the road they had lain down, leaving only the one bridge fully intact. so the project was abandoned in the mid-late 30s.
VERY surreal once you're on it, & the hike really kicked my ass. sooooooo much walking & climbing. my toenail might end up falling off, i'm not too sure tho. it is getting pretty dark :[
so i guess i'm going about this backwards then. alright.
took two trips to santa cruz, last trip was to stay with family. nice to be there again, fruit trees & flowers all over the place, & a really cool old cemetery too. my friend got me into archery while i was out there. very fun. something i'd definitely like to continue doing.
visited the east coast as well, sometime in early march. saw some great artwork in brooklyn. tried to go to a gallery opening of John Water's artwork, but it was closed when we got there. must have gone down earlier in the day. oh well. we went to a bar instead, left after a while, got a very filling falafel for 3$ and promptly thereafter got stuck waiting for the LIRR until 3:30 am... good people-watching, but still quite a shitty inconvenience
the main reason for our trip was to attend a bar mitzvah in Connecticut, & that we did. it was in westport. interesting place... BIG houses.
while there:
- saw my friend do his torah portion. very nice ceremony.
- my brother slapped some kid half his age because the kid was being an asshole & deserved it,
- got a terrible headache
- slept for a bit
- got up & went to partake in festivities
- ate a delicious dinner
- saw groups of 12 & 11 year-olds enthusiastically playing roulette & blackjack :I
-smoked herb with my dad for the first time... amongst other various family & friends (at that point the day didn't even seem real anymore).
- back at our hotel room, i went to sleep.
following morning, drove back to NY, packed up & flew back home.
so that was my action-packed east coast adventure... i know, nothing noteworthy. whatever. take it or leave it. just some goings-on in the recent past.
as for now... i'm more or less unemployed. no sculpting work for a while now. trying to make artwork worth having in a gallery, not just my usual sketchbook smatterings. i do have an opaque projector, might as well start using it. also finally put shelves up in my room
i'll be submitting art every so often, but i've got to be kinda scarce for a while. no way i'll ever be gone for good, there's just a lot of work to be done. i'm probably gonna have to submit my portfolio to other studios. fuck knows where i'll end up.
also, this screen really does negatively affect my eyes. so yeah... scarcity due to that as well.
i hope you're all doing alright & enjoying yourselves, for better or worse :]
take care, friends.
well... first off, i went on a ten mile hike yesterday. scaling cliffs & wading through deep water, nearly getting swept away several times by the ridiculously strong current. all this to hang out on an old cement bridge in the middle of nowhere with a drop of over 300 feet. i think it was part of a highway construction project started in the 1920s. then a flood swept away most all the road they had lain down, leaving only the one bridge fully intact. so the project was abandoned in the mid-late 30s.
VERY surreal once you're on it, & the hike really kicked my ass. sooooooo much walking & climbing. my toenail might end up falling off, i'm not too sure tho. it is getting pretty dark :[
so i guess i'm going about this backwards then. alright.
took two trips to santa cruz, last trip was to stay with family. nice to be there again, fruit trees & flowers all over the place, & a really cool old cemetery too. my friend got me into archery while i was out there. very fun. something i'd definitely like to continue doing.
visited the east coast as well, sometime in early march. saw some great artwork in brooklyn. tried to go to a gallery opening of John Water's artwork, but it was closed when we got there. must have gone down earlier in the day. oh well. we went to a bar instead, left after a while, got a very filling falafel for 3$ and promptly thereafter got stuck waiting for the LIRR until 3:30 am... good people-watching, but still quite a shitty inconvenience
the main reason for our trip was to attend a bar mitzvah in Connecticut, & that we did. it was in westport. interesting place... BIG houses.
while there:
- saw my friend do his torah portion. very nice ceremony.
- my brother slapped some kid half his age because the kid was being an asshole & deserved it,
- got a terrible headache
- slept for a bit
- got up & went to partake in festivities
- ate a delicious dinner
- saw groups of 12 & 11 year-olds enthusiastically playing roulette & blackjack :I
-smoked herb with my dad for the first time... amongst other various family & friends (at that point the day didn't even seem real anymore).
- back at our hotel room, i went to sleep.
following morning, drove back to NY, packed up & flew back home.
so that was my action-packed east coast adventure... i know, nothing noteworthy. whatever. take it or leave it. just some goings-on in the recent past.
as for now... i'm more or less unemployed. no sculpting work for a while now. trying to make artwork worth having in a gallery, not just my usual sketchbook smatterings. i do have an opaque projector, might as well start using it. also finally put shelves up in my room
i'll be submitting art every so often, but i've got to be kinda scarce for a while. no way i'll ever be gone for good, there's just a lot of work to be done. i'm probably gonna have to submit my portfolio to other studios. fuck knows where i'll end up.
also, this screen really does negatively affect my eyes. so yeah... scarcity due to that as well.
i hope you're all doing alright & enjoying yourselves, for better or worse :]
take care, friends.
i might post some (:
Sorry for being insensitive. I care about the toe, too. <3
Speaking of close hikes, have you explored around by the Cobb Estate in Alta Dena?
Also, damn I love the east coast. The way they get seasons is so amazing and atmospheric. Dude, you're a rare case - being on such terms with your folks on the herb and stuff. Totally different world than me ;)
Does the Cobb Estate have anything to do with Desconso Gardens? if not, then no. but you've got me curious now.
The east coast is my second home. i love it there ^ ^
As for the drug use, only my dad is alright with it. He went to college in SF, early 70s. Smoked very frequently back then, so i've heard from certain family members. He's just really chill and creative and knows that herb is just innocent fun (in moderation).
Whereas my mom cringes at even the idea of me partaking in any form of mind-altering substance, save for an occasional drink, but i can't really drink any alcohol anymore... crazy meds o_0
Nooo...I've never been to Desconso Gardens (are they anything like Huntington Gardens?) so I don't think they're related. Cobb Estate is an abandoned grounds where there's a bunch of overrun ruins and foundations you can explore. The best part is a side trail down to the bottom of the ravine where it's eerily dark and quiet, but also amazingly lush for our climate. That's just a side route from the main trail that takes you to the top of Echo Mountain where a hotel manor, zoo, and cog railway once were (called the White City). It's all ruins now, but amazingly cool to explore. The actual Echo Mountain Hike is pretty brutal. All switchbacks and elevation gain, but do-able. Lemme know if you ever want to go check that place out, we're right next to it. That stone gateway is the entrance: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=alta+dena,+ca&sll=34.204136,-118.119507&sspn=0.121101,0.209427&ie=UTF8&ll=34.204025,-118.130686&spn=0,359.993455&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=34.204078,-118.130862&panoid=Fg-j0lyAvL7Tg_H9UO2LKA&cbp=12,86.16291262895125,,0,2.086065573770493
Oh, for real. I absolutely share that sentiment about the East Coast. *longing*
i'm down for a hike anytime. just let me know when (:
Does that mesh with your schedule at all? Should we just do a weekday sometime?
i'll call you up when the mood strikes.
Every piece of art from you makes me want to draw. Given how cool your sketchbook pages are, some finished work would be a brilliant thing, some big, frightening, challenging pieces of the kind you'd easily make. Do some art that means something to you. That'll make it "worthy of a gallery". You're not in need of massive alterations nor improvement to make the grade. Christ, 80 percent of the people doing Lowbrow/Surrealist/Avaunt-Garde art don't have anything close to your chops.
Not that I'm trying to push you or anythin---well, yes. Yes I am. Because I'd be one of the first to buy the stuff.
GIT TO WORK, YOU!
& i certainly will git to work. PROMPTLY!