#vintagextine

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waiters and piano players and anarchist friends treat me like a queen why should I care what the rest of the world thinks

me circa July 2000-

Going through old Word docs & notebooks. Still an accurate thought. Reminds me how awesome it is to have a piano player that "gets" you - knows when you're going to breathe, when you're going to let go of a note - and treats you like a queen when you sing.

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cherimoya, cherry, nectarine, "Underground" by David Macaulay - from zen and the art of stacking... collection. - Summer 2009 -

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Another zen and the art of stacking... composition from 2009.

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I learned how to make homemade bread from watching my mom. Before the gluten-free craze set in - I threw bread & wine parties one or two times a year. I'd usually make two or more kinds of bread. I have pics of the process, but none of the final product... too busy getting ready for guests, I guess. I still consider it one of my most "spiritual" practices... bread-making. I need to put this back on the change-of-season events.

Photos from before @ 2006 and 2008.

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In the Fall of 2008, as the old Abbott Hospital rotted behind chain link fences, graffiti artists beautified the space. Girl on a tree swing... the very best kind of swing.

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FERN didn't last long on the side of my apartment building in March of 2009. As I was leaving, I ran into a really nice guy who makes his living erasing graffiti around the city. We chatted. The second picture is the one he was pressure-washing off. The third picture of the white van shows how Graffiti doesn't even stick to sides of white vans used to remove graffiti.

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Bryant Lake Bowl during the middle of the afternoon sometime in 2009.

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I fully support people writing pretty much whatever the fuck they want to write or draw on city walls, but... this one... days after 2008 Valentine's Day... irked me though I loved it.

So - I digitally graffiti-ed over it and made it part of the banner on my second (Jesus-free) blog: teandoranges. It's still there with my edits. I was weary, and am weary, of "she" being the source of pain - and wanted to suggest that "he" causes a shit-ton of pain, too.. but when all is said and done She is Extremely Resilient... and maybe She believes hearts can't be broken.

I fully support hearing Her side of the story.

I wrote over it in the spirit of the Situationists. Otherwise, I'm not much for using other people's work in my own.