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The very amazing Irene asked me to be a part of the Six Questions series on Shutter Sisters – if you haven’t seen the site before, it’s a collaborative photo blog for women with a passion for photography. I’m honored! Check out the interview here.
I also want to mention something else about Irene. She has two (twin) boys who are the same age as my Max and I just noticed they’ve started their own online journals. If there is any blog worth reading, it’s the blogs our children would create. Forget the news – find out what they are writing, drawing, storytelling about! It’s like Picasso said, “All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
Happy friday from the happiest place on earth! We were here spending Christmas with my wonderful family and I’ve just got my pictures organized and developed. Looking through my pictures I realized I was having a Where’s Waldo moment trying to find my brother and his wife, who I know were standing in front of the cinderella castle in the crowd version of the same scene. I still can’t find them… (more…)
Sneaking in a few minutes that I don’t have to share a little excitement bubbling inside of me. The boys treated me to some major shopping for my big day, (woot!) and while we walked around in and out of shops feeling the sunshine on our faces, my thoughts kept turning giddy for the surprise Mars gave me earlier that morning. A new wedding band to replace the ones that I no longer have.
If you didn’t hear the story: one was stolen by a heartless thief who broke into our (very safe and guarded) home in Uruguay while we were vacationing in RiodeJaneiro – the rascal(s?) ransacked our home and took everything, and sadly, my engagement band and his wedding band were part of that! Then, to add to my bad luck, my wedding band was lost in the depths of heavy snow in Jackson Hole later that same winter while I was making giant forts and snowmen. Never to be found.
You can imagine the kind of emotional significance that I attach to this object… what it represents, what it means to us. Since then, I’ve just been sporting something temporary, switching between inexpensive costume jewelry that could pass as a band and having fun with the different ring personalities. I never thought twice about getting a new one anytime soon. He really surprised me. We’re picking out something special and lasting and can’t wait to see it on my hand.
Have you ever lost jewelry that was meaningful to you? Would you be willing to share your story? I have a new project under wraps but I’m going to risk a little leak here by this call for stories- if you would like to be a part of it by sharing, let me know.
Over the weekend, I held a workshop teaching one of my favorite techniques of handpainting photographs. Everyone came away with gorgeous prints and it was so exciting to see what everyone did with their piece. It was especially wonderful for me to see the students who mentioned that they had no background in drawing or painting produce really professional looking photographs that were so gorgeous they could have been hanging in a gallery and no one would be the wiser that it was their first go at it! (Just as I always suspected, everyone is an artist in their own right.) ♥
If you are interested in coming to my workshops, this was the first of many to come. The next one will be in the beginning of the new year, look for the sign-up spots to be posted later today.
Just wanted to share some news with you – a series of my photos will be at a new show in Los Angeles. If you’re in the area, head to the opening reception of INSTANT GRATIFICATION on Saturday January 9th, 2010 at 7pm. It will be held at the Copro Gallery, Bergamot Arts Complex in Santa Monica, California. P.S. Peekaboo! You might spy one of my polaroids at around 15 seconds in on this short clip.
