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This is my favorite time when painting. The start.
There so much promise, hope and it feels good.
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This is my favorite time when painting. The start.There so much promise, hope and it feels good.
There is really no excuse – it does seem to take longer to get started up again when you’ve been away from the canvas and paint for a while. I’ve been spending most of my time on my revenue sites and recovering from the holidays-which was great and tons of fun.
This year, Blue Note Records begins it’s celebration of it’s 70 anniversary and reading about this got me back to thinking about jazz musicians.
During the holidays “Slumdog Millionaire” was given national distribution, which means that I finally got to see it. I, like many others, endured the lines to get into the multiplex but most people were there to see the new Clint Eastwood film, Gran Torino or the many other Hollywood Christmas releases. Slumdog is a special film and I hope more people get to see it. It certainly has all the 2009 award buzz. There is lots to like about this movie, from the colorful scenes, the use of subtitles and the way the story is told. It is a world, unfamiliar to me, trapped inside a love story that is both entertaining and beautiful. It explores some of the history of this part of the world which has dominated the news recently. Made me curious and thankful for my own blessing. This is a big screen movie so don’t wait until DVD.
Picture credit: Andrew Eccles
When living in New York, I would receive as a birthday present every December, tickets to a performance of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater. The event was always trans-formative
“You must enjoy every moment of this,”
Judith Jamison
Congratulation to Judith Jamison, who has done an incredible job and to everyone who is in involved with this wonderful dance company.
“The Devil Finds Work for Idle Hands” or something like that, rings true in a way. 
Not that I am concerned about the devil, rather that we all seem to be better off when we are working, using our hands at something.
And if you have the chance to be working at something you like or love the better you see the day as being full of accomplishments.
I always find it interesting how I eventually wind up.
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Just messing around with paints, crayons and other stuff, brings out joy you remember when you were young. Hint!
Play (c) by B. Martin
Nadia Hironaka My Stars, 2003
Conversations @ 11
Friday, Oct. 17, 11 a.m. – Artist Nadia Hironaka
Opening Reception
Friday, Oct. 17, 7-9 p.m.
NADIA HIRONAKA: The Late Show
In her multi-channel video installation, The Late Show, Nadia Hironaka expands the cinematic experience into the realm of the gallery environment. Synthesizing video projection, videos on monitors and audio, Hironaka entices the viewer to imagine characters leaving the confines of the projected image and entering the real space of the gallery. Using an abandoned drive-in movie theater as her point of departure to examine the convergence of cinematic and real space, Hironaka also asks us to reflect on how mood and emotion are constructed within the context of film.
ASU Art Museum Presentation
Organized by John Spiak, ASU Art Museum Curator, The Late Show will be installed in the Arizona State University Art Museum’s Nelson Fine Arts Center location.
The Cultural Coalition will be presenting a very special performance Cabaret dealing with the theme of Dia de Los Muertos through music, dance, storytelling and spoken word as part of the ALAC Theater Festival at the Herberger Theater, downtown Phoenix.
It should be a great performance! Featuring Liliana de Leon, Stella Pope Duarte, Peter Torsiello, Michelle Ceballos and Open Dance, Zarco Guerrero and more…
