- embroidery floss on canvas
by Myrrh Brooks
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Aimlessness
Aimlessness
sets in,
like the gangrene
of
the corporate world.
I wander away
out the back door
of
a busy office.
-Jim DuBois
May 3, 2000
sets in,
like the gangrene
of
the corporate world.
I wander away
out the back door
of
a busy office.
-Jim DuBois
May 3, 2000
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Introducing: Sean Greene
Sean works for a friend of mine, as a painter, so I often ran into him when he was working there, as well as random times in town at things he was painting, like the new State Street store and Thornes. In those short conversations I learned that he made art, and I became interested in seeing it. I finally got to, the other day at the A.P.E. Gallery on main street. I thought his paintings were really good and interesting. Lots of clear lines and bright colors. I would buy a painting, if I had the money. One last thing from me about Sean: he is also a very friendly guy.
From his website:
Links:
His website
From his website:
"My paintings are rooted in color. Color intervals provoke the fleeting sensations of light animating a space. Bands of color become paths of light, traces of motion that lead the eye through an illusionistic space and around a tactile surface. These bands evoke written languages like Arabic or graffiti-- illegible but loaded with expressions of balance or instability, variation of speed, entanglement, congestion or comfort, fluidity or angularity."
Links:
His website
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Introducing: Myrrh Brooks
Yay! Myrrh has agreed to let me show some of her art here!
I met Myrrh 16 or so years ago, because I am friends with her father, Trevor the games man. Over the years me and Myrrh have had a lot in common, and sometimes even done stuff together. A sampler: we like to make art, we like to dance the Lindy Hop, we like Trevor. She lived in Northampton for a while, and I enjoyed that. Last year I went to her wedding to Joe Brooks. It was in a beautiful refinished barn in Amherst, MA.
Myrrh is one of those people who is constantly creating things and in a variety of mediums. I like that about her. You can't really capture the essence of a creative person in a blog post, or in a photo of their work, but you can give clues to who they are. Sometimes you can only indicate that they are cool, and let people discover on their own. Her website only hints at how creative she is.
Links:
Her Website, Myrrhmade.com
Her blog
I met Myrrh 16 or so years ago, because I am friends with her father, Trevor the games man. Over the years me and Myrrh have had a lot in common, and sometimes even done stuff together. A sampler: we like to make art, we like to dance the Lindy Hop, we like Trevor. She lived in Northampton for a while, and I enjoyed that. Last year I went to her wedding to Joe Brooks. It was in a beautiful refinished barn in Amherst, MA.
Myrrh is one of those people who is constantly creating things and in a variety of mediums. I like that about her. You can't really capture the essence of a creative person in a blog post, or in a photo of their work, but you can give clues to who they are. Sometimes you can only indicate that they are cool, and let people discover on their own. Her website only hints at how creative she is.
Links:
Her Website, Myrrhmade.com
Her blog
Monday, November 2, 2009
She Said You Never Talk To Me
They hadn't seen each other all day
They sat together
Started to talk
To share each other's day
He started to talk about something he'd like to do
She said that she doubted he would do it
He recalled the times in the past when he had
She remarked they were fewer and far between
He thought about it
He stated he thought that wasn't true
He said he counted 5 times
That he had
She says She remembers 3 times
He gave examples of the 5
She said you like to exaggerate everything
With that
He said it was at least 7 times
She said let's call it 4 and drop it
It seemed on every sentence
She was doubtful
Correcting
He was trying to talk about his feelings
The numbers were meaningless
He fell silent
She said you never talk to me
-Paul Richmond
From "...Ready or Not - Living in the Break Down Lane"
They sat together
Started to talk
To share each other's day
He started to talk about something he'd like to do
She said that she doubted he would do it
He recalled the times in the past when he had
She remarked they were fewer and far between
He thought about it
He stated he thought that wasn't true
He said he counted 5 times
That he had
She says She remembers 3 times
He gave examples of the 5
She said you like to exaggerate everything
With that
He said it was at least 7 times
She said let's call it 4 and drop it
It seemed on every sentence
She was doubtful
Correcting
He was trying to talk about his feelings
The numbers were meaningless
He fell silent
She said you never talk to me
-Paul Richmond
From "...Ready or Not - Living in the Break Down Lane"
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