When I went to Prague in 2005, I fell in love with Cubism. Oh, I went for the Art Nouveau, don’t get me wrong — but I left loving Cubism, an art movement that had a vigorous, localized growth spurt in Prague from 1910-1914. Most people have seen one of Picasso’s Cubist paintings, but very [...]

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So it’s the end of June, and I’ve been crazy-busy. I’ve done a lot of cleaning. I’ve done a lot of cleaning out, and I’m selling myself through several square feet of containers of anime goods. I’ve already sold several things, given away a few. I will be auctioning more as I get it together; [...]

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I dare say I’m drawn to good books, at times. The Story of Art by E.H. Gombrich, reprinted almost continuously since the first edition in 1950, is one such treasure. I don’t know why it caught my eye yesterday — perhaps the pale jadeite cover, or the twin ribbon bookmarks — but I’m delighted that [...]

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[embarrassed] Well, I took over the Arts category and caught it up this afternoon. ^^;; I guess I need to change my little linky button over there…. Oh yeah, and I finally picked up one of those Weatherpixies, it’s at the bottom of the page.

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Friday night we drove to Portland and got there at 2 am. Saturday we rode the MAX train from the Convention Center across the river to the downtown area and walked to the Portland Art Museum, met my friend Maria and ran around the exhibits until we were starving. We walked to Rice Junkies and [...]

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The following thought has been retracted upon further review by Quality Control. “If I’m going to utterly switch career paths, since I still have a grad school app. out, God will make it an easy choice.” The correct thought should have been, “If I’m going to utterly switch career paths, since I still have a [...]

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I’m in this state of overwhelm, because I’ve been researching MFAs in Graphic Design (it’s the best portfolio I have…) and there’s only a handful on this coast… make that two or three… that don’t require an art degree. Surprisingly (or not), it’s just San Francisco State U, California College of Arts and Crafts in [...]

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