“I wanted to send you a quick email to say thank you again for hosting the workshop. I feel so much more prepared and informed than I did coming into the workshop. Thank you again for the suggestions and the great insights!” Christopher Lucious Once again, its time for my annual workshop for artists. If […]
(also published in Huffpost) The desire to inspire others to keep on going regardless of the suffering and hardships encountered in life is a noble pursuit in art, and a tall order at that. But the desire to inspire others to find in their suffering and hardship the makings of beauty and healing — well, […]
I’ve always liked the idea of past lives, of being part of a larger energy force that moves from one body in space/time to the next, perhaps even inhabiting several simultaneously (parallel universes and all). In Haitian Voudou, these forces are referred to as one’s Maît–tête, or master of the head, a dominant spirit who shares […]
An edited version of this interview was published in Time Out, New York, April 16, 2012, http://www.timeout.com/newyork/art/interview-e-v-day-and-kembra-pfahler. All images by moi. E.V. Day and Kembra Pfahler, “Giverny” After years of neglect following World War II, Monet’s famous Giverny house and gardens were restored to their former glory in 1980 and reopened to the public. The […]
As someone who has always been ambivalent about art fairs and their circus-like distractions, whose barkers — like so many whores dressed in fine clothing — would have us think that money isn’t their sole objective, I’m nevertheless intrigued by all the off-shoots to the major players. And so with New York’s Armory Show now […]
The crow has been entering my life in all sorts of ways for a while now, so when I came across a video of one snowboarding on New Year’s Eve (first in queue), I decided to make it my totem animal for the year, forgoing the usual resolutions list (or rituals thereof). I did research […]
