Category Archives : Chatty Cathy


desktop clutter cum image essay

Apparently, my periodic posts of the image-clutter collected on my desktop constitute “image essays”, or at least that’s what AFC is calling the long scroll of images submitted by various artists they’re now featuring, without commentary. I assume the latter contain some hidden rhyme or reason to them, and I enjoy them, but I prefer the random. While teaching Surrealism […]


2015: the year of restraint and perseverance

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! A pic by the uber-talented Robert Melee as we played around in his studio, channeling “mommy-Rose” – Robert’s amazing mother/muse in celebration of  our interview on his infamous ‘mommy” series, video and photographic work, incorporating Rose. Work I think is brilliant if still misunderstood.  There’s a link below in a newsletter I sent out initially via email, but thought I’d share  here […]


karma row: durga-kalaratri , demon-slayer

Someone on Facebook recently posted this image of the Hindu goddess Kalaratri, the fiercest version or aspect of Kali-Durga, consort of Shiva, I believe (Hindu mythology makes me dizzy), and I became very intrigued. According to asianart.org, “Durga appeared when the gods were unable to subdue a demon who was threatening the entire world. Individually, the gods […]


desktop clutter and serial tv

Been super busy, sick, dealing with rats and lying landlords who won’t admit they threw my bike out – a vintage Schwinn all tuned up and repaired, a gift, and my first bike in years – so I haven’t been much in the mood to write here. Sorry! And sometimes two hours of Oz (my serial de jour, second round) is necessary, and […]


faced opposition from Occupy

However, unlike the ad, Gingrich faced opposition from Occupy Nashville protesters toward the latter half of his speech. Five protesters, one wearing a Syria shirt and waving a red flag, started call and response chants like up! It’s class war! addressed the Occupiers, saying matter how strange your ideas, you still have the freedom to […]


insulted them in the past

“I can understand that fans don’t want to see a player who insulted them in the past,” said Francois Clerc, a defender who played for both clubs. “I don’t understand why the club took him. In the end his departure might be the best thing for everybody, it will ease things up.”. wholesale nfl jerseys […]