Friday, January 12, 2018

Aggro Zen

A short story of pre-visualization.

Aggro-
According to the Urban Dictionary this is 
a term that has been used for decades by surfers and other water-headed types to describe someone who is overly and unnecessarily aggressive, competitive, or asinine whilst in the water. prolonged exposure to the aggro can ruin even the best session, so "deal" with them immediately (read: choke with your leash then return to your state of zen-like calm once they are dead)

I like the image of chilled out surfers 
choking 
aggressive surfers with their leash
 and then 
calmly going back to a zen state with the waves…
the breath of the planet… 

I recall a childhood memory of Mr. Dooley, 
our family protector, 
a spirit animal of German Shepherd - Collie decent
always with us, watchful, in the yard.

It is summer.

Mr. Dooley, ever vigilant, resting in the shade,
brother in the sandbox, nation building.
Upside down, I rest in the tree above them.
enter:
a particular neighborhood cat

this cat 
taunted us daily, 
pacing and calling out from the fence top.
nameless, testing, marking, rattling its tail

several days passed in this way…

It was hot. 
Texas Hot.

The particular cat sauntering along the fence line 
measuring; 
marking the boundary.
Mounting the fence, 
walking the usual path
calling out..

On the eighth day,
Mr. Dooley rose stretching his body…  
he walked to the fence 
and
In a singular, elegant gesture cleared the top
grabbing the cat by the head as he passed
one smooth motion of his head upon landing, 
cat neck breaking, 
head releasing;
cat body suspended weightless in backward rotation

and Mr. Dooley…

bouncing back up
over the fence 

to lay down in the shade of his favorite tree 
ever watchful
as if 
nothing 
happened.

and that

is how I remember the zen duet with a particular cat.

Thursday, September 1, 2016

A Freedom Place: What's in Your Family Songbook?

A Freedom Place: What's in Your Family Songbook?: Why music? Why make music? Why sing at all? Maybe you play songs for your children on your ipod. Maybe you watch music videos with th...




Thursday, March 31, 2016

Post Dogmatist Rules



Post Dogmatist rule #23

Shut up and Paint.

If you find yourself unable to paint. Read the Manifesto below and take your dogma for a walk.


POST-DOGMATIST MANIFESTO

(rough draft recorded by Patrick O'Kelly)
WE BELIEVE IN THE TRUE DOGMA,

AN UNLEASHED DOGMA,

ONE THAT WE ARE FREE OF CARING FOR.

A DOGMA THAT BARKS FEROCIOUSLY AT INTRUDING DOGMAS AND "ISMS" BUT IS ALSO TAME ENOUGH TO BE RIDDEN BY A CHILD.

A HOUSE BROKEN DOGMA.

WE BELIEVE IN A GUARD DOGMA THAT WILL RIP TO THE BONE ALL HISTORIANS AND CRITICS THAT WOULD TRY TO HARM ITS FREEORS.

IT KNOWS ITS PLACE.

IT WILL NOT ENTER IN THE CHURCH OR SCHOOL.

IF OUR FREE OF DOGMA/DOGMA FALLS INTO THE WRONG HANDS AND IS CORRUPTED OR IF SOMEONE TRIES TO DOGMATIZE OUR DOGMA OR IT OTHERWISE BECOMES A THREAT TO THE ARTISTS COMMUNITY, IT SHOULD BE GATHERED UP BY THE DOGMA CATCHERS AND PUT TO SLEEP.( 1987 )


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Sculpture | Bob Rizzo - worth a look.

Sculpture | Bob Rizzo

"Over the past few years, I have created a series of assemblage sculptures that share certain aesthetic qualities based on my desire to engage the viewer, encouraging them to look for meaning in the various attachments or the "other" story of the objects. The potential for these deeper-seated interpretations points not only to my interest in tribal art but also references the assemblage of Dada and Surrealism, and the derivative nature of contemporary pop culture. "




Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Unseen Occurence #252 ~ Baby Shower

I believe there are no words to describe universe without limiting it.

Words are bound by culture.

Numbers and art transcend cultural form.

Sound and light can be described using numbers and when tallied and translated, the result can register as cold, void.

Expressing experience through waveform manipulation is still the simplest and most direct for me.


- jennimusing


Friday, October 24, 2014

Enter through the side door

This episode of the Anomalous Travels series on view now




20x16 inches
acrylic on canvas

at Delurk Gallery, 207 West 6th Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Delurkgallery.com

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Location:Delurk Gallery

Sunday, October 5, 2014