casey murtaugh.

11/27/11

sunday.

the magic cottage.

over the weekend. up in wisconsin. absinthe, diet pepsi, turkey and stars.

11/23/11

i held the sliding doors with my foot for as long as i could. next stop. belmont. this time he was shirtless. c'mon!! still nothing. addison. i got off. he stayed. i ran into the old women. they were busy making a pot of chili to keep him warm on his long train ride. frisbee golf, hills, a mansion a mile away. who was this young person?

11/22/11

tuesday.

on automatic.

a dirty cookie sheet covered in chicken grease sat on top of the stove and an ant crawled across the white countertop. in between rows and stacks of books, i sat low to the ground reading about music. a video projection of the rock band kiss hovered over all of us in the circle. the group walked down a slow moving escalator. i think we were in saks fifth avenue.

11/21/11

monday.

vines & bricks.

we laugh and dance in the kitchen.

11/19/11

saturday.

so much.

the only way to do it is to do it.

-merce cunningham.

11/18/11

friday.

nuts!

i spent the day listening to artists.

11/17/11

thursday.

seeing.

the idea of flow is identical to the feeling of being in the zone or in the groove. the flow state is an optimal state of intrinsic motivation, where the person is fully immersed in what he or she is doing.

-mihaly csikszentmihalyi. 

city of words.

last night.

is it possible for stories to change us and the world we live in? how does language itself determine, limit & enlarge our imagination of the world? how does interaction with others define us & define our neighbors? why are we together?

-alberto manguel (city of words).

11/15/11

tuesday.

hall culture.

the sun is shining. i'm thinking about the links between athletic performance and visual art. rhythms, "the zone", intuition, anticipation, peripheral vision. i gotta be on to something. this excites me.

11/14/11

monday night.

the music box.

listen. activate. extend.

monday.

van buren north of michigan.

i'm going back and forth.

11/13/11

sunday.

mixing.

what'll it be?

11/12/11

still saturday.

dream.

i wish you'd go out in the water way out there where i threw the damn thing and bring it back so i could ya know maybe throw it again and feel like i'm doin' a good thing but instead you're spinning in a circle and i'm stuck with just the tosser. one eye is blue and the other one green. you're leading the pack. you're not cold. your coat shakes in the wind. november.

saturday.

outside, afterward, looking up.

10 less than twice the age of so and so is 44. what is the age of so and so? in between smacking her gum, the woman behind me whispered the questions to herself. took about 4 hours and 55 minutes. whether or not grading is a necessary and useful way of evaluating student performance was the essay prompt on the exam. whether or not i passed will be determined on the 9th of december.

11/9/11

wednesday night.

california blue line.

what does it mean to be a "creative maker of a meaningful space?

-karyn sandlos.

wednesday.

on dearborn just south of jackson.

how do i order my world? what do i want to know?

11/8/11

tuesday.

piles.

we began to wonder how the rush to application actually works to conceal the anxieties provoked by the press to master identity...the rush to find practical solutions or the correct technique does not allow the opportunity to even name conflicts, let alone work them through.

-deborah britzman & alice pitt.

11/4/11

friday.

construction in the loop.

a screaming kid on the fullerton bus stared out the window while the rest of the riders flashed a bunch of dirty looks in his direction. wonder what he was seeing.