It’s funny…even though I consistently feel overwhelmed by the pace of my life, I seem to be stopping to breathe in spite of myself. I know this only because when I look through the pictures on my iPhone, I see it: still moments. Evidence of taking stock.
This is a collection of pauses in my life shot via my phone during walks, runs, sprints, and frantic circles. I guess it is possible to move and sit still at the same time.
I was a journalism major…and I’m sad to report that this is both a joke and not…it’s exactly how they teach you to put together news stories. I have a reel from my internship at FoxNews to prove it. No, I won’t show it to you – I’d never be able to show my face in public again. Watching it myself is an exercise in humility.
Have a mentioned that I hate American television news?
SFC Double Dutch was founded in 2008 by Death Valley, Switchblade and Venomiss. Trampling on the scruples of good girls and well-mannered men, they created an underground studio where Double Dutch addicts (and soon-to-be addicts) could immerse themselves in the three things their mothers always warned them about: jazz, gin and jump rope.
Today these randy rope fiends teach three different class levels—Level 1, Level 2 and All Stars—kickin’ up trouble with everyone from first-time jumpers to expert tricksters.
WARNING: These girls will stop at nothing to rope you in.
Website for classes: http://www.sfcdoubledutch.com/
Strange beginnings and ends to a work day. Ties on the sidewalk on my way in – mannequins through the window on my way out. The world is often quite peculiar if you look around.
Hard to imagine how my friend Rae Brune will “out-cute” herself tomorrow. But she will. Because that’s how she rolls.
Below is outfit #3 of the week. Check out the rest of her fab-oh Mighty Closet on Maggie Mason’s Mighty Girl blog.
* Photos by Maggie Mason.
Found this animation by Mate Dobray. I love how the pen stays in place, but the drawing spreads…
The song, The Devil is in the Details, is by Boards of Canada. Would really love to use it in a short film I’m mulling over – it’s kindof perfect.
Mate also made this video, called Machine Language:
I love his use of sound as I’ve been thinking a lot about mismatching what a viewer sees and hears in film. In this video, the sounds amplify the sense of movement and strange atmosphere. I had a teaching assistant in art school, Iris Charabi-Berggren, who did something similar, but used actual recordings of human arthritic joints as she projected 3 videos of wrists rotating, heads turning, etc. You can see that piece, Insight, on her website: http://iriscb.com/projects_2006-2007/09.html
Matthew Kertesz’s pics came back — here’s his take on capturing mid-air moments…
All of us in mid-burst…
And here’s my friend Jenni Bregman in all her fabulousness, flinging…
And Jenni free-falling…
If you want to see more pics and posts about this shoot, check:
Modeling in mid-air: part 2
Modeling in mid-air: part 1
1. My doctor grandpa piercing my ears with ice and a long needle. Standing quiet and still like a good girl, with big crocodile tears running down my face.
2. Santa (a.k.a. my uncle) arriving at my grandparents’ house with gifts, handing me an “adoption doll”, which I promptly told him was for my sister (I already had one).
3. My sister’s hamsters “Pampers” and “Sneakers”.
4. Running after Santa after my uncle pointed at the open back door yelling, “Quick! Santa just left!” Swearing I heard jingling bells.
5. Pretending to believe in Santa far longer than I actually did (My memory: not wanting to rob my parents of the joy. However, my mother insists it’s because I knew I had a good thing going).
6. Watching my grandpa walk away. Knowing, somehow, it was the last time I would see him.
7. Dad in the attic, falling through the ceiling, breaking ribs, and cursing like a sailor.
8. My sister’s nickname “Bug eyes”, because she always noticed the strangest bugs, spiders, amphibeans, etc when we were in the woods.
9. Watching a wonderous night sky full of shooting stars with my family.
Happy holidays to all of you.
