Feats Don’t Fail
Tuesday night, my husband and I went to the One World Theater here in Austin to see Little Feat again. We had seen them there several years ago (from a front row seat), and they had really rocked the small 300-seat joint. My husband had seen them often in their heyday, though I think I had somehow missed them until the show a few years ago.
Synchronicity of Color
Synchronicity of Color, originally uploaded by leafy tenement.
This is cool. See more of Leafy Tenement’s great photos from Houston.
Visualizing Success
“Tornado – Erie, KS – November 27, 2005″
Encaustic on Masonite
8″ x 10″
© 2007 Marilyn Fenn
I have thought of creating a painting based on this one, but much larger than it’s 8″x10″ size, and more abstracted. It could look something like this.
I Could Have Been a Nuclear Engineer!
At least, that was the top occupational match for me yesterday in an occupational skills test I took online at O*NET OnLine. Whodda thunk?
Well, here’s the thing I have to wonder, does everyone show up as a potential nuclear engineer?
Maybe I overestimated my skillsets, who knows? Why not rocket scientist? Science is one of my favorite non-art/design subjects, and I think that artists and scientists have more in common with each other than they have differences. Both are intensely curious, both are creative, and both like to experiment and see…what will happen if I do this?
Canadian student maps brain to image search
“A Canadian computer science grad is mapping the way the human brain works to technology that will power a search engine for visual images to be launched mid next year.” from ComputerWorld
First Atomic Bomb Tested on This Day in 1945
“Atomic Bomb Buster Jangle Charlie”
encaustic on masonite
10″ x 8″
© 2007 Marilyn Fenn
I suppose that sounds more like a political statement than one on art, but as I’m working on a large series of paintings of nuclear bombs, it really is a statement about my art.
I envision painting about 100 paintings of nuclear bombs, which would be just a drop in the bucket compared to how many nuclear bombs exist on our planet today.
OK, so it’s a little political, too, but that’s not what I’m here to talk about.
Roky Erickson Performance & Movie
We went to see Roky Erikson Friday night at the Paramount. What an amazing show! The evening started with a showing of the documentary film on his life, You’re Gonna Miss Me. It was very heart-wrenching. It’s makes one wonder how many creative people survive the damage inflicted on them by truly dysfunctional parents (and how many don’t); how many would become creative without being raised in that kind of insanity, and how many wouldn’t… I think both Roky and his younger brother, Sumner, are incredibly brave for displaying the honest tragedy of their upbringing, and the subsequent events, both good and bad.
After the movie, Roky and his current band played an amazingly great set. It was his birthday performance, and he was totally present — playing and singing fabulously. Songs like, “Starry Eyes,” “Two-Headed Dog,” and of course, “You’re Gonna Miss Me.” What a treat!
(Roky was a founding member of the 13th Floor Elevators and pioneer of the psychedelic rock genre.[1])
Stumble Upon
Oh, this is a lovely time-waster…or inspiration-finder.
You can search by any topic; I search for painters frequently; there’s some really good stuff out there that I might never have seen otherwise, some not-so-good stuff, some very useful sites, and a few things you may have already seen rather frequently. Check it out.
P.S. – I REALLY Liked This Movie!
Picture: Laura Linney in movie “P.S.”
We saw the movie “P.S.” (2004) last night, with the amazing and beautiful Laura Linney. She may be one of the most underrated actresses working today. She conveys such a huge amount of emotion, yet it’s never in your face; it’s always somewhat tightly contained within the physical space she inhabits, but you so get it! And this movie has one of the hottest little sex scenes I’ve yet seen (without any actual nakedness, even!). But neither Laura Linney’s performance nor the great little sex scenes are what I liked most about this movie.
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