Will be Away

Date: 29th May - 29th June 10Venue: London + EdinburghTwo nervous men with one mission (hopefully the last mission).It took us one year to prepare since last part of the story...Wish us luck!

ORBS

Working on proposals for funding and materials donations for ORBS. The project keeps morphing... and beautifully. While its first public installation will be at FIGMENT NYC on Governor's Island, June 10 thru 13th, and I have a proposal in to ART IN ODD PLACES for October along 14th Street in New York City, it seems the beautiful spheres would like to be making public appearances all over the city for the next several months. It's becoming a kind of celebrity guerilla art project. So I'll be tweeting its whereabouts and uploading videos in the coming months. As always, if you are using TETRA PAKS, please rinse and save for me. You can also donate via PayPal to support ORBS. Shoot me an email, or leave a comment for details.

art/craft/life

The most amazing bird is chirping outside my window. In contrast to the cars that are also zipping by. I just recorded it on my phone. Thankfully the chirping took, the cars didn't.
Yesterday was a high art day at the Park Armory. Today, I got wowed by this.
I spent the morning in bed with the windows open, working on my laptop and taking care of some long overdue financial stuff on the phone. And then, before the sun took a dive this afternoon, got out in the yard, planted some chamomile seeds, moved some furniture around so I can take better advantage of the screened in porch off the kitchen. Okay, so the screen is full of holes, but it's a sweet spot. And now it has a table and chairs.
I love a little constrast in life. It makes things stand out.
May your day be filled with the Magic Medicine of joyful juxtapositions.

A (Scary) Joke in Ward

The story actually began few days ago when a new HO came to the ward. As usual, he was welcomed by the ward Sister in a friendly manner. At the end of the orientation, the ward Sister told the HO, "Dr X, please pass me your passport-size photo to me in these few days so that I can put it on the ward organization board."Few days later,Sister: "Dr X, I'm still waiting for your picture. (Sound a bit

sew happy

The last several Saturdays I took a beginner's sewing class with Cal Patch at Wing & Clover in Rhinebeck, NY. I have this amazing old Singer Sewing Machine that was my mom's. And have struggled with it over the years. But love the thrum of it.

Over the course of 3, 2 hour sessions we made the most amazing reversible tote bags. And I learned how to use the zig zag attachments I bought on e-bay a while back!
Now, the challenge is to find space in my always over-crowded studio to keep the machine set up and accessible. Or maybe just make sure I sign up for another sewing class soon.
May your day be filled with the Magic Medicine of peaceful thrums.

linkety link

Sacred bottlecap art

Couple Jokes (5)

#1Husband said to wife, "You know what, woman with natural beauty really doesn't need any make-ups."Wife: "Wow, I'm flattered! You hardly praise me..."Husband: "So I think you'd better put up some make-ups."Wife: "......"#2Wife: "Dear, I notice that you always keep a photo of me in your wallet. May I know why?"Husband: "Oh, it's very important. Whenever I face any difficulty, I'll look at it and

wild gardening

My garden is a wild one. Not exciting or thrilling. Just overgrown.
I mostly let nature have her way with things. I toss seeds into the wind and hope they'll take. I pull weeds only to watch them return with abandon.
This year I seem to be getting ahead of the Butcher's Broom, a strawlike weed was used in mattresses long ago. Its tiny burr like seeds are impossible to get off clothes and scatter everywhere, not so much choking out other blooms, but hiding them. Pulling it becomes an instant visual reward, revealing miniscule miracles of nature.
Yesterday I was treated to a pitter patter scatter of tiny seeds from a beautiful little wildflower/weed I seem only to have noticed for the first time this year (but will certainly see more of next year.). The sound was delightful: delicate and whimsical, like the tiny blooms that produced them.
My garden will never be a neat cultivated one. But as my partner says when I get anxious filling out forms, "You're not a formal, Riva. You're a casual."
May your day be filled with the Magic Medicine of delightful surprises hiding under the weeds of life.

H1N1 Vaccination?

Today I heard an interesting conversation.Patient: "Doc, there's a H1N1 vaccination campaign going on. Should I go get it?"Dr: "No need la..."Patient: "Why?"Dr: "Why you need to get it? You thought you'll be 100% protected from getting H1N1? It's not! And somemore there are some side effects..."Patient: "Side effects? Media says it's safe..."Dr: "You'll get fever after injection you know? Some