pinned vs. pined

“It is told that Buddha, going out to look on life, was greatly daunted by death. "They all eat one another!" he cried, and called it evil. This process I examined, changed the verb, said, "They all feed one another," and called it good.”

“Eternity is not something that begins after you're dead. It is going on all the time. We are in it now.”

- Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Chrysalis

the play was the tragedy "man" and it's hero the conqueror worm -
Edgar Allan Poe

Art in Odd Places

Since I'm going to be dreaming, breathing and making paper clay moths for the next 2 months, I'm including this part of the bombyx mori project here. This is the web link for the festival:

http://artinoddplaces.org/

Meanwhile, here's a description of my project:

Multiple replicas of domesticated silk moths are placed on walls and signposts to create a sense of foreboding. The bombyx mori is used as an omen because the species now exists solely for human consumption and can no longer effectively fly or survive in the wild. The project wonders aloud whether humankind’s interactions and endeavors with Mother Nature will ultimately be auspicious or unfavorable.

Presented by Art in Odd Places 2009: SIGN, an annual festival exploring the odd, ordinary and ingenious in the spectacle of daily life.

Still snoopy dancing about being a part of the project, visiting NYC (and with any luck, going to Louise Bourgeois' Sunday salon) and I think it's going to be great fun!

Here's a recap pic of the moths:

lemoniidae and catching up!

Wow. how time flies. just noticed it's been 1.5 months (give/take) since my last post. dang! and here i was supposed to make time to do the stuff i want (and i should write the field museum person and explain my absence!) but i guess it can't be helped, especially since i had to go and catch the h1n1. (yes, i now have the antibody. yippee. :P) then it was work work work, and of course, now work is over, i'll have to spend time getting other work...

anyway, this is kinda of a tangent - both in the post and in the pics. i just had to capture these particular moths, even tho they're not silk moths, because, you guessed it, of their family name. how can i let something "lemon" related escape? they're pretty, i think, and something about the 2nd to last one makes me think of my cat.

back to moths, i'm going to be a paper clay moths making fool for the next bit - for the Art in Odd Places festival in NYC in October, where they're going to pop up in random places on 14th street. i should get the permission to incorporate that process into this blog... maybe i will. anyway, if you don't see me for the next bit, that's one of the reasons why.

there are other crazy awesome (art related) reasons too, that may keep me away, but i'll wait to talk about them when i actually got them bagged. ;)

cheers!!