Requires a smoothing coat and repair in the upper left, but ]]>

In progress. Sat down after coming home from massage work and started on this one, painting outside on the deck. I stopped when it got dark, then picked up again after wasting an hour on another canvas I ended up rinsing off.

Requires a smoothing coat and repair in the upper left, but basically done.

“Isolation” – Acrylic on ]]>

Just found the original, had lost the digital copy when I wiped out my drive a year or so ago.

“Isolation” – Acrylic on paper, 2004.

After seeing her work, I messed around with some acrylics inspired by her aesthetic. This is an in-progress picture of my collage before adding molding paste to add shape and texture.

I’ve been pretty creative lately, with painting, music, and some sewing as well. I’m looking forward to having more skills to further my life and the work I do with Vita! Not to mention the potential of finally using the candle-making set a friend got me for Christmas many moons ago to actually ]]> Today I am taking an encaustic painting art workshop with Janet Miller of http://planetjanet.com. I’m super excited for it. After meeting her at the First Thursday Artwalk, and realizing I took a boundary class with her a few years ago with Home Alive, I jumped at the chance to get in on her workshop this weekend.

After seeing her work, I messed around with some acrylics inspired by her aesthetic. This is an in-progress picture of my collage before adding molding paste to add shape and texture.

I’ve been pretty creative lately, with painting, music, and some sewing as well. I’m looking forward to having more skills to further my life and the work I do with Vita! Not to mention the potential of finally using the candle-making set a friend got me for Christmas many moons ago to actually make something.

Squee!

It’s the time in my life where I simply have no tolerance for petty bullshit, especially what I deem to be other peoples, and I am absorbed into my work. Often that manifests in photographs, or knitting 7 scarves in 4 days, or painting something large. Last month I made my self a wig. In recent years, I’ve learned to allow witnesses. Still, though, I like small amounts of interaction at best when I’m doing this stuff.

This month, I’ve delved back into my roots.

Inspired by a link I posted on twitter recently about going google free, I started playing with sup on neevita.net, which is a debian box. Sup itself is too beta for my skills. I generally need a fair bit of documentation and example code to make anything I think up happen. Plus, I don’t know ruby. But I’ll surely be keeping an eye on it, mainly for the labeling/tags.

Alpine/Pine, however, is well on its way. I remembered pine to be pretty limiting back in the day, and stopped using it entirely in 2005. But it turns out, I can basically make Alpine do everything gMail showed me that I want – Coloring (aka, labeling) based on message origin, sending from multiple email addresses, default reply From address being the address the mail was sent to, archiving, and even threaded conversations. And if I want it to be like gMail, saving my replies to the thread, all I have to do is save my sent mail to my inbox. Boom.

In fact, when I thought to store my sent mail and incoming mail in the same place, I came up with what I consider to be an even more elegant approach to threading; I started deleting the source mail when I reply, since my sent message goes to my inbox and I like to include the original messages in replies anyway. Then I told Alpine to mark my sent message as read, and created filters to color the sent mails from my email addresses as well as incoming. Boom.

So now, I am using my proper email, and I am bidding gmail and their information hoarding ways aidu. It’s back to a simple life for me. Now if only the stupid IMAP app on my Helio Ocean didn’t force outgoing mail creds like a dumb bitch, I could check it on the go and actually reply to people. Let’s face it, though – it’s not like I’m ever long without computer access.

But what about gTalk? How on earth can I survive without that? Welp, Mcabber is working just dandy. This is what my gTalk looks like now. Just try to tell me that’s not fucking sexy. Just try.

While I was at it, I pilfered a small shell script to update my twitter from linux command line. Additionally, I’m checking facebook and twitter through links (formerly lynx, I would imagine) and loading the mobile sites, so it’s about the same as when I check from my phone. Except fucking COOLER. :)

All of this is wrapped lovingly in a screen session, which I have updated to show the window names and date and time in a status bar at the bottom of the screen. I even left it in .mil time, so I can work on my arithmetic whenever I have to check the time. How.. dangerous.

I had forgotten how fun, creative, and satisfying it is to configure applications on linux. Just making a gTalk buddies name turn yellow when they set away is a small, glorious victory. I don’t know what makes unhashing and editing a line in an .rc file so much more satisfying than clicking a radio button, but it really, really is. Every once in a while, it’s nice to spend a day (ok.. two.) tweaking things and learning/relearning cool stuff. Not to mention how much I enjoy fresh starts and change.

I was actually pretty surprised how quickly I re-adapted to key bindings and shortcuts. I guess you can take the girl out of the slack, but you can’t take the slack out of the girl.

As always, many continued thanks to Llarian, my admin, for dealing with lots of stuff I’d ]]> Every few weeks, I tend to experience a span of multiple days where I am incredibly creative in some project, or type of projects. They usually involve very few people, and are generally things I can accomplish basically alone.

It’s the time in my life where I simply have no tolerance for petty bullshit, especially what I deem to be other peoples, and I am absorbed into my work. Often that manifests in photographs, or knitting 7 scarves in 4 days, or painting something large. Last month I made my self a wig. In recent years, I’ve learned to allow witnesses. Still, though, I like small amounts of interaction at best when I’m doing this stuff.

This month, I’ve delved back into my roots.

Inspired by a link I posted on twitter recently about going google free, I started playing with sup on neevita.net, which is a debian box. Sup itself is too beta for my skills. I generally need a fair bit of documentation and example code to make anything I think up happen. Plus, I don’t know ruby. But I’ll surely be keeping an eye on it, mainly for the labeling/tags.

Alpine/Pine, however, is well on its way. I remembered pine to be pretty limiting back in the day, and stopped using it entirely in 2005. But it turns out, I can basically make Alpine do everything gMail showed me that I want – Coloring (aka, labeling) based on message origin, sending from multiple email addresses, default reply From address being the address the mail was sent to, archiving, and even threaded conversations. And if I want it to be like gMail, saving my replies to the thread, all I have to do is save my sent mail to my inbox. Boom.

In fact, when I thought to store my sent mail and incoming mail in the same place, I came up with what I consider to be an even more elegant approach to threading; I started deleting the source mail when I reply, since my sent message goes to my inbox and I like to include the original messages in replies anyway. Then I told Alpine to mark my sent message as read, and created filters to color the sent mails from my email addresses as well as incoming. Boom.

So now, I am using my proper email, and I am bidding gmail and their information hoarding ways aidu. It’s back to a simple life for me. Now if only the stupid IMAP app on my Helio Ocean didn’t force outgoing mail creds like a dumb bitch, I could check it on the go and actually reply to people. Let’s face it, though – it’s not like I’m ever long without computer access.

But what about gTalk? How on earth can I survive without that? Welp, Mcabber is working just dandy. This is what my gTalk looks like now. Just try to tell me that’s not fucking sexy. Just try.

While I was at it, I pilfered a small shell script to update my twitter from linux command line. Additionally, I’m checking facebook and twitter through links (formerly lynx, I would imagine) and loading the mobile sites, so it’s about the same as when I check from my phone. Except fucking COOLER. :)

All of this is wrapped lovingly in a screen session, which I have updated to show the window names and date and time in a status bar at the bottom of the screen. I even left it in .mil time, so I can work on my arithmetic whenever I have to check the time. How.. dangerous.

I had forgotten how fun, creative, and satisfying it is to configure applications on linux. Just making a gTalk buddies name turn yellow when they set away is a small, glorious victory. I don’t know what makes unhashing and editing a line in an .rc file so much more satisfying than clicking a radio button, but it really, really is. Every once in a while, it’s nice to spend a day (ok.. two.) tweaking things and learning/relearning cool stuff. Not to mention how much I enjoy fresh starts and change.

I was actually pretty surprised how quickly I re-adapted to key bindings and shortcuts. I guess you can take the girl out of the slack, but you can’t take the slack out of the girl.

As always, many continued thanks to Llarian, my admin, for dealing with lots of stuff I’d rather not.

More here

M&M concept by photographer David Lydon. Art direction by Kirsten Lauzon. I got to lay there and have candy stuck ]]>

More here

M&M concept by photographer David Lydon. Art direction by Kirsten Lauzon. I got to lay there and have candy stuck to me.

I’m captivated, and I think I know what my next obsessive crafting excursion is going to end up being…

My first simple green flower, made from post-it notes and a button, and my second blue flower once I figured out the inside fringe.

About 26 hours after first learning, a bouquet made from old paper I’ve had around and not done ]]> Ariel, my hair client today, brought me a lovely gift when she arrived to have her dreads installed. An origami flower ball she made.

I’m captivated, and I think I know what my next obsessive crafting excursion is going to end up being…

My first simple green flower, made from post-it notes and a button, and my second blue flower once I figured out the inside fringe.

About 26 hours after first learning, a bouquet made from old paper I’ve had around and not done anything with.

That hoop is really set on me, and that painting is real. We decided on the pose, which is free standing. Then Dmitry set the hoop, marked me with tape, painted and feathered only those spots on my body that showed inside the circle, then shot the pose complete with the colored areas. The white feathers are actually set in the shot too.

My hands were numb and my shoulder tweaked from holding that pose, which was originally with my legs even more arched down over my hands, on reflective plastic. Sooo worth it though.

This concept of feathers and paint was not my idea, however, perhaps strangely, it fit quite well into the events of my life of late. Photography by ]]>

This is what I did this morning.

That hoop is really set on me, and that painting is real. We decided on the pose, which is free standing. Then Dmitry set the hoop, marked me with tape, painted and feathered only those spots on my body that showed inside the circle, then shot the pose complete with the colored areas. The white feathers are actually set in the shot too.

My hands were numb and my shoulder tweaked from holding that pose, which was originally with my legs even more arched down over my hands, on reflective plastic. Sooo worth it though.

This concept of feathers and paint was not my idea, however, perhaps strangely, it fit quite well into the events of my life of late. Photography by Epsilon Images.

Thanks for the birthday ]]> It really floors me how much I accomplish in the middle of the night, when I feel so fried I wouldn’t think I could concentrate on anything. I’ve been sewing a lot the last few days. Pictures aren’t much.. but it is almost 4:30 in the morning afterall.

Thanks for the birthday present, Chrissy.

Not bad. Not bad at all.

Things didn’t go as planned. Attendance was less than expected, and we quickly abandoned our impressively prepared structure and variety of offerings in favor of scaling back to a very simple, smaller, fluid system. Way better than being caught with our pants down, though – we were on the ball, overstaffed and over prepared. Anything that went ‘wrong’ was out of our hands. Our volunteers showed, lit the room up and had a good time leading by example. We worked with some kids, and they were great. You can ask for more than that with a first workshop, but it’s probably not a very good idea to expect it.

We did it. We are real. And we have an assload of supplies for ]]> We came. We saw. We made art. We helped other people make art. We learned stuff. We became one with humility. We both exceeded, and fell short of expectations. We thought on our feet and persevered. We were asked to return.

Not bad. Not bad at all.

Things didn’t go as planned. Attendance was less than expected, and we quickly abandoned our impressively prepared structure and variety of offerings in favor of scaling back to a very simple, smaller, fluid system. Way better than being caught with our pants down, though – we were on the ball, overstaffed and over prepared. Anything that went ‘wrong’ was out of our hands. Our volunteers showed, lit the room up and had a good time leading by example. We worked with some kids, and they were great. You can ask for more than that with a first workshop, but it’s probably not a very good idea to expect it.

We did it. We are real. And we have an assload of supplies for next time.

http://vita-arts.org

In addition, back by popular demand because you asked for it… wishlist for my 30th. See you guys on Nov 2.

Stuff I like..

Stuff that’s crossed my mind recently…

A word about Money…

Money is a social necessity that becomes less and less of a priority as I age and develop my sense of what I find important in my life. I make very little, and generally do not have much left over after my modest monthly bills. One of my largest projects is a volunteer position as a founder of a non-profit, and often my performances are unpaid – I have chosen to do what fuels me, and have worked hard to reduce my financial footprint to where I can live how I want and not have to worry (too much) about making a lot of money or making my decisions based on that.

That said, money is a great gift for me. There are things I enjoy and/or would benefit greatly from that are difficult to acquire by means of trade or barter, and money is as versatile as my interests at the time. There is a stigma about money being a cop out gift, and in some respects I can see why. However, for me, money is great. I can use it to stroll the produce section and get my food for the day,  shoot myself into space, go see a movie with you, get some new paint colors, or pad the bank account for vita-arts.org. Neat stuff!

So if you’re stumped, strapped for time, across the country or whatever and a simple ‘happy birthday’ doesn’t float your boat, just send me a fatass check. I’ll totally dig it, and promise I will do something cool with it.

Here’s to making it ]]> I am turning 30. I am having a party. Are you confident I would not want to burn the house down upon your arrival, considering my guests collateral damage for wiping you off the planet? Then request an invitation from the facebook event to RSVP!

In addition, back by popular demand because you asked for it… wishlist for my 30th. See you guys on Nov 2.

Stuff I like..

• Lunches
• Massages
• Baths
• Tea (decaf or low caf)
• Travel
• Essential oils
• Art Supplies
• Music
• Gift Certificates
• Tall socks
• Lacy things
• Candles
• Blank greeting cards
• Handmade things
• Corsets
• Dark Chocolate

Stuff that’s crossed my mind recently…

• Donate to http://vita-arts.org
• I really need a pair of slippers.
• UPDATE: I have chosen my ‘warm climate’ destination – Thailand. I’d like to go there to teach English to children for two weeks. The Cost is $550, plus airfare (~$1200).
• Plan a crazy awesome party for me Monday Nov 2.
• Allow my cat to come and go as she pleases http://www.moorepet-petdoors.com/Ideal-LCF-Window-Inserts-s/165.htm
• Swan #40 from Scott Radke – I <3 that man and his awesome wife so much. http://www.scottradke.com/12swan40.html
• Save my music and digital art from being wiped out again http://www.nextag.com/1-tb-external-drive/search-html
• I should probably have performers insurance…  ($200 per year) http://www.specialtyinsuranceagency.com/performer-insurance.html
• Aziz, lights! http://www.cowboystudio.com/product/c07/p0701-14.php
• Would be awesome not to have to set my camera on a table or stack of books http://www.cowboystudio.com/product/c11/p11-09.php
• Magnetic 6-Jar Spice Rack, from bed bath and beyond
• Herbal Infusions http://www.teavana.com/Tea-Products/Tea-of-the-Month-Club/Tea-of-the-Month-Club-6-Month-Subscription.axd
• Awesome tins http://www.teavana.com/The-Teas/Tea-Gifts/Tea-Lovers-Tea-Gift-Collection.axd?cm_sp=Recos-_-ProductPage-_-EGS%20TE%20LOVERS%2009
• Like this store http://www.modcloth.com/store/ModCloth/Gift+Certificate
• Pleasink to be helping me pick up cat fur http://store.irobot.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3203440
• A real camera with interchangeable lenses http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=139&modelid=17499

A word about Money…

Money is a social necessity that becomes less and less of a priority as I age and develop my sense of what I find important in my life. I make very little, and generally do not have much left over after my modest monthly bills. One of my largest projects is a volunteer position as a founder of a non-profit, and often my performances are unpaid – I have chosen to do what fuels me, and have worked hard to reduce my financial footprint to where I can live how I want and not have to worry (too much) about making a lot of money or making my decisions based on that.

That said, money is a great gift for me. There are things I enjoy and/or would benefit greatly from that are difficult to acquire by means of trade or barter, and money is as versatile as my interests at the time. There is a stigma about money being a cop out gift, and in some respects I can see why. However, for me, money is great. I can use it to stroll the produce section and get my food for the day,  shoot myself into space, go see a movie with you, get some new paint colors, or pad the bank account for vita-arts.org. Neat stuff!

So if you’re stumped, strapped for time, across the country or whatever and a simple ‘happy birthday’ doesn’t float your boat, just send me a fatass check. I’ll totally dig it, and promise I will do something cool with it.

Here’s to making it this far!

Who: The Circus of Dreams guild performers – http://www.circusofdreams.org/performers/

What: Circus of Dreams Guild (http://www.circusofdreams.org/) is a Children’s non-profit organization dedicated to bringing hope and joy to children with brain tumors.

When: I will be performing in the adult evening show Friday Sept 18th, 8pm ($25)

Where: Allen Theater at ACT Theater

Please join us on September 18, 2009 for the second annual Circus of Dreams benefit. This event features stunning performances by a collective of well known Seattle-area aerialists showcasing a variety of aerial arts including aerial hoops, silks, trapeze, and other amazing talent.

There will be three shows- an all ages evening show on Friday, September 18th ($25) and TWO Children’s matinees at 1PM and 4PM on Saturday, September 19th ($20 full/adult, $10 discount/child). Tickets are available at https://www.acttheatre.org/TicketsPlays/Play.aspx?prod=2337. Please note that the $10 child rate won’t be visible until the ]]>

Who: The Circus of Dreams guild performers – http://www.circusofdreams.org/performers/

What: Circus of Dreams Guild (http://www.circusofdreams.org/) is a Children’s non-profit organization dedicated to bringing hope and joy to children with brain tumors.

When: I will be performing in the adult evening show Friday Sept 18th, 8pm ($25)

Where: Allen Theater at ACT Theater

Please join us on September 18, 2009 for the second annual Circus of Dreams benefit. This event features stunning performances by a collective of well known Seattle-area aerialists showcasing a variety of aerial arts including aerial hoops, silks, trapeze, and other amazing talent.

There will be three shows- an all ages evening show on Friday, September 18th ($25) and TWO Children’s matinees at 1PM and 4PM on Saturday, September 19th ($20 full/adult, $10 discount/child). Tickets are available at https://www.acttheatre.org/TicketsPlays/Play.aspx?prod=2337. Please note that the $10 child rate won’t be visible until the ‘checkout’ screen.

Here’s a picture of the long brainstormed light aerial costume, allbeit a terrible one with some really bad photoshop on the background. This is more of a perchy costume, it has little bits on it that would get mangled pretty easily. The bodice is almost completely converted, and upside down. My friend Sara Sparrow made me the shorts from a shirt I had, and the cute veil. I’m finishing up my dark version but am having issues with the bodice collapsing, so no pictures yet. If you want to see that one, come to the Pink Door when I’m performing. :)

Also got some dread action going on. One of my coworkers wants dreads, and ordered some from me just before I moved. This friday is the install. Woo!Need about 10 more dark ones and it’ll be done.

In other news – I have a real bed again! Like, with a head/foot board and everything. The last time I had more than a frame, I was 6, and I’ve only had a mattress for about 2 years now, so I could prop the bed up to set up a massage table. I’m enjoying nesting.

Hm. both of these pictures are pretty awful quality. I wonder if my lens is dirty ]]> Been super into sewing lately. I’ve had a machine for quite a few years but rarely used it. In the last two weeks I’ve broken all 4 of the sewing needles I had laying around here, and spent countless hours/dollars on projects. Mostly costumes. And there’s a fair bit more to go in that department.

Here’s a picture of the long brainstormed light aerial costume, allbeit a terrible one with some really bad photoshop on the background. This is more of a perchy costume, it has little bits on it that would get mangled pretty easily. The bodice is almost completely converted, and upside down. My friend Sara Sparrow made me the shorts from a shirt I had, and the cute veil. I’m finishing up my dark version but am having issues with the bodice collapsing, so no pictures yet. If you want to see that one, come to the Pink Door when I’m performing. :)

Also got some dread action going on. One of my coworkers wants dreads, and ordered some from me just before I moved. This friday is the install. Woo!Need about 10 more dark ones and it’ll be done.

In other news – I have a real bed again! Like, with a head/foot board and everything. The last time I had more than a frame, I was 6, and I’ve only had a mattress for about 2 years now, so I could prop the bed up to set up a massage table. I’m enjoying nesting.

Hm. both of these pictures are pretty awful quality. I wonder if my lens is dirty or something..

Who: Levity, Chimera, Dyno, Zita, and more fabulous aerial talent!

What: The first fundraising event for Vita Arts, my new non-profit arts organization

Where: Versatile Arts, 7601 Greenwood Ave, Seattle

When: Saturday, July 25, 2009 8:00pm – 10:00pm

Why?

Seems to me, many people spend a long time building their lives into something they can be proud of,  something comfortable for them, in order to be safe to accomplish another something that’s bigger than themselves.

I have done my fair share of struggling, trying different configurations, playing small and dreaming big. Over the last few years, I’ve contemplated what the bigger thing might be, for me. Sure, I sometimes make people happy with my art. I make money helping other people do cool things, I volunteer, and my financial/geographical footprint is about 15% of what it used to be when I worked for Microsoft. I even turn the water off when I brush my teeth most of the time. But what can I REALLY do to make a difference in life?

When it came time for me to serve the world somehow, I found that I wanted to create a non-profit organization to help perpetuate the transformative capabilities inherent in expressing ones self, artistically. To make a space for people to experience the healing opportunities I have had through art in a more tactile, kinesthetic way than I have with my personal offerings of performances, music, paintings and that sort of thing.

I know art saves lives, because it saved mine. I’ve seen the results, and heard the stories of others, about the power of artistic expression to heal and transform. Whether it be from seeing it, appreciating it, facilitating it, being it, creating it, failing at it, living it – I maintain that art has the power to touch absolutely everyone.

I’ve also seen how sharing myself artistically often effects and inspires people to action. How the experience of art opens people up to expressing life, to telling their once-quiet stories through a medium, helping discover courages and strengths we so often convince ourselves we don’t, or can’t, have. How art helps people face their fears, release difficult emotions, grieve, find direction and purpose.

Perhaps most importantly, I have seen how, no matter how bleak and helpless a situation may seem, one small, brave action creates a chain of them. Every time.

It’s never too late to choose to make a difference.

Vita Arts is sharing the power of art with the disadvantaged and transforming lives.

Our performances offer the public a chance to see our skills, and to be moved by the human spirit.  Our shows  also serve to fund and publicize our outreach efforts, working with individuals in small workshops, giving them a chance to experience creating art for themselves, perhaps for the very first time.

We are starting local, with two public performances and a workshop being planned in 2009 alone. We look forward to expanding our efforts in the coming years by collaborating with other organizations (such as disaster relief orgs, loss support groups, and those helping reform the incarcerated) to offer transformative art experiences to the disadvantaged of all ages, around the world.

Come find out more about who we are, what we’re doing,  see a great show, and best of all, help make a difference.

Please note: If you are unable to attend this event and wish to support us, we are gratefully accepting donations. Provisional 501(c)(3) status is in the works, and will backdate once approved for tax deduction purposes. You may send donations to Vita Arts, PO box 20233, Seattle, WA 98102.

Thank you, so much, for ]]> “No matter how enlightened you are, as long as there are people suffering, you still have plenty of work to do.”

Who: Levity, Chimera, Dyno, Zita, and more fabulous aerial talent!

What: The first fundraising event for Vita Arts, my new non-profit arts organization

Where: Versatile Arts, 7601 Greenwood Ave, Seattle

When: Saturday, July 25, 2009 8:00pm – 10:00pm

Why?

Seems to me, many people spend a long time building their lives into something they can be proud of,  something comfortable for them, in order to be safe to accomplish another something that’s bigger than themselves.

I have done my fair share of struggling, trying different configurations, playing small and dreaming big. Over the last few years, I’ve contemplated what the bigger thing might be, for me. Sure, I sometimes make people happy with my art. I make money helping other people do cool things, I volunteer, and my financial/geographical footprint is about 15% of what it used to be when I worked for Microsoft. I even turn the water off when I brush my teeth most of the time. But what can I REALLY do to make a difference in life?

When it came time for me to serve the world somehow, I found that I wanted to create a non-profit organization to help perpetuate the transformative capabilities inherent in expressing ones self, artistically. To make a space for people to experience the healing opportunities I have had through art in a more tactile, kinesthetic way than I have with my personal offerings of performances, music, paintings and that sort of thing.

I know art saves lives, because it saved mine. I’ve seen the results, and heard the stories of others, about the power of artistic expression to heal and transform. Whether it be from seeing it, appreciating it, facilitating it, being it, creating it, failing at it, living it – I maintain that art has the power to touch absolutely everyone.

I’ve also seen how sharing myself artistically often effects and inspires people to action. How the experience of art opens people up to expressing life, to telling their once-quiet stories through a medium, helping discover courages and strengths we so often convince ourselves we don’t, or can’t, have. How art helps people face their fears, release difficult emotions, grieve, find direction and purpose.

Perhaps most importantly, I have seen how, no matter how bleak and helpless a situation may seem, one small, brave action creates a chain of them. Every time.

It’s never too late to choose to make a difference.

Vita Arts is sharing the power of art with the disadvantaged and transforming lives.

Our performances offer the public a chance to see our skills, and to be moved by the human spirit.  Our shows  also serve to fund and publicize our outreach efforts, working with individuals in small workshops, giving them a chance to experience creating art for themselves, perhaps for the very first time.

We are starting local, with two public performances and a workshop being planned in 2009 alone. We look forward to expanding our efforts in the coming years by collaborating with other organizations (such as disaster relief orgs, loss support groups, and those helping reform the incarcerated) to offer transformative art experiences to the disadvantaged of all ages, around the world.

Come find out more about who we are, what we’re doing,  see a great show, and best of all, help make a difference.

Please note: If you are unable to attend this event and wish to support us, we are gratefully accepting donations. Provisional 501(c)(3) status is in the works, and will backdate once approved for tax deduction purposes. You may send donations to Vita Arts, PO box 20233, Seattle, WA 98102.

Thank you, so much, for your support.

Apparently, my E:\ drive was not actually located on my external hard drive, as I have assumed. Rather, it was on the drive I partitioned and re-installed XP on last night.

My E:\ drive was the datastore which has housed all my source files for my music, images, and video projects for the last two years. A large fraction of the good pictures I’ve taken are on neevita, though the original high quality images of my self photography are now gone.

As for the music and video – I don’t know how much I care to recall at this particular moment how very little of it ever ventured from my drive. I’m sure it will come up over time as I think about things I want and discover they are gone.

Seems rather silly, that the data I’ve been worried about losing if my drives ever failed (or I wiped them out), are the 150 gigs of replacable mp3′s I have.

I suppose one of the fortunate aspects of this, aside from having a clean slate which I do rather enjoy, is how the experience has shown me what kind of relationship I’ve developed with my artwork.

Bummer. Thankfully, I will make more.

Additionally, my potential moving costs now include an external terabyte, which I’ve been putting off for a day too long it seems, to back up what I have left and hopefully prevent this from happening again any time soon. I’m offering all paintings currently for sale at a 25% discount, INCLUDING ]]> Hm. Well then.

Apparently, my E:\ drive was not actually located on my external hard drive, as I have assumed. Rather, it was on the drive I partitioned and re-installed XP on last night.

My E:\ drive was the datastore which has housed all my source files for my music, images, and video projects for the last two years. A large fraction of the good pictures I’ve taken are on neevita, though the original high quality images of my self photography are now gone.

As for the music and video – I don’t know how much I care to recall at this particular moment how very little of it ever ventured from my drive. I’m sure it will come up over time as I think about things I want and discover they are gone.

Seems rather silly, that the data I’ve been worried about losing if my drives ever failed (or I wiped them out), are the 150 gigs of replacable mp3′s I have.

I suppose one of the fortunate aspects of this, aside from having a clean slate which I do rather enjoy, is how the experience has shown me what kind of relationship I’ve developed with my artwork.

Bummer. Thankfully, I will make more.

Additionally, my potential moving costs now include an external terabyte, which I’ve been putting off for a day too long it seems, to back up what I have left and hopefully prevent this from happening again any time soon. I’m offering all paintings currently for sale at a 25% discount, INCLUDING COMMISSIONS. http://neevita.net/artist/art-for-sale