Laura Lea (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} lauraleanalle) wrote,@ 2009-01-02 14:49:00 |
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new year agenda
I think I'm finally out of my funk. That was probably the deepest, darkest it's been in, well I don't know how long, a long time. I was worried during much of it that I wouldn't actually make it out. But alas, here I am, feeling good again, with many thanks to all my awesome friends. First night kicked ass. I saw so many familiar faces, and it really helped me refocus on important things and the things I have to give back to this community. I got to reconnect with friends and fully intend on following through with the whole, "let's hang out and catch up more fully sometime" plans I made with several folks. After the clock burned, I ended up going home and spending the midnight hour making art and smooching my beloved feathery and furry creatures. There was a rowdy party two doors down and they lit bunches of fireworks throughout the night, so that was nice.
This year I have a few goals. One was to get into an international artist in residence program. That just manifested today. Portugal in September! I'll still apply to others and see what happens. There are a few that are rather interesting to me. One in Buenos Aires where you simultaneously work on a community project alongside your art work. Another in Spain that invites artists, scientists, and researchers from various disciplines to explore the relationship of art and the environment. There's one in a forest in Denmark where the artists use only natural forest materials to make their work and then reinstall it back amongst the trees. That exhibition stays up for half the year. There are others elsewhere, of course. I have some recommendations from Chinati's current artist in residence for a few he has participated in - mostly in Germany but one also in Brazil.
I also am going to start interviewing one of Austin's greatest artists of the 20th century. His name is Kelly Fearing, and his work is really remarkable. He's getting quite old, but I've felt called to go spend more time over there with a formal intention to write some articles on him and perhaps a full length biography if that seems like a viable project.
I'll also be finishing up my masters degree this year. I need to find a way to reclaim that project in a way that feels authentic and satisfying. Right now it feels like an obligatory task I must complete. But I have got to make it something that is right for me in the scheme of how my life is unfolding. I need to pick paper topics that resonate with all the other things I'm doing in order for it to feel relevant and worthwhile. Don't know how that'll work with Logic, I think I'm just going to have to suck it up and get her done.
I'd also like to get a solo exhibit for this new body of work that is presently emerging. I kinda dropped the whole gallery searching ball right before I left for Marfa. I need to get back on that asap and see who might be interested.
I also need to get back in shape. After seeing some recent photos, I'm shocked at how I look and I don't like how I feel. So here's to regaining balance in my physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual bodies. I think I'll do a more thorough cleanse in the very near future. I kinda had to cut my cleanse short a couple months back, I felt like I could have kept fasting for a long time but couldn't because I was back on the road with Guy. I think I'll do that fast again but now with the time to naturally extend it further and to have the opportunity to go as long as I feel like I can and need. I'm looking forward to that, and to feeling more fit and strong in my body.
I also feel like I need to be a better friend to my friends. I end up opting to spend lots of time alone because that's important for me, but I feel like I have been an unreliable and distant friend. I don't like that feeling, and I want to make greater effort to maintain those connections with all of you that I very deeply value. I hope those of you who want to hang out will get in touch, and I will do the same, and I will also say 'yes' as much as possible to all your invitations to hang out.
And if 2009 wants to bring love into my life, that's great too. But ya know, I've been happily single for a long time now, and I've enjoyed that. It's been really important for me to reject the wrong relationships in favor of flyin solo. I definitely don't need anyone else around, in fact I do better alone in many regards, but it might be nice to cultivate something with someone else. I am open to the possibility of love with the right person(s). Healthy, balanced, nurturing, mutually supportive, creative love.
Today, a good thorough house cleaning is in order, as well as continuing to edit photos from Chinati and writing up a blog about that experience. I've posted some sneak peaks on my Facebook profile, and there are a few photos on my website serving as a placeholder for the upcoming blog. Oh, and I'm working on an entirely new gallery software that will be much improved on the current one, so stay tuned for that.
Many blessings to all of us in this new year.
xo
LL
I think I'm finally out of my funk. That was probably the deepest, darkest it's been in, well I don't know how long, a long time. I was worried during much of it that I wouldn't actually make it out. But alas, here I am, feeling good again, with many thanks to all my awesome friends. First night kicked ass. I saw so many familiar faces, and it really helped me refocus on important things and the things I have to give back to this community. I got to reconnect with friends and fully intend on following through with the whole, "let's hang out and catch up more fully sometime" plans I made with several folks. After the clock burned, I ended up going home and spending the midnight hour making art and smooching my beloved feathery and furry creatures. There was a rowdy party two doors down and they lit bunches of fireworks throughout the night, so that was nice.
This year I have a few goals. One was to get into an international artist in residence program. That just manifested today. Portugal in September! I'll still apply to others and see what happens. There are a few that are rather interesting to me. One in Buenos Aires where you simultaneously work on a community project alongside your art work. Another in Spain that invites artists, scientists, and researchers from various disciplines to explore the relationship of art and the environment. There's one in a forest in Denmark where the artists use only natural forest materials to make their work and then reinstall it back amongst the trees. That exhibition stays up for half the year. There are others elsewhere, of course. I have some recommendations from Chinati's current artist in residence for a few he has participated in - mostly in Germany but one also in Brazil.
I also am going to start interviewing one of Austin's greatest artists of the 20th century. His name is Kelly Fearing, and his work is really remarkable. He's getting quite old, but I've felt called to go spend more time over there with a formal intention to write some articles on him and perhaps a full length biography if that seems like a viable project.
I'll also be finishing up my masters degree this year. I need to find a way to reclaim that project in a way that feels authentic and satisfying. Right now it feels like an obligatory task I must complete. But I have got to make it something that is right for me in the scheme of how my life is unfolding. I need to pick paper topics that resonate with all the other things I'm doing in order for it to feel relevant and worthwhile. Don't know how that'll work with Logic, I think I'm just going to have to suck it up and get her done.
I'd also like to get a solo exhibit for this new body of work that is presently emerging. I kinda dropped the whole gallery searching ball right before I left for Marfa. I need to get back on that asap and see who might be interested.
I also need to get back in shape. After seeing some recent photos, I'm shocked at how I look and I don't like how I feel. So here's to regaining balance in my physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual bodies. I think I'll do a more thorough cleanse in the very near future. I kinda had to cut my cleanse short a couple months back, I felt like I could have kept fasting for a long time but couldn't because I was back on the road with Guy. I think I'll do that fast again but now with the time to naturally extend it further and to have the opportunity to go as long as I feel like I can and need. I'm looking forward to that, and to feeling more fit and strong in my body.
I also feel like I need to be a better friend to my friends. I end up opting to spend lots of time alone because that's important for me, but I feel like I have been an unreliable and distant friend. I don't like that feeling, and I want to make greater effort to maintain those connections with all of you that I very deeply value. I hope those of you who want to hang out will get in touch, and I will do the same, and I will also say 'yes' as much as possible to all your invitations to hang out.
And if 2009 wants to bring love into my life, that's great too. But ya know, I've been happily single for a long time now, and I've enjoyed that. It's been really important for me to reject the wrong relationships in favor of flyin solo. I definitely don't need anyone else around, in fact I do better alone in many regards, but it might be nice to cultivate something with someone else. I am open to the possibility of love with the right person(s). Healthy, balanced, nurturing, mutually supportive, creative love.
Today, a good thorough house cleaning is in order, as well as continuing to edit photos from Chinati and writing up a blog about that experience. I've posted some sneak peaks on my Facebook profile, and there are a few photos on my website serving as a placeholder for the upcoming blog. Oh, and I'm working on an entirely new gallery software that will be much improved on the current one, so stay tuned for that.
Many blessings to all of us in this new year.
xo
LL
