28.8.07
tuwuntee won
climbing trees, good food, hidden restaurants, my first glass of wine, bardeando, a nice birthday....
13.8.07
hermanito
patrick came last tuesday, now he's gone but we did tons of stuff: homemade soyburgers with sean at his friends' apartment; silkscreening at the Sala (community center in caballito); painting a house at the huerta (the community garden); a night of dancing that my friend gregg djd with really good brazilian beats; a visit to my campus, english class; more silkscreening; a ride on the exilirating A-line rollercoaster metro in the first car; patrick's first mate, puerto madero; ecological reserve; choripan; steak (for him) at Club Eros restaurant/soccer club; Recoleta artesania fair; recoleta cemetary (down in the crypts even, dad you would have liked it); bellas artes muesum; playing with the cat; empanadas; birthday party for Rocio, whose friends are all dancers and danced tango, samba, and rock n roll for us; San telmo street fair; and a night of cooking (disgusting looking) hummus and corn pizzas with the vegan kids. all in all a really nice mix of getting in some tourist attractions and getting to see what my normal life is like and meet friends.
5.8.07
rambles from a sick kid
I have been really sick lately with a bad cold and neverending cough, possibly on the mend so hopefully i'll be healthy for patrick (tuesday!!). But yesterday staying in gave me the excuse to draw aaaall day. I drew funny hairstyles and some pictures of people with really good hair which I can never do and some cartoons and made 9 new pages in this kind of zine I am making that is not really a zine but kind of a homemade design experiment. And I decided I am going to paint a mural on the stairs going up to my room because my landlord is a pelotudo and is in Spain plus it will be nice so I think he will be happy. I think something like a bird flying off with heartstrings trailing behind followed by a school of flying colorful fish that chase the sun. And I also found all these friends of friends art websites and got suuuper inspired which is a great feeling. I got ideas for plans for two other drawings which will be 1. Half An upclose detail of my inner ear and half a cross section of the surrounding vicinity meaning Av. Juan de Garay as heard from my window. And the other will be a really up close of my toenail and a cross section of everything there like bacteria and sock lint and dogpoop etc.
I also tried to learn how to play the kalimba but I really don't know anything about instruments so I don't even know how to tune it or what the notes are. Which is sort of more fun but I also need someone to explain some things to me so I can get further. I recorded some musical doodles on my cassette recorder for fun and it is nice to listen to something and think hey! I made that! And I found these two books I brought from the usa on Latin American art and performance art that I hadn't looked at in months and now I realized I know a lot about the artists and the articles are so much more interesting now. Man, today was an art day! Those are my favorites. And his morning i went to this argentine artists house, his name is Carlos Uría (I think he's pretty famous, I don't know. He uses really bright colors and makes fun playful paintings) but he is dying and really sick with lung cancer (and still smoking). but it was really great to get to see his studio and talk to him and listen to stories and see paintings.
I've been obsessing about monsters again (as always?) Probably they are my favorite things to imagine and draw. So I am thinking of drawing a monster book, well I've been thinking of doing it for a while but now maybe I will really do it. like lots of chest hair and many eyes and maybe cilia for legs and fangs and tails and scales and large hairy toes. Probably if there was nothing serious to think about in the world I would most like to sit under trees and eat vegan food with friends drawing monsters together singing along to music and having sleepovers and bike rides and sitting in flowers. Maybe that is what I do mostly anyway. Right now. What would you do if there was nothing to fight for? Is that a silly question? Is aiming to make a difference actually the most interesting part? Would it be boring if there was nothing to do but sit and watch baseball all day without thinking and analyzing? too many details into my stream of conscience? this is what sitting inside in bed for 4 days does.
i really wish i could have been at the 80th birthday weekend. I miss all of you more than you probably think. and grandmom too. a lot!
I also tried to learn how to play the kalimba but I really don't know anything about instruments so I don't even know how to tune it or what the notes are. Which is sort of more fun but I also need someone to explain some things to me so I can get further. I recorded some musical doodles on my cassette recorder for fun and it is nice to listen to something and think hey! I made that! And I found these two books I brought from the usa on Latin American art and performance art that I hadn't looked at in months and now I realized I know a lot about the artists and the articles are so much more interesting now. Man, today was an art day! Those are my favorites. And his morning i went to this argentine artists house, his name is Carlos Uría (I think he's pretty famous, I don't know. He uses really bright colors and makes fun playful paintings) but he is dying and really sick with lung cancer (and still smoking). but it was really great to get to see his studio and talk to him and listen to stories and see paintings.
I've been obsessing about monsters again (as always?) Probably they are my favorite things to imagine and draw. So I am thinking of drawing a monster book, well I've been thinking of doing it for a while but now maybe I will really do it. like lots of chest hair and many eyes and maybe cilia for legs and fangs and tails and scales and large hairy toes. Probably if there was nothing serious to think about in the world I would most like to sit under trees and eat vegan food with friends drawing monsters together singing along to music and having sleepovers and bike rides and sitting in flowers. Maybe that is what I do mostly anyway. Right now. What would you do if there was nothing to fight for? Is that a silly question? Is aiming to make a difference actually the most interesting part? Would it be boring if there was nothing to do but sit and watch baseball all day without thinking and analyzing? too many details into my stream of conscience? this is what sitting inside in bed for 4 days does.
i really wish i could have been at the 80th birthday weekend. I miss all of you more than you probably think. and grandmom too. a lot!
1.8.07
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