A particular color palette has been appealing to me in the past few days. Everything my eye lingers on gives off a pastel smudge but also a really sharp relief. The colors of twilight, just before a skyline explodes with artificial light, like those fast-moving cities you see a lot in movies. Hot pink. I have a lot to say but it's starting to mentally pile up like things can do when they come in an exciting succession. I've kept journals in the same 3-subject notebooks for 15 years, but in recent years, when I enter a period of high activity, damn near nothing gets written down except to-do's, quotes, directions, data. 20 pages of Scrabble scores and grocery lists with one unsent love letter smashed somewhere in between. I'm not interfering with that cycle anymore; there's some other me that needs to process experience differently sometimes. So I'll be really quick about this weekend.
Saturday Lucie and I saw Gregory Crewdson's photos at the Galerie Rudolfinum. I'd never heard of him but he's got a staggering body of work. I didn't like all of it, but there were two staged dioramas- one with a dead fox lying in berry bushes, one of bright purple butterflies climbing up blonde braids- and one panoramic image of a small-town street with a dark sky that made me think of driving around the South. One similar to the cover of a Yo La Tengo album I love. And the above. Gregory Crewdson's Photo Alchemy on NPR.
That night the XLR8R posse met at a pub where we watched an entire family, from teenagers to grandparents, take turns putting vodka in their mouths and then lighting it on fire. We went to a party, then to a great hipster bar, then to the best karaoke box I've ever seen at 3 a.m. Every room had a theme, a touchscreen you could order sushi and beer from, and...tambourines!! I have no idea what I sang, except for Frank Sinatra's "Something Stupid" which is weird because it was my first burlesque song and I've heard it in restaurants here a lot. Much like the "Friends" theme song and anything from Dirty Dancing (which I don't mind at all!) "Have you heard The Neverending Story theme yet?" someone asked me. Can't wait. I finally caught up on U.S. news, in particular the election today. And I'd like to apologize for my crappy e-mailing habits...I hope to catch up with everyone this week. Now, colors!
praha at night
seattle coming from the south
two of my beautiful housemates there
where i'm fantasizing about going for a festival in june
who is probably there right now
1 comment:
aww! soda as a kitten! btw something stupid is the weirdest song, definitely the best incest song.
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