I might be a bad Bostonian

I keep forgetting the Celtics are sort of a big deal right now. It takes the lights being green atop the Pru for me to think "Oh right - there's a game or something tonight!"

This doesn't happen to me during football season.

Also thank you to whoever thought it'd be a good idea to install colored lights on the Pru. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Can I request cobalt blue be shown at some point?

My parents are deaf... and apparently so is my cat.

I walked into my apartment the other day to get something from my bedroom. As I walked in - I could hear snoring. The cat. Snoring. It was 2:30 in the afternoon - I figured I'd wake him up and say "hey". So I called his name.

Nothing. Just more snoring.

I clapped my hands (in true power-clap fashion).

Nothing.

So I did the only rational thing I could think to do. I set up photobooth to take a video, went to the kitchen to get a pot and wooden spoon, and then I came back. He woke up after I moved the pot closer to his head. I bet you're thinking - he woke up to the sound - he must be hearing. Well - I'd counter with this - even my Dad (who is profoundly deaf) can hear an ambulance siren when it's but a few feet away. He usually says something like "wow - that must be really loud for you" after it goes on it's siren-y way.

All that to say - the fact that Hern didn't jolt right up says to me - he's pretty deaf. Here is some video proof.

I should do this more

I forgot for a while that I had started this. I should work on it more. Last update was a couple days before Christmas - life has been life since then.

I've been doing random things lately. In the past 2 months I've walked more miles than I think I can count - and I'm shrinking slightly as a result. I went vegetarian for a little while (also I learned to correctly spell vegetarian (I always thought it was vegitarian)) and enjoyed it - but I realized that I enjoy steak tips in my life. I haven't gotten a hair cut - it looks alright - I enjoy waking up and seeing what it looks like. And even though it's now getting really hot and humid out - I've got a little beard growing. Ah well. Life is good.

That and I made some paintings I find value in. I'm continuing to push the circle paintings. As I type this - I have one where I just finished the underpainting and I'm waiting for it to dry before I can use copious amounts of tape on it.

Here's a couple photos (most recent on top and the one that started the circle trend below):

I keep coming back to this photo.

I was stupefied...

I found myself in Maine. At a school called Haystack.

I'd gone with MassArt as a staff person to chaperone the

trip.

Once I got there - I couldn't believe how amazing it felt to be out of the city.

I was away from the noises that have engrained themselves into the background of my life. And when they were gone - it felt strange.

I found myself in the woods.

And I found myself in commune with nature.

It was as if there were messages coming at me from something greater. Everywhere I looked was

beauty. The smell of life, death, and rebirth was abound.

I couldn't breath enough of the air.

I think I took a brief nap right here.

When I woke - I was blissful.

The canopy of green above with flecks of blue and white light shining through was enough to remind me just how precious moments of solitude can be.

I reconnected to something that was missing.

I was stupefied.

The District

I went to DC and took some photos. It was really quite warm.

But the nights were cool and beautiful. So I didn't mind wandering a little bit.

I think I could live there if I had an AC bubble that I could walk around it. I bet it'll be even nicer in the winter. I'll have to make a trip back to see how it's changed. And maybe bring a real tripod this time around.

Inkings

I've been on an ink kick for a while.

Yeah.

It's this meditative process where I look to the supplies I have and let the ink take its course. There is some modification of it's flow - adding water and shifting the plane of the paper. But mostly, the colors are allowed to blend as they see fit.

The sizes range from small to smaller.

And they're done on bristol board.