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Unauthorized ArtDecember 23, 2008 at 3:24 pm | Posted in Graffiti, Miami Art Basel, Music, Life, Art, News, Public Art, Travel Updates, Upcoming Events | Leave a comment
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We've been blasted with winter snow for the past five days and its been a busy month as I prepare to travel yet again. I always come back with trips with even more on my plate than I already have, so I've been distracted for a few days as I try to wrap up some projects before my business trip. This is my first lapse since my daily efforts about a month ago. I started a new blog, am sleeping odd hours, and have a twitch in my left eyelid.
Photo on Dec 22, 2008 from the deck
The word Basel is associated with banking and a city in Europe close to the border of France, Switzerland, and Germany. I've seen the long trail of news articles and blog entries with this word in it comes across my desk, and some of them are rather interesting. Between the mid-summer event in June in Europe and its Miami counterpart, bloggers can feed on the continual supply on art news. Since I am intrigued with this event because my interest is Contemporary Art and Beyond , its been the subject of many blog entries.
Recent news has shifted westwards since the end of Miami Art Basel in Early December to the west. It looks like the MOCA stalemate has finally ended. I just discovered that the fellow who offered a bailout for the beleagured MOCA (Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art) is one of the founders, and the latest news is that this morning (Tuesday, December 23rd) the museum will release news about its financial plan and new officers. You can be sure there will be a flurry of commentary after this, in fact it has already begun.
A very innovative use or incorporation of art into a public space is this library in San Jose that is using illuminated cell glass art that should be a model for public buildings. Tree Hugger also has an article on this new library. Artists exist and work regardless of whether or not there is a venue for them, but when it becomes available, as in the case of a property owner in Palm Desert who paid an artist to decorate signal boxes that belong to the city.
If I had attended Miami Art Basel, the stuff going on over at the so called Wall of Fame would have been ground zero for me, I always am interested and pursue awesome artists who resort to interesting measures to get their art seen. Its the future. Fecal Face is an awesome site has its finger on the pulse, with a ton of pictures of the gorgeous graffiti art that went on display by this core group of artists during Art Basel Miami Beach.
The city has moved to regulate any future artist who choose to do the same. I went to an alternative public high school, so I was interested to read about a new public art school in Los Angeles for high school students that is supposed to open in 9 months. Hopefully it will represent a broad spectrum of students from all across Los Angeles. The San Jose Mercury chimed in on the ongoing debate about public art with its own commentary about the need for art in public spaces, adding richness to the experience of city living. The city of Santa Barbara is setting a great example in its work to recycle used items that would otherwise become trash and educating youngsters in the process. I guess my main gripe with events like Art Basel Miami Beach and the traditional Gallery/Museum scene is that there is very little of this interchange with the public.
Its really sad that the artists in Miami work tediously in the hope that they will have an audience for their art, but the community has no way to benefit from these art events and fairs. There is so much richness and excitement in the artists who I work with who are on the fringe and half of their work as an artist is just finding an artist or struggling to pay for materials. It is a touching experience and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
I've often compared Seattle to a third world city in its rampant building. I was over in the Eastlake neighborhood, and I counted no less than nine cranes in my frame of view. Public Art is actually one of our initiatives that we are working on here in Seattle, in regard to the non-stop building that is going on, since our real estate market does better than most of the country. New Dehli is taking command of its public spaces for contemporary art. The push by local artists to create and preserve public art is a model for cities like Seattle whose face is being changed in a way that the common citizen has little or no control of.
I like the Visuals and concept of the slow painting website. Its got links to other art history website and blogs, and you can read about an exhibit on Greek Vase Painting in Manhattan in this recent post. Moco Loco is another cool art blog that I just discovered. I haven't gotten in depth yet so I don't know quite what its approach is, but its a modern and contemporary art blog with a clean design and colorful and cartoony art that I enjoy so much in today's entry.
SEA SHOW vlog : Episode 4 – Tiny ConceptDecember 17, 2008 at 1:49 pm | Posted in vlog | Leave a comment
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One of the most beautiful things about this project is the wonderful embrace I get when I meet new artist. Usually there's a lot of interest all around so its great to meet new artists and they're happy to meet me. I didn't get to meet this singer the night that I filmed her performance, so I was really worried when I wrote to her almost a week ago and didn't get an answer right away. I was kinda bummed.
One of the things I learned early on producing is to not always assume, to have an open mind, and to be flexible and patient. And confident! :-> So I waited patiently, and finally today Tiny Concept wrote back and gave me the green light to use the video on the blog. There were other artists playing that night, but I had already gone through three hours of footage. Next time I'll bring more tape. I'm getting better at shooting continuously, however. I have a 4 gigabyte SD card and usually bring a few extra tapes. Once I get a second HD camera I can stagger the tape changes for continuity in the filming as well.
This song, like the other video log from this night by Syphilis Sauna, is also about a robot. This song by Tiny Concept is called My New Friend. The handheld footage is a little shaky in some parts because I moved to get a better angle.
Whatever feels rightDecember 16, 2008 at 2:28 pm | Posted in Deep thoughts, Music, Life, Art, News, Upcoming Events | 2 Comments
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I have used the same keywords for my alerts since I started this blog, and I almost never see the same blog twice. One that had a nice clean design and a strange image drew me in. It was of a potato with a nail through it, and it was on the LACMA blog, which is called Unframed. Much like Art Basel Miami Beach, MOCA has been in the news, so anything art and LA related in the news stands out to me.
LACMA is an acronym for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. MOCA Los Angeles still manages to fuel speculation in the art world in spite of its current stalemate and the eerie silence on the part of the challenged institution. A blog on the possibility of the museum, discusses the controversial practice of deassession.
Art By Paper Monster
Las Vegas doesn't pop up on my art radar for obvious reasons but today, I did read an article about the revival of a Contemporary Art Center, which, according to the article, Beate Kirmse helped rejuvenate over the past year. I found it a little disturbing that while informational and seemingly positive in its overall efforts, this article by the Las Vegas Sun paints a nice picture, but it doesn't address the really important issue, which should be the establishment of some measures on her part to make sure that the artists continue to get the recognition they need after her eventual departure. The article closes with her saying, "Maybe I'll go back to the East Coast."
I blog a lot about public art and how art can intersect with and uplift metropolitan cities and serve communities, so this article on a public art project that gives young artists a chance to display public art was the subject of an article in the St. Cloud Times website. Just yesterday I blogged about Art with Barack Obama as the subject matter, and it turns out there is a book on the New York Times bestseller list dedicated to illustrations of Barack Obama.
Paper Monster is a graffiti/stencil artist in Los Angeles that is making a name for himself. The tragic beauties in his stylized and crisp designs create interest with their beauty, but you can't stop staring because of the amazing colors and layered compositions he creates in various types of media. He has some Obama art on his website too.
Sometimes I just happen to stumble upon the most random blogs, only to be completely arrested by a beautiful image that I have to mention. You don't need to be a fancy art blog or a big topic to be worthy of mention.
There is a lot of strange and beatiful things hidden in the strangest of places and I've developed a little knack for digging them up. This blogger Karl Jones has been blogging since before blogging was cool, I don't know how well-known he is because I am new to online publishing but this guy knows what he likes. I dig his blog because its a funky mix of cool tidbits and his really cool digital designs that he makes into computer desktop wallpapers.
Art by Karl Jones
Not PC is another blog that is not an art blog but has something out of the ordinary that got my attention because it had something interesting or useful about art in it. In this case, it was a venture into art & perception. I'll be honest with you, my dear reader, I really don't understand what his blog/mission is about. I wanted to include a short description in my mention of it but I am kinda stumped. Maybe you can figure it out. Its definitely not an art blog.
From the beginning, I had so much to say about the whole experience of diving into a relationship that went further than your casual observer with some of the most offbeat artists in the city. I'm never satisfied when obvious perks like wanting free videography or an attractive host might be yours as a result of my meeting and working with you. Sure, those things are tempting for an artist, but for me, I am making art. So I am thinking about other things too.
Its taken a lot of flexibility and patience as well as simple tact to get through some of these situations. I do know that artists are also busy making their own art, and it is somewhat of a stretch for them to give me yet another part of themselves and experience for the art I want to make. But it wouldn't be the SEA SHOW without it. I am enamoured with the artists I have worked with from the beginning and who I continue to meet. To me, they are important.
The fact that the copius excitement that ensues with creative and intellectual interchanges occur is just icing on the cake. There really is a lot of potential, and its what's really fueled my commitment whenever there have been challenges this past year and a half.
When I am in SF next month I'll likely ponder these concepts and more in the Art of Participation exhibit at the SF MOMA.
Without speaking directly to circumstances, I am working hard to balance sensible thinking with my warm affection for the work and life of an artist. I think part of the constant challenge is finding that place where an artist can really step outside of his or her work, so that it can be elevated, heightened in a new way. This could be a flagrantly selfish pursuit, but I sacrifice and give so much that this is far too simplistic an observation or what motivates me. I suppose if you knew me personally, my motivations might make more sense. I know artists understand and like it, and as long as that is happening, The SEA SHOW must go on.
SEA SHOW vlog: Episode 3- The Galaxy MachineDecember 11, 2008 at 8:18 am | Posted in 1 | Leave a comment
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Tonight was awesome. I saw so many people I knew, and for once, Seattle felt like a small town again. Ah yes. :-> In my case its a good thing. I know how to stay out of trouble.
Here is my handheld footage of the song Burning Throne.
Director Ian Wilmoth is producing a music video for this song, which we were fortunate to have previewed at the LOVE.SEA.ART video, which was one of the SEA SHOW events that we had this year at COCA for thier Thursday after dark series on Thursday, June 5, 2008.
Day 5 : American Salon is Art Basel Miami BeachDecember 8, 2008 at 9:25 am | Posted in 1 | Leave a comment
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Just when you thought you couldn't get enough, here is one last post on all things Art Basel. While I did not attend the week's festivities, I'm not the only writer to report on the event without ever setting foot on the sands of Miami.
It turns out my clumsy conjecture may not be so off point after all. Things didn't look good for Art Basel, but it was not the funeral everyone predicted, as this Indian Reuters article suggests. In these other websites, its not so clear what is going on. I like the clean design of this site, which mentioned Miami Art Basel. After checking out the link, I was not really sure what this website was about. Then I realized its a fashion blog and these darlings had the pleasure of attending the festivities at some point in the past week. If this is the future of fashion, then I'm scared. I didn't get anything out of this site at all.
In my art coverage, I was also directed to the Take Part website for their Miami Art Basel 2008 coverage, which is yet another one that is new to me.
During a stint as a travel writer a few years ago, I was interested in Macao and since 1999, when China gained control over it and made it a special administrative region, it has become the Las Vegas of the far east, when it had been a formerly Portuguese colony since the 16th century. I don't imagine that the buzz has quite really caught on, but Contemporary Art is working on creating a foothold there. Is this a future site for Art Basel? Are we going to keep the ocean theme? How about inviting the SEA SHOW for a multi-disciplinary art performance and roundtable discussion? :-> I came across a page for a gallery in Macau that had links to archives of previous exhibitions in my search for images of Contempory Art in China .
When I look at a painting, especially one by a local artist who I might know personally, I cannot help but think of the Salon de Refuses, which was set up for the famous impressionists who gave so much to modern art, as they were repeatedly turned away from the Salon. In a broader light, I can't help but think of Art Basel in the same light. So many that purchase and influence descisions about art don't create it themselves, and so its almost inconceivable that they would buy art from an unknown and undervalued artist, or and do whatever can to help them. I don't think the art world has worked like that since the Rennaissance, if ever.
Paintings by Dr. JohnnyWOW!
When I see a painting in front of me by a talented local artist, I see a Manet in the works, and the art is precious to me, because of the effort of the art. If it weren't like artists who I know first hand who would create art even if they were homeless or you would think there was no way for them to create, find a way. And I think its beautiful. If there is a collector like that out there, please let me know.I have to say, I do applaud the efforts of the man trying to help MOCA. But imagine if everyday artists had access to that. What would happen? Surely something more exciting than the uninspiring reports I am reading from Miami Art Basel.
Day Two : Basel PulseDecember 5, 2008 at 2:37 pm | Posted in Miami Art Basel, Music, Life, Art, News, Travel Updates, Upcoming Events | Leave a comment
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Interestingly, so many of the references I find in my as-it-breaks art alert are taking me to financial sites, I end up reading strange documents about the long-term viability of Turkish Painting as an investment, or the strange hotel industry web sites that are reporting on the secondary effects felt on the tourism industry when an event like Miami Art Basel manages to avoid straining its already wide financial girth. Its no secret that wherever Art Basel goes, collectors and their whimsy will follow. Gridskipper is a travel site but has a nice Art Basel guide with maps and tons of info, a nice refreshing treatment of the events.
I'd been coming across articles about the new Frost Museum more than once in the past week, but its popped up enough times that I have to mention it once more. If you want to go see the new museum along with all the other strange shiny things to enjoy in Miami during Art Basel 2008, check out this article on Examiner.com for info on the events and how you can get there via shuttles this week. Her partner at the Examiner is also covering the event.
This photo could be something out of Miami Art Basel. These colorful characters were on hand last night at 619 Western, where SEA SHOW artist Dr. JohnnyWOW! was showing, as were scores of other attractive young art zombies. It was a good time, so I'll be sure to blog about it very soon! There are a lot of good looking people, but sometimes I wonder if the Art Basel Miami Beach is like the artwalk, lots of traffic, little substance. Some of us here in Seattle are fighting the good fight, perhaps its not a bleak as it seems.
Photo by Tim V.
With so much conflicting information about the Contemporary Art World, I'm afraid your humble host can be of no help. I can only offer you information that seems to discredit other forecasts and impressions of the market for Contemporary Art. Like the record sale of a Suerat, conflicting with the latest statistics from Sotheby's about sales trends in the Contemporary Art market.
Those that have the means will undoubtedly make the trip to Miami to be a part of a year of flux for an Contemporary Art market which seems just as incomprehensible as some of its visions. Its a smart time to travel, especially from Europe, so smart collectors undoubtedly factored all these elements in and likely decided to attend the Miami Art Basel.
Smart collectors know that there will be some great art on hand. If they have the time and opportunity, they will come here to seek that art and be a part of a scene that repeats itself year after year. Its like all my tech friends and MacWorld, they can't resist.
The sheer variety of links I see daily really make the who blogging process pretty fun and easy! I'm committed to it, so its a matter of deciding what amuses or interests me the most, and passing it onto you! That's right, you too can experience the shimmering effulgence. This is an art blog, so I can be a little creative, right?
Everyone is reporting on Art Basel, from news about the parties, to celebrities that were seen out and about, the buyers attitudes, you can practically blog about a dozen or more topics related to this event and not cover it all. The possibilities are endless.
Art by Naoto Hattori
This week we want some structure, so its going to be all Art Basel, all the time, but for just this week. See it through the eyes of a visitor of who revels in the convergence of art and luxury in his blog. I am not promoting any particular links or sites or events, just trying to give you a variety of information, choices, and pretty pictures for your delight.
I really like the SuperTouch site, so much that I have to restrain myself from including links all the time. I like the art in this show, because its fun and colorful and so am I, but for some reason the pics are grainy. That's no fun. Check out another cool blog with info on the paintings Marilyn Manson is displaying.
While I normally think an artist is no longer undiscovered when the local media picks up on it, I am nontheless intrigued by this CasaLin, which is a private property that has a portion designated as an art gallery.
As I had mentioned before, anything that involves forging into new art territory, melding forms, blurring lines, that's where I want to be. This won't be the last time you hear one of my many mantras. One of my other is simply, Support the Arts! Which of course we love to do. Which also leads to the fringe artist feeling of fascination and revulsion at what the art world is today, its essence personified in Miami Art Basel. Granted, this is an international event which I have never attended in any continent, so admire me for my guileless efforts, or illuminate me so that I can offer more concise rambles.
Let me assure you, my intentions are honorable and my blogs are far from scathing. If you're as smart as I know you are, you'll understand and hopefully be invoked to think or act about art! :->
So surely the investors have been doing their work today and are aware of or attended the art sales held at Sotheby's, they know that there are still big sales being made but that this is a pivotal year for Contemporary Art, so this only adds to the intrigue that is fermented at this event.
If the radio and blog updates just aren't giving you enough of what you need, thing being art basel, you can check out some video. This is an oft-visited site I'm sure, but its new to me, and on my radar. Looks interesting.
Aside from a usual run down of events going on this weekend, I must say I am surprised to find out that some think that my daily coverage of Art Basel is from first hand experience?
Yes, some kind souls reached out to me after hearing my anguished words of truth. Karma, in an ocean of joy. I will definitely to keep an eye on other reporters from Seattle in their adventures in Art Basel Miami Beach 2008! SlamHype is an art & music blog I've noticed recently, they like SuperTouch too but I like the diverse effort on this site, it has random goodies about Art Basel and links to music. Again, not a lot of time to check out a ton of the links, but it looked good from what I saw.
From when I heard about this event, I wanted it for artists that have opened their art to our organization, and my blog this week is my way of touching the event on behalf of those awesome artists I work with. I hate to disappoint my readers, but your jet-setting author does not have Miami Art Basel on her social calendar this week. I do have up to the moment updates on articles related to the event and modern art that I see throughout the day, so I hope I have my finger on a current that is helpful and interesting to my readers and artists I work with.
Let me briefly diverge from Art Basel to give you an update on an ongoing saga that the art world in America has been watching closely. We had news of an announcement a week ago about the bailout, and ever since then the art world has been waiting for news about the fate of Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. The stalemate in a descision to accept the gift has prompted the donor of the gift to try to reassure the museum. As we wait for other potential donors to step forward, you can be sure that however this art drama resolves, it will be interesting.
What do you think about our Art Basel coverage? Am I onto something? Are you bored yet? The blog overall? Email the author, and tell us how you feel, or give us a hi-5 with an encouraging comment! We like you too.
My next post will have some images and video from my night at artwalk.
The First Day: Art Basel Miami BeachDecember 4, 2008 at 9:29 am | Posted in 1 | Leave a comment
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Today is the official opening of Miami Art Basel. Forecast : tepid art sales and winds out of the northwest.
I really like some of the cool blogs that come through the inbox with up to date images and blogs from this years' art Basel. I don't always get a chance to open the link when I get it, so I see it twice, and when I get to a computer, I can check it out if it catches my eye.
I've decided to hit you with the day by day play of all interesting things related to Miami Art Basel. Its only a week, so it won't be that bad. And it'll be interspersed with other art stuff and the musings of my day to day life.
Photo by SHIFT
While I can't say that I find some of the coverage on the online version of the New York Mag to be terribly compelling, it appears that they will be posting frequently, and there are good photos if you like pretty pictures, so you can check in here for ongoing rundown of the major events. But we have way more interesting sources than this. This will be a fun week. Some websites do a better job than others at giving you a good run-down of events.
When I'm not passing over articles that are little more than tourism ads and coverage on the lavish fashion shows and over the top parties that accompany this week in Miami Beach, I stumble across nifty little sites like Art Lurker, a contemporary art blog from none other than Miami! The current article definitely caught my eye, because the artist he is featuring has some art that borders on being architecture pieces, and in some cases are hard to discern from a part of the environment. Does that price of the art come with installing? ;->
This is another example of a major newspaper publishing less-than-exceptional writing and commentary, but its still entertaining. Is some of the art coverage supposed to be like 80s clothes? So bad its good?
If you've been following this event for some time and have never attending, wishing you could clad yourself in white and go find the trendiest people in town, fear not, because these pages will give you an idea of what happens every year, so you can plan what sort of Miami Art Basel you can enjoy.There are plenty of local blogs you can check out if you're not sure what's good and want to hit the best restaurants and bars, knowing what to expect ahead of time. Many restaurants and hotels want to make the most of this week to energize their opening.
Thankfully, the fair has attracted enough fanfare that you can find some curious and hopefully irresistible art, people and experiences. Perhaps, one day, our artists or your humble host can enjoy such a pleasure?
One of the odder things I came across was a sand castle, but no mention of an artist. Granted, Hotel Chatter is not an art site, but even the internet is picking up on the flurry of action generated by this katamari known at Miami Art Basel. Luckily, I was able to come across info on the artist on another site. The alcohol soaked art lovers are going to have a hard time discerning between art and fluff already, I think this will only add to the confusion, but will invariably draw a crowd.
I'm not an art expert to know everything but I usually do have an opinion on those things I do know! I feel passionately about art, and I hope I can focus on that more than the forces that oppose its creation and enjoyment. I decided to get a book on Modern Art, so that I could view art from the objective standpoint, and last night I was reading about subjectivity in an introduction to the subject in this very respected book on Modern Art, which is followed by some letters or commentary by the artist in question, and what it means. Its interesting because I wasn't aware of the term, but I understood what artists like Gauguin and Cezanne did in their treatment of innocuous concepts, peasants in a field, the pattern of a tropical sarong on an exotic Venus.
I read some of these comments on art, and I wonder where the cumulative effect of the history of art is in this contemporary world.
Consider the possibilities what this art fair could mean without the distractions. Why not a roundtable discussion on art? Lectures, really critical discussion? I would love to venture such a discussion in a place where so many creative minds are gathered.
Guaguin Self Portait
I'm the last one to comment on what a museum director might have to say to help you interpret the events at Miami Art Basel, so you can read it for yourself and decide. Even restaurants are getting in the fun, sporting Art Basel themed cocktails. You will be supporting a good cause if you buy the book mentioned in the article, so check it out!
Miami New Times has an online blog that shows us the future of what the streets will look like during Miami Art Basel. As if you weren't already surrounded by enough that was Basel, this will take it to that new, scary level.
These signs/art would compete with all the other art and art related things vying for your attention. The art ubiquitous, really bright and frankly, a little scary. Do they need to put one on every single lightpost? I think the overall concept is ok, but the number of them would be too much, It would only add the Las Vegas-like atmosphere that pervades the city during this momentous week.
I got a breaking news release on the future of Art Basel Miami Beach and its location for the next three years. What city will it go to next?
Welcome to my nightmare is a fitting name the latest entry in a very intellectual art blog. The sheer number of links makes it mention worthy of inclusion. If it gets my attention, you will hear about it! I blogged about art radio at Art Basel, and found more than one other entry about it, for those of you that just can't get enough, and need it now. If I can find time I will listen to some of the radio on art basel, and will also be checking into this blog for updates, the authors are from LA, we'll see what they have to say!
In 24 hours, I will be enjoying an arte event as well, but it will be of a more subdued nature. I plan to really enjoy it.
SEA SHOW vlog: Episode 1 – Syphilis SaunaDecember 2, 2008 at 7:36 am | Posted in vlog | 1 Comment
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This is a short track at the end of his set at the Free Sheep Foundation in Seattle on November 26, 208.
I really liked this track when I first heard it and have found it hard to not keep listening to it. Syphilis Sauna, thank you for letting us into your art.
SEA SHOW vlog: an IntroductionDecember 2, 2008 at 7:23 am | Posted in vlog | Leave a comment
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I had a busier night that usual since I wasn't glued to my computer yesterday. It was a most relaxing evening nontheless. This morning was a little more of a challenge, I ate some marinated food yesterday and when I woke my stomach hurt. Rolling around to find a comfortable position only the pain worsening, resulting in me ending up in a sweaty ball on the floor of my bathroom. I should have gone with my instinct in my initial dislike of the marinated olives. Better now, but I felt bad about missing my daily art blog post. I have part of it saved so I will post that tonight for you to peruse at your leisure.
Free Sheep Foundation – Hallway . From 11.26.2008 SEA SHOW SHOOT
This is an introduction to a new facet of our daily blog. We hope to start releasing 1 to 2 short videos a month. Since many of these are part of longer pieces, can be multicamera shoots, its difficult to manage releasing them a lot, but we will strive to include some of these. In the coming days you will see video for this week's show, and a preview of what you can expect to see more of this Thursday night, when the painter Dr. JohnnyWOW! gives us another installment of his talk/performance art.
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There is so much energy at artwalk each month, I'll be glad to get back into it this month. In two days, I'm excited to visit 619 Western and say hello to Dr. JohnnyWOW!, who will debut the latest incarnation of his artistic approach.There will of course be a recording of this, and we'll be showing video of the artist giving his talk earlier this month that night too. Video everywhere. Too much fun.
Vox Vespertinus performs with Death Posture at the Free Sheep Foundation, 11.26.2008
This blog will be part local adventures in emerging art forms, part news commentary. I still don't visit any site with regularity, but my small numbers are steady day to day, so as we increase our readership and I get better at making sense and choosing good topics, you'll see things improve.
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Released on Friday, November 28, 2008, this morning I enjoyed an audio segment on NPR about how to think about new art and music. I am editing my footage that I shot two nights ago.
There's a third tape I had in my hand when I walked in the door that I need to locate. I had nervously anticipated an opportunity to meet some interesting figures from the northwest art scene who were also in attendance, but being the shy nerd I am, I only talked to someone if was about photography and video or my cable access show all evening long.
Yes, Seattle's underground is still here, there is Butoh here and in Portland. I it was a good night of art.
Syphilis Sauna was really good, as was the French singer Leticia aka Tiny Concept. It was great to know that those experiences and more are still to be had. Its too bad that building is going to be bulldozed and replaced with condos, much like the rest of the Belltown neighborhood that surrounds it.
It was definitely one of the more unpolished venues I'd gone in my adventures as Your Humble Host. Outside the building there was a Notice of Land Use sign and the sign outside for the art space was just a logo.
When my photographer Tim and I walked up there were some folk waiting outside. We saw that they were performing, and as we walked up they were guided to another part of the building. I told Tim told just follow them and we were in. Tim scouted for an outlet while I checked out the lighting situation. I ordered a drink but got the first one free and gave the customary generous tip.
The bartender told me they have parties there, of the obscure persuasion. I tried to keep my cool. Ok, now I'm learning some new things!
Of course some SEA SHOW artists were performing, and before too long Death Posture came out and gave an amazing performance.
I ran out of tape after three hours and had to go but was happy about my 4GB chip that I didn't have to worry about getting full on my audiorecorder.
It was pretty dark in there but the stage lights were on and the footage came out great. Now where is that third tape?
In the meantime, I have the audio files from my Zoom H4 downloaded and captured the last 5 minutes or so of the performance on one tape. It was a great time, I'll blog more about this later, when the video is ready.
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An old blog of mine, We're In This For The Money, recently got some attention, delighting me, of course. A full h/t to Jim Speaker @jspeaker for that! He quoted me thus:
Too busy to #TDD? Too busy to pair? Too busy to #refactor? Too busy to micro-test? I call bullshit. My buddy Erik Meade calls it Stupid Busy, and I think that nails it pretty well. All you re really saying is that you re too busy to go faster. ~@GeePawHill
Most of the responses were RT's and likes, both lending me fresh energy. A modest number of folks chatted with me, and that gives even more juice. (Readers please note: the sharers of these things you enjoy need to hear that you enjoy them, early and often. It is what gives us the will to share.)
If you want to ship more value faster, you might want to consider TDD, as it will very likely help you do that, for nearly any definition of value you wish, provided only that the value involves writing logically branching code. I genuinely believe that the modern synthesis is really the fastest way to ship value that we have at this time.
Some who responded took me as saying that and opposed that idea, others took me as saying that and favored that idea. I've no idea what the RT's and likes were inferring.
I am not saying that it is irresponsible of a working programmer to not do TDD et al, because I do not believe that.
Frankly, the idea gives me the willies. So I feel it's incumbent on me to give you some detail about what I would actually say about this question of responsibility.
(Writers don't get to decide what readers make of their ideas. You'll take the money premise and all the rest of my output you decide to bother with, and you'll make of it what you will. All the same, if I can see how you might think I was saying that, and if I disagree strongly with that, I feel my own – normal, individual, human – sense of responsibility to do what I can to make my ideas more transparent.)
Those senses of responsibility are rich, vague, staggeringly complex, and full of outliers, odd twists, preferences, and, when put in to language, startling contradictions.
Above all, they are individual. There are aggregate and statistical trends, of course, and if one could find an N-dimensional space big enough to hold the variables, one would see bell-curve like manifolds all through it. I have a sense of responsibility, and the odds are overwhelming that you do, too. Our respective responsibility-senses may appear to be similar, even highly similar. But they are not. It only appears that way because of the limits of language and the locality of the context we use to frame them. Our responsibility-senses are different because we are different.
If you read widely, you will have seen hundreds, maybe thousands, of situations in which one responsibility a person senses is pitted against another responsibility that same person senses. If you don't read at all but you are old and thoughtful enough to seriously review your past, you will also have seen hundreds, maybe thousands, of situations like this in your own personal history, and that of others you know well.
You are in the difficult position of balancing dozens of competing needs, using only your heart and body and mind, and I am well aware that this is a task far more demanding in real life than it seems, on paper, in a blog, or spoken by an idol. I won't do that for you because I can't do that for you. I only sometimes manage to do it for me.
Please don't take me, even in a crabby mood, as someone who assesses your sense of responsibility, commitment, or heaven forbid, morality, on the basis of whether or not you do TDD or any other part of the modern synthesis in your job.

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Monday, 11 July 2011
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Exhibition open 9th - 21st July Mon to Sat 9-5pm! At the Lansdown Gallery, Lewes I'm exhibiting work along with fellow Firle Artist Paul Stevens. Pauls oil paintings of the Sussex landscape have an essence of magic, subtle and ethereal ghost like horses and bold greens that really capture the green i see on the downs in the early summer. I'm showing new dioramas and etchings
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It's nice to show my work in Lewes...last time I put work up in this town i exhibited my degree show work - a series of photos i took at Les Trois Garcon of my friend Ayan dressed up in an 80's cocktail dress wearing a gas mask customised by me covered with diamante and sequins...it was an anti war statement just after 9/11- an ironic propaganda shoot promoting war by making it sexy, glamorous, commercial,fashionable. Okay my work is different now... but that was 8 years ago!
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Today it's our wedding anniversary. This photo was taken on our wedding day on Feb 24, 2008.
You have to say, us hippos are slow-moving creatures. It took us almost eight years for this to happen--the picture was taken on Feb 12, 2016, when our baby Hippo was 1.5 days old.
So many things happened in the eight years, I don't know where to start. But when comparing the two pictures, the most obvious change was how puffy Mummy Hippo's paw had become! That gives you a hint of how nicely-rounded she is today :). But, to her justice, that was more due to 2.5 days of IV injections rather than her actual weight gain!
(OK, I digressed a bit).
Eight years down, a new adventure begins, this time with a new member of the family!
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Thursday, July 17, 2014
Sad, sadder, and the saddest: The Holocaust History Museum, Jerusalem
I didn't visit the Holocaust History Museum during my first two trips to Israel. Being an optimistic and happy-go-lucky creature in general, I chose to see and experience the happy side of the country and the Jewish culture/history first. But the taste of war during my third trip gave me a sense of what people have to live through today, and a visit to the Museum was a reality check for what people had to suffer in the history, possibly the darkest part of human history.
The Museum is a sad place to be, even before I started reading and learning anything. The interior of museum complex, designed by Moshe Safdie, conveys a feeling of struggling to me. The entire structure is made of concrete, and apart from the ceiling light in the main corridor (picture above), there is no single window in any exhibit room as far as I remember. Also, both sides of the wall are tilted, pressing against you, even when you trying to bath in the only source of light in the corridor (picture above). Some of the design is functional, as the exhibit rooms need to be dark for the purpose of multimedia presentations, more likely though, the architect tries to represent the gloomy and breathless feeling for the hundreds and thousands of Jewish people who suffered in the World War II.
There are plenty of sad texts and numbers to learn about the Holocaust, but for me the sadder part was the story-telling. Almost in each of the exhibit room, there is a TV playing a survivor telling his or her story. Almost each of the story made me feel like crying or shouting out loud angrily, "What was wrong--How could any human being treat a fellow human being like that?!" One of the stories, for example, was a 13-year-old boy watching the Torah that he read during his Bar Mitzvah torn apart and burned down in front of him...Being in such a Torah-reading ceremony recently and witnessing how people treasure and worship the Torah, I cannot imagine anything worse happened to that boy. Physical suffering is one thing, but the collapse of belief is a whole different matter.
The saddest of all though, was the last exhibit room, called Hall of Names. The ceiling of the room features a gigantic cone displaying hundreds of photos. Before getting over the fact that all those children, women and men lost their lives in the Holocaust, I saw the wall of the room full of bookshelves, then there were files after files on each shelf. It turns out each of 2.6 million, and so far ONLY the 2.6 million has got a page of his/her profile on record, and this Hall of Names have room for six million in total...
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Sunday, July 13, 2014
A taste of war
This was my third time in Israel and everything seemed to be just fine before this trip, even though I learned that security systems in the Tel Aviv airport, where we flew in and out of the country, are much tougher than other parts of the world. They start to check everybody out even before you enter the airport, and at least two officers will come to talk to you before you reach your airline's ticket counter. After each round of conversation, they will put some stickers on your suitcase, and as a result, you will have a lot more of those after leaving from Israel. I had seven on mine during my first trip there, if I remember correctly. It wasn't they thought me/my suitcase suspicious or anything. Nothing personal, it is just their business as usual. As my brother-in-law said, "Security is a national hobby."
I have a better understanding of this line during this trip. Every new apartment is required to have a "shelter room," and when the air-raid siren blasted in the air, we dropped everything, rushing into this shelter room and waited until the siren stopped. The same is for any public space. The picture above shows a sign in the Tel Aviv airport, directing people to the shelter, and I took the picture in the morning we left Israel.
When it first happened, I was pretty much dragged into the shelter room before I realized what was happening, and then I heard clearly about the siren. It was like a sudden entry of some surreal movie, and I didn't feel being scared or worried at all before we had our freedom again. The siren blasted twice in the next two days, and by the third time I reacted quickly without anybody telling me what to do and we also heard loud noise of bombing from Israeli army intercepting Hamas' rockets nearby...Still, children played in and outside the shelter room, during and after the siren periods. The family were together, and Mr Hippo was beside me, so I didn't feel much either.
My numb feeling finally disappeared when our plane landed in Barcelona, the next stop of our trip. It was more of a relief than anything else--We successfully escaped the war!
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Thursday, July 3, 2014
Istanbul: A condensed journey
Mr Hippo and I went to Istanbul for a conference, and we only had three days to tour around before and after the conference. It was a intensive and condensed journey in every perspective.
As a trans-continental city, Istanbul condenses the distance between Asia and Europe. For us (poor) Australians, we have to fly hours to reach other continents. Yet here in Istanbul, Asian and Europe are pretty much just two neighborhoods separated by the Bosphorus. The other continent is just a bridge/train ride away, and the first time we took the train, we were in a different continent before I even realized it. The picture above shows one of the two existing suspension bridges cross the river, the Bosporus Bridge. I took the picture during our Bosphorus cruise.
Apart from condensing distance in space, Istanbul also offers a condensed view of history. Residents with different culture and religion have left their own signatures in all forms. The picture above shows Christian and Islamic art pieces in Hagia Sophia, which served as a Cathedral and then a mosque in the history. When Ottoman rulers coverted Hagia Sophia into a mosque in 1400s, they actually plastered over the mosaics of Jesus and Mary. The art piece only started to come back to life after 1935, when the Republic of Turkey re-opened Hagia Sophia as a museum.
My least favorite form of condensed thingy encountered in Istanbul was Baklava, a Turkish pastry dessert. I had tasted it in other parts of the world (the first time was in a kebab shop in the Jewish quarter of Boston?) and never like it, but I thought I should give myself another chance as it is more authentic here. Luckily I just nibbled. As I remembered before, it is SO sweet to the point that, if a bee tastes it, he will be shamed about how bland honey is by comparison!
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Friday, June 20, 2014
Waking up from my long hibernation
Call it a long hibernation or mid-life crisis. Whatever the name is, it is not a very satisfactory mode. I did enjoy taking the break, or a mid-life recreation (as termed in the cartoon) but as those who feel tired after a very long night of sleep tells you: Too much rest makes you feel restless.
Many things triggered me into this mode: Some family drama and its ripple effect last year, fatigue from the exciting trip (I need a vacation after the vacation!), too much international traveling (4 last year), and most likely, hectic tasks at work...I span from fire-fighting activity 1 to activity 2, urgency was my first and foremost criterion of investing my time and energy. In between the activities, I dropped and didn't think much about and act on those things that were important. I read novels but didn't write much of my diaries. I consumed but didn't create enough. I was in a busy-lazy mode, if you know what I meant.
I think I am finally pulling myself out of this mode, at last. Still yawning, but at least I am stepping out of my cave/burrows (do hippos live in any??) finally...Time to think, act and be creative again!!
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Confidence: the stuff that truns thoughts into action
I, too, have the same issue, probably even more so because of my cultural background. In China, we were taught to be modest and contribute to our accomplishment to some collective efforts (集体的荣誉)....
To some degree it is soothing to know that this issue of lack of confidence is almost universal for women, not only me and my girl friend. This recent article in the Atlantic claims research after research shows the same result.
What is the solution then? The article doesn't really offer much but it does point out "The natural result of low confidence is inaction. when women hesitate because we aren't sure, we hold ourselves back..."
So, stop thinking too much and just ACT!
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Prepare for the 1st election in life
My 1st election in life is coming up! I'm a citizen now and Australia has the system of forced compulsory voting, so I will be casting my votes in the coming Federal election on Sept 7.
Mr Hippo sent me the link to this Vote Compass on ABC's website, which is a great tool in mapping my position relative to that of the three Party. Here is my overall result:
I just practiced voting as well with the help of Mr Hippo, so I am almost ready to go!
Mr Hippo sent me the link to this Vote Compass on ABC's website, which is a great tool in mapping my position relative to that of the three Party. Here is my overall result:
I just practiced voting as well with the help of Mr Hippo, so I am almost ready to go!
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Steve Jobs Was Named the #1 Entrepreneur of Our Time
Through his amazing vision and drive, Steve Jobs forged in concert what is nowadays the most successful company in the world, and, at the same time, he changed many industries and facets of the way we live.
And, for his numerous achievements, his name is usually synonymous with the words "entrepreneur" and "visionary". So, it is not a news and surprise that Steve Jobs was rightfully named the #1 entrepreneur of our time in a list created by Fortune.
Fortune magazine mentioned that, though sometimes abusive and mean-spirited, Steve Jobs is "our generation's perfect entrepreneur." They continued to describe his hate for market research as well as focus groups, because he felt that they restricted one's ability to innovate.
Steve Jobs ignored standard R&D practices and followed his own intuition; that, as it would turn out, was much more reliable. He had a talent for "connecting the dots" and also timing that has proven to be far more valuable than standard market research.
Including 12 entrepreneurs, the famous people on the list were selected according to several factors: The success of their companies, their vision, as well as the social and economical impact of their work. Together with Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, the other 11 businessmen on the list are:
- Bill Gates (Microsoft)
- Fred Smith (FedEx)
- Jeff Bezos (Amazon)
- Larry Page and Sergey Brin (Google)
- Howard Shultz (Starbucks),
- Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)
- John Mackey (Whole Foods)
- Herb Kelleher (Southwest Airlines)
- Narayana Murthy (Infosys)
- Sam Walton (Wal-Mart)
- Muhammad Yunus (Grameen Bank)
To take into consideration, there are 5 other men on the rating list from Fortune who are infamous in the technology world. Bill Gates, often known as Jobs' main concurrent ranks #2 on the list, right listed below him. Jeff Bezos of Amazon is #4, Larry Page along with Sergey Brin of Google are both #5 on the list, and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook is #7.
As Fortune magazine describes it, you will also find 'surprises' on the list – people who are not as popular as the "given" men who we had expect to find – like Narayana Murthy of Infosys, a successful IT consulting company in India.


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Performance management goes by a handful of monikers — performance monitoring, assurance, visibility— all meaning the same thing. The performance management definition is the process and the tools in place to analyze network and/or application data and to conduct root-cause analysis that locates issues that impact a user's experience.
Currently, IT departments rely on three performance management tools to catch performance concerns. Application performance management (APM) monitors an application's performance. Network performance management (NPM) inspects network's data to find any blockage in the network traffic. And, lastly, unified performance management (UPM), which is a converged approach to APM and NPM. It provides IT professionals with end-to-end visibility into both the network and the applications as those technologies are becoming more interdependent upon each other.
How Performance Management is Advancing
The networking landscape requires performance management tools to evolve in order to complete its objectives. Complex technologies such as cloud computing and hybrid data center architectures are making this necessary. Another consideration is the fact that the number of users connected to the internet has grown exponentially. Similarly, the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) devices has increased as well. Gartner predicts more than 20.4 billion IoT devices will be in use by 2020. All of these factors generate copious amount of data that overburdens IT departments' capacity to monitor. The future prediction is that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) will replace humans in resolving issues those technologies detect, freeing up IT's time to handle other tasks.
Automation will play a pivotal role in the future of performance management tools. With the assistance of AI and ML, performance management processes should automatically detect performance roadblocks. Mark Milinkovich, director of product marketing at LiveAction, noted that AI and ML "will enable the network to continuously learn, spot, and address abnormalities in network traffic and dynamically adjust network policies to account for changes in usage or user behavior." Milinkovich's point means that those technologies will learn from past performance management issues to detect patterns in events that cause performance issues.


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A recent article in the press noted that over half of all jobs pay under $20/hr. But what does that really mean in terms of the long-term wage stagnation and increasing poverty in the United States?
Real wage stagnation over the past two decades
According to the Census Bureau, the median wage for men (adjusted for inflation) from 1995-2012 has hovered around $35,000 per year — working out to about $16.83 per hour. For women, there has been a growth trend from 1995-2012, but still hourly wages are roughly $10.58 per hour.
For households it's just as bad. From 1995-2012, the median household income hovered around $51,000 in inflation adjusted wages — only 214 percent of the poverty level (bear in mind that many federal benefits start at 185% of the poverty level).
How is the poverty level calculated?
A common criticism used is that the poverty level is set too high, which means there really should be fewer "poor" people in the United States. The argument goes something like this: "redefine poverty and the poverty problem is solved — there aren't as many poor people."
In almost Soviet-style propaganda, the war on poverty could be completely won by setting the poverty level at zero income.David Yee
In almost Soviet-style propaganda, the war on poverty could be completely won by setting the poverty level at zero income.
This, of course, is ridiculous. The poverty levels were developed to demonstrate what could be bought at the level of poverty.
In 1963, the Department of Agriculture first defined poverty as triple the amount of money required to purchase a low-cost, balanced, healthy diet. Since 1963, the methods have changed slightly, but the definition of poverty still does not include "necessities" like housing and utilities.
The method still essentially measures the ability of the family to feed itself. The 2014 poverty level for a family of four is $23,850 — divide this by 3 equals $7,950. Divided by 12 months, this gives a monthly food budget of $662.50. Continuing the calculation, this works out to living off of $5.52 per day for food (which is very similar to the so-called "food stamp challenges" that have become popular in recent years).
*Based on the 153.6 million American wage-earners, as defined by the Social Security Administration.
With over half of all wage earners making poverty wages, the middle class is becoming a thing of the past. While two-income families were the norm for much of the 90s and 00s, Millennials are setting a new trend of single-income families with one parent staying home to take care of the children. According to a new report, upwards of 60 percent of Millennials intend to raise a family on a single income.
While the gut-reaction might be that this will cause more poverty, in the long-run, if the trend continues, it will serve to raise aggregate wages by making the employment pool smaller. Reviewing the household data, wages remained stagnate from 1995-2012 while the number of households increased by over 25 percent. A lot of wage stagnation can be attributed to healthier living, allowing for longer careers.
But then, we can't ignore corporate greed
A recent report stated that Walmart, arguably one of the worst paying companies in America, could increase wages with little impact on prices or profit. In fact, according to this report, Walmart could raise wages so that all of their employees were above the 185 percent poverty line and it would only affect prices by about 1.4 percent.Up to 60% of Millennials intend to raise a family on a single income.
It is estimated that Walmart's low wages cost the government over $300,000,000 per year in SNAP (food stamps) alone. Most are aware that America's consumer goods are made with sweatshop labor, but this strikes closer to home. The "real" price of seeking out the cheapest goods possible comes with too high of a social cost.
To make the hypocrisy even worse, in Walmart's most recent SEC filings they warned that profits would be lower due to lapses (due to temporary increases ending) in the SNAP program. Currently, 18 percent of all SNAP benefits are spent at Walmart stores. When even the corporate giants are suffering from welfare reductions, those who need it most are in enormous trouble.
The solution to wage stagnation is job creation
Well-paying jobs are the answer to wage stagnation. Whether it's a massive government-sponsored jobs creation program or keeping domestic companies from going overseas to pay slave wages to pad profits, our economy needs new and better paying jobs.
But then again, it's always easier to believe that 153 million Americans are being lazy than it is to believe that a couple of thousand Americans are suffering from out of control greed.
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Shortly after the U.S. presidential election, L.L., a psychotherapist who practices family therapy, Writes that she had an unusual experience. While she was used to her clients talking with her about any number of issues, it was rare for them to talk politics.
Two different clients, each with Strong Feelings about the election, started their sessions by expressing their strong feelings about the election's outcome. Each had different reasons for how they felt, L.L. writes, but each went on for quite a bit of time into their respective sessions, before pausing, looking up at L.L.
"Pretty much identical statements followed," writes L.L., indicating that each said a variation of, "Oops, I'm assuming you feel the same."
Neither client was seeking L.L.'s advice on some therapeutic issues. But, she writes that "both had started talking as though they knew I supported the same candidate they did."
"What if I didn't?" asks L.L. "Should I have told them?"
I am not a psychotherapist. I do not meet with clients each day. But it's fair to observe that the reason clients seek out L.L.'s services is to help them deal with issues they bring to each session, whether these have to do with family, work, or anything else resulting in their need to seek her out. If a client sought out L.L.'s advice on how to sort out conflicting feelings they have about making election decisions, it seems her job would be to help them sort these feelings out, not to tell them who to vote for.
L.L. also makes clear that she sets boundaries with her clients. While she works hard to let them know she is genuinely concerned about them and their mental health, she also works hard not to bring her personal life into the relationship. Her job, she writes, is to work with her clients on their issues, not to burden them with hers.
But here, L.L. found herself in an atypical situation where two of her clients had a strong emotional response to an issue that they expressed to her and then paused when they realized that they might be ranting against a person L.L. supported. So, when the expressed their assumption that L.L. might share their visceral response, should she have told them she voted the same or different from how they did?
That each of the patients paused out of concern that they might be offending L.L. by making an assumption suggests that they likely built a strong bond with her. They feel comfortable speaking with her, but also are concerned about making false assumptions about her seeing the world the same as they do.
Obviously, L.L. shouldn't lie to her clients about which candidate she voted for, but she has no obligation to tell them, unless, for some reason that escapes me (again, not a psychotherapist myself), she believes there is a therapeutic value in doing so.
Instead, the right thing is for L.L. to do as she has always done with her clients and either encourage them to keep talking or to try to direct them to talk about other issues that are relevant to their care. In response, to their "oops" comment, L.L. would simply had to respond "That's OK," and then move on with the discussion that focused on them and their needs.
Jeffrey L. Seglin, author of The Simple Art of Business Etiquette: How to Rise to the Top by Playing Nice, is a lecturer in public policy and director of the communications program at Harvard's Kennedy School. He is also the administrator of www.jeffreyseglin.com, a blog focused on ethical issues.
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So, I have a problem.
Tomorrow, Thursday, is Game 5 of the Mets-Dodgers series. The winner will move on to face the Cubbies. Players on the losing team will be forced to clean out their lockers, after which they may cry a bit before realizing that they're mostly rich and mostly really good looking (I said "mostly") and that their lives are still awesome. But all that's neither here nor there.
Back to my problem. Tomorrow, Thursday night, I have tickets to "Mel Brooks — Back in the Saddles Again," which will feature a live screening of Blazing Saddles followed by a Q+A with Mr. Brooks himself. The film starts at 7:30.
First pitch for Game 5 is at 8:06. Hence, my problem.
On the one hand: this is effing Game 5! deGrom-Greinke. Do or die! The life-long Mets fan in me is screaming that I'm crazy for even considering skipping the game. After all, it's not like we're the Yankees or Cardinals. Playoff trips don't come around very often when your team is ran by a nincompoop who saw nothing fishy about handing over all his cash to a dude guaranteeing a 15 percent return every year. And while having a stable of flame-throwing phenoms like deGrom and Matt Harvey and Thor and Matz does seem to be a recipe for prolonged success, if there's anything we've learned about baseball over the past few years it's that there's nothing more fickle than a powerful young arm.
And anyway, I absolutely love this group of Mets. I love Granderson and the way he's completely overhauled his approach at the plate. I love Cespedes and the violence he brings to everything he does on the field. I love David Wright, The Captain, and how he's embraced his role as team elder statesman while also showing an exuberance usually seen in nine-year-olds in little league. I love everything the rotund Bartolo Colon does and how he redefines the word "athlete" every time he steps on the field. I love the emotions this team makes me feel — the euphoria following a Cespedes bomb, the anger following yet another dirty play from an old nemesis.
Watching this team — the one put together in late July, not that triple-A junk that was being thrown out their beforehand — has been a blast, and I don't want it to end. But all baseball seasons do — some just last a little later than others. This Mets season is almost over and I want to soak in as much of it as I can before it fades away.
But, if we're talking about ticking clocks, well, chances are Mel Brooks doesn't have much time left either. When you get to 89 you're pretty much on borrowed time. Even if Brooks does make it into his late 90s, the chances that he remains lucid enough to take part in public Q+As are slim.
This is my dilemma. I love the Mets, but I also love Mel Brooks more. Both were introduced to me by my father at a young age. Space Balls and Blazing Saddles were shown at multiple birthday parties of mine, and I've seen both movies dozens of times. 2,000 Year Old Man was the first comedy album I ever listened to. Brooks' humor killed me a kid and I think I enjoy it even more now. That's his magic. You can think you know one of his films by heart, then re-watch as an adult and suddenly discover a new joke that previously you didn't understand.
I remember stumbling upon this scene a few years ago and cracking up — at the joke itself, and also at the fact that it had gone over my head every time I watched Space Balls as a kid.
And now I can go watch a Mel Brooks movie WITH Mel Brook, and listen to him be interviewed after?! This is, likely, an opportunity I will never have again.
And I have no clue what to do.
I could go to the screening, DVR some of the game, and be home by about 10. That would likely be around the seventh inning. I'd get to catch the end, but I'd miss so much of the good stuff — those feelings that flow through you as you watch your team in a win-or-go-home playoff game, which, by the way, as Jets, Knicks and Mets fan, is something I don't get to feel very often.
I could skip Brooks, just watch the game — but if the game is ugly, or the Mets win, or if the Mets are blown out, I will hate myself for choosing baseball over a national treasure.
I have less than a day to decide. Anyone got any thoughts?


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Surprise, I'm gay. Okay, yeah the little birdie has already flown the coop on that one. But it relates so come on it was a little funny, pun intended.
Anyways, most of my friends have at one time or another expressed an attraction for a celebrity or two. Although as I have gotten older I have wondered how many were attracted to the actor/actress and how many's blood was pumping for a role the person was portraying?
I can admit my latest "celebrity crush" is Miguel Angel Silvestre. Face it, this Spanish actor is smoking hot and yes, it certainly helps that for whatever reason I am attracted to Latino men. But I also know that his Sense8 character Lito Rodriguez is everything I am searching for in a man so I have to take that into consideration.
Miguel or Lito? Which truly gets my heart beating faster? Do I have a "celebrity crush" or a "character crush"? If I am to be honest my gut instinct says it is a bit of both with character carrying the load at 65% to 35% over celebrity and I am cool seeing and accepting that.
No doubt you're reading this and saying to yourself that you've read no real confession save for my faux coming out. Well you see, yes I have openly admitted that I was gay but I don't think I have ever confessed to anyone what I am looking for.
My problem is I am not a bar guy and frankly the whole "Show me your cock" attitude of apps like Grindr have me wondering how exactly I am supposed to meet a guy, muchless making it a Latino on top of everything else. No, I am not so locked in on that "Latino" label that I am just going to give every other guy the brush off, there's a whole world out there.
My confession? I am ready for someone in my life. Someone who loves me and someone I love. Someone who is my sun and moon, while I am that for them. It's scary. It has been a long time and I almost don't know where to start.