Studio Peekaboo

This was going to be last Sunday’s post. Oh well, that’s my near-impossible-to-meet-goal-setting mind for you. Without further ado, here’s a peek at what’s percolating in the studio…
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Doin’ The Pigeon

A pigeon joined us for yoga class today. Apparently this was the second day it has been trapped in the multipurpose room. The double doors leading out to the second-floor patio were left open for the duration of the class with the hopes that the bird would make its way out. No such luck.
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Rebel Quell

On my commute home from a grant writing workshop in Burnaby I found myself to be the sole occupant of a Skytrain car.

I thought to myself, “I could whoop, holler, or send out a primal scream right now.”

Then I thought, “Well, why don’t I?”
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Daily Snark

I noticed on my commute this morning that Telus – after exploiting every animal in the book – is back using piglets in their latest advertisements.
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A-Viking He Will Go

Our Danish friend is moving back to Denmark before year’s end and she is being sent off in style with a big, weekend-long viking shindig down in Seattle. Andrew will be representing for both of us, as I am working Friday and attending a grant writing workshop on Saturday. We finished his viking attire tonight and I must say I am duly impressed.
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Daily Grind

I’ve been using handheld power tools and doing a lot of manual sanding in the studio over the past two weeks. Consequently, that flabby part on the underside of my upper arms hurts like hell. Apparently those flappy bits are muscle. 😉 To anyone out there who doesn’t consider making art to be real work – sometimes it’s all about backbreaking labour.
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3333 Hours To Takeoff

I am mid-way through reading Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers. It seems the main factor separating someone who is average and someone who is über-successful is 10,000 hours of practice (plus a bunch of other factors, among them being in the right place and the right time to use your exceptional skills to great advantage).
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Blog Condensation

I seem to be having problems getting blog posts written consistently – more an effect of being tired after long days than of not having much to say.  Plenty has happened since my last post.
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Pro’velopment

Attended a wonderfully informative professional development lecture on international residencies tonight at the Burnaby Art Gallery.
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London ON Boy Does Good

Just saw Jayson McDonald’s Giant Invisible Robot at the Vancouver Fringe Festival.
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Done And Done

The equation: band practice on Friday night plus my first public performance as part of the Legion of Flying Monkeys Horn Orchestra on Saturday night plus extreme inertia throughout all of Sunday equals blog neglect. Apologies for the break in posting.
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Pending Dominatrix

My super friend Tzaddi went to the first World Domination Summit this June and highly recommended it. Today I was on the ball and got me a ticket to the 2012 World Domination Summit happening next July in Portland, OR.
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RN Resurrection

There’s nothing quite as satisfying as making something from nothing.
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Sweet Savoury Agony

I have been bad this Labour Day weekend. Very, very bad.
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Sharpie Shenanigans

Oh the fun you can have on the city streets with a ladder and a Sharpie.
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