• make baklava
  • take a screen printing class
  • learn how to reupholster furniture
  • travel again and take photographs
  • teach my son how to ride a bike
may 13 2015 ∞
may 13 2015 +
  • ballerinas
  • elephants
  • one step at a time: ears, eyes, noses, lips (with crosshatch shading)
  • drawings like you might see in a book on botany, using pen and watercolor https://www.google.com/search?q=A+botani...
  • a series of portraits: "The Men I Love": Jim Jarmusch, Paul Newman, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Paul Auster...
  • distorted self-portraits
nov 29 2012 ∞
oct 23 2013 +
  • [Mayan Civilization]
  • Paul Auster (The New York Trilogy)
  • When the Rain Stops Falling: Andrew Bovell
  • The Illustrated Man
  • Of Mice and Men
  • Boss
  • The Seat of the Soul
  • Reread The Great Gatsby and try to envision the eyes of Dr. TJ Eckleberg
  • J.J Rosseau: "Emile"
  • Sonic Youth Comic Book?
  • Abraham Lincoln historian from Jarecki film?
  • Arabian Nights
  • Malcolm X bio
  • "Tear Kettle Tea":Owl?
  • Ghostworld: graphic novel
  • Maus: graphic novel
  • Raymond Chandler (also graphic novel)
  • The Road to Perdition: graphic novel
oct 17 2012 ∞
feb 4 2014 +
  • *criterion:favorites of the famous
  • Landlords: Hal Ashby
  • Black Panthers Documentary
  • Alice in the Cities: Wim Wenders
  • Straight Story
  • Performance: Nick Rogue
  • La Commare Secca
  • Pasolini, Margaret Von Trott, Peter Weir??
  • The Fourth Man
  • Urban Cowboy
  • Elaine May??? Chi-Uni educated!
  • The Barefoot Contessa: Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brian
  • While the City Sleeps: Fritz Lang
  • Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
  • Ermanno Olmi?
  • Killer of Sheep
  • Gummo
  • Film: An Odyssey?????
  • Otto Preminger
oct 1 2012 ∞
jan 19 2014 +
  • mannequins
  • shadows
  • "from my windowsill" and other still life
  • self-portraits:
      • long exposure-white lights (wrap around) nude
      • reflections
  • A series of yawns
  • Portraits: the person would be photographed with some item that is theirs (in my mind I saw a famous print framed above the person's head, a faint smile of pride on their face, or better yet, someone with their guitar poised next to them, like a good friend)
  • puddles when it's raining (beautiful, perfect circular patterns)
  • a singular picture with an elusive, story...
sep 30 2012 ∞
jan 23 2014 +
jun 14 2013 ∞
mar 25 2014 +
nov 30 2012 ∞
jan 25 2014 +
  • "Wingnuts": back alley cigarette break, 5-minute conversation between 3 employees: one optimistic though a little maimied by the harshness of retail; one clinging to their angry desperation as if it were a newborn child, clawing and lashing out at the closest warm body (or even just at the wind); and one a pitiful observer, imprisoned by the fear of something better
  • "He wanted me to sing"/"He called the cops"
  • Heather's memoirs...
nov 8 2012 ∞
jun 19 2013 +
  • a photo project (dedicate myself to one idea and carry it out, no matter what or how it evolves..)
  • write a play (and have someone act it out)
  • a collection of short stories and dialogues (old and new), maybe send one to an online magazine or newspaper
  • dream journal
  • make a soundtrack to a pretend movie
oct 17 2012 ∞
feb 7 2014 +
sep 28 2012 ∞
oct 14 2012 +
  • Shel Silverstein's "Where the Sidewalk Ends" and "A Light in the Attic"
  • *Lending library book exchange
mar 4 2015 ∞
mar 4 2015 +
  • new wheels for skateboard
  • stay in touch with peeps:
      • write a letter to your daughter
      • contact Leonard
      • call Aunt Jan
      • contact Devon
  • more Armani underwear
sep 26 2013 ∞
feb 4 2014 +
  • Don't talk too often about future plans; let them form and be free to transform
  • yoga
  • running
  • flossing (preventive care in general!) and eating healthy
  • minimize consumption of alcohol and cigarettes
  • work on projects, explore new ideas (they may not work out but this is part of the so-called process)
  • allow yourself to be silent and concentrate on one thing at a time
  • observe and record with diligence
  • reevaluate but don't get too obsessed with patching up the past
  • reduce waste: reuse and appreciate
  • FOLLOW THROUGH!!
jun 17 2013 ∞
nov 2 2013 +
oct 17 2012 ∞
nov 30 2012 +
  • Wordpress?
  • Lulu?
  • youtube: "automatic brain", James Baldwin
  • Dr. Ruth..
  • write a story and send it to someone to finish
  • goodwill search: mixing bowl, muffin pan, glass jug, frames, flowerpots, clothes: skirts, sweaters, pants, shirts (quarter length and long sleeve, regular T)
  • Spanish conversation groups?
  • clean out email inbox
  • planetarium show at the Griffith Observatory
  • Moonlight Rollerway, live organ night (Tuesday)
  • CD for Lauren
  • yoga certification?
  • http://www.chambermusicinthecastle.com/C...
  • Acro-yoga???
oct 1 2012 ∞
may 8 2014 +
sep 30 2012 ∞
oct 2 2012 +
sep 30 2012 ∞
oct 2 2012 +
sep 28 2012 ∞
sep 25 2013 +