Hello there 28! It’s going to be a great year.
Hello there 28! It’s going to be a great year.
This is a drawing I did of the musician Adele for Ninkybink’s sister site The Critics Darling Illustration. I also started a facebook page today for my drawings, and you can “Like” it here!
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Here is the finished drawing of Katy Perry. I did this drawing 3 times, trying to get better each time. This one is still a little wonky, as the eye is a little high, but I’m satisfied with it enough to move on to something new. For more, see my other website The Critics Darling
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The reason I’m excited about this, is because AIR was commissioned to create the music score for this 100 year old film. They had short notice to compose the music, and watched the film over and over for a month, to the point they said in an NPR interview, they felt like they were right there with the people from 1902 on the team. It must have felt a little like time travel. On the release night they were very “stage freight” about how the music would be received by audiences, given the importance of the film, but of course it was marvelous. AIR will be releasing their score in a few days, To read more about this and listen to the radio interview click on over to NPR music.
A Katy Perry drawing in progress…
I had a wonderful impromptu opportunity yesterday, to attend the Ann Arbor Folk Festival. What a wonderful event! Not only does is raise funds to support the non-profit music venue ,The Ark, it provided an evening of diverse and exceptional folk music. I was especially pleased to find out about the band Elephant Revival, as the peaceful music has a haunting historical sound to it, that is something new to me. Hear and example here. I’m hoping to go back to the Ark for their show in March.
I’ll cut to the chase and tell you my very favorite performance of the night was by the band Devotchka. Amazing stuff! I had become familiar with this band prior to attending the concert, due to good ol’ Pandora, which suggested Devotchka to me via my preference of Beruit. They use plenty of stringed and brass instruments, and have a foreign and bohemian sound, also described as a “lavishly theatrical circus band” delivering “made-for- Hollywood gypsy punk”. Below are a few examples for you to enjoy!
I couldn’t not love this one… so sweet!
This one is upbeat and happy…
This one is emotional and slow…
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Poor Ragged Rascal - Vamp Swing [Black Market Funk Records] by Poor Ragged Rascal
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Via Sterling Style
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When: Tuesday, January 17 from 7pm - 10 pm
Where: The Art Supply Depo
29 S. St. Clair Street, Toledo, OH 43604
Here is what it says from the facebook page
“We are providing you with a model and music.
bring your own beer or wine, ideas, and drawing tools.
Ben Cohen will be providing ambient symphonic
electronica using live effects, loops and samples….
to create a thoughtful space to think / draw / exist /
get together and draw, have creative dialogue, drink,
and collaborate. all media welcome…
pencil / collage / paint / writing…get wild
special just for you…the depo will be giving a 15 percent
discount on all purchases.
ten dollars / seven dollars with a friend
18 and over only, please
I will not wait to love as best as I can. We thought we were young and that there would be time to love well sometime in the future. This is a terrible way to think. It is no way to live, to wait to love.
— What Is The What, Dave Eggers
“There are two ways through life: the way of nature, and the way of grace. You have to choose which one you’ll follow. Grace doesn’t try to please itself. Accepts being slighted, forgotten, disliked. Accepts insults and injuries. Nature only wants to please itself. Get others to please it too. Likes to lord it over them. To have its own way. It finds reasons to be unhappy when all the world is shining around it. And love is smiling through all things. They taught us, that no one who loves the way of grace, ever comes to a bad end. I will be true to you. Whatever comes.” - The Tree of Life
“In his heart, he always preferred the actuality of loss to the fear of it.“ - Yukio Mishima, from Spring Snow
I heard what you said. I’m not the silly romantic you think. I don’t want the heavens or the shooting stars. I don’t want gemstones or gold. I have those things already. I want a steady hand, a kind soul. I want to fall asleep, and wake, knowing my heart is safe.
