quail

a new nest!

2011-01-02T15:11:00.000-08:00

This quail has moved to a new nest [again].

I can NOW be found here.

merci!

autumn adventure abounds!

2010-10-16T12:09:00.000-07:00

current tune: "Smile" by Telepopmusik

I suppose most of the select few people who loyally decide to check up on my blog from time to time have come to the conclusion the consistency of this blog sucks. I'm about as consistent with this poor little thing as our government with is with the environment [coughgulfoilspillcough]. I do not mean to be so here, there, and everywhere else but anywhere...but I guess that is how it is at the moment of my life; I am simply too wiggly and itchy of adventure to sit down and dutifully devote my time to a lovely little blog.

To all my loyal friends who maintain wonderful blogs, I give you much admiration and kudos for your consistency and devotion. I suppose my devotion goes to satiating my curiosity for the world around me whenever something new comes my way!

I do believe my camera is dead to the world-so I have began to once again rely on the means of those around me and a splendid new boy in my life, for his technologic iphone abilites.

Below is a document spontaneous road trip to Ithaca, New York to have a relaxing day in the gorgeous town of Ithaca and to do some exploring around the some of the beautiful gorges Ithaca is known for! We only saw a few with the sun setting in the woods we were walking through, so another trip of seeing the rest of those gorgeous gorges is in the process!

It's a bit of a drive from Syracuse [which is my current home] and even more of a drive from my hometown of Gloversville which is a northwest of Albany.

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We decided to hike up Buttermilk Falls which is maintained and marked as a state park a bit outside of Ithaca Commons.

The view from the first falls to a tranquil pool below that you can actually swim in! I was so excited to see that and I plan to definitely swim there next summer!!

I saw this sign [after I waded in the freezing stream] and altered it to my needs.
I am forever a wader of forest streams and bodies of water.

A couple days after this adventure my mom and sister decided to come up and spend the day with both Greg and I in LaFayette, New York during an applefest at Johnny Appleseed Farms.

These were all taken on an iphone [not mine] through the lens of my sunglasses in the small midway at the applefest and on the drive there while we were in a line of cars to our destination. It was really lovely taking all these vintage looking photographs to enhance the beautiful colors and feel of the autumn in New York State.

I love New York in the autumn.
This is the time it is most alive.

I smell autumn!

2010-10-03T09:06:00.000-07:00

current tune: Daft Punk "Revolution 909"

October is here and I can finally indulge in this present year's new autumn attraction: everything pumpkin.

The cold days are moving in here in Syracuse, New York, and last night I actually had to bust out my black pea coat to ward of the nips and chills of the night transitioning into morning while I supported a friend's band, A Couple Strangers, that I saw with my roommate Zoe and a very kind monsieur who I've been seeing, Gregory. The rock bit isn't particularly my choice of music listening-but Amber, the lead singer, has become a recent darling friend of both Zoe and myself so I showed my support through all the heavy bass [non-electro related] and screaming.

As far as the pea coat wearing is concerned, I don't mind that too much as long as I'm warm on my dumpster diving travels, adventures, or evening walks downtown with people. I do have to say as soon as we started receiving shipment for autumn merchandise at work the urge to have pumpkin-flavored-EVERYTHING kicked in!! I truly am "falling" more in love with autumn each year and the comforting assorment of colors, scents, tastes, and warm beverages perks me right up!

It's been a slow begining, but I've got three pumpkins on the backseat of my Merc that I can not wait to make into a pie, cook the seeds, and carve!

Some pumpkin delights I've been devilin' in lately:

Strabuck's pumpkin spice latte
[I realize it's corporate, but oh-so delish!]

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Pumpkin spice creamer
[probably cancer-causing, but again oh-so delish]

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Pier 1 Imports spiced cake candle
[smells like a pumpkin pie-and only gets trumped on our caramel pumpkin candle]
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I have made sure both apple and pumpkin picking were checked off the autumn to-do list as well as making [thus far and still more to come...] 8 homemade apple pies that were disributed to family and friends last weekend.

More autumn goodness to come!
Baked goods, church rummage sales, hikes, more apple/pumpking picking, haunted hay rides, mulled apple cider, and pumpking pie!

I sincerely hope your autumn is turning out excpetional as well!

stories of the delicate and other thoughtful poems

2010-09-15T17:51:00.000-07:00

current tune: Caribou "Bees"

I seem to be switching some of my recent posts with some experimental poetry I've been creating. I've enjoyed writing little poems since the 6th grade and became even more inspired with the exploration of Surrealism and the beat generation within the past year. Going with this flow- I would push myself to look for inspiration in words and the different imagery they create when placed together in an atypical grammatical sense. The bounty of this is beautiful.

Last summer I would sit on my bedroom floor [in my 1st flat in Syracuse] with each letter set before me and began creating vertical poems or sentences word by word with the anticipation of something wonderful at the end.
I had no other rules to this mode of inspiration and newly found outlet of creativity-so I would let the piece end when I thought, or felt it was finished no matter the word count or context of the poem.

The words now come from other places and the connections are created without using the cut out magazine words. Sometimes the sentences come out of conversations, inspirational quotes or lyrics plucked from a song, and other times they just flow from my mind.

Most of these little poems do not have titles. I am not always good about titling my work in general-or it is not always as important to me as other aspects of a piece and some just seem to not necessarily need a name to have a power of its own.

So much to do-so much to see.
So many people to meet-so many places to be.
So little time-so much to do.
So little finances-
So many friends-
So many circles-
So little inspiration transformed.
So much food to steal out of rusting metal containers.
So little vice.
So little right.
So little days.
So little sun.

Winter is coming.
The wind is bringing in promises it aims to keep.

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...and some evening mobile telephone photographs:

This is a lawn chair that I spray painted gold-like many of my other things it has found a home among the gold painted objects.

Gold seems to be a personal on-going motif for me as an artist.
Its precise role is yet to be defined.

Then there is the new potential project. I found a dead moth in a plastic bags of prismacolor markers and other things I found in the backseat of my Merc one day cleaning out. I remember being shown some art by another artistic friend living in Albany [Mr. M. Carlson] that used deceased moths and flies as the art piece. It was so whimsical and beautiful in its small delicate nature-and I fell in love with the concept behind it.

I am going to try and use this opportunity to write out a story or poem using this little moth as my protagonist. My thoughts will become his words as he tells the reader [or audience] about his wisdom, tales of adventure, and his past.

I suppose I am going to see where it goes!

Here goes the process.

stories of the delicate.

little joys...

2010-09-14T14:54:00.000-07:00

current tune: Can "Paperhouse"

I bought myself a nice small blue blank journal today at the local Barnes & Nobles [because it's down the road and around the corner from work]. I am quite excited to write [and stick with] this little teal book so that it may capture all my trips, the things I find, the people I meet, the places I visit, and the ideas I have.

that is my goal.

three joys in my day.

The poor quality of my mobile telephone camera is starting to grow on me.

poor unique amateur mobile telephone photographer.
who desires to see your photos?
look through to context.

here, there, and everywhere!

2010-09-13T11:22:00.000-07:00

current tune: Wavves "King of the Beach"

I have been having another eventful summer. Unfortunately now that I have a new camera I have adopted the habit of losing it as soon as I upload things....so...once again it's missing in action. Good news....I've figured out how to scale the fence and jump over this new acquired obstacle in my path.

Though my phone may seem archaic to in the present...I've figured out how to transfer photographs off it to facebook...and then wherever. It's quite an art removed thrice or more experience.

Though my photographs are small I still hope to capture the adventures I seek.

My life is still up in the air. I still go with the flow. I'm meeting new and kind people every day and allowing my life to be open so that I may learn and experience as much as I can. Since the beginning of August I've adopted a new mantra of going with the flow-saying yes to new things and along the way I have met some wonderfully amazing people.

I'm young. Adventuresome. I want to learn. Experience. Grow. Meet. Love.

Various photographs taken in my room, at Willie Marsh in Gloversville, New York, two dumpster diving trips, and the State Fair in Syracuse, New York.

...and yes I dumpster dive. I enjoy living off of the capitalistic waste of others. I find it rewarding.

I realize I seem all over the place. I'm consistently going off and on and never really in-tune with my bloggity blog I've got going on here. More power to those who still find interest in the random adventures I share. I've been finding inspiration all around and have happily spent a lot of my summer outdoors [or working...] and need to find a better -more effective-groove for my blog.
-thank you, Caroline

where have you been?

2010-09-09T09:34:00.001-07:00

current tune: Beirut "Nantes"

where have you been?

where have I been?

where did you go during those warm warm days?
when the sun never set and time had no card on the table
we found it on the curb
the other night
after that shitty party.

there was no music.
our departure had justification
for the new millennia.

what have you done, little girl? on the busy bustling city streets

you live in old suburbia.
where the old age goes
and the lawns are mowed precisely every 4 days
give or take precipitation levels.

you drive to your rhythm and you smoke what you can breathe.
chasing your adventures
searching for the american dream.

the winds are coming and change left his bill in the mailbox.
those late fees do rack up, buttercup.

go find yourself a russian.
to open your eyes.

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Too many times have I left this poor poor blog of mine to the wild and whims of the internet to just sit and deteriorate from lack of love and use. I've been too caught up with life, bills, work, finishing school, artwork, musical venues, adventures and road trips, meeting new people and dancing the night away, trying new things and losing much sleep.

I don't regret it.

I missed you, cozy quail.
I'm back.
to take care of you again.

love,

Caroline

let your moments do the talking

2010-07-28T21:21:00.001-07:00

current tune: Pretty Lights "Finally Moving Remix"

Adventures in pictures.
I'd much rather leave each image on its own without a description.

selected bits of my life.
inspiration everywhere.

true delight of ms. nevelson

2010-07-25T10:43:00.000-07:00

current tune: Does It Offend You, Yeah? "Let's Make Out"

The thought of the July coming to a near end frightens me with another month making the transition behind me with expectations not met and projects left incomplete. I just want to have closure with my college education so that I may be able to be without time lines and "security issues" with campus facilities.

This new project which officially has begun today - as I have officially spray painted one tiny television cameo pink! Though it's start is simple, I hope to go with this project and let the feelings and details of the direction come to me as I go - or as I place newly selected pink items in the corner of the backyard I've been given to construct this piece in.

I'm creating an outdoor installation of an indoor environment filled with nothing but capitalistically rich material objects universally covered in delicately pink spray paint in a natural environment. My artistic inspiration relies solely on the beautiful and talented Louise Nevelson and her assemblages.

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" 'When Nevelson struck upon her now-signature use of monochrome, she was able to do in her art what she had hoped to do in her life: neutralise idiosyncratic details, harmonise disparate elements, and transform the common and mundane into elegant objects of mystery. She rendered neutral the wood castaways that she first scavenged from the streets and later acquired from friends and acquaintances with coats of black, white or gold paint. Stripped of the details that hinted at their histories, that contained threads of stories, the cast-off objects acquired dignity and power, a grandeur they never had as baseball bat shards, chair backs and other furniture fragments, crates and timberyard orphans. According to the artist, 'black contained all colour... It was an acceptance... Black is the most aristocratic colour of all.' "

The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson, p 12, quoted from Nevelson's autobiography Dawns + Dusks, edited by Diana MacKown (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976).

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I am attracted to and intrigued with the unifying of the selected objects by the shared commonality of the the color that masks each one similarly. Masking their corporate labels, their consumer identity, their directions and warnings and focuses on the physical form and the space they have been placed within. With this regard, I can relate with the progress and growth of my own personal art that questions the materialistic identity and cultural connotations.

a slow hello.

2010-07-24T19:29:00.000-07:00

current tune: Gorillaz "Rhinestone Eyes"

The feeling came over to again today-and I could no longer ignore it and cast it to the side. I need to blog. To express. To question. To tell a tender tale. To keep up with my friends and those who inspire me.

I missed my quail.

I'm living in a new abode.

I'm living with a different family [whilst still staying connecting with my own immediate family from my hometown]

I'm rediscovering my love for locating new artists and albums

I'm starting [up again] and will finalize my sculpture course so that I may finally graduate
[through a new backyard installation - after the multiple discardation of my past work]

I'm a newly appointed associate of the quarter at work! After a year of genuine artsy decor teachings and advice]
[Pier 1 imports]

...and above all I feel better about myself and the days ahead of me.

[side note: I've been really digging 1960s and 1970s jazz and funk lately with imperative influence from some friends around me. Primal African music, soul funk, and bitchin' Miles Davis- accompanied by the new Gorillaz album, and Holy Fuck have been taking over my frequency.]

I'm churning down dilapidated paths in a locomotive a fresh.

it's been too long, loves

2010-06-28T08:39:00.000-07:00

current tune: Nancy Sinatra "Bang Bang"

Dear blogging friends,

I sincerely apologize for leaving everyone in the dust and going on/off again. My life has an uncanny way of turning around on me lately and things have been difficult...and when shit happens I don't feel the urge to blog....

I've been dealing with a tough breakup [we share a living situation], prepping and cleaning my new apartment with a friend [which is not ready] working to pay bills, and replace some needed things on my Mercury.

On a good note -- I will be moving [hopefully as soon as I possibly can] and will be starting my life afresh. I'm excited to get this 2nd floor apartment cleaned, then prime and paint it! I'm antsy to paint fresh new colors on the tired walls and actually create my own abode.

Thank you for your patience and understanding. These new life experiences have been hitting me hard -- though they are experiences to learn and grow from. I hope to find "me" again, become more inspired, and feel more grounded in my life.

...it still drips...

2010-05-21T11:19:00.001-07:00

current tune: Gotan Project "Epoca"

My living space is my studio space...my art is put everywhere....whether put aside on tables or open sketchbooks sporadically placed about... or torn sheets of drawing paper tacked to the walls as references and/or inspiration. I really am quite thankful for my little Nikon so that I can share all the drawings and things I create or paint...on.

some work:

in-progress drawing started a couple days ago.

The original crow drawing that inspired me to create the prismacolor illustration that I had made into postcards for the opening of my senior exhibition.A collage piece created over this past summer of computer chips dancing with dollar signs [you get the hint]. Some of the collaged pieces need to be tended to...finished, but needs mending.

As a project for one of my courses [Graphic Forms] this past spring 2010 semester we were instructed to choose a specific location of wall along a long and narrow corridor down in the basement of one of the buildings near a pretty neglected studio/classroom. We were to turn our everyday or personal doodles into a mural without a limitation or expectation of 2-dimension or three. The basis of this course was very open, very liberal, and pushed the cognitive abilities of what it means to draw. I loved the course...and of course the professor, who like other genuinely caring people, has been very caring and wonderful during this year despite good and bad circumstances.

The entirety of the corridor [as well as the stairwell] were covered with various interpretations and meanings of personal doodles, likes, and interests that were 2D, 3D, and both. I chose to go with the progression and "flow" of how my illustrations have coming. I began sketching rapidly, questioning myself [while stepping back and forward numerous times for better looks and angles] as I drew straight from my mind right on the spot. I didn't know what the specific subject matter qould entail, but I was ok with that. Through the course of this year I have the advantageous opportunities to try different methods of working on my art and projects; straying from my past routine of sketching to death before creating.

My lovely Roma-gypsy-was the end result.
Spinning her continually growing purple hair into spools of thread.

Unfortunately, by the time I got back down to the Coleman studio and the corridor...a pile of shit had accumulated in front of it. I'll just have to bother my lovely photo love, Shanna for her photos of the mural.I was told Roma was Ukrainian for gypsy, though spelled as poma instead. Even if I am incorrect, she is still my mystical Ukrainian gypsy woman.

Lastly, I been diligently painting away at my door tonight-begining the drips and getting ever so closer to completion! Nicholas generously moved "my canvas" up into the apartment so I could keep with the creative flow into the night, despite the sunshine. I've been working on every bit of it outside up until this point. I'm hoping to have both sides finished by Monday morning.

progress [to date!]:

My ultimate goal is to have the door painted, finished, and set to be tied to the roof of my Merc to be transported to its outdoor space. I need to get my butt moving and finish this piece and the 2+ large boxes of pink plastic lawn flamingos that still need to be "teared up".

can't stop creating.
won't stop being an artist.

p.s. - happy 30th birthday, Pac-man!

pink isn't dead...

2010-05-20T20:38:00.000-07:00

current tune: Lady Gaga "Poker Face" (Dave Aude Remix)

A_r_T___U_P_d_a_T_e !!

Photographed and represented through progress:

I am a girl who has discovered the beauty of spray paint early on when painting everyday objects funky colors with a smooth even coat. This little bit began when I was in elementary/middle school when I found out my father had some and would spontaneously decide to re-color our flower pots blue with a gold trim, or a sketchbook cover gold, when I did not need it for a school project.

My father introduced me to the beauty of adding a bit of color when I needed help with school projects...and I do believe one of the first I can recall was an Iroquois longhouse I constructed on a piece of plywood. A Native American project was expected for every 4th grader in the elementary school I went in to help in the learning of the great people who lived in New York State before me...and who treated it better as well.

My father helped strip bark off wood my grandfather had given to us from his woodlot up north for the covering of the longhouse. He also assisted in the imperative "realistic" dirt and grass coloring of the plywood as the base for this project [and how I would carry down the street to school to present] since I was so young. The spray paint was perfect for the objection we were aiming for, and it was a great diagram-even set with my plastic Disney Pocahontas figures to finish it off.

To this day I love my spray paint for covering the everyday objects I needed colored and personified. The above photographs are one piece to the outdoor sculpture I'm creating while I finish creating tears for the 32 flamingos I had ordered to my apartment, and the larger-than-life size cake I have yet to make [not edible of course]. My aim for this piece is to create an outdoor space where this pink painted drippy door is plopped in the earth [to serve as an entryway] to the comical interaction of drippy crying flamingos [mainly on french bonbons created by styrofoam cubes covered in plaster] carrying saucers of cake slices from a giant drippy cake within a grassy space between two buildings [South Campus A & B].

Any and all ideas or comments are welcomed for this piece!

bonne voyage, m'amie!

2010-05-20T15:49:00.000-07:00

current tune: Suzanne Vega "Tom's Diner"

The last two days have been almost a blur between having the hardest trouble getting my carcass out of bed in the morning, work, starting a new babysitting job, spending time and seeing a good friend off, making cards and getting packages and envelopes set to be mailed, and working on my art. Sadly, the art aspect has been getting the short end of the stick due to sunlight [painting and spraying my door in the driveway] and being guiltily lethargic at times.

I get veered off the road I'm going down sooo easily when other "important" life-things come up...employment, groceries; etc.
...more art, more art, more art!
I write to-do lists, post-its on my laptop...but I still tend to wander and get a day behind.
What are some effective [and successful!] methods for a busy day on a full-mind with little time?

Yesterday after work I stopped to see a very good friend for her last night in town after a 5+ year stay in the same apartment [something I have yet to feel in my life...]. Her abode is an artwork in itself and it is a lovely, comfortable, and charming place where good conversation, art, shenanigans with her Bunzilla [her grey rabbit], and adventures are had. Though our relationship is still new, I am so thankful Miss Tesla Nicola is in my life and I wouldn't change any bit of her for the world!

Tesla, is also a very talented artist who works with installations [big-small], paints, illustrates, and has collaborated with a close friend for numerous preformance pieces. I admire her for her outlook, artistic style, and her beauty to find unique truths.

Her poetry and art adorns the walls. No space is left without meaning.
The charming abode and Miss Tesla with a bit of the beautiful pink strapless Besty Johnson dress I acquired that night from my friend and my mulberries.Dress up in the children's section of the Everson Museum during some time to spare between exhibitions and seminar [March-ish time]pretty desserts
...and the beginings of me going blonde about two months ago. oh my!A little group dinner thrown together by our friend Kari at a quaint Scottish restuarant down a bit from our school.

I love finding people that you just click with, simply and beautifully.
Like many people I have few friends who I would call true; they make it worth keeping in contact with...and even worth the steep gas prices for trips to visit!
eeeeek!

a little catsup in your converse

2010-05-18T20:21:00.001-07:00

current tune: Green Jello/Green Jelly "Little Pig, Little Pig"

Despite the fact that I'm currently out of the conventional sit-in-the-classroom-and-learn aspect of school, until my one summer course, I still have no clue where my time runs to. I'm sure it goes to a nice place with cocktails and good conversation. At some point in my life, I will join it and finally find peace with the occupation I've fallen into over the years of always running late...like the white rabbit.

I have worked on some illustrations, stripped, sanded, and painted both sides of the found door for my outdoor installation piece, cooked, cleaned, and adventured.

One of my possessions got the boot after 6+ years of high school hallways, grassy fields, camping trips, shows, all over Europe and back, and a whole lot in between that I'm sure I'm forgetting. They were my first pair of Converse out of the two pairs I personally own [the other lovelies are Mulberry]. It's a bittersweet ending to a pair of shoes that made me feel and look cool whether I was in the United States or backpacking in Germany with some of the best friends I have come across.

You were a great pair of shoes, Converse, with your classic simple form of canvas and rubber. My feet got wet and were very cold during many a time, but you always complimented any outfit I adorned-even my first fashion show when I modeled my own garments [freshman year fashion design major before switching to studio art]. You were good to me and I love you.

R.I.P Converse Chucks

Old, stained, and worn with love.
I could see my socks through the bottom! [for longer than I should have...I'm sure...]
I'm sure you can relate to any pair of trust favored footwear...no matter what they are. It's interesting how long I could not bear with parting with my silly shoes that could barely constitute as shoes...becoming so attached to the familiar and comfortable...despite puddles.

Yummy omelets and dishes were cooked and devoured.

I also just picked up a new Raw Foods cookbook at Barnes & Nobles for Nicholas that I'm eager to try out! I'm really excited to test out some of delicious recipes [some again- zucchini spaghetti!] with the coming of hotter days and nights and less stovetop/oven cooking.

Some simple tasty breakfast of cheesy omelett with onions, tomatoes, and assorted spices with mustard.

Nicholas has found that when you mix up your eggs with milk for an omelet, add a little dab of EEVO [Rachel Ray lingo for extra virgin olive oil] to the mix before cooking. We've been using a bit ever since for a fluffier, and more moist omelets!

Now that I finally have my little beauty [digital camera] I need to remember to actually take more photos...cooking, recipes, sketchbook illustrations, and my sculpture project!

happy tuesday!

eeeks! new camera!

2010-05-17T12:12:00.000-07:00

Daily tune: Gorillaz "19-2000"

New camera.
[finally!]

excitement.
joy and rapture.
missing piece.

adventure!

graduation for those graduating

2010-05-15T08:47:00.000-07:00

daily tune: Caribou 'Odessa"

Today is graduation. For Cazenovia College class of 2010, Syracuse University, and I'm sure many, many more colleges and universities all over the United States with similar academic years and dates scheduled to have their multidues of eager graduates to get their diplomas and get the fuck out.

I'm not one of them.

A little resentment and bitterness still comes up, but the other better feelings have been increasing that just make me think....oh well...what's done is done....and I am not like the others.

I'll be finishing up my BFA with one small summer course starting soon and that will be it! Yay!

Once that time finally comes, I will have the closure I've been searching so long for. But don't think I'm satisfied with the education that I received from the undergraduate college I chose in Central New York...hell no. I fully intend to pursue graduate work in sculpture....[the thought as of now...] in any state I choose to fit my liking, my art style, and my growth. I will not limit myself to the physical boundaries of New York State and will pursuit the arts wherever I am called to.

That's all.

happy saturday and happy graduation!

...and though I have resentment about my own graduation I do not hinder the love, gratitude, adoration, and respect to my lovely friends, and fellow colleagues who have taken classes with me, drank with me in the dive small town bar, and shared the many experiences!

I love you all, and I wish nothing but the best and most unique and creative adventures for you!

If only I found this hat sooner....

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i like lawn ornaments

2010-05-13T16:18:00.001-07:00

daily tune: Beirut "Postcards From Italy"

Oh hello! I've just completed another spontaneous-blogging-hiatus, or when my reality becomes too busy and imperative to allow my blog to receive proper attention. A lot of that, might I add, has to do with being lethargic and not having a camera.....yet!

Good news! I FINALLY ordered one! I am patiently waiting for the little aqua green nikon I ordered so i can begin snapping away photos! Plus, my laptop had been sent away to be repaired [before my warranty is up!] so there was no utilizing the scanner either...sigh.

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I have dozens of news drawings and my new project [to finish up my sculpture course].

I just ordered 22 more flamingos to total 32 - to paint and create an outdoor sculptural piece.
Between the fashion and studio art key buildings of my college.

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Aren't they great?

style from a spider

2010-04-28T11:01:00.000-07:00

daily melody: Air "Sexy Boy"

Last week of school...the last week of structured-classroom with the specific confines of time and location will be ending. I will be re-taking a class I dropped during the summer with a very close and caring professor. It's all going to work out in the end.

In the mean time I finally sent my poor laptop off to wherever to get fixed. I've been holding off for the longest time and my dvd/cd drive hasn't been working and my hinges are wearing pretty badly. The poor bette is almost 4 years old, so I had it last minute shipped before my warranty gave out! I'm going to have to do what I can outside the invisible safety net college has strung me in concerning things such as laptop warranties, health insurance, and discounts.

On an off note my style icon and inspiration for the moment is Miss Spider from the movie James and the Giant Peach. She was my inspiration for a final project for my graphic forms class dealing with either fortunes or hand-to-mouth. Open-ended and delightfully harder than expected to go with.

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I've got various sketches and what not of my illustration that I'll be inking up tonight! Final projects.....and Magic Hat #9 tonight...

I have taken quite the liking of depicting her eating handfulls of drippy vibrant peach.

...and the rest of the show!

2010-04-22T21:38:00.000-07:00

daily melody: La Roux "Bulletproof"

I have to send a huuuuuge apology for falling into my little infamous lapse of posting...especially to leave readers in suspense from the opening of my show! Which went......SPLENDID!!!!

I luckily had assistance moving each television by a two-tiered cart with a fellow friend and visual communications major, Blake, who assisted in moving them across the street from the bowels of Coleman studio [in the basement] to the gallery. This was of course after 3 hours of pre-running around doing errands, picking up things, and whatever else was needed for the opening. Some of this included: my vinyl lettering of my show title and name, a table for my postcards, business cards, resume, and guestbook, a new dress [which was thrifted with the table at the Syracuse Salvation Army], cheese, crackers, pepperoni, humous [hors d'oeurves], screws for my deer mount, and any other minor things needed.

...oh and my postcards [which I sold for $1 each at the show] and business cards came in on time a day before my show! phew! that had been such a burden on my shoulders....

Here are some photographs care of Shanna of the rest of the show and artists:

My good friend Kari and her photographs of body and texture.Benjamin with his emotionally charged abstract paintings.

Megan and her pigment charged Bacon-inspired horse paintings.
photo cred: Shanna the fabulous!!

The show was up for 4 days and I de-installed Tuesday night to get the gallery back in order for the remaining 2 shows that will be in the gallery....I was the 2nd show.

I had my oral defense explaining my work, artist statement, and the process I went through to 3 professors [1 senior project, 1 chosen from Syracuse University, and one I chose]. I'm crossing my fingers I did alright on it....

I'm content that I had this experience and learned a lot as I went through it all.
I hope to show at many many more galleries to come.

Above all I am an artist.
This is what I am doing.

theatrical electronic

2010-04-20T23:37:00.001-07:00

daily melody: Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Soft Shock"

Theatrical Electronic
Caroline A. Locatelli
2009-2010
Mixed media installation
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Theatrical Electronic is an installation solely based around discarded, donated, and found objects revealing a charming anecdote between technology and nature represented through six television sets and the head of deer.

As I mature and expand as an artist I reach out more to the treasures of discarded and found items to incorporate in my works. I choose everyday objects that an average person has the ability to relate to, recognize, and often use themselves.

Using the selected objects for their forms and connotations I enjoy breathing life into the lifeless creations, for example televisions, that are around us.

The television sets are each blanketed in individual, yet unifying bold colors- stripping each of them of their model information, brand identification, and visible signs of consumerism.

In this work, I have created three classifications: nature, man, and the inanimate objects man creates. The deer mount suspended above the televisions represents nature in bright robust gold to signify a higher caste, royalty, and purity; as well as the branches that sprout from the televisions and the artificial grass beneath them.
Both television and deer speak quietly to one another captured in a cathartic moment. The television sets struggle to alter their burdensome bodies and transcend into a higher level despite their inevitable destiny. As each television strives to be ever closer to nature only dead branches sprout from their tops.

The deer shows its sorrow and silently weeps out of respect for

the creations man has constructed. . .

loved in a fickle respect. . . . .

and finally discarded. . . . . .

The opening went fantastic!
I couldn't be happier and more proud with my installation.

....sleep deprived, sick, and oh-so exhausted from all the other work and things to do left....

*** Thank you sooo much, Shanna for shooting all these lovely photographs for me!

4 days....getting closer

2010-04-13T09:55:00.001-07:00

daily melody: Thom Yorke "The Clock"

Now that I am finally ready to post some photographs I took of my installation [senior exhibition] in progress off of my lovely friend Sarah's digital camera, the piece has since progressed after a late-night work session last night.

I will be installing all-day Friday and the opening is this coming Saturday from 2-4pm in Cazenovia, NY. I just need to get through this, and finish my senior thesis paper [on televisions as a contemporary art form]. On a good note my postcards and business cards seemed to have finally shipped!! I have been worrying constantly on their arrival and if they would be getting to me in time of my show. These worries began when the estimated shipping date stated April 26th...4 days after my show.

here's to a week of little sleep and lots of creation!

Mediums: spray paint, acrylic paint, hot glue, found objects [television sets, deer mount-found of craigslist, Christmas light net]

It may seem a little perplexing to wonder why I am spray painting discarded television sets off the side of the road, and through generous donations...or why I have a taxidermy deer head also painted and dripping.

Through the transformation of my illustrative style and artisitic abilities I have found a common theme among my work that was not as strongly apparent to me before as it is now looking at my work from a retrospect. I enjoy personifying animate objects, man's little creations....giving a voice to an object that was built with none. In this case I am allowing the communication between the telelvisions and the deer to be presented, the relationship between technology [a creation of man] and nature.

The televisions yearn and struggle with all their being to become a part of nature, after being discarded-cast aside by the fickle nature of man. Nature, which will be represented all in gold will represent a true purity- the highest caste in the pyramid; above man which is above technology.

This has been the most inspiring and in-depth work thus far in my life...and I couldn't think of a better way to live my life.

More photographs and insite into the piece to come!

oh my ghosties!

2010-04-10T08:47:00.000-07:00

daily melody: Crystal Castles "Magic Spells"

Despite the fact that I am stressing like no tomorrow, I do still manage to have good moments in my life, and this is an example of one of them...involving a tiny plastic ghost.

I traveled to Armory Square, in Syracuse, yesterday cashing in on my free tall coffee at Starbucks [check the top of the bags of ground/whole coffee beans for the rebate] and walked on over to Sound Garden where my little Totem Doppelganger [his birth name by product] and my new Munny were purchased. You can also find Munny friends and other cute creatures on KidRobot, My Plastic Heart, or any other contemporary business.

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These little guys [or girls!] are small, eerie, alert, charming, and vibrant with color are miniature versions of Anton Ginzburg's wide-eyed stackable ghosts. And they stand at about 1.75-inches tall and come in 14 different colors...perfect for pockets, purses, dashboards, window sills, and bookcases.

Prior to the purchase of my own purple ghost, I housed no knowledge of the installation and sculptural artist Anton Ginzburg or his work. Even when I'm alone I sometimes feel a tidbit of shame for not having prior knowledge of this beautiful and inspirational Russian artist. I am very content with my ghostie and the fact that his presence ties directly to the artworld, before his purchase or the fact that I had no clue someone made these guys!

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A bit of Ginzburg's Totemdoppelganger [from his website] :

[ A ghost is imagined as a person’s posthumous double.

In Totemdoppelgänger, Ginzburg has appropriated a cartoon ghost—a memory of East German stickers from the 1980s—and manufactured three-dimensional multiples of it. Enlarged and repeated, stacked one on top of the other, the ghosts acquire the seriousness of graven images. The installation mixes the sacred and profane according to the logic of dreams, where throwaway objects can take on profound significance.

Ginzburg has incorporated a reference to another of his works, Haunted Circle, into Totemdoppelgänger. That installation employs a similar strategy of creating fetishes from commonplace things, using a marker, chain, and nail to make a ritual circle on the wall. In Totemdoppelgänger

the marker hangs in mid-air, suggesting a circle yet to be drawn, an ambiguous vulnerability. ]

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As of the moment Doppelganger guards my Mercury Grand Merquis from the middle of the dashboard like a deadly ninja. Yes, though he a tiny purple ghost....he has stepped up to the plate to protect my only means of transportation. He's uncannily cute and so fun to play with because he's a flexy acrylic material.

Maybe if I get the time....and a camera [I've been very good about looking on eBay for pne lately...] I will do a mini series of the little guy. I know I'm in possession of a tiny Starbucks espresso mug from Germany [in english] and some other fun things he could pose with for some good wit and humor.

I love when creative people invent little stories personifying objects!

bottom line: I love little [positive] surprises in my life.

one week to go....

2010-04-09T23:51:00.000-07:00

daily melody: Moby "I love to move in here [Proxy remix]"

Less than one week. Panic isn't satiable yet...fear has slipped into my bones and my mind to gnaw on the utter primal and innate characteristics and needs. Doing what makes me feel good....for the moment. Completely knocking my veg loyalty to greasy corporate packaging at a $1.08 [including lovely New York tax].

Last night more events caught me more off guard than I needed when I let them steep in my brain like chili which just meant more dwelling on the negative and all that still need to be accomplished. [Excluding shipping my laptop off for repair before the end of warranty and the anticipation of my postcards and business cards....eeek!]

...tired of being threatened by the spray painting I am doing in the space I have in the corner of a basement studio....

want a good show...and more peace.

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...on a good note I now own a Munny! [a Trikky to be exact....] and I am very excited about the myriad of possibilities of adorning the charming minimalist toy.

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Thank you, Nicholas, for this inspirational little guy.

***note: I have a deep adoration for techno music which will become increasingly more evident as this blog grows.

little card creations

2010-04-05T21:22:00.000-07:00

daily melody: Crash Kings "Mountain Man"

I'm really quite anxious to see how my new batch of postcards comes out and have been playing around with the idea of having more illustrations or the whispers I write up to be treated as postcards or small cards.

French Croissants
[my tried-and-true love for France and the French language]
April 2010

It's never worth calling you back
[recent break-up inspired]
April 2010Golden croissants
April 2010Magical Spot
April 2010

I intend to color the first three, to be at a finishing point like the last one. I have the last one clipped and tacked to the wall in front of my desk beside my laptop so I have it close if I want to catch a glimpse. I might take my markers to it again and color it completely....possibly....

I scanned the third card under black & white settings instead of color like the rest, even though 3/4 of them are monochromatic, so it took on a sharper more contrasting appearance in line quality.

Just little drawings that I snuck in while I have piles of classwork, projects, and to-do lists galore!

how I spent my easter

2010-04-05T10:13:00.000-07:00

daily melody: Hot Hot Heat "Middle Of Nowhere"

The holidays are always full of hassle and no-relaxation when they decide to come around on the calender for me. They are spent with the usual long drive home where homework and projects are pushed aside, but not forgotten and thus fretted upon in my head, long days spent with family members, and the feeling of a lost weekend when I return back to college.

My weekend commenced on Friday, not to a good start, with the topic of my future and commencement. Saturday was filled with working a double at Pier 1 Imports, but Sunday was spent [not home...which my family will not be happy with me about] at the art park with friends exploring found tree houses, bunnies, and grassy adventures with some bottles of Magic Hat #9.
I intend on stopping home to see my family one day this week and saying hello. It's not that my family is atrocious, I'm heading in a different direction and sometimes it's more frustrating to go home and be expected to fit back into my old life with a disregard to my blooming one.I love the Stone Quarry Hill Art Park in Cazenovia, NY more than life itself sometimes. I love walking around and seeing the same sculptural pieces I've seen for three plus years, finding new pieces that were just added, or noticing older pieces I had overlooked in the past.

It moves me, it relaxes me, it's where I go when there's no one else around....and I love it. Art and Nature are a beautiful combination.

I need adventures to live.

less than 2 weeks...

2010-04-05T09:41:00.000-07:00

daily melody: Passion Pit "The Reeling"

There is exactly t-minus 12 days until the opening of my senior thesis exhibition with three other of my classmates in the gallery here at college. Very overwhelming.....very toooo much.

Last night I officially ordered: more postcards for my show, business cards that I made myself, and two of my selected illustrations professionally made into postcards to sell at my show.

I hope they will be good sellers, and I hope that this is all worth it in the end.
My business card [hand collaged-the way I like it!]

the two illustrations I chose to be made into sellable art:I hope my postcards sell.

If this endeavor is successful as I hope it will be, it will be a refreshing relaization and comfort that I can be an artist in this world first, and not put it on the back burner behind another occupation.

anticipation of installation

2010-03-31T22:16:00.000-07:00

daily melody: Lil' Wayne & Nicki Minaj "I Get Crazy"

[this song dedicated to my roommate, Mandi who made me listen to rap so often that I have grown to appreciate it and enjoy to jam out to]

The anticipation for my show is growing each night I'm down in Coleman basement working in my little corner of the piss-poor excuse they call an art studio. Every other day I hear about complaints of the scent of spray paint in the hall, the rooms above, and throughout the building...what else do you expect? this is a senior thesis project for an arts college.

I'm going to mail out some of my postcards tomorrow [below] and start making groups for places around Syracuse and Cazenovia, New York in attempt to bring as much awareness and publicity to my work [no matter the size] to anyone and everyone.

This has been by far the most involved project I have ever created and executed in my life, and during the entirety of my art school career. I feel very strongly for this installation and am putting all of my faith into the presentation and installation of this piece.

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sleepless in central new york

2010-03-26T21:20:00.000-07:00

daily melody: As Tall As Lions "Ghost of New York"

It is currently 12:20am in Central New York State and I am currently residing from the basement of a campus building at my school [which is also used as an art classroom, one of which I have] with [thankfully!] two lovely ladies who had a similar drive to just create art into the wee hours of the night. All while refusing to be kicked out be campus security.

I'm getting very tired after an exhausting night last night in another campus building, the newly named Reisman Hall [large sum donation=name on building] in the more tech-savvy Art & Design building until 4am refining my portfolio and assortments. Needless to say, I was a very wiped girl waking up at 8am to try and print my portfolio [again].

It was two unsuccessful attempts.

And too much wasted good gloss printer paper too.

Why is it the body can just keep on going sometimes? I was pondering that very question today when I was thinking about how much harmful things we consume and put ourselves around with on a daily basis. Why is it so difficult to conceptualize an environment filled with beneficial and effective thing?

I am successfully armed with 14+ cans of spray paint [very happy moment in my life!] with the fabulous Montana spray paint, a jolly red shopping basket full of acrylic paints, three brightly painted found television sets, in a content corner of a room I can proudly call my own.

I wish I could post photos this very moment.

I'm taking them with my phone for some kind of documentation, and can hopefully get them off somehow...

....really need a digital camera....

by the way, i'm now blonde!

2010-03-26T14:22:00.000-07:00

daily melody: Daedelus "Fair Weather Friends"

Jam-packed week as usual, though one of the most productive, and best I have had in awhile, and this also includes my spring breaks. I am proud to say that I attended all my classes this week, which is a bigger step then it should be for most, but it is a successful for one for me none the less. Trying to get through your last semester for your BFA with depression and financial issues has been rougher on me than I expected. Thankfully, I have three very caring and wonderful professors who catch up with me and have been such a big help for me with all the potholes that have along the road this year.

On a good note, I finally made the decision and took the step.....and bleached my hair blonde!

going from this:
to this:

I honestly don't know if I've gotten more attention on the minuscule campus I reside on, but it certainly is a refreshing and radical change for me. Even looking back on older photographs of my naturally dark brown hair, it looks sort of peculiar on me.

This was a result of a couple of bleaching, so I've been moisturizing and giving my hair some time before I do another go so I can ultimately go platinum. I'm hoping it will compliment my pale complexion, since I refuse to fake bake [tanning]. It was a much needed change in my life, also with a haircut both done be myself. I plan on going back to a professional hair dresser in the future to even out my hair and work their lovely magic, but for the mean time I bask in the liberating feeling I get when I cut and do my hair myself. I'm sure being an art student gives some creative leeway as well.

I would love to dye my hair purple again, and other funky colors, but I'm restricted with my employment at the moment. This was taken in 2008 in Canterbury, England when I studied abroad for a fall semester. At that time I decided to dye my hair purple, which was fantastic [though it sadly did not last long] and had my septum pierced [which is presently closed up].

Hopefully this weekend I'll get to some more bleaching after some serious spray painting for my installation piece with my brand new Montana sprays! Even though I dropped two weeks pitiful paychecks on them, their colors are worth it!!

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artwork over spring break

2010-03-19T15:53:00.000-07:00

daily melody: Madonna "Hung Up"

While I was on spring break [last week] from college, I went through quite a bit of drawings and illustrations, though the majority of them have been left unfinished for the moment. I was away from my trusty scanner at school, and shamefully have yet to purchase a new digital camera. I've come to the sad conclusion that it is too expensive and not worth the gamble having my camera repaired. Arrrrrgh.

Here is some scanned new artwork.
I will need to have these shot better so I can possibly add them to my portfolio.

Illustration #1

Illustration #2

Illustration #3

Illustration #4

Illustration #5

Illustration #6

Illustration #7

Illustration #8

Illustration #9

Illustration #10

I am in a small upcoming show with my good friend Kari at The Delevan Art Gallery in Syracuse and plan on keeping it two-dimensional [drawings] and thought it would be a good idea to present my illustrations, since my student show will be an installation. I was thinking either the tenth drawing posted above or the ninth.

Any opinions? I am open to every and all!

small joys latenite

2010-03-18T20:13:00.000-07:00

daily melody: White Stripes "You Don't Know What Love Is"

Today was a good day, and I am very pleased with myself on the inside to be able to say that and more importantly accept that. I had one, more will come, and more are in the future. Sometimes, though this may sound simplistic and silly to say...is difficult to accept when you don't want to even start the day, have a day, or get through the day.

But not today.

Some small joys in my life at the moment:

a handful of Nacho Cheese Doritos from my roommate, Mandi
a good girl talk and smoke session with a two lovely ladies
an orange Odwalla C Monster fruit smoothie
a couple red wheels of Babybel cheese
an interesting productive-get-out-of-campus field trip with my Graphic Forms and Senior Seminar class to two Syracuse galleries [ The Red House and The Everson Museum]
a very comfy black hoodie

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A photograph of a piece of the installation one of my professors, Jen Pepper created

....and not having any prior responsibility to attend to at all early!

oh, and it'll be Friday!

How was your day in the neighborhood?

a small peace of mind

2010-03-18T09:43:00.000-07:00

daily melody: Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody"
[song hold A LOT OF memories]

The postcards for my exhibition are ordered!
[thus the need for the title of this post]

I'm sure out of the group of Studio Art children that I'm the last to order my cards. I thought this would be a much larger burden, but in the end when I confirmed my order and selected the shipping method...I saw priority and 7-day delivery. The anxiety lifted a bit.

collaged with love and hand-done
the way I roll.

The background consists of gold spray paint [love, love, love spray painting ANYTHING!], then found images of analog televisions [alluding to ones I will be using in my show], text, and a little old school magic I cannot give up.

I have exactly 29 days until the opening of my exhibition, which I named Theatrical Electric.

And I suppose since I've officially ordered my cards with money I don't have, nor will not be receiving due to loan mis-communication/graduation fees [bullshit] I guess I'm staying til the end if I can make it to graduation.

I know the term and feeling of a starving artist, and those feelings are seeming to rear their heads up again. And uncannily, as they did this time last year....I'm pretty broke and the weather is nice. I should be blesses that at least during the poorest of my poor-20-something-artist times I experience, it is during the spring/summer time when at least it is warm and pleasant. Maybe someone is keeping an eye out for me.

So I'll be rampaging through the entirety of my belongings to sell and auction off on eBay and craigslist.

bye-bye manga, anime, and whatever else I can part with.
becoming too materialistic is over-rated anyways.

that bitch will poison

2010-03-12T12:51:00.000-08:00

daily melody: Lady Gaga and Beyonce "Telephone"

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I finally watched Lady Gaga's and Beyonce's music video to Telephone. Both Gaga and Beyonce have seem to be diggin' the retro groove of the talented vibes of the fabulous Quentin Tarantino. I can certinaly live with this new merger.

Dear Gaga and Beyonce,

I loved your new video and very pleased that through the anticipated arrival, like a horomone raging adolescent waiting for TRL to come on so she can crank it all the way on her parents television in the livingroom, it was worth the wait.

The direction, reference, and avant-garde outfits were fabulous! I loved the raw, high-energy feeling you gave it with the misconception and forgotten life of those femmes in prison.

I love the Kill Bill Pussy Wagon reference straight out of the Quentin Tarantino film, all the very raw high-feminine energy through the entirity of the video. And I love, love, love, all the girl power this music video has in despite that fact they kill everyone in the diner. The cigarette glasses, soda can curls [with reference to a photo shoot that the Olsen twins did], the ensembles, the hair,and all the bad bitches in this video.

I would be honored to illustrate potential ensembles for your wardrobe, and I would love ever inspirational, perspective-pushing moment. I want to be a part of this life you lead and help coordinate your fashions and set accessories. You are femme-fatale dancing around in your bra and panties in that prison.

You're fierce, avant-garde, and pushing the bar farther than Madonna.

Love, Caroline

[ I never realized how much Lady Gaga resembles Amy Winehouse. Her choice of liquid eyeliner with the cat eyes is a direct refernce. Maybe I did not pay attention to her nose.... ]

I also really want to dance to very loud music in my bra and panties on.

epiphany of a starving artist

2010-03-09T11:17:00.000-08:00

daily melody: Blitzen Trapper "Furr"

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I'm home. In my home town. In the house I grew up with. The structure that houses my teenage angst, the fights I had with my father about my curfew and my boyfriends. The rooms that I did homework in, played pretend with my sister, snuck downstairs to go on AOL Instant Messenger when I had school early the next morning, and have moved on from.

I don't harbor the same feelings I had when I would home from college and stay for the weekend. Or when I would have sleepovers in the livingroom when I was young. I suppose one reason could be that I usually left to hang out with friends or go get coffee.

I've cried twice today at it's only 2:22pm. One of joy and one of sadness. But the tears of an epiphany are going to open doors for me, because I am ready to begin to explore the new corridors that I will embark on and walk through. I am ready to open new doors for myself because I am ready to be emancipated from the conventions that the world feels I should be placed in.

I had an epiphany today.
I am not meant to go down a conventional path.

I am an artist.
I'm not a state minimum-wage fast food minion.
I'm not a retail tool to get corporate bonuses for my supervisor.
I am not an eager-to-please cutout of a college student.

I have issues with this life and I think these issues are just helping melt away the layers that I have put on myself, that are not cohesive to who I am or who I want to be. Maybe those layers need not serve a purpose for what I will be doing, and how I am living.

I'm not average.
I have talent.
I am going places. [France included...someday]

...and I am going to sell my art.

Having conversations with both my mom and my boyfriend, Nicholas, put things into perspective for me. I want to be successful, comfortable with a home, car, and a life where one can pay the bills and not have to worry about if you've over-drafted on your debit card again. The thought of paying for the entirtity of living by myself [and with the assistance of Nick], health insurance, and life in general is very daunting. I want these things [as well as a small studio, preferably at the Delevan in Syracuse]...but I think the key to how I will get these will be through a more personal, adapting, and unconventional manner than how our conservative and dying country wants.

We no longer live in the iconic American Dream anymore.
The average American can't afford a house let alone one with a spacious backyard, within a reliable and reputable school district, a working automobile for both you and your spouse, affordable healthcare, and still have enough money for you to take an annual vacation from your awesome career you got after getting your bachelor's degree.

I'm not that.
You may not be that.
We don't like in that........and we never have.

I am going to strive for a life that will work for me and the joys I have in life.
And art is going to be the method for me.

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lawbreakin'

2010-03-08T13:43:00.000-08:00

daily melody: Yelle "A Cause Des Garcons"

[insert rant]

Today housed the infamous "Caroline-is-running-late-like-the-white-rabbit-on-her-way-home-and-must-break-the-law" trick that I find myself doing more often than I prepare myself to. Subconsciously I'm prepared for it because I consistently run late when I drive back to my home town for some priority [usually an appointment of some sort...] and end up speeding east on the New York State Thruway. I will say this, there is a slight enjoyment when my car is on the off-ramp of my exit and I know I've made it successfully. I did not get caught.

I do realize that laws are placed for a reason and the safety of other motorists will be in jeopardy, but I was running late at 85mph and needed to get back into Fulton County. Even if I am a citizen of this massive country so divided and governmentally controlled, I can promise you I will be a law breaking citizen to at least some particular laws, without harming others, and will be proud of it. And its retaliation for military convoys going down the Thruway, potentially hiding hazardous materials on public roadways.

My trip from Syracuse to Gloversville, NY

I'll be within the 518 area code for a bit and enjoy some very somber quiet time in my familys' home and hopefully pump out some illstrations.

As I was drawing yesterday, I felt artistically compelled to compose a fashion illustration, which I have not done since I last attempted to take a class on it. It got me thinking...would people have any interest or be drawn to stylized fashion paper dolls...? Or are they a past interest and just kinda old news...?

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album appreciation: new young pony club

2010-03-07T19:08:00.000-08:00

daily melody: New Young Pony Club "The Optimist"

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New Young Pony Club
Fantastic Playroom 2007

New Young Pony Club is a five member band from London, England under the influences from post-punk and new wave music.

The band, recently formed in 2005, is still pretty young but exudes much promise of more albums to come! Vocalist Tahita Bulmer and producer Andy Spence, who share a love of punk rock and dance music, founded the beginnings of the band when they began writing together, originally only for Bulmer to perform. Once a decision was made to form a proper band, the duo recruited the Lou (keyboards), Igor Volk (bass), and Sarah Jones (drums).

New Young Pony Club released two limited edition 7" singles ("The Get Go" and "Ice Cream") on indie label, Tirk Recordings before being discovered by Australian label, Modular Recordings for a worldwide deal.

The band's name came from lead singer Bulmer's desire to be part of a club or team at school. Her original idea for the band name was the more concise "pony club" which she describes as "quirky and kinky and fun". A pre-existing Irish band had already claimed the name, and the prefix "New Young" was added to reflect that the band are "a newer, younger and kinkier pony club.

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These guys are one of my favorite bands [though I have acquired quite a list of them!] When I first discovered New Young Pony Club I became addicted to the poppy beat of their music that was different, not cookie-cutter, and very singable. Bulmer's voice is fantastic, in my opinion, and very distinct which is one of the reasons why I love it so!

I would often drive around with my partner in crime, Mandi, to their songs and sing out loud to their sassy, often femme fetale feeling lyrics. They are worthy of great and peppy driving music and for entertaining. I feel sexy singing to New Young Pony Club.source

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Strangely enough, the two images I found most aesthetically and visually appealing to me were both very red. Powerfully red.

.....New Young Pony Club also just recently [...of March 1st] released a new album, The Optimist as well!

movie: fantastic mr. fox

2010-03-06T21:26:00.001-08:00

daily melody: New Young Pony Club "Before The Light"

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I almost completely forgot that Wes Anderson came out with a new film! Shame on me and my falling out on this handsome delight's films. As you can gather, I am a Wes Anderson fan and adore all his movies, even if some people find them repetitive and predictable.

I find your films quite charming, Mr. Anderson, and I love the uniqueness found in the peculiar or average lives some people live.

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Though this image is kind of awkward, I think the jacket is very suiting in numerous ways.
I think Wes is a fox anyways...

I enjoyed the synapses left on the Internet Movie Database, so I thought I would share:

Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009

[ It is the story of one Mr. Fox and his wild-ways of hen heckling, turkey taking and cider sipping, nocturnal, instinctive adventures. He has to put his wild days behind him and do what fathers do best: be responsible. He is too rebellious. He is too wild. He is going to try "just one more raid" on the three nastiest, meanest farmers that are Boggis, Bunce and Bean. It is a tale of crossing the line of family responsibilities and midnight adventure and the friendships and awakenings of this country life that is inhabited by Fantastic Mr. Fox and his friends. ]
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This movie was a very cute and visually appealing [if you enjoy stop-motion animation, claymation, or more crude less computer animation]. It was a good eat-dinner-and-cuddle-on-the-couch-with-coffee kind of movie and was spent exactly in that way with my Nicholas. The voice actors are to be expected in a Wes Anderson film, and serve as a delightful familiarity [at least for me...] in this film about the creatures of the woods.

I've heard there's been some mixed reviews on the film, the choice of animation and execution, and the choice of director and direction....but it is not among the films I have sat through, watched, and regretted watching after.

...oh! and I just happen to have a crush on Jason Schwartzman

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Worth a see with your lovely!

televisions in trees

2010-03-06T14:25:00.000-08:00

daily melody: Sufjan Stevens "Chicago"

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Through a rough week i managed to finish my 20 page senior capstone paper and sent it electronically with hopes and prayers that I will make it through until graduation, and optimistically....graduate. It's been a very hard journey.

As I was research artists who worked with our iconic and very Americana friend the television in their works, primarily through installations. Of course my favorite, Nam June Paik, came up and also this very interesting Swiss artist, Pauline Julier, as seen above in Geneva, Switzerland. I could not locate any amount of substantial information on her, but my love for her piece still remains. I absolutely ADORE it!

I did find this nifty flickr 'er with some knowledge on it:

[ Julier's piece, "Arbre à Palabres" [above] is the baobab tree, or more metaphorically "the talking tree". Traditionally, in western African culture it is the tree beneath which the elders meet to talk, and has over time become a symbol for open and unrestricted communication and the exchange of beautiful ideas.

Pauline Julier's work takes this idea and adapts it to the urban environment. Here is an extract from the description that appeared beneath the work :

"En s'approchant de l'arbre on voit sur les écrans des personnes du quartier, des espaces de l'environnement urbain alentour. On entend une voix, elle raconte une anecdote. Le spectateur cherche quel portrait parle. L'espace privé se mélange alors à l'espace public. L'arbre devient un arbre à palabres, centre des paroles du quartier, nébuleuse virtuelle de paroles et d'images." ]

thanks!

It makes me want to compose lots of my Surrealist-like poems.

Televisions in trees.
Is quite an inspiration to me.

note: I always return to Little Miss Sunshine. It is one of my all-time favorite movies and the soundtrack was lovely. You will understand when you listen to the daily melody.

fruit smoooothie!

2010-03-01T20:01:00.000-08:00

daily melody: N.E.R.D., Santogold, and Julian Casablancas "My Drive-Thru"

I would like to start today's blurb about this tasty, yet rather peculiar smoothie-concoction:

The one I'm currently slurping down is C Monster Citrus C with such a tangy good taste.
It's nice having a perk like after having some pancakes.

I have a paper to write and possibly some drawings to do!

I also have to get my final image complete in a couple of days! I'm freaking on the inside, that I'm not going to hide, so I'm going to be thinking about some designs, pronto!

I'm thinking collage.

Televisions and text.
Poetry and imagery.

snowed in - so draw!

2010-02-25T22:26:00.001-08:00

daily melody: Bonobo "Dinosaurs"

Today it decided to be winter. Real winter. At least her in central New York the snow made the executive decision to precipitate; making the roads slick and shitty, my car getting stuck at two opportune moments today, and accumulating at a rapid pace. On a good note, for some reason I've hit a creative surge and have produced two new illustrations tonight!

I went through my supplies of sharpies and had to use two of my roommates. Sharpies are the basic tools of life for me and serve for sooo many fantastic projects and drawings. Along with my prismacolors they are my favorite tools.

I love where these illustrations are going. I hope to be known one day for these. And not just be a starving artist.

the work station.
messy.
yes workable. because I make it work.

I will have a better set up when I graduate. For now, I must make do with their lovely dorm environment I am in and just go with the creative spurts I receive!

oh! and if anyone knows of some good websites for making prints or artwork, please share the wealth of knowledge!

xoxo

anyone can be glamorous

2010-02-23T13:03:00.000-08:00

daily melody: Black Eyed Peas "Outta My Head"

My piece is complete.
Please, excuse the poor, poor photography here...

untitled
Caroline Locatelli
2010
mixed media

The mixed media ended up being a combination of matt board, cut wood, a photograph, bedazzles, bits of a broken mirror, and wax.

Je t'adore.

I think I'm going to my good friend Kari's advice and submit it to the student show [Cazenovia College Juried Student Exhibition]. I'm itching to spray paint gold some more things I have about and seeing what else I can conjure up.

Also I am quite excited to sport my new dress that was a fabulous find at TJMaxx. Figuring today was the last possible day for senior portraits to be in the yearbook [lame college blahblahblah...]I made the decision to rock something funky, non-traditional, and more myself.

I had a lot of fun wearing this around this afternoon, getting photographed in it for senior photos and just kind of being flashy. Quite a bit of compliments were said, and it made me feel really lovely that I could stand out for something flashy and fun that isn't skanky or classless.

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Oh..and I just totally cleaned out my inbox on my school email. It feels oh-so good!

i think i'm off the hook, baby

2010-02-22T20:33:00.000-08:00

daily melody: First Aid Kit "Hard Believer"

and the progress goes on....

I also decided on another photo as well.

creating cranium

2010-02-21T22:52:00.000-08:00

daily melody: Le Tigre "Deceptacon" [as played by Jem]

I cannot papier mache worth it. It's pathetic. I need someone to properly teach me again. Almost as odd as having to watch a youtube tutorial on how to make a newspaper hat. I'm now a newspaper party hat pro.

Currently working on a project that is due this week after a wonderful, and very grateful spurt of inspiration and ideas!

here is a sneak peek:

a found photograph

color!venetian bird masks

I have to say my thanks for the inspirational found photograph that my good friend Angie let me have from her collection. I thought they were neat then, and I still do now.

I'm literally just letting my creativity and sense of artistic accomplishment keep me awak and going. It just turned 2am again and I'm tired, just itching to construct and concept amongst a roll of toilet paper for my drippy nose.

If the finished product comes out as imagined, it will be great!

[sidenote: I realize how awful I've become of not showing finished images of work and what not...lame. I really need a new camera of my own again.]

in sickness and heavy reading material

2010-02-21T21:45:00.000-08:00

daily melody: The Centurions "Zed's Dead Baby"

My cold took a liking to me so much, that it decided to hop onto the next available opportunity to see me again. I was not given prior notice of this visitation.

I'm sick [again].

Contradictory and foolish it may be I am drinking a redbull and eating the remnants of a theatre style snow caps and a couple fun size hershey's krackel bars. I plan on re-reading my aesthetics reading [dense,dense,dense...yet so intellectually moving]. I have been drinking orange juice, and I plan on wearing warm sweaters and scarves to keep me warm. Eskimo-in' it up with this freezing weather!

fascinating things of the moment:

Artist Maissa Toulet

and these guys
[quite apropriate]

do it - do it - do it now

2010-02-18T21:46:00.000-08:00

daily melody: Hot Chip "Ready For The Floor"

motivation...motivation...oh where could you be?
my brain is becoming dull
becoming misguided
beguiled
dry
without passion.

I am not a sand dollar.

I have big plans for tomorrow! I am going to make myself become motivated and work, work, produce!

things I have planned:

going to the local hardware store
purchase plywood and varnish
begin car** piece
take a walk in the woods with a good friend
collect twigs and branches for project
sketch for graphic forms to cement idea
set up my new small bit of studio space on campus

I intend to accomplish this all....whether that becomes an actuality or not will be another story. I'm going to see if I can burrow one of my roommate's cameras for documentation for a fun productive day.

Maybe I'll go buy some wine in the afternoon and treat myself.
It will be Friday...

**car piece:

I recently became inspired by an older white car in passing in Syracuse at the recently mentioned apartment's driveway. I became very taken aback by the color of the car, and how people deal with the color white.

My plan for this is creating a collage/decoupage with a white car and placing it in an angelic, blessed atmosphere...using found materials, mixing 2D and 3D objects...putting a creation of man on a very high pedestal.

Of course...it isn't anything we do not do already...

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On a side note, I have itching, itching, itching to get my tattoo! It will be a tentative first, but I have been patiently waiting, debating, and rationalizing this decision; and how it will affect my professional future. I would also like to add...how my family will take it as well (...conservatives...). I think this spring will mark a very good time and I think it will be within the next couple of months.

I'm scared, but very ready to be permanently painted as a living work of art.

drippy is so fascinating

2010-02-17T22:53:00.000-08:00

daily melody: Boards of Canada "Everything You Do Is A Balloon"

Some current drawings:

I started this drawing on a piece of paper I found in the apartment of my boyfriend's friend's. They live on the 3rd of 4th floor of this huge and very old apartment on Westcott in Syracuse. It's very inspiring sitting in the very cozy and open attic (which is their apartment) and feeling "at home." If you could picture an old cozy ski lodge's attic with fireplace, darkened wood, and open rafters then you might picture what I'm speaking of.

A pen drawing of an unfinished piece, which will be finished shortly when I come back to it. Thought I would at least present some bit of art I've been working on, though it's usually less than more.

And this is a close up of another drawing still in progress.
A personal take on "Little Red Riding Hood."

I really like the "drippy" look I've been creating, almost like a motif. I really enjoy creating series with piece, or just trying to connect works together that could work individually and as a whole (mainly in drawings...).

I'm itching to work large scale, if finances permit, to create a large scale painting of a girl with very drippy eyes. There's something alluring about soft drips...and something calming.

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I'm trying to keep this train on the tracks of convention and stay focused with school and with my art.
I'm trying to live and create without the heavy reliance of our currency.

I'm growing.

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It's 2-something am in the morning. I just finished my laundry at the 24 hours laundromat and still need to dreafully fold it. I find myself somewhere in between "I'm getting sleepy" and "I want to stay up and do stuff"...

i'm on a quest to find myself

2010-02-17T22:01:00.000-08:00

daily melody: Yeah Yeah Yeah's "Heads Will Roll"

I have been thinking about my blog and have come to the conclusion that it is a poor representation of who I am, is a representation of interests I have and other inspiration from those around me.

I'm not a stay at home mom who just happens to be organically sound, has swell taste, and is totally crafty to the core. I'm not some ultra savvy chick who can sew up crazy creations on the internet. Maybe some day one of those will be a possibility in my life, but as of now they aren't. Stop fooling yourself, Caroline, and be you!

I think I may do some re-organizing of my blog to better tailor how I am. I want to be more real. Down to my self and channeling what makes me tick. Things may get odd. Things may get peculiar. But that's how life goes.

I need to find me again.

[insert name] x 500

2010-02-09T08:41:00.001-08:00

daily melody: Empire of the Sun "Walking on a Dream"

Over the past two days I've been trying to construct a project for one of my classes, graphic forms. Trying to formulate concepts with materials that I couldn't rely to get my hands on was tough...

I decided to paint while trying to keep the similar line work and staying true to my pieces. My friend Tesla said it the best, "paint requires more patience." And it serves true with trying to go large scale and having to switch between acrylic paint and the ink I so long to do completely. Of course it would require too much time, so paint is needed for the smart.

It's not done, but this is is so far.

I have drawn SOO much inspiration from this one naturally deteriorating deer skull.
I love it!

I am experimenting with my subject matter and growing darker in my illustrations. Whether this is a shift in maturity or just taste, is to be questioned. Either way it's amazing to be able to produce such fantastic work as of lately (and especially being presently sick....) and having it portray so much!

There is also a fishbowl filled with lime gelatin in the mini fridge with cut out piece of my name 500 times. It was all part of the assignment and the "incantation inspired" way I took it.

drawing a day: deux

2010-02-04T18:50:00.000-08:00

daily melody: The Mars Volta "L'Via L'Viaquez

Before I went on a much anticipated art field trip with two of my classes to see the various galleries in Syracuse, I began to produce this guy.

He isn't complete yet, but almost.

Where do you ask did the inspiration come from?

Well, my roommate and wonderful friend Christina went back home for the weekend a bit ago and asked around with her hunting friends back in Maryland. The result was the little beauty, which I have this odd love for.

I thought I would also show some of my in-progress ones that I mentioned yesterday. I don't know what to do with some of them yet.... I get so hung up on them or get a new idea that i just kind of cast them aside to finish another piece.

lady gaga inspired.

I need to touch her up a bit. I didn't like that she an unflawed face, but then after some alterations and decision making....the end result was making her look a bit too old then what I was trying to create. Still in progress.

Margot Tenebaum inspired.

Love love love love love The Royal Tenebaums! I was watching it AGAIN and really had the urge to draw my own take on the wonderfully attractive Margot. Still in progress.

And a Victorian inspired piece.
I love drawing crazy messy huge up-do's with lots of detail on the hair. Still in progress.

More on the way!

a drawing a day!

2010-02-03T15:49:00.000-08:00

daily melody: Violent Femmes "Kiss Off"

Well....I've been hiding and I had no original intentions of doing so.

The good news is I've been producing some fabulous work that makes me want to spend endless days drawing and producing these ideas that have been a continual flow from my head. Inspiration comes and goes with me...which I don't know is like everyone else....? When I'm dry it sucks, but when I'm a kick I could just go for days until all my creativity is washed up.

I also decided that with my creativity and the great work I've been producing, I thought about producing a drawing [a finished drawing not a shat one...] each day for the month of February.This would a little push for myself to produce drawings just for me, and not because they are meant as a project for a class. I get so swept up in life that I forget to stop and just let myself go and create something that purely brings me joy.

February is my month to create my illustrations that are representation of me.

Here are some of the works I've created thus far:

I have three drawings in-progress scattered about the floor and my desk in front of my laptop has prismacolors all around.

I couldn't be happier!

cold weather & cold candy

2010-01-21T18:50:00.000-08:00

daily melody: Coconut Records "West Coast"

Today could be summed up with a "brrrrrrrr!" Sometimes I forget I live in New York State and it can get really really cold! Style sometimes replaces practicality and sometimes those boots you are wearing are not the warmest for your toes. I'm sitting in my room with a lovely little mug of hot cocoa and a Valentine's Day York peppermint pattie...which is shaped in a heart!

image found here

I also want to mention a big thanks to my lovey Shanna, who is not only a fantastic photo girl but also a wonderful travel companion! She tolerated my antics and what not while we were oversees in Canterbury, England of Fall 2008.

She bid on and won two of my paintings at a charitable art auction my friends and I put together in this past December to benefit Two Smiles One Hope. It made me really happy that she was soooo excited for them! I plan to adhering them to some stable foamcore so they retain some sort of professionalism and stay in tact.

Some photos via Shanna in her suite.
Check out her other lovely photos and blog Panic Later!

They look darling and I'm happy to spread my art!

sleepingbag style

2010-01-20T20:59:00.000-08:00

daily melody: The Shins "Phantom Limb"

I moved back into the dormitory in college again. It would have been yesterday, but I delayed my plans.

As I unpacked, through the course of the night because I don't like to do it all in one shot like a practical individual, I realized I forgot to wash my comforter at the laundromat. In fact, to even better the epiphany that I had, I realized my blanket is actually in the back of my merc (my Mercury Grand Marquis) covering the seat to protect it from two large televisions that I picked up!

For any of those who do know me, this seems like a normal occurrence. I do take quite an enjoyment of scouring curbside to see what lovely treasures I can find! In this case, I have been diligently searching for televisions for my senior exhibition, which I will be posting preliminary bits and pieces along the way. I intend to work with discarded televisions sets and outdated technology as an installation touching on consumerism and American icons.

To get back to the point...because of my lack of thinking ahead with bringing along an extra blanket I will be sleeping "camping" style in my bed with my sleeping bag.
So, as I finish watching "The Royal Tenebaums" for the night, I will be drifting off to sleep reminiscent of sleeping like a Girl Scout on camping trips with old mattresses in screen cabins.

note: This isn't the first time I've been a goof and forgotten things like this. I will still be cozy and warm, and at least it beats an experience I had in London, piling clothes on myself in a friend of a friend's livingroom.

little joys

2010-01-20T17:14:00.000-08:00

daily melody: Harlem Shakes "Technicolor Health"

Here are some little things that are bringing me some little joy today!

1. Crunchy Cheetos
I have them in a small tupperware bowl so I don't eat more than I need to! They get so tempting after trying to be so healthy

2. Bully Hill Growers Red wine
(in the recyclable eco-friendly box!)
I'm warming up to red wine and Bully Hill is mighty tasty

3. hot boots
I bought these little cuties at Forever 21. I realize they are not the best place to buy fantastic footwear, but they caught my eye and were oh-so kickin'

They look really rad with skinny jeans, and I'm sure with a dress and tights!
I'm itching to wear these beauts out so I will post again with an outfit.

4. a vegan cookbook
(I'm not vegan, but if was a thoughtful xmas gift from my dad)

They have sooo many tasty recipes! Since I'm back in school now, I won't be cooking as much which is quite sad, but I will have the weekends in Syracuse to try out some great recipes!

These are some some things in my life that bring me a tidbit of joy.
I hope you have some that do you the same!

recipe: 7-layer meatless tortilla pie

2010-01-17T10:45:00.000-08:00

daily melody: Crystal Castles "Air War"

I decided to come home this weekend before starting my spring (and last semester of undergrad ever!) Can you tell I'm a little excited?

The rest of my family are still strong omnivores, so when I come home I usually volunteer to make a dish with supper. Either way I really enjoy cooking and always get excited to try out a new interesting recipe!

I decided to try this(from allrecipes.com)...a 7-layer meatless tortilla pie!

While I was grocery shopping for some fresh veggies, and the beans I forgot to pick up the picante sauce needed in this recipe....(yep...again) so I just substituted some salsa we had, which turned out just fine! I only used as much tortillas as I had which made two tortilla pies that were 5 layers tall. I baked them for about 25 minutes in the oven on a cookie tray. You can also re-hear this dish when you want another go in the oven again too!

It was a very simple, easy, and straightforward recipe...which seems to be a reoccurring theme lately. The dish was delish when I was all finished! My whole family and I polished through one whole pie with a side of some curry rice with veggies that I cooked up as well. Sometimes it gets a little tricky trying to get my dad to eat a no-meat meal, but even he was satisfied with the outcome.

When I remake this lovely little crowd pleaser I intend to add some chopped up onions, red peppers,corn, and mushrooms too. Because it was so easy and pretty quick to make it would be a great dish for parties, Daytona 500, or for the Super Bowl. And it was yummy to have a bit of sour cream with it too!

Sadly, I don't have any photos of my dish because I am still hunting for a cheap digital camera via eBay. The camera I use now and then is only because my roommate graciously lends it to me. I will be getting another one of my own....hopefully sooner rather than later!

I seem to be creating more "food art" than sellable art...but that will soon change.

In the meantime....happy cooking!!

happy as a bird

2010-01-16T18:26:00.001-08:00

daily melody: Santogold ft. Drake & Lil' Wayne "Unstoppable"

I stumbled upon this little lovely.

It absolutely brightened me up!

image found here.

I have worked in the fast food industry longed than I intended. But seeing this makes me laugh a little thinking about the seagulls and birds squawking about free french fries.

hope it brings you some joy as well!

blog how-to [third column]

2010-01-16T17:34:00.000-08:00

daily melody: Uffie ft. Justice "The Party"

I'm slowly reconstructing my blog as I retrace my steps, and make new ones, in creating my new blog.

I really enjoy the freedom of have three columns in my blogs instead of the regular two columns. I searched on the internet, like any modern individual who is searching for something they do not have prior knowledge to. I stumbled on this lovely link.

In three words, it was simple, easy, and straightforward.

Ms. Amanda, who create this fantastic tutorial was a lifesaver! I, personally, only had to do all of this once which is a major! Normally I would have to attempt to re-do the html in my blog at least three times before I got the results I desired. It also doesn't help too much that I'm pretty un-knowledgeable when it comes to html and all detailed computer know-how.

I recommend this to all my bloggin' friends!

photo found here

It's because of lovelies like you, Amanda, that people like me can still create great blogs with wonderful how-to's!

modern day artistic drought

2010-01-13T17:34:00.000-08:00

daily melody: Busy P "Rainbow Man"

I have had a severe drought of creativity and motivation for the past months with my artwork. Life, anxiety, depression, and just my lack of motivation have all put their own into the mixed concoction that is me...along with a dash or two of my own faults for the lack of creation for the fall months.

I want to change this.

As an artist, creativity is all I have. And without it, I feel like a dried up sharpie marker ready for the waste bin. (side note: for any of you who personally know my work...I do love my sharpies).This is a brand new year, and I am begining down a path of finding myself again and developing into a better, more aware, more mature yet equally creative and spunky Caroline.

I have my senior exhibition breathing down my back coming up in early spring that I have high expectations for. From this point on, I will continue to make significant headway with it as I work to making it live up to the ideas in my head and in my sketchbook.

These are the significant themes that I am working with for my exhibition:

consumerism
modern day society
televisions
icons
discarded technology
America
Pop Art

This is a recent untitled piece I have created on cardboard.
It's a start and something I will be going with to keep things moving forward.

I am very much inspired by the artist Nam June Paik and his work with televisions, culture and consumerism.

"Hello Elephant" Nam June Paik 2000
compliments of Wood Street Galleries

more work to come!
more inspiration welcome!

recipe: quiche cupcakes

2010-01-12T19:36:00.000-08:00

daily melody: Passion Pit "Sleepyhead"

I finally had a day off from work (Pier 1 Imports) and was itching to cook something I new. I decided on making some tasty spinach quiche!

I love quiche and yet, I find myself not eating too much of it. As of today, I will certainly be making it more often because the recipes for quiche were more simplistic than I thought they would be. The recipe I used,found on the handy-dandy interwebs can be found here.

I don't own a pie dish so I improvised with a cupcake tin. If Texas can make some huge toast...I'm sure they make huge cupcakes as well and it makes me believe that is where this tin originated from. It would make giant cupcakes!
I used my giant coffee mug as a circle template to cute the pie crust (I used premade) to mold into the cupcake tin.I was very excited to see the finished product! Even though I forgot a key ingredient they still turned out delish and will be equally satisfying for breakfast tomorrow with a big mug of coffee!

I completely forgot to add the feta cheese that goes in the recipe, but it still turned out great! Nick and I just ate the crumbles with the quiche cupcakes anyway. I substituted fresh baby spinach, which I wilted before adding it to the mix, instead of frozen to make it a little more fresh and healthy. I also topped the little guys with a fresh slice of tomato that went so well!

Bottom line, these little spinach quiche cupcakes were a great veggie supper with a tall glass of organic milk with my love! And they looked just darling once we got them out of their tins.

I'm hoping to try other veggie quiches as well. The more vegetables the merrier!

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I also bought two new fish today! I forget their exact species names...one is a calico goldfish breed and the other is a black breed. They're in a temporary home in our room on the old vintage dorm desk Nick found on the side of the road.

But they'll get their own separate post to come!

So Fresh !!

2010-01-12T10:29:00.000-08:00

daily melody: Temper Trap "Sweet Disposition"

New blog.

I suppose that sentence in itself could sum up all of this post in the most simplistic form. I was growing tired of my old blog, and as a gemini, I needed a fresh change!

I'm still in the process of a clever title, and as for now that cute little smoking quail will be my representative into a new year, a better more collected life, and of course new adventures!