My Favorite Movie

I'm really torn on this one too, which is why it took me so long to get around to writing this. I had to find time to watch my top two and decide. I've gotta say I'm gunna go with Fight Club--at least for today--Dirty Dancing was the other option.

I like Fight Club just because it's one of those movies where when you watch it the first time, no matter how carefully you do, you still know you missed something. And it's enough of something that you have to watch it again just to find out. It deals so much with the tricks of the mind that it makes you wonder, at least a little, about your own sanity. Which is fine cause as long as you're sane enough to think about it you'll be ok. It's when you know you're crazy or when you're positive that it's not even a possibility that you should get checked out.

My Second Favourite Artist

My second favourite artist I talked about for a little bit in the last post. Her name is Joey Richardson and she's a wood lathe artist. I got to meet her when I went to SOFA last fall. I saw quite a few of her pieces including the one above. She has incredible technical skill and amazing precision as well as the ability to weave the stories of her life experiences in to her work.

When we spoke at the expo she had approached me, my mom, and sister because I was pointing out to them the the delicacy of her work. The negitive spaces are not just places where the wood has been removed, she cuts actual figures in to them (the most common for her seem to be hearts, roses and other flowers, horses, and butterflies). She overheard what I'd been saying and came over to ask about my art because she's noted over time that the only people who really notice the figures are other artists.

The photo at the top of this post is of a piece called Incitatus. If you examine it closely you can see horses, a varity of flowers, and small birds.