spring is springing so i'd better keep springing too...

five big events in april. sorry, six. the whole month is booked up. and may is filling up already too... i *might* have may 2-4 weekend open to rest. woohoo!

cannot believe we're playing a show this weekend. it's a last minute thing, but we're going to test drive some new songs, so that's exciting.

and there are four major events that i haven't even started working on, and need to pick a month for. oh, and a massive new website that is going to be a RIOT. so much excitement! so little time! so little money! so much fun & awesome!

so much making fun of the drummer making fun of us...

Finally painting again!

I've cleared enough space in the art studio that I can finally paint again. I'm finishing up some pieces that have been hanging around forever, selling old pieces off at a huge discount, and making a lot of sketches for new work.

It's weird... back when I was doing a ton of art shows and won a few awards in 2004 & 2005 for my painting, I saw it as something that could eventually become a retirement income for me. But now I'm not sure. I would really like to sell enough art this summer to clear my credit card. Wonder if that's possible.

I'm excited about my new sketches - have been condensing the elements of my work that seem the most ME and distilling them. This is going to be a very colourful spring. :)

Inspirational Art, My Next Poetry Book

http://www.amandawachobtattoo.com/ - click on Abstract. Wow.

I'm working on a new poetry collection, and I'm floundering on the organization of it. Should it be laid out in the order the poems were written? By subject grouping? By size? I just can't seem to wrangle a system. I keep ending up with trippy abstract "things i think", "things i vent", "stuff i wrote on the subway", etc.

any suggestions? if you read poetry, how do you prefer a book to be laid out & ordered?

i really would like to get this collection finished by mid-summer, and published eventually. (hopefully) but i'm at the point where i need to compile a printed, draft version in order for me to see it properly.

photo frame necklace

photo print + wire + a bead to weight it down so it stays flat = necklace!
reversible - two photos i took of poppies.
might make another with tiger lillies & green wire & bead.

cute? crazy? artsy? stupid?

interesting season so far...

In the past week I've developed several new ideas for paintings, a strange idea for artistic jewellery, finally understood string theory, completed a paperwork jungle & shipped it off, written a new piece for the upcoming poetry collection, helped brainstorm an amazing event coming up this spring, created a new cartoon video, and I'm down to under 120 unopened emails in my main in-box. Plus, High Heels Lo Fi has 3 gigs booked, and 4 or 5 new songs under construction.

This spring is going to be swamped with awesome.