Monday, June 30, 2008

labyrinth to walk

Anything Anyone

All _________ are caused by an over-burden of material, typically _______, that is too massive and unstable for the ______ that supports it. Determining the critical load, the amount of over-burden which is likely to cause an ________, is a complex task involving the evaluation of a number of factors.

Recipe for Tired Eyes

Summer rain
Unexpected Sunshine
A Hammock

Nuff said.

The Morning After

Edgar loves The Gays and all, but this morning the Village smells like
ass and pee. We cut our walk to the Piers quite short and came home to
blow the sweet smell of Nag Campa into the breeze.

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Recipe for a Colored Girl

Sauce & Sass
Sassafras
Dance
Song
Poetry
Sunshine

Put together in the womb and stir with dance. Whisper poetry and song in through the navel. Thank the ancestors the first time she sees the Sun. Remember she is the sassafras root, mellowing in the soil.

Saturday, June 28, 2008

WC:NYC

The woman who used the Ladies Room ahead of me left the seat up.

When she exited past my crossed legs and tapping foot I noticed she
was very tall. And admired her dress.

Friday, June 27, 2008

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner...

("I'll have the lamb saag, please.")

neck in neck

Art Day 45, Twilight

Oil resists water

Art Day 45, Twilight

The Conceptualist

Liberty.

"This mid-nineteenth-century drawing is considered by some to be an
early model for the Statue of Liberty."

Aesop was a slave...

Missing Time




Lost Boys AKA Baby Brother (1992)
Kerry James Marshall

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Black Music + Horse's Ass = ... Art (?)

Mistaken Identity





New Delhi
1994
Edition of 5
C-print
Paper size: 10 3/8 x 14 in. (26.4 x 35.6 cm)

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Livingston's African Runaway

Now if u see this brotha somewhere, don't say sh-t. You got me?
Face the cheit of latency.

On the Road...

Pënz makes its first official appearance at Cave Canem.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Waste, Not Want: The American Way

Food for Thought
Avocado on French Toast
Art Year 1; Night 45ish
-Linguist (in NYC)
Consider the Cheit of Dreaming.

silkworm factory



Roger Ballen
Place of the Upside Down, 2004
Selenium-toned silver gelatin print
19 3/4 x 19 3/4 in./ 50 x 50 cm

Monday, June 23, 2008

Edgar in the City


Edgar in the City
Originally uploaded by Scryptkeeper

So its summer

Paleta time.

Paleta Pronunciation Guide
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN


So, your Spanish isn't great, but you'd like to buy a paleta? Don't let that stop you! Here's a pronunciation guide to help you order some of the more difficult flavors (thanks to Jeff Carmack for his assistance with the pronunciation).
English :: ESPAÑOL :: Pronunciation

Tamarind :: Tamarindo :: tam-ma-REEN-do

Pecan :: Nuez :: noo-WAYCE

Watermelon :: Sanda :: san-DEE-uh

Lime :: Limn :: lee-MOAN

Rice pudding :: Arroz :: Ah-ROHS

Strawberry :: Fresa :: FRAY-suh

Spicy cucumber :: Pepino con chile :: peh-PEE-no con CHEE-lay

Guava :: Guayaba :: wye-AH-bah

Pineapple :: Piña :: PEEN-ya

Cantaloupe :: Meln :: meh-LONE

Art Day 44, Twilight

Who the )@#$* is Ana Lara?

Art Day 44, Twilight

The Conceptualist

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Hotel Art is Often a Misnomer

Continue...

继续 fortsetzen продолжать استمر

starry noon (approximate and belated and digital)

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Saturday, June 21, 2008

At night


"The nearly vertical streak in this image shows a satellite called Keyhole 12-3 crossing the sky near the constellation of Scorpio."

Photo: Trevor Paglen

Repeat

repetir,לחזור, повторять, upprepa, tekrarlamak...repetir,לחזור, повторять, upprepa, tekrarlamak...repetir,לחזור, повторять, upprepa, tekrarlamak...repetir,לחזור, повторять, upprepa, tekrarlamak...repetir,לחזור, повторять, upprepa, tekrarlamak...되풀이하다...repetir,לחזור, повторять, upprepa, tekrarlamak...repetir,לחזור, повторять, upprepa, tekrarlamak...repetir,לחזור, повторять, upprepa, tekrarlamak...

Friday, June 20, 2008

Now Starring: Penz on Broadway

"I let my pain fuck my ego & I call the bastard art." --Stew, Passing Strange

Penz on Broadway!!

I need....


...graham cracker goodness today. Its that kinda day. Add a beard, and my day will be perfect.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Art Day 43, Twilight

I think this has been the most uninspired day of the year. Maybe it's the number 43. Perhaps it's the full moon. Perhaps it's the scorpion (no - not scorpio, scorpion)bite I got on my jugular last night at 4am. OW! I stared and stared at my Penz, and then stared and stared some more. I decided to make it the receptacle of my un-inspiration:

Tired

Peep & Peek


Art Day 43, Twilight
The Conceptualist

Whoa, Twister!

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

penz remembers life in utero

wow. twistr!

Heteronormative, and unguaranteed for validity

...but if you'd like to expand your fitness options, this guide may be helpful. -L

"An American Paradox"

from unitedstatesartists.org:

A country that loves art, not artists:

In a survey of attitudes toward artists in the US a vast majority of Americans, 96%, said they were greatly inspired by various kinds of art and highly value art in their lives and communities.

But the data suggests a strange paradox.

While Americans value art, the end product, they do not value what artists do, the act of creation. Only 27% of respondents believe that artists contribute “a lot” to the good of society.
I feel very outside of myself today.

pulling for the thread of Penz

Losing Track


(c) Denise Levertov

Long after you have swung back
away from me
I think you are still with me:

you come in close to the shore
on the tide
and nudge me awake the way

a boat adrift nudges the pier:
am I a pier
half-in half-out of the water?

and in the pleasure of that communion
I lose track,
the moon I watch goes down, the

tide swings you away before
I know I'm
alone again long since,

mud sucking at gray and black
timbers of me,
a light growth of green dreams drying."

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Shed

I-Ching: 42: INCREASE


It furthers one to undertake something. It furthers one to cross the great water.






wait, does that mean it was night?

last night?!

Wow. Geez, Pënz. Sorry.

(shaking head, wondering where her mind's been while silently coming up with a scheme to blame Edgar)

Monday, June 16, 2008

Pluto Now Called a Plutoid

Sidestepping concerns of many astronomers worldwide, the IAU's decision, at a meeting of its Executive Committee in Oslo, comes almost two years after it stripped Pluto of its planethood and introduced the term "dwarf planets" for Pluto and other small round objects that often travel highly elliptical paths around the sun in the far reaches of the solar system.

and i'm back.


Both grass and beards make me happy. especially if they are near me at the same time. This photo reminds me of that for some reason. Perhaps because it looks like a graham cracker and grass. I like eating graham crackers when i'm at the park. near a beard. Chico has a beard. beards make me happy.

Can u see the moon?

Night's horizon. Well come.


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Sent from my iPhone.

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Art Day 42, Twilight

Aftermath

Art Day 42, Twilight
The Conceptualist

Saturday, June 14, 2008

penz to penz: a look at the infinite

Recipe

for a lazy and hot Saturday afternoon...

Passion Fruit Juice

Passion Fruit
Ice
Sugar
Blender

Put the passion fruit and sugar (or honey) together into the blender and blend. Strain the juice with a fine mesh strainer to remove seeds. Pour over a glass full of ice.

Morning ride at noon

Friday, June 13, 2008

another beautiful wonder of the world

A male weedy sea dragon carries eggs on his tail at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, Thursday, June 11, 2008. For only the third time ever in a U.S. aquarium, one of the endangered creatures is pregnant.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Penz plays 'Russian' charades

...In a hurry...

Recipe

For Tears

1 beet
1 horseradish
a grater
a bowl

Sit over a bowl, with peeled raw beet, and peeled raw horseradish in hand. Hold grater over bowl. Grate - first the horseradish, then the beet. Allow yourself to cry as hard as you need to.

water hauling made easy

the q-drum

also check out the exhibition Design for the Other 90% at the Walker Art Center

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Art Day 41, Twilight

Suggested Price





Art Day 41, Twilight

The Conceptualist



I should go out there.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

we meet again

Raining through the Noonday Sun

Recipe

for Stress Reduction:

Cacao/Cocoa
Fresh Ginger
Cloves (optional)
Cinammon
Allspice
Sugar
Milk (any kind)

Boil ginger and cinammon in water.  Add cacao/cocoa after first boil.  Stir in well. Then add cloves, allspice and sugar. Bring to a boil again.  Finally, add milk. Simmer.  Drink.  Relax.  

Monday, June 9, 2008

BloodBeat Mornings



Why I love Ernest Hardy, part 3,562,071:
"Miss Piggy F*cks The Pain Away"!

of messengers, travelers, liars, poets and thieves....


Recipe for Disaster

Witnesses
Denial

Mix together in one evening. Bake. Check in the morning for results.

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Art Day 40, Twilight

Ice Cream
Flavor: Pënz


Art Day 40, Twilight
The Conceptualist

Noon Flow on Twilight