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A few more yards in San Jose
On a recent walk to the store I photographed the yard-trim piles in my neighborhood. It’s no secret that I find great pleasure in the strangeness of the sculpted yards here in San Jose (also see this...
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A Happy Space
Hot off the press! A feature of yours truly in the recent “Underground” issue of Content Magazine (yes, I’m blushing). Many thanks to Daniel Garcia and his team for not only including my ideas about...
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One Minute Smile
(This is where you smile and time yourself for one minute). I originally performed this with a generous audience as part of a conversation about happiness at Montalvo Arts Center on February 20, 2013....
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San Jose Signs
Did I mention I live in San Jose? Some amazing hand painted signs here. Enjoy! Paleteria 2000, Monterey Highway, San Jose On the Alameda, San Jose. So much going on that I am confused about the...
View ArticleGive It All Away: Part I
Important advice from one of my dearest and wisest friends: GIVE IT ALL AWAY. Give away your ideas, your lunch, your things, your time, your art. Give abundantly, indulgently, as if you have...
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Someone Who Inspires: Christian L. Frock
It feels great to have friends who inspire you. Christian L. Frock is one of these people. I admire Christian for so many reasons – she fearlessly speaks her mind, she is generous (as a writer,...
View ArticleGetting Better Everyday
I made this list while thinking about various healing and happiness inducing actions for the recent Happiness Is... exhibition. Some are ideas I incorporate in my own life; others are exercises I’ve...
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Happiness Is…WALKING
What a wonderful day – twenty people arrived to walk up a hill with Leah Rosenberg and me at Montalvo Arts Center. It was pretty special to see everyone eager to participate in such a simple activity....
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It’s OK If You Think It’s Ironic – But It’s Not Laughing At You
As my artwork intersects the fuzzy territories of self-help, self-healing and self-actualization (like this and this and this), people may ask: is it sincere or is it ironic? Glen Helfand made this...
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Giving Care
I spent a week visiting my mom in Ohio and often thought about the word caregiver, which is defined on dictionary.com as “one who gives care to an adult or infant.” This rings poetic for me – one who...
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I’m Moving I’m Playing I’m Dreaming
Spring has arrived with a burst of change and activity. I feel grateful for all that is happening in my life. I’ve taken this advice to heart: I’m moving. I’m playing. I’m dreaming. I’M MOVING: We...
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Listening to Your Dreams
This Saturday Christina Amini and I listened to people’s dreams. Some shared their life dreams, others reflected on what they hoped the day would bring; we even heard a dream from the previous night....
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Someone Who Inspires: Leah Rosenberg
As an artist and pastry chef, Leah Rosenberg’s world is filled with exquisite color, flavor, ideas and beauty. But what really draws me in to her (as if this wasn’t enough) is her presence. She makes...
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You Arrive My Life Begins
So much of the past year has been about becoming, committing and beginning for me. This has been particularly true of the past month. Some highlights in image format for the viewing pleasure of your...
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You Arrive My Life Begins Part II
All This Time It’s You, 2013, Digital print on archival rag paper, 30 x 40 inches It’s interesting how we sometimes give so little to what is most important to us. Maybe it’s because we’re scared,...
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Hello, Dallas
You Arrive My Life Begins , 2013, Laser cut mirror plexiglas, 60 x 24 inches, Image Courtesy Galleri Urbane, Dallas, TX My show in Dallas! I admit I was simply relieved that the five new prints, two...
View ArticleAn Unsolicited Open Letter to the Young-ish Artist (this means all of us,...
Dear Young-ish artist, I noticed that you needed to be reminded of a few things – many of which I’m sure you already know. But it doesn’t hurt to be reminded. So here it goes. Taking the path of an...
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Laugh Art
One of the coolest opportunities I had while at the San Jose ICA was working with the legendary performance artist Linda Montano for the exhibition This Show Needs You. She was wonderfully eccentric...
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The In Between-sies
What do you do when you don’t know where you’re going next? I’ve been thinking about the legendary Bay Area artist David Ireland and how he would make his wonderful Dumb Balls when he couldn’t think of...
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Leaves, Life, Loss
I am haunted (in wonderful way) by the artwork November Gutter Leaves, Pasadena by Los Angeles artist Pae White: Pae White, November Gutter Leaves, Pasadena, 2009, Canvas and aluminum The image of a...
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Signs on the Wall
TRUST THIS SPACE. I’ve made a sign that says this and recently hung it in my new work room to remind me of it. I’m a fan of how people use text in a work space – as a means to remind, encourage and...
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Do Something Simple
A friend of mine decided to make art that could fit in her pocket: a piece of fabric with needle and thread, a tiny note pad, miniature items like paperclips, buttons, feathers. This way she could...
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Someone Who Inspires: Imin Yeh
Imin Yeh is an artist I have long admired ever since I saw her woodblock prints at Open Studios at California College of the Arts (CCA) while she was a grad student there. I loved how her prints...
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Mantras for the Urban Dweller (Moment to Moment)
I am thrilled my work is included in Moment to Moment, a magazine happening in real time, through various media outlets, and in cities around the world throughout the summer and fall of 2013. This...
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Be the Change You Want to See
Be the change you want to see. It’s a quote by Mahatma Gandhi that Obama recently re-popularized on a tote bag. It’s a statement that resonates with me (I guess that’s why I bought the bag). And when I...
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Pay Attention to the Good Stuff
The world works in funny ways. We try to make sense of it through belief systems or therapy or art or superstition. But really, do we have any idea how it works? One of my favorite artist teachers:...
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Someone Who Inspires: Jorge Rojas
Jorge Rojas, Tortilla Oracle, 2013, Photo credit: Guy Nelson Almost accidentally, but perhaps by no accident, Jorge Rojas became the Tortilla Oracle. On a whim, and because he had to scratch a more...
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Someone Who Inspires: Tiffany Singh
When Donna Conwell, curator at Montalvo Arts Center, told me about Tiffany Singh, a New Zealand artist who was coming to the Saratoga residency to hang a thousand bells in a tree on the property, I...
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Jumbled, but here I am
Almost two years ago mom and I started this project together. I think it’s some of the work I’m most proud of to date. From “One Minute Smile,” 2013, Performance We knew that her terminal illness would...
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Finding Your Center
Photo Credit: John Wlson White, Courtesy of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Listen to track one Finding Your Center is a self-help audio tour and distributed sculptural installation that playfully...
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