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Sunday |
It's good to be back in the neighborhood. Sarah & I spent Nov and Dec away from home and I didn't realize how much I missed it until we settled back in on Jan 1. Dave Benham, who is right about a great many things (a tendency which makes people feel threatened by him, myself included), acknowledges the power of community and says we're both lucky to have our lives linked to so many. It's no mystery--just a day-to-day thing. Slow drizzly Sunday (I missed the rain when we were away), I say goodbye to Sarah at Phinney and 36th, have a few hundred feet to walk to Josh's semi-monthly open studio Sunday brunch at the Fremont Fine Arts Foundry just across the street. Before I make it even that far, outside Free Range Cycles on the corner, I bump into Arne who says, "I want to give you a copy of my new book of poetry." Life is lived in digressions and side journeys. We go to his place up the street and he lays DECK HAND ARM on me. It's really good, based on his experience working Alaskan fishing fleets. I leave when he hints that he'd like to get down to some new writing. The smell of breakfast pulls me in- to Josh's like a string. Brown is a real working artist. In addition to cooking for 50 and making great paintings, he's got a number of products in the works--skullbone bottlestoppers, lungshaped ashtrays, wood frames that look like splashes. We bartered art for books and I walked home up the hill with this painting wrapped in a plain brown paper grocery bag, signature still drying. At home, we hosted Steve's potluck supper meeting to discuss a plan for collective living and cooperation. The talking stick made the rounds and we shared our visions for different arrangements which would support a community of artists while at the same time connecting with the general public. The first step will be a group party on Feb 1. Wow, there's a lot going on and I'm sorry to bore you with details, but someone asked me what the point of this site is and I think as I approach the 4th anniversary of Picture of the Day, I have an answer: to inspire positive action. What's that? |
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Well, if you've been
following the site lately, you might conclude it
has a lot to do with food--and you'd be
right! |
