Where’s Waldo? Maybe with Marcel Marceau.
I spotted Waldo in Silver Spring, Maryland last weekend at the second annual Silver Spring Zombie Walk. Well, undead Waldo. When I was in elementary school, I used to complain about stomach aches all the time to get out of math class.1 And when I say all the time, I mean all the time. The school nurse knew me. She could even recognize my footsteps and my knock. Anyway, being an extremely patient and sympathetic woman (perhaps she didn’t like math either), she always let me stay. I would hop up onto the spare cot with a Where’s...
read more ->Accordion?
I’m not in the habit of writing “this is what’s going on in my life” kind of posts, but this week has big news: I caved and bought an accordion. I’ve been wanting to learn accordion for a while now, but could never find any instruments to try out, let alone buy. I’m discovering all kinds of neat things and challenges.1 Still very excited.2 Also, there’s a really cool guy in Toronto who does fabulous YouTube accordion tutorials, as well as entertaining street performances. He might be my new hero....
read more ->Really Cool People Who Aren’t Me: James Kuhn
Welcome to the first installation of Really Cool People Who Aren’t Me.1 Today’s post features James Kuhn: artist, drag queen, former nudist, born-again Christian2, and–most spectacularly–face painting genius. James says, I love to paint on anything, including flesh! James did his own version of the 365 photo project: 365 Transformations. He painted his face differently each day of the year, and then kept going! And, even better, there’s video: The complete collection can be found on his flickr page. And also...
read more ->Leftover Sketches
I draw on everything. Really, everything. And the drawings are usually bizarre.1 I’ve scanned a few scraps from notebooks and calendars, just for you. Ready? Be bold, be bold, but not too bold.2 – On a page of story ideas: A toad’s eye: A cartoon man with an oversized tie standing on someone’s closed eyelid: Brainstorming page for a poem: Random face: Linguistics notes: More linguistics notes, and a Very Hairy Man: Mermaid, and other observations: An imagined doll outfit: Someone you may recognize,...
read more ->On the Fence
Finally done with my final group project for Anand Rao’s visual rhetoric class! You can find it here. Click on the “LAUNCH” button (or the image above it) to watch the video, and on the photos to enlarge them. TEASER: UMW students are–in general–pretty apathetic, except when they get riled up about silly things like this. Most of the “news segment” is scripted, all is exaggerated. Share...
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Writer, illustrator, musician, rogue librarian, explorer, ill-fated baker.