Serena Epstein » win http://serenae.com Freelance Creativity Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:07:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Accordion? http://serenae.com/2009/04/15/accordion/ http://serenae.com/2009/04/15/accordion/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:43:12 +0000 Serena http://serenae.com/?p=846 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

with case

brand on case

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. Highly recommended.

  1. Mostly challenges, in fact.
  2. Although I think some of the reeds may need re-waxing.
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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.

  1. And also aren’t Jim Groom. Sorry, Jim.
  2. We won’t hold that against him, though.
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