what others are making

Since I'm currently creatively stunted due to my camera getting stolen and my jewelry supplies in michigan, I've taken to singing loudly in the streets (you feel like you're in a movie and in a city of self-talking crazies no one really notices.) Then I've been going to galleries (more acceptable/predictable behavior) to see what people that are actually successful in the art world are doing.

Terry Richardson's show "Mom and Dad" at the Half Gallery
Terry's show was what you'd expect from him...portraits and objects on a white wall with flash. But I loved it because I love his Dad, a new love of mine. I didn't even know Bob was a photographer himself until recently. Terry had his father's voicemails playing, saying things like "they say if the mother is a jew the child is a jew, but I sent her to the corner store and baptized you while she was gone" or "sucking dick is a acquired taste like caviar"

Standing upon Terry's youthful face, hearing his dad's voice, and being flicked off by his mother simultaneously was a great way to be immersed in the Richardson fam.


Maurizio Cattelan's show "All" at the Guggenheim 
Can't stress it enough - This is one of the greatest shows I've seen in a long time! Any show at the Guggenheim is always competing with the building itself...while in line to go in the museum, the Germans I was standing near seemed quite content just photographing the white coils outside. But Cattelan's show hung in the solely in the rotunda...a show at the Guggenheim with NOTHING on the walls. Love this man for his wit, outrageousness, and subtle messages he sends you while still slappin' you across the face.

You have to use the climb of the building to see the show in its entirety. Thus, the show and the building no longer compete, they're essential to each other. BBBAHHHHH (and other noises I can't translate to type), but it's just brilliant. If you're in New York City, go to this show.

Dressing like an "Heiress of the Guinness Family"

Yesterday I went to the Daphne Guinness exhibit at the FIT Museum. The typical museum pamphlets that  are given upon entering a exhibit were no where to be found, instead there were sealed envelopes with an "invitation" to Ms. Guinness's show. I expect no less and I was not disappointed.  I love Daphne for many reasons, not just her ability to wear McQueen on the streets. She's not a 20 something running around wearing incredible designers on her back that she has no understanding of nor is she playing dress-up (Lady Gaga style). She is a grown woman of wealth and history which is exactly what projects....with a large splash of intensity and craze. At the very least, I appreciate her point of view and commitment to it.


“I’m not eccentric!  I’m very level-headed.  Not eccentric, imaginative!  When people say you are eccentric, they are trying to do you down or say you’re crazy.”

“I don’t do event dressing, because every day is an event.”

Americans Love Lists

It's true, that's why magazines always advertise lists on their covers (it's not just Cosmopolitan telling you "69 Ways to Turn Him On"- HIM seems too popular in that mag if you ask me)

But given that I just started typing out my To Do List in my last post...I was in a list mood when I stumbled across this one.

Or just do this.........

One Month

It's been just over a month of living in New York and still feel as though I've experienced nothing....this place is too damn big.

However I accomplished the number one thing on my NYC To-Do list -
1. GET A JOB! CHECK
2. Get a job where I can wear plaid in SOHO. CHECK
3. Get robbed. (didn't actually plan on that one) CHECK
4. Be an extra and fake talk on your phone. CHECK
5. See someone that's famous that kind of excites you. Freja Beha. CHECK.






















Alas there's still more to do....it's new york.
6. Go see maurizio cattelan's show at the gugges.

7. Find the right coffeeshop
8. Wicked and Book of Mormon
9. Ice Skating
10. keep living the dream, I suppose.

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