song for you

(mondays)
so take me down to your dance floor
and i won't mind the people when they stare

BREAKING NEWS FROM PORTLAND, OREGON

cold butts

and the mornings are always good

the end of what we do

"your blues", "and now we do what we do", "just to knock-a knock-a knock-a me down", and "no retreat, baby, no surrender", chromira crystal archive prints

"you don't make lies like you used to" (detail), XL xerox print

"certain things you ought to know" (detail), XL xerox print

what's in a perfect name (detail), pen on french ruled paper

how we "aced" it (detail), fabric marker on U.S. army blanket

thank you bill callahan (detail), thread on linen

20,000 days, thread


our swearing contest in the front of a subaru, human hair on lace, and port review

in front of "the long voyage home" (1974-2009), thread on cotton
photo damien gilley for igloo

mrs. lennon

"love is having to say you're sorry every five minutes"--- john lennon '71

strength

ta det lugnt
(take it easy)

outer darkness

In a world darksome as this’n I believe a blind man ort to be better sighted than most. I believe it’s got a good deal to recommend it. The grace of God don’t rest easy on a man. It can blind him easy as not. ---Cormac McCarthy

The castle walls has grown so tall
seem there ain't no hope at all
to reach the top even though you stop
for breathin'
--- Townes Van Zandt

better days ahead, part two

better days ahead, part one

beholder

homes, part three

must get back to work

miss you mr lumix. let's start over.

for jessi slavich

malick, rainbow maker

11 months of iboothing at work

I MISS YOU KESHTI
(this was all for you)
AND WHERE IS MY MICKEY SWEATSHIRT?

jeanne-claude (1935-2009)

new ways of living

i trapped all my demons in this gigantic felt ball.
and then i threw it in the ocean.
it's the new ways of living.
(courtesy of una)

just like that (it's morning time again)

taking rides

pedestal for a daughter, etc

© Ron Mc Pherson/M. Blash

© Jeff D. Stark

© NY Mag


mirandajuly.com

the blackest black

11/11

photo © ty ennis

what's in a perfect name?

"all colors at once"

some die hard

whatever

"a small soul perhaps but burning brightly"

mali-bird and the heartbreakers

I used to build these buildings
I used to walk next to you
Their shadows tore us apart
And now we do what we do
Driven to the mountains high
Sunken in the cities deep
Livin' in our sleep.
--- Neil Young, Goin' Back

MAY JULIETTE BARRUEL
"AND NOW WE DO WHAT WE DO"

May Juliette Barruel's textile-based work and photography address themes of nostalgia, obsession, and loss in an intimate and often voyeuristic fashion. For this exhibition, Barruel investigates a variety of materials in order to reify her experience, and here her voice finds resonance in printed words and embroidered textiles, insofar as to use her own hair as thread.
These conceptual tapestries and text accompany Barruel's photographs to create "And Now We Do What We Do", a reflection on half a life of dating, falling, hoping, pining, loving, and obsessing with its fair share of drunken haircuts, romantic inspirations, ridiculously embarrassing behaviors, and hundreds of hours spent wallowing while listening to songs by Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, and Bill Callahan. The work is both catharsis and hypothesis, a searching for the existence of truth and love in an endlessly fragmented and often lost contemporary youth culture.

NOVEMBER 5 - 27, 2009
Preview and Artist Reception: Wednesday, November 4th, 8pm-10pm Public reception: Thursday, November 5th, 6pm-10pm On view Saturday, November 7th, 12pm-5pm, and by appointment.

IGLOO
NW 6th Ave and Everett #102
Portland, OR.
503.724.7300

Thank you for making this possible: Brad Adkins, Amy Bernstein, Ty Ennis, Emily Henderson, Igloo, Nathan Preston, Rikki Rothenberg, Paige Saez, and Laurel Simmons.

golden

good things to look forwards

the mornings

in the making and samsung

happy birthday maman

ALWAYS

AND FOREVER

THE BEST POSSIBLE MOTHER

11:11-5:55

the way he does

a team of winners

still the best

in the making: "no retreat, baby, no surrender"

mondays in the studio

my absolute favorite

random things i'm still thinking about

life

© orland nutt
and in the hot bath, now cold, i thought how even when everything is great it's still so fucking hard, only to realize that woolly had thought that before, and expressed it so beautifully. missing my ladies tonight.

in the making: fuck you bill callahan, pt 2

wanting

© thomas kinkade, anonymous, luc tuymans

in the making: well, of course i used to stalk you

in the making: lize

nobel controversy

your gold is giving me troubles!