Journal: May 2007 Archives
...the slide that occurs as the center point shifts, at times slightly, at other times in a massive commotion; falling in one direction, rising in the other.
It has been sometime since the last post. The lack of posting is not due to inactivity, lack of change, push or thought...if anything, it perhaps is just the opposite. Several fronts are on the move, however, none of them bringing rain to our small corner of the planet. The air is dry, the plants are suffering, the birds are seeking sources to quench their thirst and wet their wings.
I am thinking of reformatting desmundo...creating a gallery site for work and making desmundo a platform for raising questions, promoting thought and providing resources to movements of interest. I spoke with Nick on this who has already mentioned some great ideas. Stay tuned.
As for images, the summer has arrived...time is available to work...to paint, draw, photograph, and write. Most importantly, time to observe. Yesterday, I watched the sun cast its light down the well, illuminating the walls, slowly creeping to the waters edge at bottom, then crawling across the surface of the water and climbing back out the well. The water shifting from darkness to a cloudy sapphire blue, then back to darkness. A hole in the earth, at the bottom, a substance needed for life.
Politics have had me on edge, as events unfold and focus is placed on dollars...ignoring lives. Memorial day was spent kayaking with family, but my thoughts were with all of the families spending the day apart, seperated by an ocean, a desert, ideas, and political agendas. There is alot that needs to change...look back. Then, look ahead.
The Stone Collaboration continues to grow, stones are still arriving, the piece will evolve and be a part of next years Art in the Woods. For everyone that has participated, your stones are resting on site, in the pines of Stillmore, Georgia. Thank you for your effort. Your participation. Your push for peace.
This post is jumping around as I touch base on various topics. A curving road with various sites passing by the passenger side window.
We had several baby birds hatch recently. Last week there were several attempts at first flight. Little blue jays, with their ruffled, slightly feathered crowns hopping around the yard...testing their wings...calling to their mothers who circled overhead.
Nittie Nat the cat is growing, ever watchful, very curious, always ready to pounce and constantly seeking treats.
The house is growing, people stopping by for visits, it is building its presence...it seems to be a house of comfort and warmth.
Keep in touch...
peace.desmal
In 1870, Juliet Ward Howe wrote the Mothers Day Proclomation. It was a call for peace and disarmament to be initiated by women. The event was celebrated on June 2, 1872 and continued for ten years before it was lost, dying out with the death of Howe. Today is a day in which it may be appropiate to not only honor our Mothers, but also Howe's vision of peace.
Mothers Day Procolomation
Juliet Ward Howe
Arise, then, women of this day!
Arise, all women who have hearts,
Whether our baptism be of water or of tears!
Say firmly:
"We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies,
Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause.
Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn
All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.
We, the women of one country, will be too tender of those of another country
To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs."
From the bosom of the devastated Earth a voice goes up with our own.
It says: "Disarm! Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice."
Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.
As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil at the summons of war,
Let women now leave all that may be left of home for a great and earnest day of counsel.
Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead.
Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means
Whereby the great human family can live in peace,
Each bearing after his own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar,
But of God.
In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask
That a general congress of women without limit of nationality
May be appointed and held at someplace deemed most convenient
And at the earliest period consistent with its objects,
To promote the alliance of the different nationalities,
The amicable settlement of international questions,
The great and general interests of peace.
Greetings, the hiatus is no more. The move has happened, the studio is partially set up, and the phone lines were installed yesterday. As for catching up, it has been so long I am unsure as to where I would need to begin; so I will start fresh...a new morning.
I'll be posting more images related to the stones project as the stones have continued to arrive. The collaboration has been such a beautiful process. Thank you all for your efforts in making that installation come into being. It shall continue next year, opening again for Art In The Woods 2008.
I am unsure how that will unravel as I am such a beleiver in the constant creation of new work. A drive to provide the viewer with a new experience, I suppose that with the Stones Collaboration, the work shall evolve...more stones, more people, more connections, more images...a broader experience provided to the viewer.
As always, there are more art events happening in Swainsboro, Georgia. Gallery RFD will be hosting the monthly Gallery Stroll in downtown. The exhibition hanging at RFD is a photo oriented exhibition- a piece from the Imperfect Balance series will be included in the exhibition. Candy Powers and Joan Dunn will be exhibiting work at Jacks Java Cove, Eilean Dudley will be exhibiting at the Kalmonson Gallery and the Emanuel Artist Guild will be exhibiting at Brantley's Billiards. Come on out and view the work, join us in Swainsboro's cultural revolution. An uprising of the arts in rural Georgia.
Mark your calendars, I have recently secured exhibitions in October and November, the first being at Jacks Java Cove in Swainsboro, the latter being Middle Georgia College in Cochran. I am looking forward to both exhibitions, as of now it's looking like Middle Georgia will be a series of paintings I am working on and Jacks, well, Jacks is up in the air right now. But none the less, I am stoked about the oppurtunity. Also, I would like to do a few home shows this summer. I love the idea of one nite openings in peoples homes- I have been thinking of making this happen for some time but have yet to act on it. If you might be interested in hosting a home show please let me know. There is potential for a wonderful viewing experience in that environment.
It is time to get back to the process...
peace.desmal
Desmundo will be back in operation this afternoon- thank you for waiting.
desmal
