November 12, 2004
Welcome:Bienvenidos
This
exhibit is an "art spark" generated by a community of artists
living around the world. Every week,
we meet at this virtual studio/gallery
to share work and
the most important thing on our minds.
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Rosa Naparstek
Washington Heights, New York City
Heartland
This is some America
roadside station
home to alien invasion
documenting blips in the dark
I remember New York's safe harbor
as I came ashore tired and small.
given chocolate bubble gum to chew
welcome you to the land of plenty
goods and factories in Detroit
for mother and father__ work.
Tatiana Ivanovna
New York City
my path
gee i hope fun and the daily grind of work doesn't sidetrack me on my path. i must remember. remind myself.
don't get off the path. the path is this way. i hope i don't forget.
although it could be that the work and fun is on the path as well.
but i must follow the path of plans. it will not be easy. i hope it doesn't rain.
PP
New York City
Up The River
I inherited a lovely plaid shirt from my friend Tomar's father which I'm taking up to New Paltz (BLUE state); going where the weather suits my clothes. My friends have 72 acres worth of clean air to breath which will soon be circulating in the shirt. So, I plan on affecting what's on my mind by following my clothes.
Peggy Braun
Lennox, Massachussetts
untitled
Like the sunset, I am fading this week. I don't know that I am fading as elegantly as the sunset. The pre- and post-election has done me in and I'm dipping below the horizon, at least for now. But we will all rise again and that will be an elegant sight.
Anthony Gonzalez
Washington Heights, New York City
Ozone Man
I am still nursing my disappointment over the presidential election - feeling incomplete, and confrontational - having the urge to convince someone of something - to effect something, so I don't feel so helpless.
Our founding fathers were distrustful of power, and the potential for our leaders to abuse it. They tried to build into our governmental structure safeguards against the tyranny of the majority. What I fear we are about to witness, is the tyranny of the majority with a vengeance.
Renee Watabe
Verona, New Jersey
Naughty Me
Often, after I express what is really on my mind, I think, "Uh oh, I shouldn’t have said that. Maybe it wasn't 'appropriate'" Yet, I want people around me to be honest and spontaneous, rather than "appropriate." I can imagine interactions to be the way I want them to be, with every person being totally honest with every other person. I wonder if society would then just fall apart.
I like to think it would just be a tremendous relief.
Peter Ferko
Washington Heights, New York City
Self Portrait in Transition
I saw close to 25 shows this week, most with newlyweds Gubbiotti and Charpentier, who are visiting from France; I read loads of cries about how to react (or not react) to the election online, in the Voice, and from Tim Folzenlogen; in my head I have moved to France, Vermont, Canada, California, Italy, and nowhere at all; I'm about to turn another year older and am caring less and less about figuring out how to make a mark in life--but that's not what I wanted to say. I wanted to talk about the resulting inspiration toward making marks and creating texture: rich backgrounds and subtle influences on what's there--like the effect of the nostalgic sound of Outlandos d'Amour behind my musing keyboard clicks. (We were born, born in the fifties...)
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