Entries from September 2009

September 30, 2009

chillin’ with my favorite drummer

September 30, 2009

Flight Patterns Haiku Project

new haiku:

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September 27, 2009

blush~n~puddle

subtitle: I’m so excited!
Thank you for your comments! Let me answer your questions:
Who does this speak to?
This piece directly relates to my hormones and menstrual cycle. I only seem to blush or feel an excess of nervousness, etc. when in the midst of my cycle. Beyond that aspect of it, I’d like to [...]

September 26, 2009

Thank you Darla Rae Barry Benson!

Darla Rae likes to come up with fun, participatory mail art projects and her favorite month is October. This years’ project involves wigs, one wig or multiple wigs. She’s requesting 13 documentations in the 31 days of October.
I’m going to participate in her project by wearing a wig during my upcoming trip to Chicago [...]

September 26, 2009

I got rid of this painting recently and now I miss it. I could make another. Cliche Handgun was a line from one of my poems. I should find the poem……..
I’ve got a date with Sears Portrait Studio tomorrow attempting to create a stronger Blush-n-Puddle. I’m so excited. When I called, I asked [...]

September 25, 2009

Country Village roosters revisited:

September 24, 2009

artist statement haiku

part banal living
pinch int’resting ideas
dash of follow through

September 19, 2009

new traditions

I didn’t wear the wedding dress this year (in celebration of the 5th Anniversary of Commitment to My Creative Self), instead I wore the above white dress. Photo by Cat Dogg. We went to Teatro ZinZanni this morning for their brunch show, it was fantastic! I got home and Jaime Keeling sneak attacked me with [...]

September 18, 2009

blush-n-puddle

blush-n-puddle ©Amy-Ellen Flatchestedmama Trefsger 9/18/09.
This is a photographic sketch. I am working on a series of self portraits addressing things that make me self-conscious. This one is related to my hormones. I want the blush to turn up a little more in the image without it looking too fake. I took this photo with a [...]

September 17, 2009

5th Anniversary and Bruce Nauman

Image by: Ryan Crase, 2007
Tomorrow is the 5th Anniversary of Commitment to My Creative Self.
More information can be found on my website: www.flatchestedmama.com My plan is to work a half day then go to my studio. I might see a dance performance and my friend Cat Dogg is treating me to Teatro Zinzanni on [...]