The Flat Life

2011 Santa Photo (All American):

theflatlife — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 22:33:33 +0000

the making of:

…Always SIGN Your Work wraps up:

theflatlife — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:06:59 +0000

the poems are depicted in this video:

another public performance of the piece:

7th Anniversary

theflatlife — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:06:45 +0000

For the 7th Anniversary of Commitment to My Creative Self I got this:

Seattle Double Dutch

theflatlife — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:53:30 +0000

This video made the Stranger’s YouTube of the Week!
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Video?show=9242321&oid=9242321

Camp Song vs. ASL

theflatlife — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 01:14:00 +0000

Comparing the body motions of a camp song to that of American Sign Language. Many thanks to Ryan Whitney.

… Always SIGN Your Work:

theflatlife — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 03:31:03 +0000

theflatlife — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 06:03:14 +0000

More information here:
http://blog.4culture.org/2011/06/party-like-it’s-5834/

Love Poems to Sailors series

theflatlife — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:39:31 +0000

Love Poems to Sailors is a new series pointing out double entendres that exist within the International Code of Signals.
This Love Poem to Sailors hoist reads:
“Stop of heave to, I am going to board you.”
photo by Tim Summers
concept: ©Amy-Ellen Flatchestedmama Trefsger

semaphore at the Georgetown Carnival

theflatlife — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 02:45:04 +0000

I performed A Good Reminder to Always Sign Your Work for the first time today at the Georgetown Carnival! I had a lot of fun and would like to thank Cat Bozek and Max Boschet-Zielsdorf for all of their help and hard work.
Image below by Cat:

Image below by Wyly Astley. “F” is for fun!

More information can be found on my website: www.flatchestedmama.com

Coming up!

theflatlife — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 04:43:30 +0000

More information, dates, etc. can be found on my website…

A Good Reminder to Always Sign Your Work is made possible by: