annual Christmas photo safari...

It was a big haul this year.... the kitch, the colors, the irony, the nostalgia, the excess, the weirdness, the sadness, the sincerity, the wonder... it was all there, and I got as much of it as I could.

Check it out for yourself at Flower Child Vintage Shop in Lakewood, Ohio

hometown

haiku by Issa

In this world
we walk on the roof of hell,
gazing at flowers. 

- Issa

yellow. stairs.

 

john baldessari sings sol le witt

hidden

“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
― Roald Dahl

thrift store jesus, three ways

through the looking glass...

I'm endlessly fascinated with how the iphone has become a way to instantly see into the layers that are just beneath the surface of the visible world... Finally, the x-ray glasses we were promised on the back of back of comic books have arrived...

 Architectural Detail, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, 2012

 Holographic Poster Paper at Target, 2012

Rain on Glass, 2012

art herstory from 1988

from:http://www.guerrillagirls.com/index.shtml

CLE-ZILLA! MONSTER ON THE LOOSE!

I'm re-posting this because it's a slightly reworked version of what was here before!  The point of this one minute movie was to enter a fun sounding contest.  All entries to the contest have to be no more than one minute, show Cleveland creatively, and be entirely filmed and edited on a smart phone!  Here's what I came up with:

One perfect weekend in Cleveland

The weather was perfect, sunny with a cool breeze and a hint of fall in the air.   There were so many festivals and things to see and do all around town... we had no rest, just fest!

CMA chalk fest... oh yeah, we fested!

Dante's ipod - low on battery!

Stacey's Cat Dream

 Mia's Dragon

 My square!

 The light was so pretty in the Ohio City shop windows...

 Even this one had a certain appeal...

The festing continued at Ingenuity!

Sadly the light was terrible at Ingenuity Fest which has been such a great event in the past, but which seemed to suffer from from a venue change this year...Still, some sights to see...like the display element above and the art installation below! 

More to come!

Scenes from the Geauga County Fair...

Lots to see on our annual pilgrimage back to the heartland, The Great Geauga County Fair...

if looks could kill, i'd be the one fried on a plate

seen in passing:  break time

seen in passing:  shopping

step right up

VOTE

ducks in a row

bust one

he was smiling at me!

the ubiquitous 'Rasta Banana'

Swiss fried cheese in a chalet... authentic Americana

sensory overload

losing flowers...

winning flowers

Everybody's a winner

food on a stick... a fair staple

they're French!

Views from the top of the Ferris Wheel at night... best part of the day.