What I've Done Instead Of Trying To Sell Stuff On Etsy:

Today: I smashed a window into some drywall with a hammer. Busted straight through two layers into my friend's studio and now we can say hello to each other. And pass joints through the window so we don't have to run around to the other person's studio when we're doing that sort of thing.

I tried to write some poetry, but I felt so conflicted about my relationships to people right now that it came out all schizoFREAKNIK. So I gave up on that.

Heh.

just an update...

just so everyone knows: today i marched through a group of 300+ people, naked. with eight other people...we were playing gamelan cymbals and then we did a monkey chant and jumped into the pool. it was pretty amazing.

I Had Thought...

It is funny. ISn't it. I had always planned to be a lowbrow artist, making cutesy stuff that everyone would love. I can't do that anymore. My etsy=failure. That's not the main reason I'm realizing this though. The reason that I've realized that I can't ever be a lowbrow artist is that I have real concepts that can't be expressed through mere kitsch. Kitsch is awesome. DO NOT get me wrong. I'm just saying that lowbrow art does not extend to the new desires I have for my art. If I'm not being taken relatively seriously, then what I'm saying is just an idealistic joke. So let me say it loud and clear:

I am an animal.

So are you. Everyone is. We are beasts. Wild beasts who are taming ourselves through the inundation of television and false information/propaganda that we are stuffed with every single day. I like being a beast, and I'm not going to lay down on the couch and eat a hot pocket like everyone else. I'm not going to watch Lost and House and The L Word and all those shows and just sit around discussing them with my friends. While I am unavoidably partially a product of the media, a large portion of me is pure spirit. And I'm not going down without a fight. And I'm trying remind humanity that this ain't no friggin' country club. This is Mother Earth we're disrespecting here.

I'm not selling my beliefs for $50 a painting. They're here for everyone. There's no price on this intelligent beast. All my work is for everyone. If you WANT to purchase an original work, you must be creative and find your way to make it accessible to everyone.

-d

New Zealand, I'll See You Soon...

I woke up this morning with the thought of New Zealand in my head. I was born there...I've been saving my money so I can move back with my boyfriend after I finish college in two years. The money's just coming so slowly and I'm so impatient...

I wish I could live free.
I hope it's not beyond me.
Settling down it takes time.
One day we'll live together,
and life will be better.
I have it here yeah in my mind.
Baby, you know someday you'll slow grow.

And baby, my heart's been breaking.

I gave a lot to you.
I take a lot from you too.
You slave a lot for me.
Guess you could say I gave you my edge.

But I can't pretend I need to defend some part of me from you.
I know I've spent some time all lying.

I can't pretend I don't need to defend some part of me from you.
I know I've spent some time all lying.

You're looking alright tonight.
I think we should go.
You're looking alright tonight.
I think we should go.

We're Really All Crazy....

So, my boyfriend's putting out a record this year called "Songs of A Sinister Woman" (not me), the band's called Tears Of The Moosechaser. It's actually, really, truly, amazing. Freak folk taken to a whole new level.

Obviously, as the resident artist, I've been called on to build the web graphics and album cover...

Check out the splash page @ http://www.moosechaser.com...

-Danii

Something From The Sketchbook...

Just An UpDate...

What in the hell is going on in the picture below? Because, if you ask me, it's Obama and Sarkozy checking out some junior delegate's ass.
Ah, so I've been neglecting my etsy in order to concentrate more fully on my mid-residency show, which is in the beginning of December. If you live in Los Angeles, I highly urge you to attend. There's going to be an all night ritual performance, lots of cool stuff to look at and read, and food/free booze. I know it's a ways off, but I'm really psyched about having my own show, and although I can't preview any of the work until the posters are done, I just wanted to mention it.

Otherwise, my car's been in the shop for the last two days, so I haven't been able to go to work. Which has made me brutally aware of the fact that I've only had ONE sale in my etsy shop since...forever. So basically, I've made all the unframed prints have free shipping forever. At some point, probably in August, I'm going to have a buy one, get one half-off sale with free shipping. Should be fun...