love & progress

when the world comes to gather me in

oh hey, heaven is the place we know

heaven is the arms that hold us

long before we go

(ben howard)

let go

or be dragged.

we choose to move forward.  blue skies ahead, people.

#blueskyawareness

didn't they say that

only love
will win
in the end

grow baby, grow!

obviously,

it was a happy time.

so is now, but different.

love you 

to see and seen

margaret meehan

so much

to learn. so much to share.  so much wonder.
joy
love,

(KKH, I find myself more and more teaching all about things I didn't know about.  yesterday, Trinity taught us all about Blue Morpho butterflies from a trip to Houston Science Museum with her grandmother.  all I could do was stand there and think of you telling us time and time again about constructivist education, about creating a knowledge base from everyone in the classroom & not just the teacher.  so. cool.)

and frozen of course:

via huffingtonpost, 

for frozen canvas painting, of course.

sigh.  only day one and my heart is full.

love.

i am missing you

so, so much.  there goes HansPeter, there goes G-daddy in Touchstone.
l-o-v-e love.

Timelapse: Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta from Roadtrippers on Vimeo.

i can not wait to get back up, to pilot, to share flight with others,

to win competitions?

yes, maybe.

strings and flight

Jamie did you photoshop this or was that light really happening?!

artist book/performance piece from 2012

roots

are we born with deep rooted desires, or were they given to us through repeated exposure?  it's so hard to watch the people you love, share with you something that they truly love, and keep from falling in love with it yourself.  either way, I've been missing it.  

and coming up with a way to make it work.

maybe this

is why my hands and brain work better in 3d.  because i've been admiring this aircraft from childhood...

Kehinde strings

http://www.upworthy.com/6-overused-creepy-sentences-that-i-wish-always-had-these-surprise-endings?c=ufb1

vs.

Kehinde Wiley

Mark Shavers, 2010

oil on canvas

48" x 36"

or:

Kehinde Wiley

Mama Ngagne Study II, 2010

oil on paper

46" x 36"

http://www.kehindewiley.com/an_Economy_of_grace/Dacia_Carter.html

and Wiley goes back all kinds of strings.  similar but different, as m would say.

those artists and their cats...

 (Felix Gonzalez-Torres)

(Gustav Klimt)

fight or flight

margaret meehan

the pugilist (jab) - 2011

(i'm still learning from you.)

Self-Portrait [with Skull] (1977) - Warhol

Polaroid Polacolor [reprint]

 4.25 x 3.375 in.,  The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh.

it's a shot in the dark

William Wegman, Dusted (1988)

after acknowledging the weight, the pressure, the inconvenience...she asked, why not just move over half a foot?  it's just dust,  just shake it off...

yeah, I needed to hear that.

(I'm happy to sacrifice audio quality for that smile,

aren't you?)