.. Eclipses , gray matter and parallels ..

I've been working on a few things in a corner 

of my workshop . 

Eclipses , translating shadows and 

gray matter .

Parallel places we travel to  

.. somewhere in the

back of our minds .

Eclipse no. 3

Eclipse no. 10

Eclipse no. 2

https://oblastprvodce.blogspot.com/

a shadow , a ghost or a fragment of a lost sparkle

.. Perhaps a little bit of all of the above .

 It's not such a bad thing really .
It's actually quiet and comforting . I feel a bit like I'm floating
or drifting through no time and all time at the same time .
As if I can easily glide through spaces without really
being noticed . It's an inbetween-ness but everywhere
at the same time . I've also been reading and talking a lot about
signs , symbols and simply being aware of the quiet things that surround
us . The things that often are overlooked .

While organizing shelves and my new work/creative corner space ..
I pulled out three books .. off of the tall stack of books and magazines
that are on the floor next to my rust colored mohair sofa .

Songs they never play on the radio ,
The life and lies of an icon
and
The end .
Three bios about Nico .
{Which I will re read and revisit}

{ polaroid of Nico on the floor }

.. Side note ..
I've been spring cleaning a few other things like my website and
inspiration pages ..
http://www.noellemaline.com/
I'll show you more of the others later .


Listening to living room sounds in the background of the room ..


{ Nico 1967 }

'Perfect your gentle name ,
perfect your fragile life
bees , shadows , fire , snow ,
silence and foam combining
with steel and wire and
pollen to make up your firm
and delicate being .'

~Pablo Neruda
{from Tina Modotti's epitaph}
.. on the back of another book
in the same tall pile ..

.. A year .

.. It has been a very last long year .

I've spent some time listening 

 to sounds in the shadows and 

painting black round circles in my head ..

Anorexia Rules #2 by Astral_Vibes on Mixcloud

{Last year .. I went to some beautiful places .. In the snow by frozen 

lakes .. and by sea the near forgotten light houses . 

I worked on two movies .. At the Salton sea , up by a large rock , 

at an old swimming pool and in a disheveled house .

Showed work in a few exhibits .

Met some wonderfully creative people .

Kept in touch with dear friends .

Listened to amazing stories .

Moved some things around and made room for 

other things .

Started a handful of books .

Ate sashimi as much as I could .

And ..

Grew my hair long .}

.. Muted days and lingering sounds .. October .

The magical mohair scarlet sofa .. 

that was once the focal point 

and center of attention at the Musée16 .. 

is now going to be living in the center 

of my living room .

It was found in an old antique shop 

up in Portland down by the river .

Sat marvelously in the center of 

the Musée in an old Pharmacy ..

Moved down to the historic 

Santora Building and then over the

Fish Factory in downtown 

Los Angeles .

I love this tattered gem of a place

to linger and lounge ,

it's unknown history and all of the

artists that have sat on it .

~~~

And ..

I have spent the last few months organizing

and re~organizing my closet here and there

in my spare time .. pulling out of the bottom of bins with care ..

pieces of clothing that inspire fall and far way places

from another time . This photo has been my muse .

Tangos in dark cobblestone alleys ,

shadows in the distance ,

layers upon layers ..

October and November .

Sounds of the days becoming shorter ..

The words languish and linger .

And 

the exquisite soundtrack 

in the background of my mind most of the time ..

.. Banish the word 'escape' ..

{photo by Miroslav Tichý}

"Q. Unknown: I am interested in so many things, and I have a terrible fear because my mother keeps telling me that I’m just going to be exploring the rest of my life and never get anything done. But I find it really hard to set my ways and say, “Well, do I want to do this, or should I try to exploit that, or should I escape and completely do one thing?”

A. Nin: One word I would banish from the dictionary is “escape.” Just banish that and you’ll be fine. Because that word has been misused regarding anybody who wanted to move away from a certain spot and wanted to grow. He was an escapist. You know if you forget that word you will have a much easier time. Also you’re in the prime, the beginning of your life; you should experiment with everything, try everything…. We are taught all these dichotomies, and I only learned later that they could work in harmony. We have created false dichotomies; we create false ambivalences, and very painful one’s sometimes -the feeling that we have to choose. But I think at one point we finally realize, sometimes subconsciously, whether or not we are really fitted 

for what we try and if it’s what we want to do.

You have a right to experiment with your life. You will make mistakes. And they are right too. No, I think there was too rigid a pattern. You came out of an education and are supposed to know your vocation. Your vocation is fixed, and maybe ten years later you find you are not a teacher anymore or you’re not a painter anymore. It may happen. It has happened. I mean Gauguin decided at a certain point he wasn’t a banker anymore; he was a painter. And so he walked away from banking. I think we have a right to change course. But society is the one that keeps demanding that we fit in and not disturb things. They would like you to fit in right away so that things work now."

...
side notes ..

{ The three summer reading books that I am rotating are ... The Burroughs File by William S. Burroughs that I picked up at City Lights Books on my last visit to San Francisco .. Marcel Duchamp ~ The Afternoon Interviews that a friend sent to me after reading it .. And The Diary of Anais Nin ~ Volume Three 1939-1944 .. 
A 1969 first addition that I found in a local bookshop .}  

{Woman holding opium pipe , Mexico City 1930s ,
by Miguel Victor Casasola ..
Notice the tail.}

.. in the installation category ..

 Just Found out that SoundMaps 

received an award for the 2nd 2015 Showcase Winner in

the Installation Category !

This detail is a collaboration I did with 

James D. Olsen and his lovely sound

and wiring expertise .

Very much looking forward to 

 SoundMaps going on a tour

this year !

Here are the other five artists that

have been selected in this category ..

http://www.artslant.com/ny/showcases/showcase?sublist=44%5Einstallation

.. fragments .

Thought for the day .. 

{after watching an old interview with David Bowie}

Think in

.. Fragments .

{above}

'Angst vor der Angst', Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAAJ4tTs91Q

..Sites and sounds .. and I finished my new website .

.. I have been working on this one since January . 

And it's finished !

It has some of my art , installation 

and production design on it .

I think it looks pretty good . 

{click on images for my site and secret sounds

of what I'm listening to}

   http://www.noellemaline.com/

It's not night time but it's dark

.. A dark and still 3:33am check in ..

Heard a noise outside ..

Fugu got up to patrol the backyard . Just a raccoon . It's quiet outside but I can hear the sprinklers go on next door . The house is pitch black . I kicked a bag .

I can't get the melody of this song out of my head..

It kept playing even after I fell asleep and then was still playing

when I awoke.

...

{ illustrations by Harry Clarke from a 1923 

Tales of Mystery and Imagination by E.A. Poe }

I'm now sitting on the couch with Fugu next to me..

Reading about Places never to go Trick or Treating .. Ever !

I'll try to go back to sleep before it gets light.

https://roadtrippers.com/blog/americas-absolute-worst-places-to-trick-or-treat-this-or-any-halloween

shhh.. an exhibition by the sea ..

... shhhhh .. as she said secretly in a whisper ..

I'm in an exhibit up north by the sea ..

http://oblastprvodce.blogspot.com/

http://noellemaline.tumblr.com/

.. thought for a day . Kurt Kranz .

A seascape of intrigued-ment..

1930's collage 

simply gorgeous

works by

Kurt Kranz

{my thoughts on compartmentalizing}

 { I am in love with these }

{read more about Kurt Kranz.. click on images}

Dear Mr. Lynch ..

 A very Happy Birthday to you ..

{David Lynch}

And also..

Thank you for for creating such splendid all

around wonderful things ! The sounds you have 

created, have been a soundtrack and in the background 

to so many variations of my life. Your artwork and 

array of films are inspiring over and over ..

{Jack Nance and David Lynch on the set of

Eraserhead}

I will never get tired of finding new

things, angles and the sparking of

different ideas from all of your work.

an interview with Anna Karina

.. And how she came to France .

She once went three weeks without eating.

1972 french television interview with Nico in the background ..

The sky is overcast today.

I'm going to work on straightening up the 

living room a little.. so that when my friends

come over tomorrow

they will have warm places to sit.

I'll start on the sage, walnut and mushroom stuffing

later this evening... And then tomorrow the caramelized

brussel sprouts.  The house will smell so good.

Listening to Nico in the background.

an interview on french television with Nico ...

November... wondering daydream

.. sometimes I get lost 

and daydream off on another

track.. Lately ~

Iv'e been watching some wonderful

movies : The Seven-Per-Cent-Solution is

one that I highly recommend.

And watching Black Books over again.

And ~ Spent some time for my birthday with the

happy sea otters in Shell Beach.

There were zebra's and ostrich running

around in San Simeon. Llama and goats on the

hill sides in Big Sur.

Also~  I've been working on getting some

art exhibitions in places I might like

to travel to..

I would really love to go to

Argentina again..  and might stay there

perhaps. Somewhere in the back

of my mind.

For now

and to be cont...