Gregarious Expressions

Fantastic. Who wants to go to the Fringe with me?
And a nice history of the theater. I was looking for this once upon a time. Ta Da. Now here it is. 🙂
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Swell news! My new show Trav S.D.'s American Vaudeville Theatre 15th Anniversary ExTRAVaganza has not only been accepted into the New York International Fringe Festival, but — out of some 200 productions — was on their short list of half a dozen top shows to emphasize in their recent press release. The show will be a combination revue of songs and sketches by me with a core cast of trusted worthies…plus top contemporary variety acts drawn fro … Read More

via Travalanche

So happy to have stumbled across this. I can think of no better time to explore it than now, while I am still submerged in The Savage Detectives and am beginning to wonder if I continue to read Bolano until all the texts are exhausted that I might be insane.
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Here is the second draft of my translation of the First Infrarealist Manifesto into English.  While in no way official, it's a starting point in understanding the movement for non-Spanish speakers.  Bolaño's style here is highly lyrical and very much in the tradition of avant-garde manifestos (ie the Futurist or Surrealist manifestos).   Poetry, sense, and momentum are emphasized over logic and clarity. For this reason, some of the sentences may … Read More

via La Universidad Desconocida

I climbed up two questionable wooden ladders in a dress and heels at John’s invitation to just sit in the uppermost tower of the puppet chapel and look out long past the farm itself to far away rolling mountains and New York State. He was hoping the wind would be stronger and we might feel the chapel sway in the gusts but there was little more than a light drizzle. I took three quick shots not really meaning to capture anything in particular. Slight blur aside, I love this image.
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LOVE this gorgeous glass I scored on etsy.com but it’s a little to big to use as a pendant.
Oops. Might prove to be a fun prop for future jewelry an other photo shoots though. Hmmmm… What would you do with piece?