New paintings!!

I will be bringing these paintings  into Second Life very soon!!

Check out my newest paintings from the “Once upon a time series.”

nspired by street art, urban city lights, decay and the idea of ripping away layer upon layer of meaning/texture/emotions and still not being able to find the bottom. Sometimes you weren’t meant to.

I realized the other day, unconsciously, these paintings are also inspired by speed and movement. My dad was a race car driver and passed away at the age of 50 of a heart attack. He is always in my thoughts and I’m sure that carries over into my art.

All the paintings are for sale. Let me know if you have any questions!!

Say something… positive

Day what???

Ok so you know how in the last post I said I was going to  start posting every day???

Well, ummm yea. That worked. I actually forgot…LOL  You can  blame it on Grimm, or Sherlock, or Game of Thrones… or painting. Yes, yes, that’s it. Everything but me…LOL

Oh well. So This  isn’t going to be a 365 day project. Life goes on.

It’s funny. A friend on Facebook posted a great quote today. It fits perfect, don’t you think? “Renew, release, let go. Yesterday’s gone. There’s nothing you can do to bring it back. You can’t “should’ve” done something. You can only DO something. Renew yourself. Release that attachment. Today is a new day!”
— Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

A couple thoughts of my studio… Where the magic happens. Well some of the time

Now what??? Day 1

So now what?

I finished the 1000+ Avatars project and my mixed reality installation of “And one man in his time plays many parts.” Now what? It is the end  of an era of sorts. I have also decided to move out of my home in Second Life too. As much as I love my home and I love the community I live in, I just can’t afford it  right now. I feel this is a good time for change. I am actually excited about the freedom I will have of  being a hobo. As I was recently reminded, do you know what hobo means? “Homeward Bound.” Although I am letting go of my home in Second Life, I think this will help me find my center, my home within myself. It is a great thing.

I started painting again. I haven’t really painted much in a couple years. I missed it. I needed it.

I have been thinking of doing the 365 days of blog posts thingy. I have some friends who are doing it and  I love reading their blogs. Their goings on, etc. Of course I did this with the Gracie Kendal Project 3 years ago. I only got to 159 days though. Although I learned so much about myself at the time… I still have a way to go. I am in a much better place in my life, but still struggling with my eating disorder and self confidence.

So if I start the 365 days of posts thingy, today is day 1. I think this will be good for me actually. It will be cathartic. It will be my sketchbook/journal/notebook. Especially for The Gracie Kendal Project which is  now called “Gracie and the Real Girl.” This is still an ongoing project that will continue as long as is needed.

I have ideas for new mixed reality performances which I will be working on implementing so that is exciting. For now let’s see where this goes. Where it continues. Where the next path takes me. See you along the way!!

And one man in his time plays many parts by Kristine Schomaker

Check it out… The video from my opening/installation/performance in Los Angeles and Second Life…

An avatar is an avatar is an avatar

An experimental performance art piece at the ‘Mixed reality Cabaret” a performance art festival held at California State University Long Beach on May 8th 2012.

Fat and Fucking by Rebecca Jorden

This is a really great blog post someone pointed out…

I totally agree with everything!!!

Fat and fucking by Rebecca Jorden

An excerpt….

–Love your body.
If you love someone, you put up with their shortcomings and try to do things to make them happy. You care about their health and their safety, and their quality of life. Loving your body doesn’t mean that you have to think your body is perfect. It doesn’t even mean that you have to make peace with your body. But if you want to do sexy stuff, you and your body need to be on the same team. On some level you have to have goodwill towards your body; if you hate your flesh, you’ll probably find ways to punish or ignore it. You will never allow good things to happen to it.

There are some fat people out there for whom positive body image comes naturally, and others who have fought hard for years to shed the shackles of body negativity. Most of us still struggle with various degrees of body shame, denial of our physical selves, and/or hang-ups and insecurities about our appearance. All those emotional struggles are also common to people who don’t identify as fat, and they can be incredibly daunting battles for anyone.

The most useful thing I have learned about loving oneself and one’s body is to start small. Don’t try to brainwash yourself into suddenly adoring aspects of your appearance that you’ve disliked since the third grade. Instead, pick a simple, regularly repeated thing you can do for your body as a gesture of kindness or support. For example, drink an extra glass of water every morning. Take five minutes on your lunch break to breathe deeply and do some easy, low impact stretches. Or spend extra cash on a pleasurable meal that will nutritionally benefit your health. Don’t make it about losing weight, “fixing” your appearance, or changing your body. Just acknowledge your physical self, and give that self a little emotional fist bump of friendship. The more often you do this, the more normal it will feel and the easier it will be to grow from these small gestures into a larger, more comfortable sense of goodwill towards your body.

Grant your body permission to exist as it is.

Surprise!!

Why I’m fat…

Love this!!! I may need to quote this on dating sites

Ghost in the Machine?

Something I am working on