Friday Night

Went for a long walk to wear Willow out before hitting the road to San Diego for the weekend. I let her romp around in the grassy area at Ocean Park Blvd while I snapped some pictures. I was loving the long shadows of a day almost over. I have more pictures from the weekend that I will post later when I find some time...now I'm off to try "The Bar Method" class I signed up for with Bonnie. While I exercise regularly solo I've never taken an exercise class of any sort so I'm nervousing about being my uncoordinated self in a roomfull of strangers. Wish me luck!

Early Morning

Photo by Lindsay Rosenberg

Lindsay took this fabulous picture of me a short while back. She has been shooting head shots for dancers and performers for a while, and she asked me if I would be interested in helping her arrange a more artistic/editorial type of shoot. I pull together various images for inspiration (see below...unfortunately I collected these images so long ago that I no longer know the sources) and we came up with a basic theme. We got up at about 5am and made a short trek to the beach, chair in hand. I frolicked around and tried to not look cold and uncomfortable while she worked her magic. She is a tremendously talented photographer and I feel privileged when she uses me to build her portfolio. You can see more pictures from our early morning photo shoot on Lindsay's website here.

Weekend Adventure = Glow

Luminous Passage

Day for Night

This weekend an event called Glow was taking place right in my neighborhood. Glow is a free dusk-to-dawn biannual event featuring the work of international, national and local artists.  Glow is the only all-night art event in the United States that emphasizes the commissioning of original artwork, and projects invite active audience engagement and exploration. Seeing fine art at night at the beach is truly an amzing experience. My favorite thing was Day for Night, a 12 hour film shot at the exact location during the day where the screen was set up at night. I was completely transfixed. We had the best time ever. I can't wait to do it again in 2012. Glow is a production of the City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Arts Foundation. I LOVE MY CITY!!!!

New strength and new thoughts

The last couple of days have been emotionally draining and long. I could barely pull myself out of bed this morning. After work I forced myself to skip my usual routine and instead took a long walk with my my dog down to the beach. It's sad how rarely I actually see the beach when I live four blocks away. I made it just in time to watch the sunset...

"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts" - Eleanor Roosevelt