Say Nothing...

by Marcy Eiben (Artist of A Little Bit of Everything Group Show)

The other day I was sitting there and thinking...

I thought, "Now what?..."

Ok, so the two lines you read above this... I've been looking at that for the past few days...

I have been thinking a lot lately... I've been trying to write lately... I've been trying to find that part of me that writes so well... but... all I've been doing is looking at those 2 lines for the past few days because I have been thinking... now what...?

Not to say that I haven't been experiencing a bit of life itself... I've been busy putting shows together, teaching, going to family events, dinners, loving, arguing, attending funerals, weddings... exercising, yogaing (if that's a word... I don't think it is...) but, yes, I've been experiencing... I've even had topics in my head I've wanted to talk about but, somehow, I always end up watching that blinking cursor and not knowing where to find my words.

Maybe, now is when I can't find my words and I don't know how to express my thoughts on life and my experiences. Right now, I'm blank...

Except for the words I use to explain my blankness, I can't find anything else to say besides... now what?

Now, is when I decide to say nothing...

“I have nothing to say And I am saying it And that is poetry” John Cage

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Diving into...

by Daniaelle Simonsen

I haven't written in a while... I've been busy adjusting...

Adjusting to my new home... my new role as a teacher... a wife... Adjusting to changes... thoughts... situations... Adjusting to a new life...

It's funny, when you're married and have your own home, you find yourself saying, "I have to go home and clean." My sister said to me the other day, "I swear if you say you're gonna go home and clean!!!" It's hard not to think about going home to clean because if you don't get it done, nobody else is going to do it. You're on your own... You're on your own when it comes to making the bed, cleaning the toilet, mopping the floors, dusting the furniture, doing your laundry... I have to say that (admit that) my mom is still doing my laundry. She insists on doing my laundry so I don't want to let her down... No, really, she's having a hard time giving it up. At first, I didn't have a washing machine, then, when we got that, I didn't have Tide or bleach, and, now, well, now I need a drying rack so I can't do my laundry yet... Plus, it makes her feel better to do it. It makes her feel like I'm still around when she washes my clothes. She's going through withdrawal and I'm trying to make it easier on her... and... myself.

So, as I try to adjust to my new life, I try to keep some things the way they were so it's easier on me because I'm going through withdrawal... Withdrawal from my old life and diving head on into my new one... with my new new home... my new role as a teacher and wife... with all of my new thoughts... the new situations... I start my new life...

My Life as a Comedic TV Show

I am a fan of I Love Lucy... I have watched her so much I can relate my everyday situations to certain episodes. When Armen and I were on our honeymoon, I would bring up Lucy's European trip episodes almost everywhere we went and, oddly enough, funny things happen to me which make me think of her.

Speaking of Lucy, I've been trying to wallpaper my bedroom for two days. So far, I have two pieces up in the corner of the room and I think they look great but if you ask Armen, well, don't ask Armen because all he does is laugh at me about it. If you haven't tried doing so, wallpapering is difficult to do...

I tried the first one with the help of my sister and that didn't turn out so well. I finished putting paste on the paper as it lay on the floor, then, I picked up one end as I asked my sister to grab the other and follow me. She did so but as we got to the wall, we both got confused as to how we were going to turn it around onto the wall, and as she tried to get under me to paste it down, I started yelling, "What are you doing? Hurry up, it's sticking!!!"

With the way it's going, I can't help but think of Lucy's wallpapering episode. I guess life is good these days since I can relate it to a comedic TV show.

I Made a Difference Today...

I made a difference today... a small difference... but, still, a difference...

A 7 year old answered my question... he said, "Blue, yellow, and red... because you can... you can make every color with those... those colors."

After an hour of trying to keep them clean and dry, I just let them squeeze out almost all of the green paint from the tube and paint their rain forest, and what a beautiful, green rain forest it turned out to be. Two brothers trying to share the workspace and paint their own rain forest. It was definitely worth the mess.

Then, at the end, the answer to my question, "What are the primary colors?" answered correctly... It was definitely worth it because I made a difference today...

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Without Restrictions Opening Tonight!

The Tierra Del Sol group show: Without Restrictions is opening tonight and I just wanted to give you a sneak peak at another piece in the show. Shown above is a piece titled "Sitting on the Giant Chair" by Sarit Halo

When putting up the shows, I usually start some kind of a theme around the show. Going through the work here, it was hard to ignore the simplicity of the work and all the different colors in it... like a child's playroom. So, that's all I will be revealing about the show. You have to come by to see the rest. Hope to see you there and thank you for caring about Modest Fly Art!