Tattoo Art

Today I redeemed my Christmas gift.
The Artist is Karina at One Shot Tattoo.

I'm very happy with it,

but the pain is.. well a lot... this is my last one!

Tortilla Art

I just made "Tortilla Art". The Great Tortilla Conspiracy is a show Rene & Rio Yanez curate. Opening at Somarts Cultural Center. For more info: http://www.somarts.org/

Luncheon at the Boating Party

I went to see Susan Vreeland at Stacey's Bookstore today. She is well known for other novels, particularly "Girl in Hyacinth Blue". This is a novel of historical fiction about Auguste Renoir's significant painting, "Luncheon at the Boating Party" which I find intriguing being a fan of Impressionist's and of France. Plus it's a different genre for me to read.

This is from her inside front page:
"Instantly recognizable, Auguste Renoir's masterpiece portrays fourteen lively, diverse, and elegant Parisians enjoying a summer Sunday along the Seine. An art collector, an Italian journalist, a war hero, a wealthy painter, a celebrated actress, and Renoir's future wife are among those sharing this joyous moment of la vie moderne. But who were they really and what were their lives truly like? Narrated by Renoir and seven of the models, and using settings in Paris and along the Seine, Susan Vreeland's vibrant novel recreates their lives, loves, losses, and triumphs to illuminate the gusto, hedonism, and art of the era."

From what she read and shared with us, it sounds like a lovely written and compelling story. For example, in the very beginning this scene is of Renoir with his right arm in a cast making his way to the river in a three-wheel cycle, when he lost balance and tipped over and crashed. "How different the colors from this low angle, the contrast between tips of ripples and valleys between them more pronounced now - a deeper forest green for the furrows, with shifting patches of yellow-green and ocher on the humps, and the silver highlights more transparent than he'd ever seen them. My God! To show that to the world!"

This is what she signed in my book:

"There's no remaining still, in art or in life."

My First Photoshop Collage

Mystify

I can't help it, I still love original INXS. This song inspired my new new Blog Name - "Some Silken Moment" (formerly Haiku Pizza) I feel like changing the vibe a little without creating a brand new blog. Stay tuned as Haiku Pizza transforms.

Go While You Can

(From Google Images)

I read this in my book by Jillian Robinson on the way to work this morning:

Go While You Can

Diane, a woman in her seventies, now battling several debilitating medical conditions, said, "Travel while you still have youthful vigor, good feet, and an open mind. My husband and I never could afford any of the vacations we took, but we went anyway and never regretted a dollar we spent. We still revel in the memories today."

That's all I needed to hear.