Salt Lake City . . . hmmm

Since I left for school I haven't been feeling like I would like moving back to Salt Lake - any time soon anyway.

I must admit, since being here I have been thinking a lot more about working here, and I would love it if I found a job that I really liked of course.

Until I am ready for that here are the other places that I'm thinking I want to look into

Europe:
Stockholm, Sweden
Denmark
Helsinki, Finland
England

East Coast
Carolina (not absolutely sure why, but I have a feeling)
New York City
Boston

Non Costal
Colorado
Montana
Sante Fe
Northern Idaho

West Coast
Portland
San Francisco
South of San Francisco
Seattle

I talk like I would be able to get a job in any of these places.
I do know that if I could have my way I would have a home base in one of these places, and then I could travel and work and play and work and travel. There are a lot of people who can't travel a lot for work - so there should be opportunities for people who want to right?

Mostly I'm thinking i would like to keep working in residential. I like working with people and their life styles, their ideas, their families.

More B Cards

I'm in a portfolio class and it's been so nice to organize all of the things I have been working on for the past year and half, but I feel like it's never done or I always want to change it.

This is the Business Card and Letter Head I turned in for class. I like them, but I like my other cards too, maybe even more.

front

back

David Maisel

"For more than twenty years, David Maisel has chronicled the tensions between nature and culture in his large-scaled photographs of environmentally impacted landscapes."

These are works by an artist that we came across while we were in Chelsea. I loved his stuff and even bought a little mini book of his - paper back and $10!

Turns out after reading about some of this artists images, particularly the ones included in the works titled "Treminal Mirage" (which were what we saw) - many are taken in Utah around the Great Salt Lake.


When I first saw his images I was drawn to the colors and abstract nature of them. Slowly I realized they were at a giant scale. Huge masses of land or water were making those colors and shapes. That's a little alarming since it's hard to imagine a body of water being such an unnatural color. It's a little scary, a lot beautiful.

Chelsea

Streets of Chelsea at dusk. I loved the paint color painted over this old brick building (the one on the left). It was a creamy grey green. It looks blueish here though.
Chelsea sitting near one my new favorite photographers pieces. His name is David Maisel.
love birds
One of the best parts of the galleries were the buildings in Chelsea. There were so many long desolate hallways. I really liked the teeny ladder and the green door at the end of the long white hall.
Painting I dug - only $750 - seriously though, that's cheap
Maybe the last remains of a tree in all of Chelsea. The area is greasy and industrial contrasted with the white pristine monstrous galleries. This stump looks hearty.

Shots

Whitney museum lights in the entry . . .

lovelove the silver on the single bulbs

Subway

This day in October in Brooklyn the air was so nice. Blue and cold.

Wristcutters

Evolyne texted and asked if I wanted to go to "Wrist Cutters" tonight. I thought, "that seems a little depressing, but thanks anyway". Turns out I'm a sucker for hanging out, pretty much always, so later today I said I would meet her at the theater - I can't keep doing this though cause I can't afford to go to movies. They are seeming more and more decedent for my budget.



Wristcutters follows Patrick Fugit's (kid in "Almost Famous") character through his mellow dramatic suicide and his gray after life that follows.

The colors, the mood, the aesthetic it's gray and clean - sullen and beautiful. A lot of it was filmed in the desert - prob Las Vegas to Arizona to Utah. It reminded me of home and the slow almost undetectable pulse of the desert - especially while you're driving through it with the windows down and no one - no where - in sight.

The characters are relaxed and thoughtful. Unapologetically undone in a way that seems perfect for their setting and their plights.

Liked it, loved it. Cinematography would get you if the story line didn't (which it does).

M&J Trimmings

I discovered this ribbon store (well some one told me about it) a couple of weeks ago and i can't tell you how amazed I was by it. I thought I was in heaven (sad but true). They have every color and type of ribbon and/or trim imaginable. As well as buttons and all sorts of other doo dads. It was a beautiful sight.

Lindsey Rhea - look at all of those handles to choose from for your bags! I guess you better come visit.

Vintage ribbons

The stacked bolts of ribbon are some grosgrain I couldn't resist.

I even found ribbon for Paige's wedding.