Plugging Along
I am exhausted. But going to a midnight showing of Dark Knight will do that to you. I won't say anymore about the film expect that it is well, well worth it...
So what does one do when one hits a bit of an obstacle? One plugs along. I do have the fortunate cushion that Steppenwolf was only a disappointment, not a setback. I wasn't in desperate need to find a job. I have one here. I just need more stimulus here. So stimulate we shall.
Two events are coming up the end of September, beginning of October. One is a fashion exhibit entitled Trash to Fashion, which is part of the larger Honolulu recycling fair. Themed carnival, this exhibit is a call to artists and fashion designers to create wearable fashion from found object, trash, second hand castoffs, etc. Key being wearable. Mayhap I have finally found a use for those dozens of grocery bags. Though me entering feels like a cheat. I've done this once before...fashioning a Watteau gown solely out of Victoria Secret catalogs for the character of Cunegonde in Candide. And it survived me traipsing up and down the halls at Rutgers for a day...I just couldn't sit in the dress...
The second is a collaboration with the creative minds behind Iona Contemporary Dance Theatre. I became enamored with the company when I saw Paint by Number a few months back, and have since wanted to get involved with them. I couldn't have contacted them at a better time. They are currently preparing to design and build 20-25 sea reef and Atlantis based costumes for their fund raising gala. Think jellyfish, octopus and anemones at a Vegas scale. Plus a bunch of Cabana boys thrown in for good measure. Many must be waterproof...or at least resistant. Already they have a mermaid (who does indeed swim using her tail) and a floating lotus. Some will be elegant. Some will be campy. Some will be down right weird. But it is a challenge.
And hopefully, as of a week from Wednesday I will be finished with the dog project. I am currently just waiting on the embroiderer to finish the eyes so I can assemble the next dog...
So what does one do when one hits a bit of an obstacle? One plugs along. I do have the fortunate cushion that Steppenwolf was only a disappointment, not a setback. I wasn't in desperate need to find a job. I have one here. I just need more stimulus here. So stimulate we shall.
Two events are coming up the end of September, beginning of October. One is a fashion exhibit entitled Trash to Fashion, which is part of the larger Honolulu recycling fair. Themed carnival, this exhibit is a call to artists and fashion designers to create wearable fashion from found object, trash, second hand castoffs, etc. Key being wearable. Mayhap I have finally found a use for those dozens of grocery bags. Though me entering feels like a cheat. I've done this once before...fashioning a Watteau gown solely out of Victoria Secret catalogs for the character of Cunegonde in Candide. And it survived me traipsing up and down the halls at Rutgers for a day...I just couldn't sit in the dress...
The second is a collaboration with the creative minds behind Iona Contemporary Dance Theatre. I became enamored with the company when I saw Paint by Number a few months back, and have since wanted to get involved with them. I couldn't have contacted them at a better time. They are currently preparing to design and build 20-25 sea reef and Atlantis based costumes for their fund raising gala. Think jellyfish, octopus and anemones at a Vegas scale. Plus a bunch of Cabana boys thrown in for good measure. Many must be waterproof...or at least resistant. Already they have a mermaid (who does indeed swim using her tail) and a floating lotus. Some will be elegant. Some will be campy. Some will be down right weird. But it is a challenge.
And hopefully, as of a week from Wednesday I will be finished with the dog project. I am currently just waiting on the embroiderer to finish the eyes so I can assemble the next dog...
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