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2020 in the rear view mirror

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 Since the Covid Pandemic shut down of 3/2020, most of us have had a big shift in life. We’ve definitely have to adapt to living differently. SF became eerily quiet. The world came to a standstill. When shelter in place and work from home happened last year, we had just adopted an 8 week old puppy from Family Dog rescue. It was a lot to deal with because our cat took an immediate dislike. The 4 of us crammed into our tiny 1 bedroom condo was just too much stress, especially since we didn’t know the first things about raising such a young puppy. After a few weeks of me hiding in the closet to think while Kirk’s on constant zoom meetings, and out cat only comes out at night, which means no sleep for me, I’ve had it. Solution? We packed up and drove to my dad’s vacation house in the desert.  The freeway was empty of cars except for trucks. Bathrooms at res tops and gas stations or anywhere along the way were all shut down. It was so different. When we arrived, it was with such se...
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my art practice. since 2007 when I decided to come back to painting, I've been happily working, never doubting what I'm doing is the correct choice. now, 10 years later. am I still on the right track? I'm beginning to wonder. is it a LARK? . is making art and wanting it to b my full time life a LARK? I'm not sure how I want to take this remark. I can think it positive, as in I'm a lark-like artist and not think too much. however, once said and heard, it's tunneled into my heart, creating doubt in my mind about my art practice. is it all a lark? what a double meaning word! in my studio, all the shiny brightness of my conviction has desaturated a bit. my paintings doesn't look so good anymore. I feel lost. do I continue on this path?
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2016 in rear view mirror

it's 2017. how time flies by each year. the next thing i know, i'll b reaching my 48th bday in oct! a lot has happened since my last blog post. i mean, A LOT... last may, i wasn't even feeling the election year thing at all. but then, donald trump jumped out of nowhere and actually became the nominated candidate for the republican party! i know in SF, everyone i knew became nervous that he may have the chance to beat hilary clinton. i even volunteered at her hq to do texting, to try to get ppl out there to go vote. in the end, only 54% of eligible voters voted :( and the sad end of 2016 was that trump is going to b our next president :(  how can this b? i was so depressed, i think most of citizens of SF were depressed. i woke up the next day hoping it would all go away. alas, it's not. i cannot even watch or listen to any kind of news now, because he's out there being a man-baby, twitting away and being the most annoying person out there.
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brief note about posting

according to artist guidebook, i need to keep a blog. i had stopped blogging for a while now, just because twitter/ Instagram/ Facebook sort of took over this process. and this online social media thing just takes up so much time to manage, let alone i still have to apply to all sorts of artist calls, etc. i just end up spending all my time here, buried by the computer stuff! so i'm blogging again. maybe? instead of starting all over with a new blog, i will pick up where i left off with "travel by night" and turn this into my art-like blog. or try.
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i picked up A rt Inc by Lisa Congdon from the library. and her first advise is for me to declare. I am an Artist. this is important, because for me, i've always thought the statement is quite pompous. but she's right, i've been an artist for all of my life, why shouldn't i embrace it. so, on this blog that i've not written in forever, i'm stating this fact. admit it to myself. yay!
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update...2015

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it's been a long time since i've posted here. after a while, i find it tough to manage so many social medias. kind of wish it's all linked up somehow. as many friends have known or seen, i've been participating on #the100dayproject on instagram since march. i had been wanting to focus more on my art in the past years, but have always gotten distracted by everything in life. i've not been the most productive artist around. then this year, after elle luna's inspiring talk on creative mornings in SF, i was determined to get my act together. this online world of artists helped kept me going. i've done 100 watercolors and now i'm onto 100 drawings for coloring book project. i'm at 183 as of today. for someone who used to produce 5 paintings a year on average, this is strangely productive for me. i'm really happy to say. it's an exercise to get me to just make, i'm not over-thinking things or worrying what the discourse on painting is out t...
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never sorry + marwencol

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today, we watched 2 documentary films on artist and their moment.   Ai Wei Wei: NEVER Sorry and Marencol 2 very different artists on very different subjects on 2 diff continents. but each has something to say... b it social or personal. they r all saying something important. something that resonates within each of us. aiweiwei is on the grand scale of social and political issues. in ths country and other "western" ones, we r not so appreciative of our personal freedom. nor r we so aware. cuz  it's something we really have taken for granted. there isn't an imminent threat that if we tweet about our opinions, ther is an highly likely chance we might "disappear" or b house-arrested. i'm very touched by this film and how much it's shared to me of an artist i like but hasn't in-depth knowledge of. i first chanced upon his sunflower seeds exhibit at the Tate Modern.  and i had thought, wow, what an amazing guy. here is an artist with a lot to ...
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