Category Archives: FASCINATIONS

Dreams of Fire

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

More than 60 fires have erupted all around my city. Over 500 homes have been consumed by flames. Recently, I dreamt of fires erupting in my ancestral home, the home that my great-grandmother, and my grandparents lived in. My mother died there. My aunt and uncle live there now. I watched in horror and shock [...]

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Magic Windows #23

Sunday, August 7, 2011

To christen and complete my newly cleaned and decorated studio, I got a little half-moon Siamese fighting fish that Colin named Finnegan. He’s adorable. It’s been a long time since I had a fish. The last betta I had, Nico, was given to me by my friend Jentz when she went to Morocco. He had [...]

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The Left Eye of Horus

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Horus was the ancient Egyptian sky god who was usually depicted as a falcon. His right eye was associated with the sun Ra. The eye symbol represents the marking around a Peregrine Falcon’s eye that includes the “teardrop” marking sometimes found below the eye. The mirror image, or left eye, sometimes represented the moon and [...]

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Dithyrambalina: Musical Architecture in New Orleans

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

So! I am very excited to announce that Colin and I will be collaborating on a piece that will be part of amazing project called Dithyrambalina: The Brooklyn-based artist Swoon, who may know from her beautiful wheat-pasted cut-out street art (and the following flotillas: Miss Rockaway Armada, Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea, Swimming Cities of [...]

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Magic Windows #22

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

My, it’s been an age since I last made a foray into the world of Magic Windows! I’m not sure why, exactly – other than that I have heaps of photos tucked away where I can’t access them without the help of a tech-sherpa. Hopefully soon, those will be unearthed, but for the moment, here [...]

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Happy Birthday Pandora!

Friday, July 22, 2011

Today marks a very special holiday indeed – the birthday of my dearest darling, Miss Pandora Gastelum. In lieu of getting to celebrate her whelping with her (the travesty of why this cannot be is detailed below), I am writing this here, so those of you who do not know her can begin to, a [...]

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Summer Reading Wonderland

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

As you might imagine, our summer here in Austin has been ferociously, brutally hot. The kind of fierce, dry heat that sucks all the air out of your lungs as soon as you step out your door. The kind of heat that inhibits outdoor activity, productivity and even the thought of doing anything terribly strenuous. [...]

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Justine’s 1937 – Marquis de Sade et cetera

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

“Paris Calling” Bastille Day at Justine’s is imminent, and given how much fun we had last year, I can’t wait to see what kind of magic this year’s celebration will hold… Justine’s is so, so special – an amazing French brasserie where you can order a steak & frites and champagne at 1:00 in the [...]

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Exquisite Corpse – Serpentine Gallery

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

We are the witches who bring you Exquisite Corpse: Lau – brain-melting hex projections Angeliska – hostess priestess Norah – door-empress gatekeeper Charlene – DJ Pasht – song sorceress! All photos by Devaki Knowles of www.funlovingphotos.net Beautiful Monika and Nemesis Jackie bought her beautiful new ophidian companion from a guy who was leaving the country, [...]

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Summer Solstice – A Lush Green Wish

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

I kneel in the night on a high hill in the back country, I bow my head, and make this fervent wish, with the memory of green tendrils wrapped around my heart, squeezing there, holding me fast against the earth. By Kaycee A solstice wish for the rains to come back and wet the cracked [...]

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