Laura's Art Blog, Exploring the Material World

There’s a sweet article about SISTER BEE in The Coloradoan today by reporter Joyce Davis.  I haven’t seen the print version yet.  But the online story’s brimming with beauty (lots of great SISTER BEE pics).  You can check them out HERE.

I hope you can make it to the show.  Those of you coming from out of town should plan to buy tickets in advance at csutix.com.  I look forward to seeing you on Wednesday!

SISTER BEE in Fort Collins, Colorado
with the Flowering Bones Vocal Ensemble
Date: Wednesday, May 2nd
Time: 7:00 to 8:30 PM
Place: Colorado State University’s Lory Student Center

Do you read the The Sun? This month’s issue (April 2007) features an interview with author John O’Donohue. I love what he has to say about wilderness:

“Sometimes you see a beautiful woman who quickens your heart. Then you meet her again years later and she’s become a domesticated relic of who she once was, and you think Where is the dangerous vision I saw in her? The same happens to men.

I think it is more interesting to be with somebody who still has his or her wilderness territory – and by that I don’t mean bleak, burned-out, damaged areas where wounding has occurred; rather I mean genuine wilderness.”

- John O’Donohue interviewed by Diane Covington in The Sun, April 2007

I’m wholly taken by this idea of wilderness as an inner, human state. But what’s he actually talking about? What’s “genuine wilderness” to a human? Aren’t humans, as social animals, domestic by definition? And why is wilderness desirable? Is he talking about sex? The forest? Danger? Mystery? Instinct? I’m not sure. Curious though.

Good news! You can buy tickets to the SISTER BEE show in Fort Collins at CSUTIX.com.

Exciting news! Three new SISTER BEE screenings are in the works.

SISTER BEE in Fort Collins, Colorado
with the Flowering Bones Vocal Ensemble
Date: Wednesday, May 2nd
Time: 7:00 to 8:30 PM
Place: Colorado State University’s Lory Student Center

SISTER BEE in Maine
with Full Circle
Date: Friday, July 20th
Time: TBD (evening)
Place: TBD

SISTER BEE in Providence, Rhode Island
with a soon to be announced special guest
Date: Monday, July 23rd
Time: TBD
Place: TBD

Stay tuned for more info. Lots of fun is on the way! I’ll keep you updated as the details firm up.

Ooh, friends, I wish I had a picture for you. But your vivid imaginations will have to do. I just returned from another quickie trip to New York and here’s what I found… Kale gardens! Spectacular! They’re wee little gardens made of flowering kale and mossy bits accented with the occasional plastic flower or two. They thrive on street level windowsills and ledges, near where the garbage cans and recycling bins hang out. They have kind of a feral, aquarium-outside-your-apartment vibe. Charming. Wish you could see them in all their scraggly glory. Pictures next time. I promise!