traveling east to the wild west

Devils Tower, WY

bison & long-horn steer at Devils Tower

Badlands National Park, SD

Needles Highway, SD

Jake getting the shot at Devils Tower

me inside an old silver mine, SD

finally posted photos to Flickr from our trip out east this last September. link to your right or go here.

this week in coffee

the Moore Cafe in downtown/Belltown-ish Seattle is not a new place for me. but having Pac-Man swimming in my cup is new!

mystery mondays: To Catch A Thief

Alfred Hitchcock. Cary Grant. Grace Kelly. need I say more?

in one of my favorite Hitchcock movies we follow the story of a  former jewel thief. a rash of new robberies imitating 'The Cat's' techniques has ensued and the odds are stacked against Grant. the community, the police, and even his friends don't believe him that he's retired. who is framing him and why?

our Cat gains some unusual allies: two stinkin' rich Americans on holiday and a jewelry insurer from Loyd's of London.

the French Riviera, the late 1950s, cheeky sarcasm, reckless mountain car chases - what's not to love? 

new year's resolution no. 1: rollerskate more

 

tonight's the Super Moon, the brightest moon since 1948 which won't occur again until 2034. unfortunately for tonight, I live in Seattle under a giant blanket of rain clouds and can't see it so how about we go rollerskating instead?

eye candy

aqua nueva agate from Chihuahua, Mexico. stunning.

light

your memory is made of light - pablo neruda

art-work

illustration by katie c turner

lately I've been extremely aware of how little I've been making art. at first it felt perfectly natural. then it felt like a slump. now it just feels wrong and I hate it.

fast-forward to last night - at studio e I attended Beyond This Point with Danielle Krysa and Gabriel Stromberg: a dialogue on the creative process and defeating self-doubt. I have been a long-time fan of Danielle Krysa's blog The Jealous Curator and knew she was good people, but it wasn't until I met her and listened to her stories that I knew she wasn't just good people but my kind of people. she is exceedingly candid, open, HILARIOUS, smart, fun, and most importantly - extremely experienced working with many different types of artists. her stories were so inspiring I couldn't wait to get home and spend the next month working non-stop on artwork without sleeping or eating or anything. kidding aside, realistically, I plan on dusting off the cobwebs of my workspace this weekend.