Futurology

It’s the last week for the Futurology 101: Welcome to the Third Wave in the Axle Contemporary mobile gallery.

April 2- Ernesto Mayans Gallery/Canyon Rd,

April 3-Harry’s Road House/Old Las Vegas Highway

April 5- Whole Foods-on Cerrillos Rd

April 6- Kakawa- on Paseo de Peralta

April 7 – La Montanita Co-Op/ Casa Solana Shopping Center

April 8 (till 7PM) and 9- Ernesto Mayans Gallery/Canyon Rd.

April 10- LAST DAY, Harry’s Road House

“In the mechanical age now receding, many actions could be taken without too much concern. Slow movement insured that the reactions were delayed for considerable periods of time. Today the action and reaction occur almost at the same time. We actually live mythically and integrally, as it were, but we continue to think in the old ,fragmented space and time patterns of the pre-electric age. ….

The mark of our time is its revulsion against imposed patterns. We are suddenly eager to have things and people declare their beings totally. There is a deep faith to be found in this new attitude- a faith that concerns the ultimate harmony of all being.”

Marshall McLuhan, introduction to Understanding Media:The extensions of man, 1964

OMG a word

Finally, OMG accepted into the Oxford Dictionary.

It sums life up pretty well for me these days.

OMG

What’s going on in there?

The show is on the road, in the back of the Axle Contemporary art delivery truck. Come see! Or hear it again at Axleart.com or my website kathleenmccloud.com  ‘Audio’.

Here’s the schedule for this week (March 21-27)

now what?

What's going on in there?

Friday night opening

The wolf at the door is inside

Tuesday Whole Foods 753 Cerrillos
Wednesday Dulce Cafe/Bakery  Cordova Rd near Don Diego  very yummy pastries and good coffee too...
Thursday La Montanita Co-op
Friday and saturday, Ernesto Mayans Gallery, 601 Canyon Rd.
Sunday Harry's Roadhouse

Seismic pull

On March 3 I carved a wave onto a plywood panel and printed it during a day of printmaking with Marina Ancona of 10 Grand Press- this is one of the assembled ‘Futurololgy 101 Wave prints. Pulling prints,  pulling waves- after hearing about the earthquake and tsunami last Friday I am reminded that we are all drawing from the same well- we are all in the soup. As my friend Rob says when talking about waves from a surfer perspective—waves are the earth’s way of mixing things up. We’re shifting- Japan’s nuclear plants are our nuclear plants.

How to make wolf hands…

OK, wolves have paws but this wolf needs hands to hold a telephone receiver. Just another detail in prepping the installation for the Axle Contemporary mobile art van on March 18.

I often refer to the marsh where I live- La Cieneguilla, the little marsh- and the dark pools where ideas and images jump on the line of my imagination. My horoscope this week from Rob Brezney confirms it- mud is good, no fragile marvels for us Cancer sun people- enjoy.

Rob Brezney- Cancer Horoscope for week of March 10, 2011

Cancer (June 21-July 22)
The roots of the lotus are anchored in muck at the pond’s bottom. Its leaves float on the water and its dramatic flower rises above on a thick stem. It’s an evocative plant that is featured in many ancient myths. For Buddhists, it was an emblem of enlightenment: beauty ascending from the mud. In India, a thousand-petaled golden lotus symbolized the miracle of creation. To the Egyptians, it represented rebirth. Even modern science has contributed to building the mystique of the lotus, having determined that its seeds can remain viable for many centuries. It’s not a fragile marvel! In the 16th-century Chinese folk tale “Monkey,” a teacher instructed the hero on how to achieve a long life. “Even amidst fierce flames,” he said, “the Golden Lotus can be planted.” For the foreseeable future, Cancerian, the lotus is your power object.

Welcome to the Marsh

Wind is blowing, snow is blowing, dirt is blowing- it’s true grit out there. Yes, perfect day for a matinee and I recognized a few of the location sites. Movies in New Mexico- I can’t believe the new Governor thinks cutting the film incentives will put us on the road to prosperity.

I’m ready to re-enter my marsh, get into the studio after lots of writing and recording and thinking- grant proposal so I can move forward on my Henry Miller print project, honing in on next sculpture project – mmmmm, it’s like a planting a seed that may take route and fill my life for the next few years.

I want to get lost for a few days. I’m redoing my website- OK, straitjacket design is doing my website- I just have to get the text and visuals organized. I’ve decided it’s still too complicated to upload and maintain- I’m taking a photoshop class but my brain fogs when I hear gamut or sRGB and pixel.