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Æmbers On Wax

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About Me

Saatchi Gallery Website: http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/ /30722.html

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My Interests

ART, time and space, breathing, Psychology, living consciously, being a silly mom, Thai food, Philosophy, homeopathic medicine, playdoh, lucid dreaming, cooking, good humor, Gaian (my sweet little 4yr. old) homemaking, painting, sculpting, -k- I am starting to sound pretentious....I'm actually a goofball: sushi, drinking wine, gas masks, chipped paint on brick walls, thrift stores, febreeze, music, Art History, Art therapy, being studious, being a rebel, building train tracks with the boy, teaching him stuff, being human, industrial wastelands, Marxism, graffiti and street culture, living in the moment-but thinkin bout tomorrow, foolin around on Photoshop, trying not to burn Mac N Cheese, coffee, and creating my own reality.

I'd like to meet:

I would love to meet painter Conor Harrington, he's beautiful and brilliant!!!The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it. -Bansky A project some friends did in Salt Lake City, Utah

Music:

In no specific order- Aesop Rock, Buck65, Lyrics Born, Velvet Underground, Roots Manuva, Prefuse 73, Pink Floyd, Billie Holiday,*Wilco* DJ Shadow, Ninja Tunes, RJD2, Boards of Canada, Cat Power, Sigor Ros, Amon Tobin, Cex, Tycho, Sixtoo, Del, The New Deal, DJ Vadim, Classical Bassist Edger Meyer, Beethoven, Amiina, Arabic Music, OneSelf, Z-Trip, Q-Bert, Asheru, J-Live, Saul Williams, Bjork, Massive Attack, Wordsworth, Aceyalone, Awol One, Radiohead, Aphex Twin, Jose Gonzalez, Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen, Run DMC, Band of Horses, Dirty Elegance, Deloise, The Warlocks, !!!, Blonde Redhead, LCD Soundsystem, Out Hud, Hot Chip, Four Tet, T.V. on the radio, Mr.Dibbs.....love turntablism and IDM! Kinks, Janis Joplin, Dylan, Mo-town oldies, Rasputina, Zoe Keating and anything with a Cello.

Movies:

I could also list off a bunch of movies, but you know who doesn't like movies?

Television:

I am three minutes and forty-five seconds away from throwing out the bunny ears(antenna)but the boy loves PBS:)

Books:

Currently reading: Memory & Dream, by Charles De Lint "Me talk pretty Someday"- David Sedaris, "Running with Scissors"- Augesten Burrows? Authors: Dave Eggars, Anais Nin,Ayn Rand, Erich Fromm, Zinn, Chomsky, Ken Wilber. I mostly read text books, because I like em and I am in school....

My Blog

Tired of being ill.....

For those of you that don't know me very well I have been dealing with some health issues for about three years. These somewhat invisable symptoms have had a profound affect on my life, interfering wi...
Posted by Æmbers On Wax on Tue, 20 May 2008 10:29:00 PST

The Auction

I decided to take part in a Charity Auction where the artists were given a piece of antique furniture and then given free reign as to what to do with it. I was given this oppurtuntiy by my employer at...
Posted by Æmbers On Wax on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:57:00 PST

The High Life (short story in progress)

I'm one of those extremely annoying people that are always on their cell phones even when checking out at the grocery store. I think at one point I even put my finger up into the clerks face and told ...
Posted by Æmbers On Wax on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:25:00 PST

Mermaid

She creeped out of the swollen sea only to find that land was not what it had seemed. All ideals about the world and what she thought it held suddenly weighed less, and were easier to carry. She felt ...
Posted by Æmbers On Wax on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:51:00 PST

Ode to an artist from Ireland

I have to post this to give some exposure to Conor Harrington in the U.S. His work speaks for itself, and it's hard to believe that he is only twenty-seven. He is thought to be the most talented arti...
Posted by Æmbers On Wax on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 11:15:00 PST

Voice Box

If I had a voice        I'd take it out-         &n bsp;      Give the box to the girl next door...
Posted by Æmbers On Wax on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 03:30:00 PST

Taking the heat.

This can't possibly be more than meets my eyes, the tiny flutter of my lashes tempting the opposite sex to come forth. As we walk down the sidewalk I feel your hand brush against mine, and really, tha...
Posted by Æmbers On Wax on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:42:00 PST

Frozen Lips and Mind Fire

Words spill out like wildfiresInto her small icey hands,Putting them into her pockets-For another time.An inevitable ignition,Of transforming embers into flames.Or little explosions in her head,The ki...
Posted by Æmbers On Wax on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:31:00 PST

Cursor

The cursor blinks at me slylyTempting me to pour out all wordsThat are not yet said and still,The stillness in my yet not settled mindWaiting for a forgotten memory to conjureAnd bring forth another f...
Posted by Æmbers On Wax on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:18:00 PST

The Session (a bit of writing)

Carving out change of little magnets she sits and waits, all the more impatiently for the next occurance. The impluse of a wondering mind, which only these little pieces of metal will bring. The balan...
Posted by Æmbers On Wax on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 07:32:00 PST