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Martinez

tracyleighmartinez

About Me

So, I think I'm a bit eccentric and quirky. Some people reading this will be rolling their eyes.....uh yeah. But whatever, that's cool. Hmm, some reasons for that......I live alone way away from civilization, ( well not that far, but far enough ) except for a bunch of whack assed animals......3 dogs, 6 cats and 9 goats. Most of the time they are stressing me out for some reason, ( don't worry I love them ) goats more than the rest, usually being some place that they shouldn't.... wreaking havoc. I got a Red Rider BB gun to correct their bad habits. They have to be very far away before I pop their ass, otherwise I just fire it at my studio ( oh yeah, I'm an artist ) or living space depending on where I find them breaking and entering, both metal buildings.....TING!! They scram like crazy. I love it. My living space is their old barn. I've been renovating it for way too long. They got a new barn with a better view. Which, by the way, is one of the main reasons I'm out here in the country.......the view! I live in Alabama's mountains and at the highest elevation in Blount County. Still can't help but say when I walk out to the ridge, "Wow! this is MY back yard!" "Thank you, I'm grateful!" You should create your own MySpace Layouts like me by using nUCLEArcENTURy .COM's MySpace Profile Editor !

My Interests

my mountain, art, sculpture, painting, creating something, hard dirty work, kicking around in the woods......especially when the animals follow me, found bones, bugs and odd collections from the land, watching TV.....Turkey Vultures, the view, trees, climbing trees, tree houses, cooking, slow food, wine, color, sunlight, being outside, getting up early, musica, swinging in the hammock, home projects, rocks....like boulders and climbing around on them, shooting my bb gun, slack lining, hang gliding, paragliding, canoeing, kayaking, adventures, exploring, watching my own idiot animals for my entertainment, getting dirty, getting clean, tiny dirt-bikes, trucks, tools, cleaning/clearing debris from the land, chain-saws, tractors, scrap-yards.......just got one right off the mountain, looking for junk, peculiar southern realities, rain on my tin roof, my little wood stove, all the creatures that live on this mountain, loose horses and goats that appear from out of no where, quiet, the fall light, watching the leaves change, spiders, honky tonk and ballroom dancing, travel......it's been a long time, El Dia De Los Muertos.......best one in the world right here in Alabama at Bare Hands Gallery.....November 2, 2007 Cinco de Muertos 5th Anniversary.....BE THERE!

I'd like to meet:

Lucinda Williams, Johnny and June, Frida y Diego, Robert Rauschenberg, Joan Miro, Picasso, Matisse, Chagall, Schiele, Niki de Saint Phalle and Tinguely, Anthony Caro, Robert Smith, Manuel Neri, Chavella Vargas, Tina Modotti, ballroom instructor, computer instructor, personal organizer, Julia Child, Jamie Oliver, Viola Luizzo, The Marchers beaten on Bloody Sunday, The protesters that marched from Selma to Montgomery, MLK, Rosa Parks, more scrappy metal chicks.....steel and iron - not music, The Von Trapp Family, another lonely goatherd.

Music:

Hank Williams Sr., Conjunto, Lucinda Williams, Emmylou, Bruce Springsteen - Seeger Sessions.....dance your ass off, Louis and Ella, Standards, Opera, Cajun, Little Willies, Willie Nelson, Al Green, John Legend, INXS, Polka, Old Elton John, Klezmer, Alejandro Escovedo, Lila Downs, Johnny Cash, Bo Butler and The Nice Boys, CCR, Neil Diamond, The Sound of Music Soundtrack, Elvis, Chavella Vargas, Cat Stevens, Jamie Cullum, I'm a 70's kid, World, Edith Piaf, Astrud Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Flaco Jimanez, Los Lobos, Del Castillo, Los Super Seven, Bluegrass, Virginia Rodrigues, Israel Kamakawiwo, Paul Simon, Henri Salvador, Burt Bacharach

Movies:

Out of Africa, Whale rider, Elvira Maddigan, The Tempest, The Sound of Music, Frida, Big Fish, Aimee and Jaguar, Greystoke - Lord of the Jungle

Television:

Dancing With The Stars.....yes, that's what I said!, World News, Gallery Channel, Cooking Channel, HG Channel, Weeds, Californication, THE L WORD!!!

Books:

Art, Home, Food and Wine.......mags and books

Heroes:

My daddy www.spidermartin.com , champion athletes including ballroom dancers..... civil, environmental, human, women's, gay and animal rights activists.... champions of all genres......music, literature, art, science, beauty, exploration, earth, peace, love...

My Blog

Metal Firecracker

Alright...1st blog......."Lucinda". I've been in her orbit for a good little while and much more recently! So, gosh I don't know.....maybe 7 years ago during the "Car Wheels" tour ( jeeze, no I just l...
Posted by Martinez on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 06:38:00 PST

Dia De Los Muertos ~ Cinco De Muertos ~ Nov. 2, 2007 Bare Hands Gallery


Posted by Martinez on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:30:00 PST

Dia De Los Muertos

....death revenges us against life, stripping it of all it's vanities and pretensions and showing it for what it is: some bare bones and a dreadful grimace ...Skulls made of sugar or tissue paper, pai...
Posted by Martinez on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 08:12:00 PST

Viva la Vida ~ Cinco de Muertos

So, this is the 5th time I've done this. Though, it took me a while to figure this out because my dad hasn't been dead 5 years yet. He died April 8, 2003. I made a Day of the Dead installation in the ...
Posted by Martinez on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 06:49:00 PST