Carla Frances

the sea, the woods, ruff n' tuff-ness, the mysterious tale of the floating cowboy, jumpin' baby goats, petting zoos, universal universe, chic old ladies, bird's eggs and nests, small crocheted animals, cinnamon toast jelly beans, cinnamon life cereal, my dad's old hippy ring, fire flies and ladybugs, crystal saturation, "more spaghetti?", medicine bags, elaborate time-travel fantasies, seeing christmas trees tied to the tops of cars, "joyce, my beads! my beads, joyce!", an imaginary post-apocalyptic berlin underground, magic frosting, magic locket, kids who carry around a ton of stuff in their pockets, spontaneously choreographed dance moves, the hidden town beneath Lake Berryessa, Finn Family Moomintroll, acorns, hedgehogs, gettin' so crazed that you can't stop gigglin', mean ol' police officers asking me if I can read, gettttttinnnnggg high in the morrrrrrninnng (the ariel pink song not the activity), crushes (while they last), glimmer twins, stripes and polka-dots, sneaky walking, "beard papa" more in concept than in execution, documentary film, boys and the things they do (like spittin' and jumpin' over fences and stuff like that), the man at the zinfandel drive chevron, exploitative comic books from the 1960s, nearly everything to come out of the 1960s for that matter, best friend memerobilia, the fact that when I was writing "best friend memerobilia" I accidently added an "a" making it "beast friend memerobilia", the sea ranch chapel, ))((, candy as a chemical art, tiny tiny monsters, the black sperm of my vengence, temperature regulation, hella fuckin' pizza, "i gotta the pizza in the ear", replacin' the "g" in present tense verbs with an apostraphe, taxidermy, Sally Mann, fog, gypsy caravans, escaped zoo animals, going to a restaurant and ordering "the usual" and having the waiter actually know what you're talking about, using math and/or science to create art, craft stores and their seemingly endless possibilities, farts and craps, home decor influenced by outerspace and/or the forest, watching cats fall down and then act all nonchalant about it, staying in bed and growing my hair, gum, casting pretend movies, bee beards, glossy paper (ie an endless and unhealthy obsession with magazines), making lists, whaling, the incomperable beauty of Disneyland, photobooths, dressing up like an indian, other people dressed up like indians, dressing up like a gypsy, dressing up in general, the word "gnarly" in all possible contexts, dada-ism, X's for eyes, laika: first dog in space, riding trains and boats, fake banana flavor, dia de los muertos altars, fake owls, non-magic mushrooms, baking people cakes for no reason, singing with friends in cars with the windows rolled down at night time, treasure, doing the frug, doing the twist, doing the swim, doing the watusi, wishing i could do the mashed potatoes, huge herds of sheep and goats used as an organic means of hedge control, selkie girl myths, the museum of jurassic technology, fancy cheeses, dreaming of commune life, taking pictures, taking pictures, taking pictures, taking pictures more than almost anything(go to www.carlafrancesphotography.com), hatching schemes with alexa, being a teenage boy from 1982, Henry Darger, over-sized props, fires at ice-cream factories, cute stuff in general and in specific, jumpin' on the bed, obese animals, schadenfreud, papparazzi, naivete, famous people with bad skin, famous people with weird teeth, the "dj baby clothes" dream, songs with unusual methods of percussion, finding money in my pockets, "pelo no pesa nada", post-apocalyptic fashion statements, when the monkees do things that are so stereotypical of their characters, photos of my parents when they were young, baby name books, cafe wha?, inflatable slamson, scribble drawings, post-post-post-post feminism, banned cartoons and children's books, shrinking cute people and keeping them in jars with holes punched in the top and making tiny clothes for them to wear, whipping my hair around when I dance, incredibly useful fur vests, backlit afros, 11, P, silver green and brown, space helmets, the "who would you do" game, weird or gross kinds of candy, "let's go get sushi and NOT PAY.", christmas and birthdays, the beauty in ugly things and the ugliness in beautiful things, participatory art, the absolutely fucking amazing man who sleeps in my bed at night, peace! and love! and harmony!