Fragment Art http://www.fragment-art.com Scraps from life Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:03:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Lucky Three http://www.fragment-art.com/2009/10/21/lucky-three/ http://www.fragment-art.com/2009/10/21/lucky-three/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:03:12 +0000 jamie http://www.fragment-art.com/?p=150 Elliott Smith died six years ago, today.  This is a nice little short film portrait of Elliott by Jem Cohen.

xo.

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TTV is short hand for through the viewfinder.  Basically, you take a twin lens relex camera, make a box to block out the light, and photograph what you see through the viewfinder (hence the name) with your digital camera.  The results have a lovely old-timey feel and the square format that I LOVE.  I’ve always wanted to do this, but never really took the time.  Taking this class at Squam gave met he kick in the pants I needed to get going with it.  It’s a cumbersome contraption, for sure, so I’m not sure how much I’ll continue to use it.  But, it has given me the itch to shoot with my old Rollie again.  Oh how I love that camera.

The class was taught by the lovely HulaSeventy, whom I had the pleasure of collaborating with for the Spring issue of Vain Magazine.  It was a pleasure to finally meet her.

Here are the results of my TTV adventure:

(Pictured here are two most cooperative models Jonatha Brooke and Jen Gray.)

I’d also like to give a little shout out to the fantastic women I met in the cabin next door:

And if you’re into the arty blog scene, check out these ladies:

Window Ledge Arts
Enchanted Mama
Lavender and Limes
Pixie Campbell
Athena Dreams
The Squam Blog Collection

Thanks to everyone at Squam for making it such an enjoyable, magical time.

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]]> http://www.fragment-art.com/2009/10/02/step-into/feed/ 0 SAW 2009 pt. 1 http://www.fragment-art.com/2009/10/01/saw-2009-pt-1/ http://www.fragment-art.com/2009/10/01/saw-2009-pt-1/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:12:37 +0000 jamie http://www.fragment-art.com/?p=115 I’m still spinning from the 4 days I spent in New Hampshire at Squam Art Workshops.  I was inspired by so many beautiful people. I took three classes- Songwriting with Jonatha Brooke, a collage class called Making your Mark with Lisa Occhipinti, and a photography class called Through the Viewfinder with Andrea Jenkins.  I learned something valuable in each class and I got the opportunity to unleash a whole lot of pent up creativity, too!

It was such a pleasure to take a class with Jonatha Brooke, who’s music I have been listening to for many years.  I’ve had this song (she played for us!) stuck in my head since the retreat.

I think I probably was one of the more quiet people in the class.. a bit overwhelmed and trying to take it all in.  Don’t get me wrong, it was a totally safe and fun environment. I think I was just very nervous about trying to write anything, much less a song that was going to be sung (by me!) in front of the class.  Despite all that scary stuff, I did it!    I learned a ton and I jumped some personal hurdles.  It was pretty amazing.

(Jonatha has a few more photos on her journal page.)

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to be continued…

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I’ve been gone from Seattle for almost month, traveling across the country to visit the people I know and love. I’ve even met more fantastic and inspiring people along the way. I’ve been challenged and refreshed, awakened and renewed- ready to get back to my life, create and make good.

In New Hampshire I attended an art workshop (more on that later), and met so many wonderful women who have inspired me endlessly. Many of them are very active in the blog world.  I’ve been a bit of a slacker in this regard, and would be surprised if I still have any readers.  Here’s my written promise to give it another go.  I hope to share some of the magic that has rubbed off on me over the past month.  It might take me many days to get it all out.  Stick with me. :)

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Just as my body wants to be pulled down, I am aching to live again.  I am convinced, after all these years of experiencing the same thing, that the winter brings me down.  I hate to think that a silly thing like sun (Vitamin D is so silly, right?) would affect me so, but it’s true.  Sun brings life.  Even though it has been snowing in Seattle within the past week, I can feel my winter blues beginning to melt away.

I was reading “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” by Milan Kundera last week, and came upon this passage:

Anyone whose goal is “something higher” must expect someday to suffer vertigo.  What is vertigo? Fear of falling? Then why do we feel it even when the observation tower comes equipped with a sturdy handrail? No, vertigo is something other than the fear of falling.  It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.

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happy photobooth friday, everyone.

more..

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