my love for you is a stampede of horses.

'Cause It's Worth It.

Marcel the Shell with shoes on is back and he's cuter than ever. Marcel's latest video is chock-a-block with so many memes ready to roll; so many good lines in this video. A few of my faves: "We actually slept 8 to the muffin.", "You know what I want but I'm not gonna beg for it?", "Treats and snoozin, snoozin and treats..." — gah, I could on and on. Also, the zzzzzzzzzzzzz'z. Sigh.

Long Time No See!

ADHD shortened/TMTR synopsis: I'm going to start writing about things other than just art, and sharing all sorts of things I want on here. M'kay? Oh and the blog is getting a new look in a week. Sweet, Good talk! <3 meigs

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Hi! Well, my summer break from blogging ended up lasting a heck of a lot longer than I thought it would!

One of the most amazing things that has come from this blog is my now career in community management and working on the Internetz. I was recruited last year around this time by a major Internet company, to come work for them. It was good timing, as I was working full time on the blog and honestly I had started to feel really burned on blogging -- so I took a break to focus on this amazing opportunity that had presented itself to me. In January I came back to blogging and started up again, I missed it.

I didn't stay long at the job I mentioned, as I found my current job that was a much better fit. And I love it. I get to work with super passionate users (and co-workers) and it's fun, challenging and I'm so lucky to have the job I do. I laugh so much at work. And it's all because of this blog and the path it put me on.

With any new job there is a lot to learn, so I figured I would dial the blog back. Ultimately I stopped blogging in August suddenly. I was exhausted and really because my heart just hasn't been in it. What was once my passion started to feel like a chore. Ugh, right?

So let's cut to the chase: I have to be honest, I don't want to write about just art any more.

I thought I would start another blog -- keep this space what ML4U has become, leave it as a catalog of sorts. I wanted to respect that this is an art blog and leave it. But this space is also mine and I've grown over the past 5 years and put a ton of work into this space. I'd like to take the blog with me into the next chapter and see what happens.

You'll see a slight change in content and most likely a more personal touch going forward(you'll also see a new look starting next week!). I'll still cover art and continue with the podcasts, studio and gallery visits, etc. But I would just like to have a little more freedom to share about...things that matter to me on all different levels. That's reasonable, right?

I hope you'll still stay subscribed and come with me -- I'd love it if you would. But I also understand that the shift may not be for everyone. I'm ok with that, god knows there is so much to see out there! So stick around or don't...what ever you do decide; thanks for tagging along this far. I'm super grateful for your company.

Ok, sorry about the wall of text...but I could only edit so much. Let's get back to 250 characters or less blog posts!

love,

meighan

Albert Reyes at Guerrero Gallery

I was really excited to see new work from Albert Reyes at Guerrero Gallery on Saturday night. I have a couple pieces of his, his dry wit and cultural references always amuse me. Every piece in this group was sweet. I loved seeing his bigger pieces -- awesome colors and even better commentary.

Looks like a collab with Matt Furie above to the right -- the decapitated E.T., naturally.

Video: Hugh Leeman

Touching video by the Bold Italic and Agnecy Charlie featuring street artist Hugh Leeman and his work around the homeless men of San Francisco.

Along with this video are a few images I captured one night after bumping into Hugh and getting a promptu tour of his Tenderloin studio. You can see more of Hugh and his friends from pasting up images of themeselves for JR's project, Inside Out here from August.

Hugh Leeman from Agency Charlie on Vimeo.

Dean Drever, Amir Fallah.

Guererro Gallery had a bunch of really nice pieces for their November show, lots of my faves: Jovi Schnell, Kevin Earl Taylor, Alexis MacKenzie, Cody Hudson, Michelle Blade and more...but I had never heard of Dean Drever before. Knuckle dusters certainly aren't new to the new contemporary scene -- but I have to say I was taken by Drever's. Maybe it was the thought of the words pressed into someone's forehead? Gruesome, I know...but they were so shiny & sharp.

I really dug his take on ACDC, Black Sabbath and Slayer branding. All in all, his work seemed to focus only on some form of branding now that I think about it. I can't wait to see more of his work in the future.

I also had never had the pleasure of seeing Amir Fallah's work in person, founder of Beautiful Decay. That was an electric mesmerizing trip. Lots to look at within his frenetic bouquets. So much good color.