my love for you.

An Open Letter To You.

Dear Friends,

I write this blog post as a letter to you today because I have no idea how else to write this post other than to address it you, the readers, as a letter. I started and stopped so many times, it just seemed to make sense to address it as a letter instead of a standard blog post.

I can't even begin to put into words what ML4U has brought in to my life. I have met so many amazing and wonderful people in both real life and online. I have been introduced to so many beautiful and extrodinary expressions of creativity and art. I have had the opportunity to curate shows. I have been invited into studios, homes and gallerys. I moved back to SF. All because of this blog. I am so grateful for everything that has entered my life, all of it because of this fluid vessel on the web. Everyday I am so thankful that I started toying around with the medium five years ago. I had no idea what I was doing, I just did it. And now here I am. And things are good, better than good.

Blogging is a total form of creation and connection for me. I am a blogger, through and through. I have truly found my calling in life. But like everything in life, we all need a break at times from stuff. As some of you may have noticed, I haven't really blogged since I was home in Boston, there are a couple of reasons for that. The main one being time.

So I write this letter to you, to just tell you that I am going to take a little break from blogging here at ML4U. I am not sure for how long...it could be a week, it could be a month or more. But I will for sure be back. Heck, I could be back on Tuesday for all I know. I'm just not sure, to be honest. But in all seriousness, whenever I do come back, the blog will most likely be a bit different. But until then, what that means will remain to be seen.

Most importantly though, I wanted to say thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for dropping by and helping me to create this space with your energy of showing up. It means the world to me that you write me emails, that you leave comments and that you have supported my voice this long. Thank you.

You can still find me on twitter and facebook sharing links and stuff. I will also continue with the tumblr. And I am also on pinterest. AND you can find me on sfgirlbybay every Wednesday. So I'll still be sharing lots and lots of stuff. Just in a different way. You know, same but diff.

Have a safe and wonderful holiday season. I hope each and everyone of you gets to spend it with your loved ones. I will see you all somewhere on the super information highway, if not back here in a minute.

this seems like a fitting way to end this letter:

my love for you is a stampede of horses,

meighan

image found via I ART U. A great blog to check out.

Tiffany Bozic at Joshua Liner.

Toxic Longing.

I am beside myself that I landed a ticket to get down to NYC for the day to Ooooops. Got a little ahead of myself and thought Tiffany's show opened Saturday night, nope...it's TONIGHT!

Check out Tiffany Bozic's solo show, Confiding in Strangers which opens Saturday Friday night at Joshua Liner Gallery. Tiffany's work is absolutely breathtaking in general, but in person it's a whole other level. Her ability to capture and render plant and animal life is nothing short of astounding. Hyperbolic adjectives and descriptions do not do her work justice.

About this latest group, in Tiffany's words: “I use examples from nature to help me describe these increasingly complex emotions, expanding my own metaphorical language. These works are small reminders that we are nature; connected to everything.”

Below and above is a small example of the work that will be on display. Confiding in Strangers features thirteen medium-sized works in acrylic on maple-wood panel and eighteen watercolor-on- paper works. Each equally as gorgeous as the next.

Confiding in Strangers opens November 11th and runs through December 11, 2010 at Joshua Liner Gallery.

One of a Kind.

Passion in Paradise

She Will Supply.

Pheromones

GIVEAWAY! Little Paper Planes and Russell Leng.

Today Little Paper Planes offers one lucky reader, their choice of one of these beautiful Russell Leng prints. I like each and everyone of them personally...they'd look beautiful separately or together. Russell’s work investigates the binaries of city and wilderness within abstracted shapes positioned in ethereal spaces. Sounds so dreamy, right?

You can read more about Russell's work on the LPP blog, where Kelly interviews him. Please leave a comment to enter and I'll choose a winner this weekend.

Erica il Cane at FIFTY24SF.

Ok, first off I have to tell you that I am writing this at 37,230 feet in the air. Now that is out of the way...I just got a few images from FIFTY24SF Gallery, in anticipation of their upcoming show with Italian street muralist and fine artist, Erica il Cane, entitled, We Were Living in the Woods. A little about Erica:

Born and studied in Bologna, Italy, Erica’s evolution to gallery work has seen depictions of animals in unique, human situations rendered in Victorian-like style illustrations, etchings, and short animated films. The art is often described as imagery from a dark fairy tale, in which animals are shown within the darkness of human nature, focusing on themes of alienation, satire, existentialism. Both gallery and mural work has also been hailed as influential works advocating vegetarianism and animal rights.

This show looks so good...and it sounds like there will be murals happening near the gallery. Here is a peak from the FIFTYSF24 blog of his mural's. I am excited to see what he gets up to. I'll keep you posted. Oh, I am on my home to Boston for a week. I will try to stay on top of posts, but more likely I'll be heavy on the twitter & FB page, come find me. Are you on there?

New Work: Jennifer Davis.

I love the twisted and hybrid beings that live in Jennifer Davis' textiled world. Her new work is on view at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, in the show Flourish. Can't make it there? Check out her blog where you can see all her new work. LOVE.