For ages I’ve been swayed to check out the writings of Truman Capote, but for ages I have been preoccupied to do so. Tonight I finally sat down with Portraits and Observations: The Essays of Truman Capote and am already won over. I particularly liked this passage from “New York 1946″ Lunch today with M. [...]

“I did a little research on Elvis, and he actually had really bad body odor. So we don’t want to clone him in any way or create a fragrance that actually smelled like him,” she said. “DNA has nothing to do with bodily functions. There’s no way it can stink.”

So as I am sure I’ve probably stated before, Marilyn Monroe is such a ridiculously hard image to work with.  You get that with any cultural icon, because icon alone is such a loaded word.  The entire subject its filled with layers and layers of meaning, opinions, facts, fiction, and associations.  I can’t figure out [...]

In progress, still working at the MM studies.  However, I am finding I need to switch it up from just working on Marilyn. It gets constricting and I get stuck.  The biggest problem is dealing with my work space.  It’s tight and not conducive to art making.  So mostly I am restricted to studies to [...]