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Oct 22

Drugs and Puppies! Save the Yuppies!

Posted by Gretchen Helmer on October 22, 2007. Filled under Uncategorized.

This provocative chant was mounted by actors from the zAmya Theatre Project as they satirically railed against stereotypes of the homeless (on drugs and, by extension of course, puppy killers) and the fear that some folks have around interaction with homeless folks. Quite an engaging 6 minutes of theatre and just one of 13 entries […]

 

Oct 10

Are you interested?

Posted by Gretchen Helmer on October 10, 2007. Filled under Uncategorized.

Turns out, I am. Though the title of this post actually refers to the name of a wildly successful facebook app created and run by my new friend Cliff, I’m simply referring to facebook in general–much to my delight.
Lovely time these past couple of days playing in the social media/facebook application world at the […]

 

Oct 06

Splatter Paint

Posted by Gretchen Helmer on October 6, 2007. Filled under Uncategorized.

I was inspired by my friend Swandive to visit Rob Brezny’s site to see what sorts of nuggets he had for me this week and here’s what I found:

Jackson Pollack (1912-1956) was a pioneer painter. Instead of using an easel, he laid his canvases on the floor. Rather than manually applying paint with a brush, […]

 

Oct 01

Kudos!

Posted by Gretchen Helmer on October 1, 2007. Filled under Uncategorized.

I would like to offer up a hearty congratulations to…me! Yeah, I know how that sounds and I don’t really care. I have been cigarette free for 3 months and I’m going to recognize this anniversary! It’s been challenging and I’ve felt like 100% pure crap going through nic fits on occasion–though nothing quite like […]