tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934368300552992452024-02-19T05:28:03.743-08:00Bill Dambrova: The gods are high on hearts and goats A chronicle of images, observations, and musings by Bill DambrovaBill Dambrovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015840568349759101noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793436830055299245.post-48616233088006786842014-05-12T02:30:00.003-07:002014-05-12T11:24:39.113-07:00Ejecting from Gateway Ranch...or...Careful what you manifest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Its been since last September shortly after returning from Burning Man 2013 that Jana and I moved to Phoenix from Gateway Ranch in Northern AZ. For people new to this blog Gateway Ranch is an 80 acre off grid ranch 30 miles NE of Flagstaff that we <i>used</i> <i>to visit</i> during Burning Man regional events. The ranch became unoccupied and the owners invited us to come live there and caretake the place and host events and workshops. I have attempted to write this blog several times over the past few months but I was still so damn pissed about how things went down that it showed in the writing. It was always too long and I kept holding back what I <i>really</i> wanted to say. I am still having a hard time finding a way to explain what went down in a respectful and humble way. I considered not writing anything at all and just letting it go... but fuck that. I need closure. I can't think of a better way to kill it dead than airing some of the shit out on the infernets.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px;">For the record, before we moved in, the owners told us that all of the systems in the houses were in complete working order except for a water heater that we may have to help their plumber carry into the house. Just remembering that moment right now makes me want a time machine so I can go back and slap myself... Hard.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px;">We spent 9 months trying to be patient dealing with the owners excuses for not PROFESSIONALLY fixing what was supposed to be working before we arrived. Instead of sitting around waiting for something to happen, we brought our skills to the table and ended up fixing EVERYTHING ourselves. All of the systems at Gateway were damaged and in disrepair. Water pipes would burst at random times, the power was constantly shutting off, toilets would clog up. Because the owners couldnt bring themselves to pay professionals to do the job, Jana replaced all of the wiring on the solar system, re-did the plumbing, the hot water, and went through a couple of vacuums in an attempt to get the dust, cinders, and dead bug parts out of the carpets. We fixed the wood burning stove so it stopped smoking out the house, we live trapped mice and their little mice families daily, we went days without showers or hot water, I got sprayed with human shit while snaking the toilet. The list goes on, but I need to keep my cool here. Oh did I mention I paid rent? We were supposed to caretake and have time to make art, write novels, become one with nature... Dammit!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">There is an unbelievable amount of work that goes into creating this event. Months before the city opens to the public people max out their credit cards to build giant theme camps and artworks, the DPW (Department of Public Works) builds the infrastructure including roads, buildings, and many of the larger structures. There are 2,000 volunteers as well as year round full-time employees that deal with everything from legal issues to port-a-potties. Ever thought about where 70,000 people in the desert take their dumps? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Imagine that you are wearing an elaborate costume with an oversized </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">synthetic fur </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">coat and your back pack. It's 2am, you're out at the temple or at an art car dance party and you've got to poo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">We had early passes and arrived five days before the event actually started and set up a sweet little dialed in camp for six people. It doesn't</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> matter if you have a large camp, an air conditioned RV, fly in on a jet to the <a href="http://www.portofentry.org/" target="_blank">Black Rock City Airport,</a> or go in the gate by your self naked with nothing, not even a water bottle, you will endure a few hardships. Some people more than others, but at some point during prep and set up all of us will ask ourselves more than once, "Why the fuck do we do this?" I wish I could answer that in a few short sentences. Instead I will do as I do and show you some pics from our last adventure to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Rock_City,_LLC" target="_blank">Black Rock City. </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Our group consisted of Jana, </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">myself,</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">my brother Steve, Dat, Ingrid, and our friend Quincy.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We planned to leave Flagstaff at 11pm Tuesday night. We got on the road around 3am. Ask any burner, four hours late packing is pretty damn good. I strapped four bikes to the top of the rental van while trying to ignore the stickers that said, "DO NOT STAND OR STRAP OBJECTS TO THE ROOF!!! Or it's a $2,000 dollar fee."</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Every square inch of the rental got stuffed with gear for 5 people and anything we could think of that someone might have wanted to play with. There is always room for one more hula hoop or fire toy. Once we got to the first gas station we had to unpack half of it to get the ice chests out and fill them with ice then re-pack it. First World problems. I know. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I swore I would never bring my mini. After living at Gateway my poor little car got so rattled and filled up with volcanic dust on that dirt road that a little "playa dust" was nothing.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">After 17 plus hours on the road we finally made it to the single road that leads in to the city. The trailer in the photo above was in line with us. On it was a disassembled seven ton <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaO2Z01EWUU" target="_blank">"Coyote" by Bryan Tedrick</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They caught a few people sneaking in with out a ticket so they made the vehicle searches more extensive and time consuming. We actually lucked out. Our greeter told us that the city had shut down twice that day due to rain and standing water on the playa. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dat asked me last year, "Is it a blessing or a curse if it rains at Burning Man?" My answer was, "Everything at Burning Man is a blessing and a curse." If there is water on the playa your car or bike will be stuck. No question.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We arrived around two am the next day, </span><span style="font-size: large;">staked out some land </span><span style="font-size: large;">and slept in the vehicles. It was dark and we were too tired to set up camp. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks to Sweet thing, Sturdy, El Weso, Bravo, Purple Bean, Gravity and E. Sugar we were given the Center Camp Cafe Annex reasonably close to where we were going to be painting our murals. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">There was a different band up there all day, all night, all week long. It was cool, but </span><span style="font-size: large;">getting there early means we could make sure not to camp by it. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This was a luxury. During the first week we could drive over and get ice at Arctica. Once the event started we had to strap bags of ice to our bikes.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">DryHump woking on the evap pond and Anomaly adding the finishing touches to the shower.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anomoly taking advantage of a dust free spot before it becomes smelly water. That's our shower. Burning Man is a leave no trace event. We can't let our dirty water go into the ground. If it doesn't evaporate we would have to take it home with us.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Inside our tent we have room to get ready. Up in the left corner is our washing station. It's important to wash your extremities to keep from getting "playa feet" or "playa hand" or even "playa face"!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's encouraged to block out any advertising. Even though every single one of us had been to Bowel-Mart, Home Desperate, Q-haul and Fudget at least 10 times before we got there.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The theme this year was Cargo Cult. An early shot of the man. The pavilion (UFO) was designed by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Lewis Zaumeyer.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://temple2013.org/" target="_blank">The Temple of Whollyness</a> under construction. Designer </span><span style="line-height: 24px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Gregg Fleishman.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Xylophage" under construction. By the <a href="http://www.flaminglotus.com/" target="_blank">Flaming Lotus Girls</a></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Helix" under construction. By Charles Gadeken</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Assembling "Thunderdome". <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3kQ1PS31YE" target="_blank">Watch this battle.</a> Two men or women or furry creatures enter one leaves. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our section of wall for our murals. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Foo and DryHump painting. Anomaly Photographizing. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">DryHump.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I thought it was interesting that DryHump hadn't seen the art in the city yet but his painting felt like he had. "</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The Kazbah" (Soundcamp)</span></span><span style="font-size: large;">. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Janabanana and I collaborated on this painting of a two-headed alien snail worshipped by one-headed snails.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was our take on the theme "Cargo Cult".</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">After a long day of working I needed to relax in my "arm chair". </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of the perks of volunteering is getting to eat in the commissary. We ate re-heated food at our camp most of the time so we savored the brisket and mashed potatoes.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rawr! Janabanana ready to go out and play.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is the coyote that was on the trailer on our way in. The head used to spin 360 but they bolted it in place after the wind picked up and almost decapitated someone. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The event officially starts on Monday when Crimson Rose (one of the founders of Burning Man) does a ritual of lighting the fire in this cauldron that will burn down the man in 5 days.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ready to hit the streets. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our friend Danzilla really wanted to ride this 2-seater from the back seat. We made him some harnesses. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le37yHwiZZc" target="_blank">Watch this video to see his maiden voyage.</a> It's funny. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Octo Bar. Danzilla's camp. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Janabanana says, "Show me buck teeth!"<br />But someones not playing. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Take two. Horseshoe, Dusty Crusty Wendy, and Foo. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">New drinking game. Spin the pointer and who ever it lands on has to be a baby bird to get a shot. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Baby birding involves chewing up a Redvine licorice and regurgitating it into the baby birds mouth. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ok God I gotta go play flaming skee ball. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Flame thrower shooting gallery". By Matisse Enzer.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">They offered to haul our ice back to our camp. Their camp is on the other side of the city. So nice!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">You don't even have to leave your camp to see wonders like this.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of my favorite moments this year was getting invited off of the street into a tea ceremony. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">These guys came all the way from Hong Kong and provided traditional private chinese tea ceremonies. He is counting the beads so he knows how long the tea has to steep.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This was the camp next to the tea ceremony.<br />To read more about what people do to inflatable toys go <a href="http://blogs.laweekly.com/afterdark/2012/07/people_actually_hump_inflatabl_1.php" target="_blank">here. </a></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The aliens have finally arrived! ...in their car? </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I knew they wouldn't really come this year once they realized that we were burning a full sized UFO.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Inside the temple was a basalt <a href="http://www.inukshukgallery.com/inukshuk.html" target="_blank">inukshuk.</a> Rumor was that it took 900 hours of polishing to get that sheen.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">She shape shifted into her power animal right before my eyes.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Whatever you want to do is there. Mile marker for the Black Rock City 50k run.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Art car.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wish I could have seen this thing in action.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Back to work on Saturday night. Janabanana's fire group <a href="http://www.pyroklectic.com/" target="_blank">Pyroklectic</a> was chosen to be sentinels for the big fire show before the man burned down. I got to hold a torch. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Before he burns his arms go up. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Boom! </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's hot inside the circle. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Waiting for it to fall. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Another favorite moment. Sunrise at the temple.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Getting ready to see the temple burn on Sunday. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">All was quiet while she burned. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the flames stands the inukshuk. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">At our sentinel orientation the speaker said, "Don't jump in the fire tornados they are really hot". Um, would have never crossed my mind. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We tore down our camp so we could leave early Monday morning.</span></td></tr>
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Bill Dambrovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015840568349759101noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793436830055299245.post-34130803331694401992013-09-12T02:25:00.001-07:002013-10-14T23:13:47.641-07:00Rio Juan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">The last time Manny and I did a San Juan River canoe trip was 13 years ago! We were young, handsome and adventurous with nothing to lose. Now, in our 40's... well, at least we are still handsome.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The next morning at 7am (actually about 11) we drove over to Shiprock, NM to launch the boats. We had a friend drive the jeep to Montezuma Springs, UT where it was waiting for us after 3 days on the river. The monsoons had been causing record rain and the river was high and flowing fast so we had no problems getting there in time. There were some new unmapped rapids, evil trickster beavers, and high power winds and rain that made the trip interesting. What made it memorable was the bro time, the one-liners, and the inside jokes that will live on in random text messages to each other while at the grocery store or during high power "Big Snake Meetings"* keeping us going </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">and giggling like little girls and getting us through </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">till the next adventure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">*Inside joke—you had to be there</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: large;">The San Juan River. A mostly mellow river with a few little rapids here and there.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We took out in Shiprock and paddled about 65 river miles through 3 states! </span><span style="font-size: large;">Click on this map to see the enlarged version. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Manny: "Don't worry, she'll hold together! Come on baby, hold together."</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Had to stop at the Navajo Dept of Fish and Wildlife to get a valid watercraft permit.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's tradition to put a new sticker on the canoe on every trip. We sort of forgot so I got us this Bevis and Butthead sticker out of a vending machine at the grocery store.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The river was full of silt from all of the rain. Last time I was on it it was clear and I could usually see the rocky bottom. Those telephone wires were the last bit of civilization for quite a while. The great thing about this river is that no-one goes on it for recreation. Except us. We had it all to ourselves. We didn't see a soul for three days.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Aside from the invasive Tamarask there were a few remnants of the human world to be found occasionally. The flat screen TV was behind the tree on the right. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm pretty reserved and stoic, but when I get around Manny that guy can make me laugh till I snort and choke. We both started busting up sitting at the top of the bank and laughed sliding our asses down about 4 feet.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sleeping under the stars has its risks. I found this guy under my bedroll the next morning.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Did I say we "paddled" 65 river miles?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Manny's practicing for his Norse Funeral. He wants his body to be laid on his canoe, set on fire and pushed out on to the San Juan and his bones to be used by beavers for their dams.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Look away! I'm hideous! While trying to get my camera out and get the shots of the horses crossing I sort of got scraped up under a low hanging tree branch along the banks. Not my beautiful face!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Manny somehow spotted this fort on his last river trip with his sons. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Being in Utah, Manny thinks it could have been early Mormon settlers. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The stone work looks hastily thrown together, </span><span style="font-size: large;">the builders seem to have been in a hurry. </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fire place or oven on the outside? Or was this once inside a timbered room?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I asked Manny why he thought it was a Fort. I figured he'd Wikipedia'd it till he pointed at the gun ports.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">2-worlds.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A beautiful view of the river from the fort. I wonder if the inhabitants enjoyed it or if life was all about survival for them. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's just not a canoe trip unless someone flips. Read this fast with Eddie Murphy's voice similar to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PAdDJbxEOU" target="_blank">this clip</a>: I seen the whole thing! <br /><br />Manny is just paddling along mindin' his own bidness right? He's mindin' his own bidness and he sees these two dead beavers right? These two dead beavers are just laying there and Manny thinks, "Why are these two dead beavers just layin' on the ground by the tree?" He paddles over to get a closer look right? Before he knows it... These two dead beavers wake up and go into the water then...BAM!!! Manny's goin' underneath the tree. He's goin underneath the tree and yells, "Dude!!!" then the boat flips over and Manny's upside down in the river. Then this plane hit him right? Yeah, Thats it! He got all caught up in the propellers and shit. He be sayin', "This ain't my day! This ain't my day!" I guess he won't be needing those binoculars or those tortillas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Good thing Manny bought that gold mining pan. We needed it to bale out the canoe.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm ok! After Manny's flip I couldn't be outdone so I barreled over a big rock and my Kayak filled up with water. I managed to hold onto everything somehow and get the boat to the shore. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Storms a brewin'. We paddled right into it. The rain and wind was so strong against us we had to stop and take cover till it passed.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Manny started this little fire out of wet material while it was raining. Are you impressed <i>Amazing Race</i> or <i>Naked and Afraid</i> casting?</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Still from the Movie <a href="http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/kon-tiki-2013" target="_blank"><i>Kon Tiki</i> (2013)</a></span></td></tr>
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Bill Dambrovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015840568349759101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793436830055299245.post-8505467127485399862013-07-29T15:43:00.003-07:002013-10-14T20:14:05.075-07:00Trip down Tooksahn way (Arizona Biennial 2013)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I moved to LA back in '03 to live and play at the beach. As far as my art career goes people tell me that I should have stayed in Phoenix for just a little while longer. I was getting studio visits and write ups, and I got into the AZ Biennial 2003 right before I left. For me, at that time adventure came first, and art was one aspect of my busy life.</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Living in LA, I focused mostly on making money as a designer so I could afford </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">rent at the beach, traveling, and eating at nice restaurants and</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> enjoying everything I could squeeze out of the California Coast. I have never stopped painting and showing, but I have yet to shed my designer skin and become a full time artist. The issue is that I don't want to lose my lifestyle and I have never been willing to compromise the integrity of my paintings by having to rely on them as "sellable". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In my case having a jobby job has been good for my art. I paint whatever I want and I can change my style and make art that challenges me. If I had to paint the same shit for the rest of my life because it sells I would go nuts. I still can't imagine what it must be like for someone like Axl Rose to have to sing <i>Welcome to the jungle</i>—over and over. Eee-Yah! To each his own, and if you find your life's work painting "zips" like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnett_Newman" target="_blank">Barnett Newman</a>, you are challenged by it, and it shows in the work, then more power to ya! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In 2008 (when me and half of the folks working in museums got "laid off") I became a freelance designer making more money working part time. Having more time to paint I found my "zip" and I now have a <a href="http://dambrovaart.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">body of work</a> that I feel is something I can work on for a long time. </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I've recently decided to put the work and myself out </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">there 100% and if I can design less and paint even more I will. </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Fortunately my recent paintings and sculptures are beginning to appeal to people—and I am able to show and sell them without feeling like I am compromising the purity of my process. It is a great feeling and I have much gratitude every time I go into the "studio". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It is true, there is a market for everything, so you may as well do what you love.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">...and then Gateway Ranch happened last December and here I am back in AZ.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Living in LA was good for my art. You'd think I would have learned. I was showing and getting a few write ups and yeah in terms of my "art career" I probably should have stayed there a little longer too. I go where my heart (and goat) tell me to go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I see every moment as having meaning and certain things that happen remind me that I am on the right path. So when I applied for the <a href="http://www.tucsonmuseumofart.org/exhibitions/arizona-biennial-2013/" target="_blank">AZ Biennial 2013</a> and got accepted I felt like I picked up right where I left off in </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">AZ. A book end so to speak. </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My Arizona pals haven't forgotten about me and there were never any hard feelings for taking off to LA. My work has been accepted and embraced here and I have been feeling the AZ love (as <a href="http://faustofernandez.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Fausto</a> would say). Shortly after I moved to The Ranch I was in a group show at <a href="http://monorchid.com/" target="_blank">monOrchid</a> in Phoenix and got interviewed in an article for the AZ <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/arts/articles/20130226monorchid-gallery-art-detour-phoenix.html?fb_action_ids=4759941191405&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582&nclick_check=1" target="_blank">Republic</a>. I have a Solo show at <a href="http://www.eyelounge.com/" target="_blank">Eye Lounge</a> in a couple of weeks and I just found out I have a solo show in October 2014 at monOrchid. I just want to say THANKS to all of you that are following what I'm doing and for your love and support!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm a sentimental cat. I found the shirt I'm wearing in this picture in a pile of the previous renters junk at my first real studio in Phoenix called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Thelodgeartstudio?v=info" target="_blank">The Lodge</a>. </span><span style="font-size: small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fausto asked me if I was going to talk about my painting. I said, "I don't thinks so. I'm kind of buzzed." He said, "Just say anything, no one will remember it. They just need to see your face." </span><span style="font-size: small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-style: italic;">Pink Glandscape</b> oil on canvas </span><span style="font-size: small;">©Bill Dambrova</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />From </span>The body believes in images series:<span style="font-style: italic;"> My art celebrates the miraculous events that take place within our bodies and our minds.</span><b style="font-style: italic;"> </b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fausto and I are close pals and we both <b>lived</b> in the Lodge back when that area was a crack neighborhood. He moved out to LA and we got to hang and go to art shows for several months before I moved back to AZ. He's been in the AZ biennial 4 or 5 times since I left AZ. This is the first one we've been in together. His hand is trembling because he's about to smack my finger off of his painting. </span><span style="font-size: small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fausto Fernandez<b style="font-style: italic;"> Love is what you make it out to be</b> Mixed media collage on canvas. </span><span style="font-size: small;">©Fausto Fernandez</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fausto, Tucson Art Museum curator Julie Sasse and myself. </span><span style="font-size: small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I was excited to see that the guest curator Réne Paul Barilleaux from the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio selected several pieces that were gutty or "Gutsy" <a href="http://tucsonartexhibit.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">as this writer mentions.</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.berlinsculpture.com/" target="_blank">Jesse Berlin</a> <b><i>Untitled Deer Study</i></b> cold cast bronze and polyurethane </span><span style="font-size: small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My new Tucson artist pal <a href="http://danielmartindiaz.com/" target="_blank">Daniel Martin Diaz</a> <i style="font-weight: bold;">Self aware system </i>graphite and chalk on paper.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Since I'm up in Northern AZ, Julie (curator at TMA) suggested I contact another artist to see if I could get my painting a ride in his truck. I was excited to find out that it was Michael. I saw his work on a flyer a while back and was attracted to his imagery for obvious reasons. I love the organic gutty sexual shapes, his baroque(ish) style and the scale of his work. These are paintings I look at and think, "Damn I wish I'd thought of that!". So I made sure I got to deliver my painting personally so I could see his work. </span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Great guy! We talked for quite a while. I asked him where he shows in Phoenix since I hadn't seen his work around. To paraphrase he said something to the effect of "My current subject matter is't exactly sellable. I'm also a designer." I found another artist more concerned about making good art without compromise!!! I can't wait to get to know him better.</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Collin Chillag UAMA University of Arizona Museum of Art in Tucson.</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our friend <a href="http://colinchillag.com/home.html" target="_blank">Collin Chillag</a> has 4 paintings in a group show at the UAMA museum. These were the ones he was working on when I went to visit his studio back in May. See blog post <a href="http://heartsandgoats.blogspot.com/2013/05/leave-no-trace-my-ass.html" target="_blank">Leave no Trace My Ass</a>. From left to right Zach, Fausto, Jana, Vaiden, and Joe taking them in.</span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The Altarpiece of Ciudad Rodrigo: A permanent exhibition at UAMA</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">These are works from 15th century Spain from the workshop of Fernando Gallego I'm too lazy to copy the original titles so I gave them my own...</span><b style="font-size: x-large;"> </b><br />
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Bill Dambrovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015840568349759101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793436830055299245.post-18584240699942629022013-07-14T22:14:00.001-07:002013-10-14T22:50:43.002-07:00NAVAJO STAR WARS <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I saw <i>STAR WARS A New Hope</i> in Phoenix at the Cine Capri theater in 1977. I was seven years old. I grew up watching it and I still watch it—often. Over the years I've identified with different characters from the movie. When I was seven I loved the droids and Chewy. At the moment Han Solo is my favorite, but in my teens it was Luke. Just like Luke I lived in a desert and </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I thought it was</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">just as desolate as Tatooine. I wanted to get "teleported off this rock" and go on dangerous adventures and experience other cultures in exotic places. (Not necessarily with an old man in a robe... Well, you get the idea.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My way off this rock was through museums. Working as a preparator and then later as an exhibit designer I got to experience other cultures through art, artifacts and travel. </span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">I met one of my best friends working at the </span><a href="http://www.heard.org/" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Heard Museum</span></a><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"> in Phoenix around 15 years ago. Back in the day Manny and I would sit across from each other in the preparator's workshop making mounts (display stands) for artifacts discussing our dreams and crazy art ideas including his idea to dub <i>STAR WARS in </i></span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">Diné bizaad, the Navajo language</span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">. He is very humble and makes sure to credit his team in the articles and video interviews I will link you to at the end of this post. Manny has worked really hard to make sure that this concept was presented in the right context. All these years later as director of the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, </span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">Manny was just waiting for the right time to pounce. He not only pulled it off, he did it with style.</span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"> I'm so proud and inspired by his accomplishment I have goose bumps writing this. Showing the movie during the rodeo on the rodeo grounds, you'd think Manny could have fulfilled one of my life long dreams to see midgets dressed like jawas riding sheep. I guess there is still time. Moral of the blog post: It is never too late to make those dreams come true.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of my museum work related trips lead me to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. </span><span style="font-size: large;">This is me</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">holding the light saber Mark Hamill used in </span><i><span style="font-size: large;">STAR WARS Return of the Jedi.</span></i><i style="font-size: x-large;"> </i><span style="font-size: large;">It had just returned to Earth after its journey on the </span><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/behindscenes/Whatsgoingup.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Space Shuttle</span></a><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/behindscenes/Whatsgoingup.html" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank"> </a><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/behindscenes/Whatsgoingup.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Discovery in 2007</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">. Feel the power!!! </span><span style="font-size: small;">©Louisa Kwasigroch</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is Manny (Wearing his Boba Fett Shirt) and myself last year in Many Farms, AZ after a few days of butchering sheep and digging post holes. He called me several months ago and told me that he was on his way to Burbank to talk to big shots about moving forward with the project, but most importantly, where should he take his crew to eat while he was there. I sent them to The <a href="http://www.smokehouse1946.com/" target="_blank">Smokehouse</a>. Then just a few months later they set a date and a place to debut "Navajo <i>STAR WARS</i>"! </span><span style="font-size: small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">July 3rd 2013 history was made. The first Hollywood movie to be dubbed in a Native American language was shown in Window Rock during the <a href="http://www.navajonationfair.com/4th20132/4th20132.html" target="_blank">fair and rodeo</a>. I was </span><span style="font-size: large;">so </span><span style="font-size: large;">excited from the moment I got out of bed that morning I started seeing </span><i><span style="font-size: large;">STAR WARS</span></i><span style="font-size: large;"> in everything. On the right is obviously the Millennium Falcon. On the left is a rock I saw out in the cinders in front of the ranch house. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo on the left ©Lucasfilm</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In Winslow, AZ off of the I-40 on the way up to Window Rock. This may be a stretch but it cracked me up. </span><span style="font-size: small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now it's getting weird. We randomly stopped at a place to eat in Winslow called the Brown Mug and saw <i>This</i> is on the wall above a booth.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hello!? This obviously manipulated billboard spotted on the I-40 looks like Darth Vaders Tie Fighter.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The drive up is beautiful. </span><span style="font-size: small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">There is indeed a window in that there rock. When you go, stay at the <a href="http://www.qualityinn.com/ires/en-US/html/ArrivalInfo?hotel=AZ236" target="_blank">Quality Inn Navajo Nation Capital</a>. It's a great 2 star hotel with awesome people running a tight ship.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Manuelito Wheeler and I a few hours before he had to go into action and run the show. </span><span style="font-size: small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">While waiting for seating to start, we headed over to the fair to find some lemonade. </span><span style="font-size: small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I thought the lemonade should come out of here. </span><span style="font-size: small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We took her picture, but got our lemonade at the vendor next door. Who buys lemonade out of a fish? </span><span style="font-size: small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We had reserved seats next to the cast. </span><span style="font-size: small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wanted one of those shirts, but the guy sold out of my size. It says, "These are not the Diné you are looking for."</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">During the movie, people of all ages were laughing and having a great time. I really wish I understood some of the translations. People were just cracking up every time C-3PO said anything.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">If Manny doesn't pay off Jabba the Hut he's a dead man.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My anaconda don't want none unless you got buns hun!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">"Bill and Jana" sounds a bit like "Bilagáana". Hi we're Jana and Bill! <a href="http://youtu.be/lpd7Z17oBJ4" target="_blank">Check out this video of us on the news in New Mexico.</a> </span><span style="font-size: small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wasn't sure what Manny meant when he said, "We're doing this thing super bowl half time style. Roll in fast set up and get started." This is a livestock trailer with a movie screen attached rolling in to the rodeo grounds. </span><span style="font-size: small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">As I mentioned they did it right. That projector is the same one they use in high end movie theaters. Jana did it right too. She even has little stars glued to her face.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The anticipation while the screen unfolded and the seating was arranged made it feel epic. I saw the guy that planned and set up the screen kicking back with a smoke before the show. He said, "Manny told me to have this up in 30 minutes, I did it in 20."</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the tradition of not making things too perfect... NO VIDEO TAPPING. </span><span style="font-size: small;">©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">These speakers were awesome. I felt the explosions throughout my entire body.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oooh the anticipation grows. Now whenever I watch <i>STAR WARS</i> I will always remember the sweet smell of manure and popcorn.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Manny holding his own on the microphone. He made sure to tell everyone to make sure not to be "TAPPING" anything tonight if you want to see another movie dubbed in Navajo. I suggested Porky's 2 or Meatballs but he wasn't havin' it. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The cast. Not understanding much of what they were saying, I felt that they all got their voices to sound extremely close to the original actors. Darth Vader (wearing the black hat of course) and C-3PO (in the gold C-3PO shirt) had the crowd going every time they had a line. They all sounded great and did this major task in a very short time frame.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I figured that since I was good and didn't bootleg the movie or take any photos of Greedo talking to Han with Navajo subtitles, I would do you one better and show you a a few paintings by my friend Ryan Singer. I will let the paintings and their titles speak for themselves. <a href="http://www.ryansingerart.com/gallery.html" target="_blank">Click here to see more of his work.</a> <a href="http://www.ryansingerart.com/merch.html" target="_blank">Click here to buy one of his cool coffee mugs.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">©Ryan Singer <i><b>Tuba City Spaceport,</b></i> 30" X 40", Acrylic on canvas, 2011</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">©Ryan Singer <b><i>Sand People with War Blanket,</i></b> 24" X 24", Acrylic on canvas, 2008</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">©Ryan Singer <b><i>Bounty Hunter Trickster Encounter</i></b>, 30" X 40", </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">©Ryan Singer <b><i>Princess Leia with Shiprock,</i></b> 24" X 30", Acrylic on canvas, 2011</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">From Manny's <i>NPR</i> interview: "Language is the core of our culture, and I felt we needed a more contemporary way to reach not just young people but the population in general". Notice the collection of Boba Fetts in Manny's office at the Navajo Nation Museum at mailing address P.O. Box 1840 </span><span style="font-size: large;">Window Rock, AZ 86515.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> He loves Boba Fett and loves receiving them as gifts. He's got a hand written letter from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jello_Biafra" target="_blank">Jello Biafra</a> framed on his wall too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Links to articles about Navajo <i>STAR WARS:</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><a href="http://www.azcentral.com/news/arizona/articles/20130628navajo-star-wars-speech.html" target="_blank">Arizona Central</a> </i>This is probably the most comprehensive article with lots of video of the voice actors.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/07/10/jedis-and-indians-live-navajo-star-wars-premiere-video-150361" target="_blank">Watch the video<i> on Indian Country</i></a> There are clips from the movie.</span><br />
<i><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/10023090/Luke-I-am-your-bizhee-Star-Wars-to-be-dubbed-in-Navajo-language.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">The Telegraph</span></a></i><br />
<i><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/07/03/188676416/Star-Wars-In-Navajo" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">NPR</span></a></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU GOATLOVERS!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(I would have said that in Navajo, but I need to watch the movie about 300 more times for my pea brain to retain anything.)</span></div>
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Bill Dambrovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015840568349759101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793436830055299245.post-23689026769816922412013-06-25T15:02:00.003-07:002013-10-15T00:51:12.485-07:00Grossway Ranch<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ok. While in Phoenix the other day I heard from quite a few of you that you've been waiting patiently for the next blog post. Well, It's not like I've been </span><a href="http://www.randyslack.com/SlackR/splash.html" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">slackin'</a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. Since my last post we've had a mosaic workshop and 8 of us made mosaic panels for the </span><a href="http://gatewaytempleoflife.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">Temple of Life</a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. I went down to Gilbert, AZ for a week and built 9' high by 14' wide custom shelves for my aunt and uncle that just moved back to AZ from Alexandria, VA. Been to Prescott twice for Jana's fire group </span><a href="http://www.pyroklectic.com/" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">Pyroklectic</a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> practice and performance at </span><a href="http://www.tsunamionthesquare.org/" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">Tsunami on the square</a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. Hung out with Royce and Nita in Walnut creek. A 12-person </span><a href="http://www.dreamtimecircus.org/" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">travelling circus</a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> stayed at our house. We went to Phoenix again for my friends John and Noelle Spann's wedding. A friend from </span><a href="http://eastjesus.org/" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">East Jesus</a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> stopped by on his cross country hitch-hiking trip. </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdKY8SFj-tI" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">Chihiro</a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> from LA swung by on another of his rock hounding trips. Went on a Lake Powell house boat trip for 4 days with the ranch owners and a group from the school. Jana went to her niece Natasha's baby blessing. I co-taught a week long summer school class. The class was about leadership and peacemaking with Mother Earth through painting and weaving organic reclaimed materials taught to kids ages 8-14 at the </span><a href="http://www.starschool.org/" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">STAR school</a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> with Owen founder of </span><a href="http://www.solidcore.tv/" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">SOLIDCORE</a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. I went back to Phoenix to see </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/547983805240136/?viewer_id=1081552167" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">Abbey Mesmers show <i>Submerged</i></a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> at Eye Lounge. We had 23 people camp out here for Jana's fire group to create a video to submit to </span><a href="http://www.burningman.com/" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">Burning Man</a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> to be in Conclave—the largest fire show in the world... Oh, and I had to work on my New Jersey exhibit design project, and I found out I have a </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">solo show at <a href="http://www.eyelounge.com/" target="_blank">Eye Lounge</a> on August 16th in Phoenix at 6pm.</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> So I have to get crackin' on 6 more paintings that I want to finish before then. All while dealing with the usual and unusual ranch issues that come up when you least expect them. How was your month? </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I designed and built this gigantor shelf in 7 days from ash hardwood that all had to be cut straight, sanded, and stained in their garage. This project whooped my ass. I was sore for 4 days after. I love ash. I will work with her again. </span><span style="font-size: large;">©Carol Meyer</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Before I installed the shelf I asked my aunt and uncle to write a note and stick it to the wall for whom ever ends up in this house after them and decides to tear out the shelf.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The circus performers stayed here at the ranch. We had a little too much fun hangin' with these guys. We all stayed up till the early morning and they were all awake in before noon and raring to go do their next <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIxviAR8vu0" target="_blank">performance at Hopi</a> in just a few hours.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Because towards the end of the night a clown puked on my studio floor, on the painting <a href="http://www.tucsonmuseumofart.org/exhibitions/arizona-biennial-2013/" target="_blank">(in the box to be shipped to the AZ Biennial)</a>, in our sink that goes to the grey water, and in his beard which he calmly picked pieces out of and ate.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">To be fair, I drank heavily that night too. Apparently I have become a major lightweight and drank like the old days only without the proper training I once had. At the end of the night I thought I was fine. I walked outside to say goodnight to the doggies sleeping on their couch (shown above). I sat down with them and immediately started puking my brains out. Duke the most chill dog in the universe even growled at me for coming over to their bedroom and barfing. I woke up out there as the sun came up and didn't recover till the evening.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cow leg behind the barn. Not sure what brought it over, but I'm sure it wasn't <i>our</i> doggies.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Crows were all over this carcass.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sad...but GROSS!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I found this bunny sleeping in the old water cistern.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Jack the attack cat's gifts to Owen</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Owen is staying on the ranch while refurbishing the hoogahn. While he has been here he started letting Jack into his trailer and in return Jack is bringing gifts. Owen loves animals and has a hard time when the gifts are still wriggling and has to put them out of their misery.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jack likes to eat the guts out of lizards and leave the shells.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Jack" ©Heather Kadar</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jana discovered this pipe full of lizards while working on the house. We thought they went in there on purpose to be a snuggly little family, but came back later and found some of them dead and in stages of dying with some new ones in there on top of the old ones. Yuck. I put a stick in there so they could crawl out and then we capped it. ©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Items that can be found in Duke's "Doggie debris field" are coyote skulls, sun glass cases, cow parts, poop, and the skulls of what may be the previous ranch doggies. The debris field is </span><span style="font-size: large;">a place where the dogs bring all of their interesting finds. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Jana arranged this little</span><span style="font-size: large;"> tableaux in a cabinet near the front door.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">While working with the kids at the STAR school we came across this Rat nest in the garden. There were two—dusted like shake 'n bake in dark organic material. Owen grabbed one by its tail and the end of the tail came off. He described it as if a giant grabbed you by the arm and rolled all of your skin off trying to pick you up. EE-Yah!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A couple of the students found a lizard and nearly broke its tail off. It was hanging by a thread and they figured they could mend it by wrapping a wet paper towel around it and then taping it back together. What ever makes <i>them</i> feel better I guess.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Duke hunts for sport. I watched him dig this guy out of his hole and I figured Duke or Daisy would eat him but he just tossed the rat aside after he stopped twitching. Both dogs left it alone. Instagram makes the blood bloodier.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My Brother Steve came over via LA. He heard scrabbling and Jana saw a rat dive into one of our boxes that we still havent unpacked and found a Pack rat nest with a Pack rat and her babies hanging off of her. Her nest was made out of pieces from one of my sculptures. GRRRrrrr!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cutie. The mother bolted and we figured we would wait for the momma to come back and we would take them all out alive together and release them. Well momma ain't stupid. She just went in there and moved them. Duh?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nothing gross about this Bull snake. Cleaning fossilized chicken shit out of the coop was though. 4 new hens coming soon. I actually brought the snake into the green house to get the rats.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Datura plant and Hawk moth cycle of life</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The moths come everyday around sunset. Its very calming and magical to watch.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Baby horned caterpillars look like rat poo!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Adult Horned caterpillar. What looks like a face is really his butt. These guys eat all forms of Nightshade. They love Tomato plants.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Macro of his butt. I thought about showing the macro of one of the dogs butts, but that would be just plain disturbing.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">His body felt pressurized like a swollen finger. If you flip him over he flips right back just as quick, and they are really hard to pry off of the Datura stems.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The moth is shaped to fit perfectly into the flower. What is really cool is to see their four inch long proboscis uncurl and prod at the flower before they open all the way. The moth goes way down into the flower.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bam! Back to gross. Jana was welding in flip flops. A piece of molten metal landed between her toes and burned through the skin. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Additions to Grossway Ranch after July 14th 2013</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just after the big winged ant plague of June 2013 ended we were visited by millions of little black beetles. There were so many we had to vacuum them from the ceiling. While painting in the front room I had to wear a hat. When you go to pluck them from your scalp the leave a nasty synthetic smell I cannot describe without vomiting. We also put pine nuts in our salad so we wouldn't notice if we accidentally ate a few beetles.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;">Front view after I fished him out.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This bat was in there two. He was big. His head was as big as a racquet ball.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The elusive Northern Arizona Sea cow. Doesn't look gross does it...? Well it smells pretty ripe. Four of us carried the bones back from a long hike. We had to hold them down wind. OCD hand sanitizing commenced when we got home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This will be an ongoing blog entry as it seems that I will keep finding gross shit around here. Stay tuned.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Hasta la pasta Goat lovers —B</span></div>
Bill Dambrovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015840568349759101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793436830055299245.post-42547165423506109742013-05-04T02:22:00.000-07:002013-10-15T00:52:29.246-07:00Leave no trace my ass!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It’s in our
nature to create. We can’t help it. Yeah, “Leave no trace” is a lovely</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.burningman.com/" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Burning
Man</a><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">principle about
cleaning up after yourselves yada yada, and we should do it—of course, but I
have to say—human beings never cease to amaze me and I am constantly inspired
by the trail of beautiful objects and monuments that we create and leave behind
for future generations to enjoy and be mystified by. There have been times in
the past that I have struggled with this concept. On one hand I am a minimalist
and do my best to walk lightly on the earth, and on the other I am driven to
make a lot of non-functional things with no freaking clue where they are going
to end up or if any one even cares. I’ve decided that I honestly don’t believe
that we can destroy the planet with the little mess we are making. We may end up destroying ourselves and take out a few species of animals and plants with
us, but change is the only constant. Mother Earth will long outlast us. She
will keep churning out life forms just as she has for millions of years. I
think of what</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBRquiS1pis" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">George Carlin</a><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">once said,</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“<span style="color: #181818;">Pack your shit, folks. We’re going away. And we
won’t leave much of a trace, either. Maybe a little Styrofoam… The planet’ll be
here and we’ll be long gone. Just another failed mutation. Just another
closed-end biological mistake. An evolutionary cul-de-sac. The planet’ll shake
us off like a bad case of fleas.</span>”</i><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So fuck it. Lets make some cool shit and leave a big ‘ole interesting
trace while we are here. …And because we’re selfish let’s find a balance with
nature anyway and make this party last as long as we can.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In early April <span style="background-color: white;">I had two back-to-back
trips , one as an artist in the Midwest and one as a designer on the East Coast.</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My first trip was to Chicago. DuPont commissioned me to create two
paintings related to “pet digestion” in the style of the work that I do for my <b><a href="http://dambrovaart.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“The Body
Believes in Images”</span></a></b> series. The first painting I completed
at home, and it was made into a print as a giveaway to potential
clients. The second painting I created live during the Pet food Forum trade
show where DuPont had a booth. I did more chatting than painting, but that was
the idea, to get people interested enough to stop petting cute puppies and come over to their booth. It was
actually a symbiotic relationship. I gave out about a hundred cards
and got some pretty good leads for potential clients and collectors in an
industry that I'm interested in infiltrating—health and healing. Sounds a
little hokey eh? Actually they gave me complete artistic license to make "paintings I would put my name on". There were no meetings and no revisions; the paintings were my own edgy
multi-layered interpretations based loosely on the concept of what goes on in your pets body. They <i>trusted</i> me
to make something I would make for myself with no limits or boundries. It ain’t easy to
be an artist in this economy and they actually paid me for the paintings before
I even started the work. They
put me up in a fancy hotel, took me out to four course meals seating me next to
CEO’s of multi-million dollar companies, and most importantly they encouraged
me to be myself. Oh, and I ain't braggin' (maybe just a little) but they paid me pretty well.</span></div>
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packed Los Angeles out to the isolation of the ranch I figured I would be able
to enjoy the chance to be around people in the city and that it would be easier
to have patience with them since I knew it would be temporary. As much as I try to be
amused by the weird shit that people do there are moments that I definitely feel tested. My first flight was to
take off at 7am out of Sky Harbor. I had a window seat and I was already dozing
while others were starting to board. Blindfold on, I felt someone slam into the
middle seat. My arm wasn’t even on the armrest and I felt flesh nudging so I
nudged back. This went on for about a minute and I finally took of my mask and
looked over. Apparently I was battling it out with the fat rolls of a very
large women and she didn’t even know it. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Cambria;"><i>Heavily</i> involved in some sort of shape matching game, she</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Cambria;"> was sitting there aloof, eating
chips from a full sized bag and then smearing her licked salty fingers across
her iPad screen. Just
before takeoff she ordered the seat belt extension. Thankfully she was one of
the more courteous of the jolly folk and she folded her arms and interlaced her
fingers locking her hands in place above her ginormous bosoms. This maneuver allowed her to keep her juicy arms from blubbering into the laps of those in the seats
next to her. …Until she would fall asleep. She held them in so tight they
became spring-loaded weapons and upon each doze the arms would flap out and
smack us in the chest! Hilarious.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://faustofernandez.blogspot.com/">Fausto Fernandez</a> <b><i>Tailplane
Patterns</i></b> 2013 440 x 40’ terrazzo floor at the new Sky Train Station. Leaving a big ass trace...My bro Fausto was my studio mate back when I lived in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Thelodgeartstudio?fref=ts">The Lodge.</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>He just moved to LA about 6 months
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;">My hotel suite had a flatscreen in the bathroom! It's been a while since I've watched regular T.V. and watching "ladies" attack each other made it hard to relax, if ya know what I mean.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;">At the Pet food Forum trade show. They forced me to paint all day for two days without bathroom breaks, fortunately they allowed me to sit on a toilet so it worked out.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This was the first time I have ever been asked to sign autographs, something I never thought I would ever do. I have a dorky signature and I was a bit embarrassed. I felt like I was ruining every print I signed. The guy on the left is Terry. He's one of the CEOs I was talking about. Super down to Earth guy and he even came to visit during his busy schedule to have our photo taken together.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: large;">Both of the projects were on again-off again-on again right up to the last minute as per usual. DuPont booked my flight to Chicago so instead of staying on the East Coast I came back to AZ and stayed with my folks in Gilbert before heading on to New Jersey. I like relaxing with my mom, and it was nice to be able to switch gears and switch things out of my bags so I could just have carry-ons. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: large;">While I was in Phoenix I went over to <a href="http://colinchillag.com/home.html" target="_blank">Colin Chillag's Studio</a>. Colin and I have mutual friends and I've been an admirer of his paintings for years. We invited Colin and Jenna out to the ranch a few months back and that was really the first time we've ever hung out with either of them. Remember when you were a kid and how easy it was to make new friends? You could just say, "Wanna play?" and then you just did stuff together. It ain't always that easy as an adult, but with Colin and Jenna it was.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Colin did a <a href="http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2010-10-14/culture/colin-chillag-new-works-remembers-the-residents-of-westward-ho/full/" target="_blank">series of portraits</a> that really resonated with me. They were of people living in low income housing ironically in what was the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westward_Ho_(Phoenix)" target="_blank">Westward Ho luxury hotel</a> where actors like Clark Gable etc. used to stay when they were in Phoenix. The subjects usually had </span><span style="font-size: large;">smokers skin </span><span style="font-size: large;">that I imagined was weathered </span><span style="font-size: large;">from all of the Arizona summers and pickled from too much whiskey. They reminded me of people my parents used to bowl with, a few of my college professors, and some of the psychotic homeless that were all over Grand Ave. downtown where I had my studio in '02. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The level of detail in his portraits is ridiculous. I did'nt get titles for any of these pieces. I snuck pics while Colin was at the store. I did facebook him just now and ask for permission to use them for this humble little blog.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had an even earlier flight this time. 6am. I'm in the TSA line putting my laptop in the bin on the conveyer and the guy behind me is one of those impatient types and he was trying to shove my bins up the belt before I even had my shoes off. He almost knocked the bin with my computer in it off of the belt in the process. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">"Watch it Tiger!" was my reaction. I look over and it's a nerd, but a big 7' tall chunky nerd. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> "O.K. TIGER!" He says sarcastically. For some reason what comes out of my mouth is, "Don't get sassy with me." Ugh. I'm in the TSA line and the last thing I need is to pick a fight so I decide to ignore him. We get to the other side of the x-ray machine and he says, "They're going through your stuff—TIGER!" Ignore. Ignore. I pull out my laptop and he takes another stab, "Where did you get that laptop 1985?"</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">"1985 is a <i>time</i> not a <i>place," </i>I inform him<i> </i>while still maintaining that we are not in a conversation together.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">"I figured you for a Mac guy. I got two PCs here," This is what he is saying to try push my buttons? I'm rolling my eyes. I dont say anything, but I do one more stupid thing. Some deep ingrained macho shit in my DNA thinks it's a good idea to show him that I'm not afraid of him by leaning into his comfort zone brushing across his body while reaching in front of him to get my shoes out of the conveyer. I keep my back to him the whole time as if to prove that I wouldnt even care if he sucker punched me. Fortunately he didn't do anything or say anything else. I slowly put on my belt and waited for him to go so I made sure I got my breakfast where ever he wasn't. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thats how people talk in Philly. They answer a lot of their own questions which is good—I think. Even though my design gig is in New Jersey it's in farmland in New Jersey so I decided it would be funner to hang out in Philadelphia since it was only an hour away from where I would be working and there is some interesting art happening in Philly. I got in Saturday and my meeting wasn't till Monday. I really wanted to stay somewhere other than a boring chain hotel so I tried the <a href="https://www.airbnb.com/" target="_blank">airbnb</a> website thinking that I would stay somewhere with a little more character and maybe even meet some other travelers.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thats my place with the window open on the top floor on the left. It was ok. It served my purpose, but it wasn't like the description and the rug in my room smelled like cat piss. There was no common area (except the bathroom) and everyone staying there hid out in their rooms with the tvs on like any other hotel. For 59$ a night I wasnt really expecting much better. The hostess was a nice Bulgarian lady that handed me a key and then disappeared till I called her at the end of my stay to give her key back to her.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I stayed in North Philadelphia in the Fairmount neighborhood. I asked where I should walk to go to get coffee and a sandwich and on my way to <a href="http://www.rybreadcafe.com/" target="_blank">Rye Bread</a> I ran into this. <a href="http://www.easternstate.org/home" target="_blank">The Eastern State Penitentiary</a>. It's a museum now with cute flowers planted around it and a children's playground. Do the flowers make it look any less menacing? No. Is it a big ugly tribute to our fucked up prison system? Yes.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After seeing the prison I needed to cheer up so I cabbed it over to <a href="http://www.philadelphiasmagicgardens.org/" target="_blank">Philadelphia's Magic Garden</a>. The Magic Garden is one of many places in Philly you will find <a href="http://www.inadreammovie.com/" target="_blank">Isaiah Zagar's</a> mosaic assemblage's. At 74 years old Isaiah is still working and has over 200 murals in back alleys, on rooftops, and literally covering massive walls on the sides of buildings in surprising places around the city. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I think this is a sculpture of Isaiah by another artist. My take is that he is so prolific and fast at tiling that he is portrayed with four arms. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Isaiah's work is so fresh and raw that you would think that he is a self taught or "Outsider Artist" Isaiah went to college, he just did a good job of forgetting all of the rules.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The garden is so full of imagery I had to keep going back to places I had already been and look again. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you have been following the blog you may remember me mentioning that our pal Frank from <a href="http://eastjesus.org/" target="_blank">East Jesus</a> is a hitch hiker. Once he was all the way up in Alaska and he needed a Philly Cheese Steak so he put out his thumb and went to Philly. Pat's was his destination. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I went two nights in a row. The second night I got the provolone. It was good, but Cheez Whiz "wit everything"is the way to go on the sandwich. Their fries are excellent too. It's like they carmalize the Cheez Whiz onto the fries. So good.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The first night I ate at <a href="http://www.patskingofsteaks.com/" target="_blank">Pat's</a> I watched this burly guy open seven gallon cans of Cheez Whiz in 10 minutes. The second night a fight broke out behind the counter causing people in line to root for their favorite sandwich maker.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I lucked out. I am really inspired by "Art Brüt" or <a href="http://www.rawvision.com/what-outsider-art" target="_blank">"Outsider Art"</a> and there just happened to be an Outsider Art exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. To put it simply, Outsider Art is art made by folks that are generally self taught and are outside of the academic art world. Some are considered insane, some depressed, and some just dont know how to function in "regular society" after having some sort of trauma so they make art to deal with their issues, and they don't seem to give a shit about the art world. They didn't learn "the rules" of art, they don't have to kiss any ass, and to me their work is more pure because of it. I envy their freedom. I don't wish to have their symptoms, but I am thankful for the raw balls out work that they do. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Philadelphia Museum of Art with an Ellsworth Kelly sculpture in the foreground. The piece is called <i><b>Curve 1</b></i> Weathering Steel. It says on the label "Do not Touch". This is an example of Academic art. To me some academic art actually does push boundaries and sometimes it's just their to piss you off.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Another by Eugene. I am usually disappointed when I see an exhibition that displays an African mask or other ritual object and just puts it in a white room under plexiglass with a brief label. This renders it totally out of context from the objects original purpose and robs it of it's power. Puts it in prison. We are forced to look at it as an artifact in the same context as art that has been created by Western academic artists where the art was intended for display only. "Do not touch". The <a href="http://mim.org/" target="_blank">Musical Instrument Museum</a> in Phoenix does a great job of putting a video of almost every instrument being played and almost every mask being danced. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For some reason this "white box" exhibition seemed to work and it changed my opinion. I think it was the intention of the curators to show that Outsider Artists are Artists and we can view their work on the same playing field as our Western art masters. As I mentioned Isaiah Zagar was academically trained but he had the same vigor for creating environments that many Outsider Artists do. A lot of the "yard shows" created by outsider artists can be overwhelming and intense with the vast quantities of charged objects layered on top of each other. So after being in Zagars environment the day before I was happy that the works in this show were displayed in away that allowed for intimacy. I could single out and enjoy each piece and get a chance to take in the craft and the soul of an object taken from the larger environment. It gave me a sense of what it might be like for the artist to sit down and make that one piece. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;">George Widener is a numerical savant diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome. He can mentally calculate long sequences of numbers and dates. He turns these mathematical equations into minutely rendered compositions.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">He's also fascinated with the <i>Titanic</i> disaster. <i style="font-weight: bold;">Blue Monday Reversal </i>Ball point and fiber-tipped pen inks over graphite on pieced papers.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Howard Finster <i><b>Visions of Other Worlds</b> </i>Paint on plywood and Plexiglass, wood strips branded with artist-made metal stamps, metal sheet and wood cutouts with paint and glitter, plastic beads on iron wire, metal chains, cloth flowers</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Outsider art? <i><b>Virgin and Child</b></i> attributed to Hugo van der Goes c.1470. This wasn't really in the show it's in the museums permanent collection. I would bet that like outsider artists, this guy didn't give a shit what people thought about his boob placement.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This pic reminds me of a scene from the X-files. This is the Schenck Historic Homestead and farm in West Windsor Township, NJ where I will be writing and designing an Environmental Education Exhibition. At this point we are in Conceptual design phase and there isn't much to tell about the process yet. It is a story about how the Township has been re-charging some of the old farmland and turning it back into wild areas called "The Greenbelt". Within the Township there are a few farms, housing projects, open space for recreation and then some reintroduced wilderness area. What most people, even some residents don't realize is that nearly all of West Windsor had been clear cut for farms back in pioneer days and you could see all the way to Princeton. Now there are big trees and wild looking areas that look like they've been there since General Washington crossed the land with his troops during the revolutionary war. Now people in the area freak out when they want to cut trees to build a Starbucks not knowing that it has already been replanted "Disney forest". In many places they have been able to connect water sources getting the water to flow. Lichen occurring in the area is an indicator that the air is clean, and amphibians peeping in the night indicate that the water is healthy and getting healthier. Many of the original species have returned and </span><span style="font-size: large;">even</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Black Bears have been spotted in the area! So overall I think it is an inspiring story. Maybe it <i>is</i> possible to co-exist with "nature". I had to put nature in quotes because it irks me that we (humans) feel that somehow we are not part of nature. Maybe I should have said "the wild", but that sounds outside of us too. The fact is <b>We are all one.</b> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dropped flowers from this Magnolia are like a million slippery white banana peels. I nearly ate shit in my fancy shiny designer guy shoes.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">After my meeting I popped over to Princeton College only a few miles away.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">WTF? A white guy is about to give it to a native dude? What about the placement of that knife? What is the college doing with this sculpture out on campus? There was no label. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">6-26-13 update: A friend from the New Jersey State Museum emailed me and cleared things up. The sculpture is called <i>Abraham and Isaac </i>and it was[is] a meditation on the Kent State killings[shootings] of the Viet Nam era.</span> <i> </i>Looking at this sculpture based on this information, I guess the guy on his knees is a hippie anti-war type and the guy with the knife represents the National guard that fired 67 rounds if a few seconds killing 4 and wounding 9. I guess that's why its called a "meditation". I sure didn't make that connection<i>.</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Philly has the best placenta...PIZZA, I mean PIZZA. Sorry. Look closely. Extra fetus toppings are a buck.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A well preserved and lit anus.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My trip ended as all trips should, with a preserved wee-wee, a <br />va-jay-jay and a ball sac.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Meanwhile back at the Ranch</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">While I was gone a crew came and stripped all of the moulding and trim off of the ranch house and started putting up foam and tar paper to get it ready for stucco. A week after I got back we had another temple building work party. Royce had a lead on some free lumber, but it fell through, and since we had all this trim laying around we took all of the nails and screws out of it and used it on the <a href="http://gatewaytempleoflife.blogspot.com/p/about-temple.html" target="_blank">temple</a>.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We had water delivered to fill our tanks and so we asked him to fill up the wood burning hot tub too. He said no, so Jana punched him in the nose and took the hose away from him and did it anyway. (kidding) </span><span style="font-size: large;">After along day of workin' on the temple it was worth it.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The first piece of art to go on the temple. It is a 100 lb 1.5" thick piece of glass with colorful bits siliconed on to make "poor man's Stained glass". Royce and I were on top pulling with ropes and Chad and Sunny were down below. Scary.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Royce and Nita had a mosaic workshop in Prescott and twelve pieces from the workshop were installed on the temple. The arting has begun!! That's Owen, Chad, and Sunny installing.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">THIS JUST IN ON THE WAR ON RODENTS! Jana is allergic to cats and I hate the way their pee smells so we dont allow cats in the house. We thought it would be cool to get a snake. Haha right? Well this 4' long gopher snake found his way into the greenhouse on his own. Fuck you lawnmower rats!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-style: italic;">Pink Glandscape </b>35"x47" oil on canvas.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I began this entry with one of my paintings and I figured I would book end it with this one because... Dun Dun Dun. It got accepted into the Arizona Biennial in Tucson. This is a big deal for me because right before I moved to LA my art was starting to get attention in Phoenix and I was in the Biennial in '03. I took off in hurry and didn't really look back so I havent had a show in AZ since. Super grateful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for your interest in my humble little blog. —Bill</span></div>
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Bill Dambrovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015840568349759101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793436830055299245.post-37139665863803813582013-04-10T16:49:00.001-07:002013-10-15T01:01:51.398-07:00EAST(er) JESUS<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-size: large;">The winds are starting to pick up out here at
the ranch as well as winds of change...No thats corny let me start again... I
promise not to mention dogs, cows, or James... Er um almost did. Alright folks,
this one is for real. Easter, or Ishtar is a time of re-birth and renewal...Oh
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slab_City"><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Slab City!</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times;">Specifically</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;"><a href="http://eastjesus.org/about/"><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">East Jesus</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times;">. East Jesus is an
experimental, habitable, extensible artwork in progress in the desert started
in 2006 by our friend the late Charles Russell. Jana and I have been a few
times since 2009 and we hadn't seen the recent changes since before
Charlie passed away in 2011. It was definitely sad without the Mayor,
but it was really inspiring to see how his friends have kept EJ going despite
the harsh summers and the constant threat of tweeker bandits that would pick
the place clean if given the chance. Not only was it safe and sound, but it is
flourishing. There are several new structures and sculptures and a
lot of ingenius additions to the existing artwork and grounds. The new
caretaker or sheriff (sounds like a better title) Frank is one of the most
considerate and welcoming people I have ever met. ...And on the subject of
renewal...There was a cat named Satan that just had kittens right before we got
there.</span></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">No, East Jesus is not about Christianity or organized religion per se. Frank told a story about a time when he was giving the art tour to a group of people and some Jehovah Witnesses pulled up and asked if they could join the tour. Then they asked if they could bring their Bible. Frank replied with something to the effect of, "The Bible is like our penises. We only look at them or use them by ourselves or with loved ones. We dont go waving them around in <i>everyones</i> faces." At this point the Witnesses got back in the car and drove off.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A work in progress. Like the desert, the art changes and mutates. Objects are added and subtracted to the sculptures by other artists as well by nature. Its a great lesson in non-ownership and the virtues of co-creating. This is the public entry arch designed by Royce and Charlie. In the background you can see the Tower of Barbarella. Royce, aka Mr. God has designed and started building "art temples" and he invites anyone that wants to participate in co-creating them to get involved. He has one in progress here at the ranch as well. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Photo ©Jana Davis.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ah memories. The first time we visited EJ we arrived in the evening around sunset to a wonderful dinner and cocktails. Our friends were already sitting around this table laughing and scheming about art ideas and most likely the best way to blow them up or light them on fire. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Photo ©Jana Davis.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The music room. Even though it looks like its all enclosed it's only got three walls. The rest is covered yet open to the elements. When arriving at night this is a most welcoming spot and the heart of EJ. There is usually someone playing music in here and several folks grouped around. Charlie was an excellent musician and singer. Photo </span><span style="font-size: small;">©Jana Davis.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So usually by the time we get there all the good suites are taken or reserved. We planned on arriving around mid-night and to set up our tent in the dark as usual. I met Frank on facebook and we became instant comrades because we share another friend that has passed on. Morgan Strub aka Salman the creator of <a href="http://www.digihitch.com/index.php" target="_blank">digihitch</a>. So we were surprised and grateful that Frank, having never met us in person, offered us a suite in the hitchhiker camp! Thats our personal trailer. It used to be Franks camp before he took over EJ. Photo </span><span style="font-size: small;">©Jana Davis.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Frank, Bob, and I. Frank put hitchhiking into perspective pretty simply. He said he was in Alaska somewhere and he really wanted a Philly cheese steak. So he put his thumb out and went to Philly. Photo </span>©Jana Davis.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">From the team of Jana, Solar Bob, and Myself, I present our piece titled <i>Headboard</i>. It was a frantic frenzy of screws, glue, and paint, but we finished in time and were happy with the results.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My brother Steve made this for the Tower a few years back. Somehow it ended up in this basket near the kitchen.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A Wizard's house. Created by Habitat for Insanity (actually Joe Holiday). The Wizard Mopar lives there.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">East Jesus circa 1918. Mopar, Bob, and Marty.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Photo ©Royce Carlson.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">On the way home from EJ Jana suggested that we drive through Joshua Tree National Park. We did. It was awesome.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Using my macro lens for the iphone I got this cool shot of caterpillars. There are strange colonies of them in silky nests in low bushes.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jana and I met about 4 years ago during the first annual Bunny Rampage in Flagstaff, AZ. She moved from Prescott to live with me in Hollywood and we lived in CA since last December. If you would have asked us then that our adventures would lead us to living on an 80 acre off grid ranch outside of Flag we would have pooped jelly beans. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">4 years later at the fourth annual Bunny Rampage!!!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This costume cost me $1.50. I got the bunny at Savers and I stole my brothers funky suit from the closet at my moms while I was in Phoenix. I was surprised it fit. He's a slim dude.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hey Phoenix! Did you know that you have a highly charged intensely beautiful religious ceremony full of amazing costumes and activity that goes 24/7 and lasts 40 days leading up to Easter that is open to the public? Hint: Its behind Christies Cabaret in Tempe. I did, and I went friday to see Jesus get crucified and see the latest costumes. One guy was dressed like Kung Fu Panda. Now go get on your google machines.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>Photo and caption from the web because photos are not allowed:<br />
<i>The Yaqui people are famous for their Easter (Pascua) ceremonies during February, March and April. Upon contact with Europeans, the Yaqui developed a syncretic but independent form of Catholicism. Easter ceremonies act out a battle between good and evil in the person of </i><span class="s1">Fariseo</span><i>(Pharisees) and </i><span class="s1">Chapayekas</span><i> who attack the church defended by </i><span class="s1">Matachinas </span><i>armed with flowers. In the end, good triumphs and an effigy of Judas along with the evil-soaked masks of the </i><span class="s1">Chapayekas</span><i> are burned, as shown here. The photo is by Western Ways of Tucson.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My new temporary studio at the ranch while the straw bale studio gets revamped. I've got 2 paintings going that need to get shipped to Chicago on Friday. Details to come in the next blog post.</span></td></tr>
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Bill Dambrovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015840568349759101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793436830055299245.post-44204616184739234602013-03-14T15:54:00.000-07:002013-10-15T03:23:13.310-07:00Daisy Chain<span style="font-size: large;">Here I was all excited to write this next blog as an
expose on our ranch dogs Daisy and Duke, and I got thwarted once again by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Turrell" target="_blank">James Turell.</a> I always wondered where the dogs went when they weren’t in a coma on
the porch so I <b><span style="color: #7f6000;">logged on</span></b> (snicker snicker) to Amazon and got a <a href="http://www.dogtek.com/eyenimal/" target="_blank">Dogtek Eyenimal Digital Videocam for Pets</a>. I thought it would be cool to post videos onto the blog of them digging
into a ground squirrel hole or chasing a jackrabbit from their point of view. I
really wanted to know where they slept at night or <i>if</i> they even slept at night. (It’s 2:54 am right now as I type this they are barking their faces off)
I finally got the camera in the mail but was bummed that I would have to wait
till we got back from <a href="http://artlinkphoenix.com/art-detour/" target="_blank">Art Detour weekend in Phoenix</a> to test it out on one of the
dogs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">While we were away the owners got a call from one of James
Turrell’s cattle ranchers telling them that it’s calving season and that they need to chain up the dogs. They suggested that we tie up Daisy, and that Duke would
most likely stay by her side. The next morning shortly after I tied <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeOBRbCXxgU" target="_blank">Daisy</a> up to
a big water cube next to the sports shack one of the ranchers pulled into our
drive. He slammed on the brakes of his water truck throwing dust and cinders everywhere
then hopped out with a disturbed look on his face and walked right up to me. Without
introducing himself he asked if these two dogs were the only ones we have and
I told him yes. Only Daisy was tied up at the time. The man went on to inform
me that three calves had been found dead not far from our ranch and that those
calves cost around 3,000 bucks. They had no proof that it was our dogs that
killed them, but one of the other ranchers saw Daisy chase a calf into a barbed
wire fence. Duke went right over to the rancher and jumped up on him and tried
to lick him. After pushing Duke down several times as nicely as he could—as
irritated as he was—he explained to me that he loves dogs and even has a few
of his own, but if they see our dogs messing with the cows they will shoot
them—even on our own property. The man did look a little sad about it and he seemed
nice enough. I totally understand that he’s just doing his job and I’m thankful
that he took the time to come over and warn us. I went directly into town and
got Duke a tether.</span></div>
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to be out on a walk alone and then see Daisy and Duke running full blast
through the brush with doggy smiles on their faces coming to greet you and then
continue on the rest of your walk with you. They start stretching and yawning
and huffing to sync us into pack animal mode, and before you know it, you’re
following them. They are absolutely the happiest and freest dogs I’ve ever met.
The calving season ends in June. Seems like a long time to have them tied up, and it bums me out, but they still seem just as happy. They don’t whine or cry at all and every
time I go out to play with them they get excited even if it’s not food or walk
time. They still stay up all night barking at rabbits and coyotes and get to sleep all
day on the porch. They must know it’s only temporary. This brings up a good
point and something that I have been thinking about lately. When I’m feeling
stuck or worried that things aren’t going as quickly as I’d like them to out here, I
can look outside and see the dogs waiting patiently, looking off calmly into the
horizon, or playing together not even noticing the cables connecting them to the cube. They’re making the most of their situation till
life changes again. And it always does.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As usual time has seemed to slip by. We’ve already had a
snow day, two more <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TempleOfLifeGatewayRanch?ref=ts&fref=ts" target="_blank">Temple of Life</a> work parties, I’ve been to Phoenix and Vegas
schlepping my art to galleries, and we’ve had quite a few of our friends by to
visit. Its now almost 3 am which means we have unlimited satellite internet
access so I’m going to upload a <b><span style="color: #7f6000;">buttload</span></b> (you’ll see why this is funny—or not—
later) of photos and try to caption them before I pass out!</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">ERMERGERD SNER!!!</span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The moon was out enough that we could see pretty well in the dark. We went for a night hike with the dogs to visit the trees.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Photo ©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We had to sweep off the solar panels when we got back. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Photo ©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The next morning. Look at all of that delicious snow collecting on our roof! We catch rain water and snow melt for most of our water needs. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We braved some big winds framing up the roof during the February work party. That's Danzilla up there and Mr. God—Temple of Life designer on the right. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Photo ©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jana and Abbey huffing Mr. Sketch markers at The Lodge. The Lodge was my old studio when I lived in Phoenix back in 2002.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I sure was happy to hang out with my Phoenix pals at the Monorchid show. From left Steve me, and Manuelito.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Photo ©Jennifer Wheeler.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">At the Firehouse Gallery in Downtown Phoenix they have a tradition every year during Art Detour to burn a Phoenix effigy. We were pretty tired but watching things burn is what we do.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Photo ©Jana Davis.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jana and Kurt napping under the solar panels.... Kidding. Kurt came over for the work party from Marina Del Rey. He loves to fix things so he went out to help Jana finish up the last bit of the wiring that she started. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">While the septic guys were over digging they found this poo colored cocoon of a Hawk moth. Recently Datura has started growing around the house. <a href="http://waynesword.palomar.edu/manduca2.htm" target="_blank">These moths have a symbiotic relationship with the Datura.</a></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Keeping with the Chocolate Falls theme... I caught Jana in the "Danger Outhouse". We call it that because the bottom half of the door and the mirror got ripped off by the wind. Now when you're in there the top half of the door flies open and slams back into your face.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We're still going strong up here at the ranch the weather is starting to warm up and we are slowly getting caught up with fixing major issues with the Solar and Plumbing. We're looking forward to getting it all ship shape so we can start having workshops and art collaborations and be able to accommodate our guests more comfortably. Stay tuned... I should have some interesting things to report back from our trip to <a href="http://eastjesus.org/" target="_blank">East Jesus,</a> and my trip Chicago live painting and talking about my work at a pet health trade show for DuPont.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I just had a very meaningful 2-person art exhibition open in
Las Vegas at a gallery called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tastyspace" target="_blank">Tasty Space</a> in a building that used to be the
Fremont Medical Building and is now called <a href="http://www.emergencyartslv.com/" target="_blank">Emergency Arts.</a> How…dun dun dun…
ironic considering my work has a lot to do with our inner workings and empowering folks to take ownership of our own health and well-being.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Early sidebar: I’m up in the top bedroom out here in the
ranch house. Remember, I’m out in the middle of freaking nowhere. I had to adjust my
pants and my underwear that was all twisted up from sitting on the bed too long.
When I got up to hitch up my britches I actually glanced out the windows to
make sure none of my Venice neighbors were looking in. Hmmm. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The exhibition was meaningful in that it is the first time
showing with one of my best friends; well he’s my more like a brother Tat-Dat
Nguyen. Dat and I went to college together in AZ. He and I both went on a
similar journey afterwards with our careers, but moved to different states. We both decided that being
starving artists wasn’t for us and we got day jobs as designers. Dat has a very
successful design and branding company based in New York and I have been based
out of LA as a freelance museum exhibition designer for several well-known
institutions across the country. All the while we both have been making art on
some level and showing and selling when we can. I can't speak for Dat but I have recently
realized that my artwork is becoming more important to me and it’s giving me a feeling of greater purpose within my many communities than my day job is and that the
time is now to jump in headfirst and really go for it with the art side of my life.</span><br />
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past few years Dat and I began to ichat (video chat) with each other about our artwork
and what the Hell we are doing with it and hope to do with it. We set goals for
each other and critiqued each others work from opposite coasts. A few months
ago we got offered an opportunity to show together from a friend of Dat’s named
Dana Satterwhite. Dana, the gallery owner is also a designer and artist and he's originally from New York and makes art when he can. Dana gave us free
reign to show and make whatever we wanted. We titled the show <i>The Space Between
You and Me</i> as a nod to our weekly bi-coastal art critiques and to the
overlapping concepts we have in our work dealing with the body and mind
connection.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tat-Dat and I at the Burn last year. We compliment each other. Nyuck Nyuck.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The poster for our show that Dana designed. I really dug the concept. He referenced the vertical lines in my sculpture and used them as a design element to create distance between the two paintings.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;">A studio full of art supplies and Jack, formally known as Jack the attack cat, and now known as Jack my lovely assistant. My intention was to bend the skeleton into a fetal/cannonball pose. With much care I got him into it later, but in this shot he looks rather coy and posed more like a cute cheerleader. Under the blanket is a real coffin that may become an art car and raced at top speeds of 5 mph in the coffin races at Burning Man.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the new straw bale art studio working on the top of the first "portal" for the sculpture I was making for the show. The studio has a wood burning stove and at night I would light a fire and set a stick of Palo Santo on top to smolder its delicious scent while I worked.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The piece is starting to take form. This is the reason I don't think Jack is a real cat, but maybe a human or even alien in a cat disguise. I left this hanging up in the studio every night when I left. I left stuff all over the floor where Jack lives and I never once saw him even tap at, let alone swat at, one of the colored pom poms. Once when the owner came over he started to smack at the glue gun chord while I was using it. I think he was faking.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">All packed. I got 5 decent sized paintings and a 3'x3'x9' sculpture and luggage for 2 with room to spare into the mini. Shout out to NRS makers of unbreakable and clever river rafting straps. We used these straps to pull a Navajo lady out of the sand late one night, but thats another story. That darn James Turrell and his crater make it into nearly every blog post. I cant help it. ITS RIGHT THERE!!!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rolled into Vegas early on Thursday so I would have time to figure out how in <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tarnation" target="_blank">tarnation</a> I was going to hang my sculpture from existing rails in Dana's gallery without damaging his drop ceiling. I worried (and tried not to worry) about how to do it for about 2 months.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tasty Space was originally the X-Ray room of the medical center. The X-Ray machine hung from the rails somehow. It only took one trip to the Depot for airline cable and eye bolts. I got the piece secured up there exactly how I wanted it. I kept the skeleton connected by cable to the top "portal" and all of the lines of pom poms that hang down went in large envelopes to keep it all from tangling up during the shipping. The skeleton is still inside the box there on the table. I've been thinking about this sculpture for a long time. An X-Ray room was a perfect place to show it. Thanks again to Dana for giving me such an appropriate venue. Photo ©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So as I'm installing our show, I overhear a girl in the gallery next door talking about Roden Crater. I go in to see if I heard right and it turns out that she and her friends drove out to Roden Crater with the intention of storming the gates. They actually had to drive by our house to do it. Her and her crew drove past while we were all in the back in ceremony on December 21st. She remembered that our place has the blue roofs and took several photos of it. She said that not long after they were inside the gate a guard came out to head off the car and actually pointed a gun at them. Before he shoo'd them off they managed to tell him their story and he was nice enough to take them up to the top of the rim to look down on James' creation, but didn't let them go inside the crater. This was one of her photos from the show. James Turrell and his cows are freaking everywhere!!!! TARNATION!!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;">This is our "nearly done let's rally with a little dancing" dance. Dat's generally a good dancer, so I'm not sure why he chose to do the running man there in place for twenty minutes straight.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Photo ©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is what we think we look like: An Artforum Magazine cover.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Photo ©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tat-Dat Nguyen <b><i>Untitled</i></b> 11"x17" Mixed media on paper</span><span style="font-size: small;"> ©Tat-Dat Nguyen</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bill Dambrova <b><i>Just Passing Through</i></b> Scientific skeleton model, pom poms, mirror, polychromed wood, and glitter. 3'x3'x9'h</span><span style="font-size: small;"> ©Bill Dambrova</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A few months ago Sunny Bak planned to host an after party for our show while we were all hanging out at The Largo in LA waiting to see <a href="http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2012/11/bridget_everett_tender_moments_ad_rock.php" target="_blank">Adrock with Bridget Everett and the Tender Moments</a>. It happened... and what happened in a drag bar stays in a drag bar. Sunny took the photo of Madonna and the drag queen back in her Brooklyn days. circa late 80's.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jana and I went to a <a href="http://makerfairevegas.com/" target="_blank">mini maker faire</a> in Vegas and saw lots of cool gadgets and robots with their handlers.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm about to poke his blow hole.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Photo ©Jana Davis</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;">Meanwhile back at the ranch... I got a macro lens for my iphone at the makers faire and took a few shots around the grounds. This is a tooth from the lower half of a cow jawbone.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were only home for three days before we got back on the road and drove down to Tucson for the <a href="http://gemandjamfestival.com/" target="_blank">Gem and Jam show</a> and to see a bunch of our friends that live down there and drove down for the events. The Gem and Mineral show has been going on in Tucson for some time and is pretty extensive. After one day of looking at cool rocks and vibing off of giant crystals I got pretty overwhelmed and we only saw a fraction of it. The Jam portion of the show was all about music and art including famous visionary artists painting live on stage every night for three nights. Right down the way from the Gem and Jam was the <a href="http://tucsoncitizen.com/tucson-scene-and-herd/2011/02/03/african-art-village-at-the-gem-show-experience-africa-and-middle-east-in-tucson-video/" target="_blank">African Village</a> full of tents with piles of imports for sale. They sold mostly tourist items, effigies, beads, masks, and fetishes. It was like being in a bazaar in a foreign land as most of the vendors were speaking their native languages and interacting with each other in a lively way to ease boredom. I would only get snapped out of it when I allowed myself to look beyond the tents and up the side of a hill to see a forest of saguaro cactus. We also saw the <a href="http://tucsonsculpturefestival2013.blogspot.com/p/main.html" target="_blank">Tucson Sculpture Festival</a> that took place at <a href="http://azstarnet.com/gallery/entertainment/attractions/photos-whistle-stop-depot-and-tucson-sculpture-festival/collection_b746ff92-6b0c-11e2-8d8e-0019bb2963f4.html#0" target="_blank">The Whistle Stop Depot</a> which might have been a converted train station. As usual I was more interested in the building than the art, but there was some pretty decent work in there. There was a lot going on that weekend but the best part was hanging out having breakfast with our Amphibia <a href="http://www.zenzibar.com/Amphibia/default.htm">Phamily.</a></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm spoiled when it comes to artifacts since I've worked so closely with some of the most famous collections in the country as a <a href="http://dambrovadesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">museum exhibition designer</a>. I did come across a tent with a pile of broken pieces that I can use in an upcoming art project. I made an offer and haggled with the dude and got these at a steal. (30$) Other vendors were a bit shocked or most likely amused that I bought these broken bits. They also thought I got a good deal so I felt pretty good about the transaction. I was joking that when other vendors see me coming they will start breaking their merchandise. Everything is art supplies.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks so much for all of the great feedback for this blog and my <a href="http://dambrovaart.blogspot.com/">artist website</a>. If you would like to purchase a wonderful little gem of a book showcasing my recent paintings please click <a href="http://www.blurb.com/b/4455684-bill-dambrova-the-body-believes-in-images">(here).</a> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Catch y'all in a couple of weeks! —B</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jana and I have a favorite Japanese noodle restaurant in
L.A. called <a href="http://www.dkramen.com/" target="_blank">Daikokuya</a>. We’ve been going there for about three-and-a-half years.
These noodles are so delicious that we are willing to stand outside in any
weather for up to an hour. When we
show up hungry we will go get <a href="http://bestofla.blogspot.com/2005/10/imagawayaki-in-little-tokyolittle-buns.html" target="_blank">imagawayaki</a> from <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/mitsuru-cafe-los-angeles#query:takoyaki" target="_blank">another restaurant</a> to snack on
while we wait for our name to be called. There has always been this one guy
that works there that has really stood out to us. Aside from being a stylish
looking charismatic dude even while wearing the Daikokuya T-shirt uniform, he’s
extra friendly, and cordial to everyone, and he does his best to make his job
fun. Something he does that cracks me up is that he calls your name to be
seated in a very deep humorous Japanese to English subtitle kind of voice. It
reminded me of my travels in Japan where some of the folks I talked with would
exaggerate American English that they learned from television or movies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On our last visit for noodles before the big move we finally
got to meet him. Isn’t that how it always works? He noticed Jana’s turquoise
necklace and from that we found out that he loves to travel to Northern AZ and
has many similar interests about spirituality and a deep love of the land and nature
here. We told him where we were moving and that he should come visit. He did!
Chihiro was on a “soul trip” as he calls it driving around the Southwest
deciding where he’s going as he goes, connecting with nature, shooting video,
taking photos, and collecting objects for a 3-d journal. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The day he came to visit we contacted each other through
email and bad cell reception and finally managed to meet him at the highway so
he could follow us on the long dirt road to the ranch. We had coffee outside and
chatted for a while. It felt really comfortable and easy. It was as if all
three of us had known each other for a long time. After coffee we took him on
the tour of all the wacky structures around here and then for a nice long hike
to some of the prehistoric sites on the property. After sunset we ate dinner
watched some of his <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/chihirokodama" target="_blank">urban “hip-hop/jazz” dance videos that he dances in and edits himself.</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Chihiro is one talented guy. Besides dancing and video
editing he makes beautiful jewelry using leather and gems, but doesn’t really
try to sell them. As a true artist he wants to be able to make jewelry and not
worry so much about its marketable value. He gave Jana and I a few gems from
his trip to Quartzsite and each a hand made necklace. He had planned to see the
Grand Canyon at sunrise so shortly after a delicious and spicy dinner that Jana
made he headed back to Flagstaff so he could save time getting there in the
morning. The visit was short but memorable, and when he left Jana and I both
looked at each other in amazement and agreed about how beautifully absurd the
world can be sometimes.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The Temple of Life</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As you can imagine it’s not all fun and games around here.
On Friday before our guests arrived for the temple building work party I took a
shot at unclogging one of the toilets using a drum auger. Our toilets are like
the kind that you find on boats with a foot pedal that allows you to choose the
amount of water you want in the bowl before you flush. Jana and I have
perfected the art of minimal toilet paper use, so it is really odd that we are
getting the tell-tale “bloop” of water out of the bowl hole before the water
goes down after you flush. The way this auger thing works is that you manually
feed a snake down the bowl through the pipes and use the handle to crank the
snake so it spins around inside the pipes and loosens the unwanted material. As
usual, I am in constant multi-tasking mode around here so I started boiling
water to flush the pipes after I snaked and figured that while that was boiling
I would have time to shave and then take a shower immediately after doing the
dirty work. After my shave I hand fed the snake as far as it would go, whipped
it a round, (TWSS) and then reeled it back in cranking the crank as it came up.
Somehow the snake got bound up wrong inside the drum and sprung out of the top whipping human shit across my bare chest, all over the walls and most noticeably
onto my upper lip. I must be learning patience because instead of getting mad
or even grossed out my first thought was, “Ooh, this could make good reading in
the blog.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">How can I be upset when 14 or so wonderful people will be
arriving to help build a temple in our yard? <a href="http://gatewaytempleoflife.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Temple of Life</a> will be a non-denominational
art encrusted temple designed by <a href="http://zebulonspleen.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mr. God</a> (aka Royce aka Zebulon) that is currently getting
built during work parties that we schedule whenever we have time and the
weather permits. Once the structure of the temple is finished we will invite
anyone that that is interested to create art on their own designated sized
panels. The panels will then get attached to all of the inner and outer walls.
Other neat bits of art and cool looking trash will be added to accentuate the
temple as we go. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The temple of life as it stands now after the work party. There will be another level added with a skylight that you can walk on and a fire cauldron hanging from the ceiling. Does your temple have a fire cauldron?</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It rained parts of the night Friday and it was sketchy as to
whether we would get to work on it in the morning, but despite the cold rain
and slippery wood we all went for it anyway. There was a bit of a sense of
urgency to get the second floor finished and sheeted because we get winds up to
80-100 mph up here and they have already blown down a weekends worth of work on
the temple before. Because of the winds we have to build the structure to
withstand a hurricane. We spare no expense on nails, it’s anchored to the ground
with deep blocks of concrete, reinforced with steel plates, and the framing is
solid. Our last mistake was that we didn’t sheet the framing before the wind
arrived so this time we had to get the framing sheeted with plywood since it may be a while
before the next work party. Thank Mr. God we did it.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Building a temple in the rain. Did you know that God is a middle aged guy that lives in Walnut Creek and wears a white cowboy hat. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We got the plywood nailed in every 6 inches around all the
sides yesterday before the wind picked up and started knocking over my
extension ladder before I could climb up it. Right now as I type the winds are really blowing. Our wind
turbine is screaming like an F-16 taking off. I’m wondering if it’s about to
spin apart and slice though the house!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is a greenhouse attached to the South side of the
house that is full of plants. It is Jana’s intention to refurbish it and start
growing edibles as well as her impressive collection of plant children that she
brought here from LA. She even has a baby Redwood. Right now the greenhouse is full
to the gills with spider plants and San Pedro cactus. It’s positioned to heat
up the house so we open doors on each side every morning to let the heat from
the plants and the barrels of water heated from the sun in to the main rooms. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One morning I heard, “That little fucker got my succulents!”
coming from the direction of the sunroom. The sunroom is where Jana had her
personal plants staged before she could move them into the greenhouse. We knew
we had cute little mice. One was trapped in the dog food bag and crawled up my
arm all the way to my shoulder after I reached in to scoop up some food. I sort
of swatted it back into the bag and then captured it and took it outside. It
was cold out there and it just nuzzled next to my boot so I gave it a little
pet between its shoulder blades before leaving him to fend for himself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another night Jana and I had a total Chevy Chase experience
trying to trap a little mouse that we saw run under the pantry door. Jana was
standing in the back of the closet on top of water bottles as she flushed him
towards the doorway where I was poised and ready with Patrick the turtle’s fish
tank net. I dove as it effortlessly hopped over the box I was using to block
his way. I missed him by a hair as he flung himself under the cupboard and I
landed on my side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We think that besides the little mice we have a bigger
problem. We have heard stories of a rat so fierce in these parts that they call them…
Lawnmower rats. Most attempts previous residents have made gardening outside were thwarted
by what might actually be pack rats or wood rats but because of the level of destruction
they cause they are now branded lawnmower rats for obvious reasons. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The lawnmower rat ate several of Jana’s succulents down to
nubs so she spent a few whole days moving spider plants out of the greenhouse so
she could move her babies out of danger. Or so she thought. Now the “little
fucker” is eating San Pedro and ate a chunk out of her Lithops or “living stone”
succulent. We have set several live traps in the house. Wish us luck.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well if you're going to name something a succulent of course its going to get eaten. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wonder if lawnmower rats can have entheogenic experiences.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I saw this painting in the "Art Corner" of the gas station half way into town. This is what I imagine it looks like inside Jana's head. Shouldn't every gas station have an art corner?</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Even the cows have become an issue. Lately James Turrell’s
cows have gotten fearless and have come right up to the house to eat the dried
up Datura and tumble weeds. <a href="http://www.prairietumbleweedfarm.com/" target="_blank">We hear that selling tumble weeds can be a very lucrative business.</a> The dogs can usually scare off the cows but there are
just too many around to chase all of the time. Apparently ranchers
can shoot our dogs even on our own property if they think they are disturbing
the cows. The owner mentioned that sometimes they even take the dogs from the ranch
to their house during the calf season because there have been rumors of dogs
taking out calves and eating them. Years ago one of their previous dogs was
shot and died several days after it came home with its guts hanging out. I
don’t know what I would do if I saw Daisy or Duke come home like that.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">From inside the temple you can see a giant herd of pests meandering back to their stable to get water.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One night while working late in the art studio I heard an
eerie wail like a crying old woman and realized I was hearing a coyote. The
dogs started barking and freaking out and the wailing became more intense. I
walked outside with an axe to protect my pooches from ravenous packs of
coyotes. Duke and Daisy ran up to me all happy to see me, but when the wailing
started again they both took off like little guided missiles toward the sound. I
figured that they have lived this long out there messing with wild animals and that
they obviously didn’t seem to need my help. So I went inside and listened to
the concert of critters go on for hours into the night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next morning when I went to feed the dogs they came up
to the porch to say hi but didn’t even touch their food. I have found dog like
skulls in their “lost and found” area and thought that they may have dug up the
bones of previous ranch dogs. Now I think those skulls are coyote and that
these lovable pups are tougher than I thought. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">…And so are we. We’re making this ranch thing happen slowly
but surely. We’re hosting events and making art while battling the elements as
well as learning to live with them. There are some intense moments, but I’m
taking a tip from Chihiro and I’m gradually learning to roll with things, have
as much fun as I can, and to make the most of whatever situation I’m in. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Daisy and Duke. Two of the happiest most free little doggies I've ever had the pleasure to meet.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">BREAKING NEWS!!! LAWNMOWER RAT AKA WOODY THE WOOD RAT HAS BEEN CAUGHT!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is what happens to criminals around here... We talk baby talk to them, give them some dog food, and release them miles away from our house.</span></td></tr>
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<!--EndFragment-->Bill Dambrovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015840568349759101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793436830055299245.post-2904482749852400622013-01-16T21:53:00.000-08:002013-10-15T01:13:41.174-07:00Having trouble with your droid? No, no problem. Why?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Two weeks have passed by in a flash since my last entry. While attempting to figure out the solar power inverter, the plumbing, and several other mischievous things about this house, we have been busier here than we were during our last month of frantically packing and saying our goodbyes in Venice Beach. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For
the first 23 days we’ve had no hot water in the main house and had to boil
water on the stove to wash dishes, clean the kitchen and the rest of the house.
We’ve been taking hot showers in a freezing cold room in the "Art Barn"
until the pipes over there finally froze.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A
few days before my birthday (Jan 9<sup>th</sup>) one of the maintenance guys
from the STAR School brought over a hot water on demand unit to replace our
broken water heater. He and the ranch owner were going to attempt
hooking it up as “an experiment”. The unit itself is used; the knobs on it are even
from an old kitchen stove that was pilfered from somewhere on the property
that day! They worked as long as they could while we went into town to get the
parts we needed to finish the job. It's a 60 mile round trip to Flagstaff so going
into town to get essentials, groceries, pet store, and Home Depot takes an
entire day. By about 4pm on our way back we ran into them on the dirt road
heading home. They were beat and called it a day, so it was going to be one
more day without hot water. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The
next day the maintenance guy came over by himself to finish the job. While
hooking up a pipe he ended up braking a section of pvc. No big deal if you live
in the city. Here we would have to drive 60 miles round trip again for that one
part. So we searched the Art Barn and the Blue Barn and found a box of
promising looking pvc connecters. The unit got hooked up! We had hot water for
a night. …And then.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“Yay,
it’s my birthday. I’m gonna relax today, have a hot shower without having to
walk with all my bathroom shit and my clothes and towel in the cold to another freezing
house”. I’m sitting on a chair with my legs propped up on an ottoman while checking out Facebook and I hear
WHOOOOOSH! I yell to Jana, “I just heard a loud water sound coming from the
middle bathroom!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> “Well check it,” she screams back from
the kitchen. We both run in there
and water was gushing from the place where the maintenance guy broke the pipe
and rigged it the day before. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is not the droid you're looking for. The hot water on demand unit.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jana going for it!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Her "J" is backwards, but "J" is for Jana and "Hot" is for Hot Water Mama.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yeah,
it sucked. But, Jana is super smart, mechanically inclined, and a welder. She
took charge and we both came up with solutions to fix it without having to
drive into town for parts. While fixing the pipe we somehow broke a copper to brass
connection on the unit. We were bummed but quickly rallied. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoIGSw1B59Q" target="_blank">Jana went onYouTube and figured out how to “sweat” copper and brass together using a torch and solder.</a> We searched the grounds and actually found what we needed to weld
it back together. We worked on the damn thing all day and managed to fix it. We
didn’t even argue and I didn’t even complain about not getting my birthday
enchilada dinner. Jana went into town the day before and bought a ton of
ingredients for enchiladas and gingered pear upside down cake and planned on
baking all day. Turns out we make a pretty good team and we were both pretty
proud of our accomplishment so in the end it was a good test for our
relationship that in my opinion we passed.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Blue Barn and the Hippie Bus. Photo by Jana Davis from AZ DECOM 2007.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In
the middle of the chaos we have been visiting with friends and family, going on
dates to the movies, and checking out the local cuisine. We went to the
Flagstaff Art walk in 12-degree weather. What do you say to that Venice Art
Crawlers? Yesterday we discovered <a href="http://www.laposada.org/" target="_blank">La Posada Hotel and Restaurant</a> in Winslow. I
highly recommend the food there and I really want to stay there sometime. La Posada is also a great example of what
artists can do with a historic building no one else knows what to do with. We
ended up spending a couple of hours exploring the hotel and looking at all of
the historic photos and reading about all of the famous people that have stayed
there. I'm wishing for a time in the not to distant future that rail travel comes back in style and there will be a <a href="http://vimeo.com/4425700" target="_blank">shinkensen</a> (bullet train) from Chicago to LA resurrecting the old route 66 and making stops at beautiful places like La Posada along the way.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A little cold weather cant keep us away from the art. Jana posing in the alley during the January Flagstaff Artwalk.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Somehow
I have even managed to squeeze making art into all of this. I’ve been working
on a very meticulous sculpture for a show I have in Vegas at Tasty Space on
February 1<sup>st</sup>. Please come say hi if you’re in the area! Click <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/493207120731882/?ref=ts&fref=ts" target="_blank">here</a> for the Facebook invite.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Detail of the sculpture I'm working on. You'll have to see the whole thing in person in Vegas Feb 1st- March 31st 2013</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Napoleon "Bone-apart" before I started bending him into a fetal/cannon-ball position. The thing he's laying on is actually a real coffin under a sheet. Imagine me on top of this skeleton trying to bend its spine on a coffin out in the boonies with Jack the attack cat watching.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the moment neither of us have normal jobs (whatever that is). At this rate I have no idea how we are going to. I do however still have my side job picking up missing balloons. When I ran on the beach I had one rule. I had to pick up any balloons or plastic bags that I saw. Sea turtles, other animals, and birds often mistake balloons and plastic bags for food. Plastic bags look a lot like Jellies to a Sea turtle and every balloon and bag I see on the beach makes me think of a dead turtle. So if you see a balloon or a plastic bag PICK IT UP!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">On my last run on the beach in Venice I picked up 10 balloons. A record. I usually only find one or two.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I saw this on the same day I found all the balloons and thought that this guy suffocated from having a bag stuck on its head. On closer inspection it is actually its own throat pouch wrapped around his beak.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Way up here there are no living Sea turtles and almost zero trash. Saw this way out in the middle of nowhere on my most recent walk with the dogs and just started laughing.</span></td></tr>
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actually enjoy all of this pioneer stuff. The cold weather and snow is exotic to
me and I really like doing manly primal tasks like chopping wood and lighting
fires in the wood burning stoves. Maybe it will get old, maybe I’ll like it so much I'll want to stay here forever. Either way, I’d like to think my future self is proud of our efforts here.
If he’s tried to make contact to tell me so I’ve been too busy to hear it.</span></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Bill Dambrovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015840568349759101noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793436830055299245.post-25797727937216197622013-01-02T19:42:00.000-08:002013-10-15T01:14:45.631-07:00Time Bending<span style="font-size: large;">On New Years Eve we had a little gathering of folks here at
the ranch. It was a day of insights and sharing of information including a
heart opening ceremony and a little time bending.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">During the day and on into the night we had a lot of intriguing conversation and
often the topic revolved around time. I brought up a story about a time when I
was a kid getting ready for grade school in front of a mirror and I had a “visit” from an older
wiser self. Future me told young me that everything was going to be o.k., that I was
going to have an interesting life full of travel, and that I would have
everything that I needed. So, when I was around 36ish (about how old my future
self would have been) I thought about that message, looked into the mirror, and sent it to my younger
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<span style="font-size: large;">I like to time travel. Sometimes I send messages to myself.
I was sitting on my couch in Venice thinking about a time only a month in the
future when I would be sitting on my couch after it (and I) had been moved to the ranch
in AZ. I visualized myself there—so that when I was there—I would remember to remember sitting
in Venice wondering how this move was going to go down. Once in the new digs I sent a message to my
past self telling him that it would be fun, to roll with it, and that things will work out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another person has had visits from what she calls "the old folks" which are future versions of her and her husband. The old folks are full of laughter and pass along very detailed insights and messages. There was so much information that she dictated four pages during the first visit. After a while her husband started to receive messages from the old folks as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We came up with a great idea for a New Years intention to
send messages to our future selves living one year from Dec 31<sup>st</sup> 2012. The
main theme of the message was to send gratitude to our future selves for
sending us each messages and guidance throughout the year 2013. The most
genius thing about this particular message is that it insures that there will in
fact be future selves to send messages to. I saw myself sitting in the circle in the same room here at the ranch next year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We all went around the room giving our intentions and coming
up with some very clever and creative time bending messages. I will let you know what I receive from the future Bill.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not exactly a DeLorean, but it's a trip seeing my car out front covered in snow.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is where we are presently (whatever that means). Property line Section 12 and 13.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A lot has happened since the last entry I posted from
Venice. We often put off packing so we could hang out with as many of
our wonderful friends and neighbors as we could before we left, we ate at several
restaurants we still hadn’t made it to, and met a bunch of amazing new people
that were right under our noses the whole time. When you’re in transition its funny
how things like that get amplified. In our last couple of weeks in town I met two famous musicians that I'm inspired by. I met Henry Rollins. I listen to his radio
show on <a href="http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/hr" target="_blank">KCRW</a> while I’m painting, and its one of those LA things that I can
bring with me out here via the interweb. It was really a pleasure to meet him
in person. I got to thank him for his dedication to sharing his extensive
personal music collection in such an entertaining and educating way. I’m grateful
to have the memory of our meeting and to be able to think of it while listening
to his live show here in the studio at the end of the trail. Jana and I also
met Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) through our friend Sunny Bak. The Beastie Boys music
has been influential and inspiring to both Jana and I and I always wondered if
we’d get to meet any of the Beasties one day. Sunny used to photograph the
Beastie Boys back in the day in Brooklyn. Her photo studio was where the Fight
for Your Right to Party music video was shot. LA is like that; Venice
especially, there are awesome talented people around every corner, some just
happen to be celebrities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sidebar: As I sit here on the top floor bedroom of the ranch
house the wind is starting to pick up big time. It can get up to 80 mph. I have
to go check on the wood burning stove to make sure its rockin’ otherwise the
wind will blow the smoke back down the pipes and smoke us out. …And as you may
imagine, it’s cold outside!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The trip moving all of our stuff was pretty straightforward
and uneventful. We did a ton of planning to make it as easy as possible. We hired
local movers to load and unload the truck and it was the best money we spent. A
synchronicity occurred with the moving help. One of the local Venice movers was
a massage therapist and one of the local Flagstaff movers was also a massage
therapist. Jana just graduated massage school and is planning to get her
business started here. I’d like to see it as a sign that it will work out the
way she wants it to. It was actually really fun driving the big truck and
communicating via walkie-talkie with Jana while she drove my Mini Cooper that she
had full of half of her plants, the fish, (tank bubbler was plugged in to the
cigarette lighter) and Patrick the 17-year-old water turtle was in a box of
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had to learn quickly. The first lesson came from the wind and we did indeed get
smoked out in the morning after the fire died down in the back room. The trick
is that you have to have the fire blasting to keep the wind from pushing down
the pipe. Smoke came billowing through the front of the stove and I had to go
outside find a big clay pot, transfer the smoking logs from the stove to the
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<span style="font-size: large;">We’ve had some issues with the power. The original solar
batteries had to be replaced. The owners are really busy with the school
since it’s the holidays and they still managed to get us a new set of 4
batteries to replace the old ones. Much love and gratitude to them for getting
them installed so quickly! Soon there will be a total of 8 but for now we
really have to watch our power use. Even turning on the 10 amp Satellite
internet modem sucks a lot of our power and we need to conserve it just to have
lights on in the evening.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The new batteries inspired a happy dance. Prior to these beauties </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">showing up we had to heat up water on the propane stove and blow air into the fishtanks to keep the fish alive.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;">One of the first chores I picked to do was to chop out the 5" thick ice and scoop </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">out all of the water from the wood burning hot tub. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The reason we moved on the 18<sup>th</sup> instead of
waiting for after the Holidays was because we were invited to
participate in a Sweat Lodge ceremony here at the ranch on December 21st. I had
never done one before and so I didn’t know exactly what the significance was
going to be or what the ceremony itself was going to be about. I just knew it
was going to be hot in there and cold outside and I was planning for the
physical aspects of it more than anything. As it turns out one of the main
themes of this ceremony is about planning for the future. The facilitator called the sweat
lodge a “Planning Mountain” and emphasized that our group of 8 people and our
prayers could make a difference and influence a positive change in the world. During
the ceremony we showed our gratitude to Mother Earth and all of her
inhabitants, we made statements about our current condition, and prayers asking
for help and guidance for humanity to change some of its ways in order to
create a better more sustainable world to live in. We literally planned and
wished for a brighter future for the Earth, Nature, Human kind, and for our own
personal journeys. The 21<sup>st</sup> has been hyped up as the end of the
world. We did our small part to manifest a new beginning. What an auspicious way
to begin this next adventure!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Sweat Lodge the day after with the canvas it was wrapped in taken down. James Turrell's cows knocked over the traditional structure they used to use they had a new frame built made of metal. You can see the Grandfathers (stones in the central ring) and the mats we sat on drying out. The mats we brought were used at the Venice pad to wipe beach sand off of our feet before we got into bed.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Merry Christmas and a prosperous and abundant New Year to
all from Bill, Jana, and Patrick. "All my relations".</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Venice Beach</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">—Long Beach 2003-2008 was a blur.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">—Hollywood 2008-2010 was beautifully absurd.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">—Venice Beach 2010-2012 was therapy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The other night I was at the Largo listening to Henry Rollins doing his spoken word thing. He mentioned a quote about Los Angeles as being "No man's city". I can't remember the name of the quotee. I could probably email Henry. He actually answers all of his email, but I don't think it really matters who said it. The meaning holds true to me. So much goes on here. Everyone has a hustle. Most of my friends and I are living our dreams. Its hard to get time with folks sometimes, even just to have drinks. To paraphrase Henry, (A guy that is on tour or exploring some remote country most of the year) he basically said, "This city is one of those places where you can be gone for an extended time and no one knows that you left. When you're gone you dont really miss LA, and it doesn't miss you either". As far as the city is concerned your just busy working on a project somewhere and one day you will just reappear at <a href="http://townhousevenice.com/" target="_blank">The Townhouse</a> or <a href="http://www.daikoku-ten.com/locations/littletokyo/" target="_blank">Daikokuya</a>. It knows you will be back. I'm so used to working on the East Coast or traveling that it feels as if I'm not really leaving. I will be back often to visit friends, go to art openings and shows—hopefully to be in a few—and stay connected. The odds are pretty good that I will probably see my LA friends more now that I'll be living 6 hours away and some will even ask, "You still in Venice? Lets hang out maybe next week sometime."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Laterz Southern California. It has been a dream, an extended vacation...surreal. </span>Bill Dambrovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015840568349759101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793436830055299245.post-73437356097991991292012-12-03T21:04:00.001-08:002013-10-15T02:40:03.033-07:00Tiger cry<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333;">Venice
Beach. A dream.</span></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #333333;">I’m in an apartment I’ve never seen in this life before.
I share it with a few artists and it is also our art studio. It feels like New
York even though it is superbly clean. I must be doing well to afford it. I’m
sitting on a large freshly made bed in the apartment/studio and I get a phone
call from a woman in her mid-fifties that I’ve never seen or met before. She’s
a little chubby, has short hair, green eyes, and is very well dressed. I know
this because even though we are chatting on the phone she is also at the edge
of my bed staring directly into my eyes as we talk. I could describe her in a
police line up she was so vivid and clear even though I have never seen this
woman before in consensual reality.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #333333;">She tells me that she’s seen my
artwork online and called to buy some of my paintings for herself and for her
business. </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #333333;">The signal becomes patchy and she is
hard to hear and understand even though I can still see her clearly. I’m trying
hard to retain what she is saying and look around to find pen and paper. I
can’t find them but I’m totally calm and figure that I will be able to put
something together for her from the information I have.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #333333;">Next I find myself on the city street
still on the phone with the lady. It is definitely New York. Not far away from
where I stand is a subway entrance and across the street is a scrawny scared
looking tiger. The tiger is sad and crying out into the air with a deep
guttural howl. Steam is jetting out of her maw. Her rib cage expands and
contracts to the beat. I figure she must have escaped from somewhere, maybe a
zoo, and she is lost.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #333333;">I tell the lady on the phone, “Holy
shit, there is a tiger on the street!” I am totally alert and aware that
this tiger could easily kill me if she wants to. Still on the phone, I start
walking toward the tiger. “I have dreams like this,” I say into the phone. I
could care less about the potential sale and I hang up on her and start to run
at the tiger. When I get close to the tiger she bolts towards the subway
entrance. The entrance has a large closed metal door that I know is locked. The
tiger slams herself headfirst at the small space under the metal door making a
loud clanging scrambling sound as she awkwardly squeezes herself through it.
Her body twists and contorts like a cartoon character and her tail sucks under
the door flapping like spaghetti being slurped up. It is the last I see of her.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #333333;">I have to head back to the studio to
warn my friends not to take the subway!</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #333333;">I make it halfway down a dirty alley
and an adolescent lion is sitting like a dog with his butt against the wall of
a building panting as if he had been running or playing and is now taking a
short break. His eyes lock onto mine his jaws are open, his tongue is moving in
and out of his mouth and his head bobs back and forth as he pants. I can’t tell
if he wants to eat me or play. He has jerky movements like a young animal or a
toddler that is still learning how to work its body. He has beautiful green eyes
like the woman on the phone. I know it’s too late to run away so I run toward
him. I know it’s the wrong thing to do. Running will trigger his instinct to
chase and take me down. I do it anyway. I had a “thing” in my hand. It could be
a piece of wood or garbage, it doesn’t really matter, maybe it was my phone. I
toss it in the direction of the lion like it’s a toy to distract him. I come up
on the lion in a full run. We merge into each other and begin to run as one
entity towards the studio.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: large;">I woke up feeling excited and exhilarated. My personal
interpretation of this dream is much more involved but this is the gist: The
tiger to me represents elusiveness, and efficiency as a solo hunter. The subway
represents transition. The lion hunts in a pride and is very social and even
playful. The lion—for me—is also a symbol of courage. I have been the
tiger most of my life. I am very independent and have been on a solo journey to
re-remember my identity and connect with my higher self and it has been rewarding.
I feel grateful to have made it this far in what I consider to be
a fulfilling successful life full of surprises and absurdity. I still
have a long way to go, and learning is an endless process, but I have recently
found my stride and my voice. Even though I am sad to move on from the tiger’s
ways it is time to share what I have been hunting for all these years and
continue to hunt with my friends, family, and the community as the courageous lion.</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://modernthaifood.blogspot.com/2011/06/tiger-cry.html" target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 14pt;">Tiger Cry is also a delicious Thai food dish of m</span>arinated grilled sirloin.</a></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Venice Beach</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I’ve been going for a run on the beach almost every other
day for the past few years here in Venice. Today was one of the top five beach
days I’ve had here in terms of weather, stillness of the ocean, and notably
obvious synchronicities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have to set the stage. Remember this is November at 10am.
The sun was out and it was warm with subdued light and it’s actually supposed
to rain. I was wearing only swim trunks and I was comfortable if not warm. The beach
was freshly graded meaning there are no footprints or trash on the fluffy part
and it’s really neat to walk on. The water was gently lapping the sand. It’s
usually a washing machine out there. I only saw a few people and everyone was
unusually smiley. The air was still with a slight breeze. Just perfect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I get a sharp sentimental pang. I’m moving away from this? It may be a long time before I
have another opportunity to play near the ocean everyday I if want.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I remind myself to shake it off, because moving to the ranch in Northern AZ is a no brainer. I can hardly sleep from the excitement of
it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ok, back to the moment. I walk past the lifeguard tower and onto
the harder packed wet sand to begin my run. I take a few steps toward the pier
and a mini wave rushes up the beach and deposits a tumbleweed directly in my
path. Of all the times I’ve been out there I have never ever noticed a
tumbleweed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I look around to see if anybody else is seeing this and go
up to inspect it and sure enough it’s a tumbleweed. I just start laughing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tumbleweeds abound at the ranch. Digging up tumbleweeds
and burning them will be one of my major chores out there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was as if the ocean was saying, “You are going to leave
all this for tumbleweeds?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I go on my run. The ocean and the ocean birds and other
critters are putting on their best show. I'm amazed at how little trash there is. They dont grade where the ocean meets the sand. There has
been an upsetting amount of trash on the beach lately due to the extreme high
and low tides of the season. I reach the breakwater where I usually stop and
touch a certain rock with my foot to say that I made it and catch my breath. As
I turn around a much older and very voluptuous woman is fast paced walking
towards me. She has her exercise jacket pulled up above her breasts to cool off
exposing large swinging bosoms and a wiggly belly. The undershirt she is
wearing is the color of her skin and completely see through. I will leave it to
your imagination as to what my first thought might have been. The little voice
in my head said, “Mother”. I am thinking of the archetypal mother—Not
necessarily <i>my</i> mother, but mother in
the general sense. I started to run past her and back towards the pier
analyzing and wondering about my experiences with the tumbleweed, the Mother, and
my connection with the ocean. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As I get about half way I notice that the waves
are getting bigger as the tide is coming in giving the ocean the endlessly chaotic
vibe that I’m used to. Just like that! A big wave pops up out of nowhere and
rushes up the leg of my trunks depositing a pristine white baby bottle full of
milk directly at my feet. I see what’s going on. I stop to acknowledge the
ocean and offer my gratitude and thanks for her protection while Jana and I
have been living and playing here at her beach. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">From where I am stopped gazing
out to the horizon I see another sight I had yet to see on this stretch of the
beach. Out on the water and really close are dozens of California Sea lions porpoising
and frolicking in the water. It looked really playful as if they were doing it for
the shear joy of it all. Most likely, considering the amount of sea birds
around them they were probably hunting fish, but it was still quite a timeless
and beautiful performance to behold. Every single time I have gone out to the
ocean it has been dynamic and awe inspiring in some way, and on days like today—a learning experience. Thank you Mother Ocean.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Structure fire for AZ DECOM 2010 at the ranch. <br />
The effigy was filled with tumbleweeds. <br />
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<!--EndFragment-->Bill Dambrovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015840568349759101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793436830055299245.post-46851187597308114392012-11-19T05:02:00.003-08:002013-10-15T02:29:47.101-07:00No, it's not a compound or a cult. It's for the art!<i><span style="font-size: large;">The time is always NOW unless the time is GO!</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">—Robert Moss</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Venice Beach, CA</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It’s a new era! Beginning on December 18th 2012 Jana and I have been invited to live off grid on a 80+ acre solar powered ranch in an area 30 miles Northeast of Flagstaff, AZ. The ranch has been used for everything from a <a href="http://www.burningman.com/" target="_blank">Burning Man</a> Decompression site, a host to Tibetan monks, Hawaiian shamans, Djs, spiritual retreaters, sweat lodge meetings, woman's retreats, and other gatherings related to expanding human consciousness. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Seems like a good time to start a blog...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our friends that own the ranch founded a school called the <a href="http://starschool.org/" target="_blank">STAR school</a> about 12 yrs ago and it is the only off grid solar powered charter school in the country. It is a school for K-8 graders that focuses on the public school curriculum as well as Navajo culture and traditions, peacemaking and off grid sustainability. STAR School is expanding, winning awards and grants, and taking up most their time so they moved into another solar powered house closer to the school. They realized that they needed someone "<i>exactly like us"</i> to live on and and take care of the ranch. Again, it's just going to be us two living there and we will host work parties and events (not a cult). Our immediate goals—aside from making it our home—are to revitalize and continue the owner's vision for the ranch and discover new ways to facilitate creative events, concepts and happenings in accordance with its mission.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A few months ago at a Burning Man related event on the property I really felt a strong connection with the land and all of our friends that live up there. One day while I was out walking with one of the dogs crunching over black volcanic gravel and small scrub brush I wondered if I could rent out the ranch house and art studio to use it as my own "artist in residency" space. It seemed like a good time to get away from the hustle of LA for a bit. I never had the chance to ask them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The owners had <i>us</i> in mind at the same time I had <i>them</i> in mind—for the same thing! It is time for a new rugged adventure in Northern Arizona.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the ranch there are 2 houses on the property as well as a barn, a hogan, an amphitheater, a sweat lodge, a straw bale structure called the Gnome dome and a lot of vast open space. We will be surrounded by breath taking views of the painted desert and mesas on the Navajo reservation. Our closest neighbor is <a href="http://rodencrater.com/" target="_blank">James Turrell's Roden Crater project</a>. There is an unobstructed show of a gizzillion stars at night. There is more space outside to build giant art and gather folks to do it than you can shake a tumble weed at. I have missed sharing my life with dogs and there are two ranch dogs—Daisy and Duke that love to go on long hikes with us. There is even a crazy studio kitty named Jack that lives in the straw bale structure that sometimes "hugs" peoples legs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have much appreciation and gratitude for the opportunity to be able to uproot and start a new chapter in our lives. Not many people have this kind of flexibility and I would like to thank our friends and family that have shown Jana and I support in all of our wacky endeavors over the years. On that note I am also very fortunate to have Jana in my life as my partner in mischief and magic. Thanks Jana, I love you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I intend to start this blog sharing my experiences while living off grid out in the Northern Arizona tundra. There will be stories and observations from my travel adventures, <a href="http://dambrovaart.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">art events,</a> museum projects, and "spiritual" explorations. ...and of course highlighting the general absurdity of it all as I go. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will book end this first entry with yet another one of my favorite quotes: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>There are times when we can feel destiny close around us like a fist around a doorknob. Sure, we can resist. But a knob that won’t turn, a door that sticks and never budges, is a nuisance to the gods. The gods may kick in the jamb. Worse, they may walk away in disgust, leaving us to hang dumbly from our tight hinges, deprived of any other chance in life to swing open into unnecessary risk and thus into enchantment. </i>—Tom Robbins, Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Satellite view of the ranch. The house is at the top with the blue</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">roof. Below that is a straw bale structure built around a bus that will </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">be the art studio. Across the road is the barn and the hippie bus. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Further below is the Alex Grey Dome and the Gnome Dome. All the </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">way at the bottom at the end of the road is a traditional Navajo hogan.</span></div>
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