terrible exaggerator/rememberer-of-actual-facts

Its hard to make friends with, to learn from and use, all of my past. I was reminded of that tonight rereading a favorite Joan didion essay.. It's also nice to not feel alone in this predicament? Basic human complexity? I'm not exatly sure what to file it under.

And, to top it off, it even makes me feel better about being such a terrible exaggerator/rememberer-of-actual-facts!

Anyways, my horoscopes, that I don't even believe in, are basically telling me I should just stay in bed all week. Ok, time to prove destiny wrong and stuff.

summer is almost over

Summer camp is almost over, and i'm already looking forward to winter. How beautiful is that balloon/postcard performance? Ready for sweater weather, though.

fall workshops

ive been really bad about documenting lately, its just been kind of busy. this is just for me, but i still should be better about it. my memory's so bad, it's good to look back on things i'm working on. anyways!

our fall workshops are looking strong, i'm super lucky to have such a creative community to draw from.

Brooke is teaching the ceramics workshop, love the name she picked.

Adrian's teaching our ukulele workshop, funded by Irvine Foundation.

Comic Book making workshop has really taken off. Andrew is teaching again this semester, as he's great at challenging the students as well as encouraging them.

So yeah, workshops + afterschool start up in October, and i am so happy that i get to fill this old library with art education and kids.

i know its totally lame but

i just had to have a work dance break to this:

pandora, keeping me dorky.

camp director/education director/curator/designer/artist/girlfriend/daughter/friend/human

There's been so much work leading up to this point, lots of grantwriting and planning and stressing over details, so it's exciting for me to see our fundraising plan executed and get to be thankful for the amazing donors that support us!

check it: The Mapping of Countries Yet to Come

There are 4 more weeks of our summer camp, as well. Sometimes it feels like a lot, splitting up my time trying to be

camp director/education director/curator/designer/artist/girlfriend/daughter/friend/human

but i'm doing my best, you know? anyhow, it's definitely not boring, which is my primary concern.

But when I see kids excited by learning in a new way, a way that is so different than most of their everyday LAUSD experience, it is totally worth it.

that reminds me..

http://writing.calarts.edu/blog/2011-may-11/adventures-perversity

i want to do more of these readings.

a useful list i found..