Meluka

By day, I translate english into spanish [and vice versa] for those that need medical attention. By night I paint and drink and cook and make merry. I fantasize that I will receive benevolent messages from the universe in the form of mail sent by creative and generous strangers.

Tall ships, love, most polka dotted things, deer, incense, Rusty things, mandalas, DADA, comic books, saints, sinners, holy texts, old stamps, what the art snobs call lowbrow, the day of the dead/all souls day, ribbons, encyclopedias/childrens books from the 50's and prior, the maria bamford show, cartoons, Tinariwen, old photographs, spices, skeletons, Frida Kahlo, kiki smith, sally mann, steiglitz, henry darger, rothko, litchenstein, bridget conn, warhol, basquiat, nick nelson, atc's, cowboys, xylophones, mexico, holland, persia, cuba, mason jars, Audrey Hepburn, secrets, symbols, letters, keys and on occasion locks, viking ships, moldy thrift store art, the moon, postcards, seeds, reincarnation, the blues, bb king, energy healing, arum rae, bessie smith, animals - domestic and wild, mushrooms, owls, books, altars, rob brezsny, margaret atwood, Led Zepplin.

I also always appreciate [and use]: art supplies such as watercolor paper, canvas sheets, bristol board, decent paint brushes, watercolor or acrylic paints, interesting paper scraps, your revelations scibbled out on random sheets of paper, notes found in the street, books- any and all, pages from old books,and paint markers.

Catrinas, handwriten or typewritten letters, indie comics, messenger bags, robots, voodoo dolls, worry dolls, monsters of the adorable variety, artwork of most any kind, pendants, altered books, scarves, carved wooden things, religious art, drawings, stencils, postcards, prayer flags, dieties pictured in any fashion, stories, handbound books, paper, little boxes, dollhouses, dollhouse furniture, windchimes, birdhouses, old fashioned toys, most assemblages, and handmade everything.

See you in the mail!

“Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with people the same happiness.” Kahlil Gibran