studiomnivorous

UPDATE 11-17-09: Hoorah! Tonight we have finally arrived home again, and starting tomorrow I will begin to delve into rating this beautiful and uplifting pile of mail left in my post box by you wonderful and patient people. =) Though my biggest concern is rearranging our little flat to accommodate his meantime limited mobility, I don't expect there to be any delays beyond this week. Thank you for your understanding and your patience, and for all of your kind wishes. Best, -m

UPDATE 11-15-09: My partner was involved in an accident recently, where a car hit him while he was biking home from a client meeting. Though the prognosis for recovery is better now that he is stabilized, I have been spending all of my extra moments at the hospital with him. As a result, I have a few swaps that have arrived in the past four days that I have not yet rated, and I apologize for the delay; strength willing, we hope to be home again by Tuesday and I will take care of it then. I've also contacted those who I have upcoming swaps with to let them know about any potential delays. Again, I'm sorry, and please keep your fingers crossed for us. Best, -m

I'm a painter, designer, illustrator, dreamer, doer, maker, thinker, sender, giver, finder, builder, tinkerer, writer, drawer, laugher, happier living in Nashville and open to any conversation.

I work in oil paints, gouache, graphic novels, watercolors, the occasional acrylics, furniture, inks, digital, performance, conceptual, found objects, altered documents, poverty, paper, the psychology of spaces, and a constant push to challenge my preconceptions and techniques.

I'd like to go to grad school for architecture or to teach studio courses, but in the meantime I immerse myself in my studio community, writing old-fashioned letters, and in the fastidious observation and recording of life.

Oh, and I PLEDGE TO RATE. I'll rate something as soon as it arrives, so if you've sent it and am worried I may not have received it, please message me! I am also very dedicated to my swaps and PLEDGE TO SEND, so if you haven't received anything, please let me know if I don't message you first! Thanks, and I look forward to swapping with you!

I'm currently doing a project:

If your mind resembled a physical location, what would it look like?

And if your thinking processes/memories resembled a physical object, what would it be?

After you've considered these questions and think you have an answer, please let me know. I will respond in kind.

A big thank you to everyone who has already contributed! I am working to be able to unveil my project hopefully by the new year, so please cross your fingers for me.

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I'm also trying to fill my profile out more, but I'm terrible at knowing what the small questions are. If you have any, please ask, and I'll shake a little bit like a magic eight-ball, and spit something up =)

1. I like spices, aloof cats, unexpected plot twists, tempting design, and gourmet stationary. I enjoy unusual items, the unexpected, your perspectives, and the clean smells of lemongrass and natural peppermint. I'm attracted to hues of greens, browns, neutral tones, jewel tones, and reds. My cat is particularly fond of yellow, and that's a point of minor contention between us.

2. I collect art postcards, ATCs, interesting people, vintage and interesting medical items and bottles, small memories, and random bits of information.

3. I like learning about wines and alcohols, though I am liable to nurse a glass all night. I'm a sucker for interesting and/or beautiful labels or well-designed typography...which means when it comes to wine, I've picked some real "winners" just for the label art! Oh well. The best way to taste is to throw away the vintage chart and unroll your tongue instead. You can learn a lot about someone by what they order.

4. I dislike casual small talk, dolls and overly cute items, inappropriate glitter, makeup, bad acting, and malicious acts. Well, okay, maybe inappropriate glitter is not all that bad.

5. Teach me something new! I'd love to hear what you've just learned, read, or thought of. Tell me one thing fascinating about you, and I'll never forget it. I penpal often, and if you intrigue me, don't be surprised to see a letter in return...but I do have a large network of people I respond to, so it may be even a month before I write back...but I always do =)

6. I have a partner and a cat. After all this time, I think they finally have me housetrained.

7. Most days, I'm 24. Some days, I'm more like 8, and my partner and I giggle and make pillow forts and read comic books with flashlights under the covers, and I feel very light, like I might float away if I laugh too hard. Other days, I'm 52, and I feel a little weighted down by the things I still want to do, and by trying to make a difference in my part of the world...but also satisfied and accomplished with what I already have done to help out.

8. I am really bad about salvaging things that look useful. I hate perpetuating a throwaway culture and even though I give away/reuse/remake/recycle things, I tend to retain a lot. It is the collector/recorder/observer in me. At the same time, however, I have a certain sense of pride in knowing how many things I am wearing each day are something that I was given, or that I salvaged, or that has become a meaningful possession. I am proud of my frugality! ...I also recycle a lot of packaging, and encourage you to recycle mine if possible! =)

9. I like to give people something to think about.