David Stafford's Blog – April 2012 Archive (3)

French, James and Granlund

Let’s lay this blogjam to rest with the lawyerly grouping of French, James & Granlund. Apparently Austin James has a secret life. But have no fear. His piece “Mood No. 6: My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult,” is definitely drawn from the gentler side of the Thrill Killers. Isadora Duncan is what comes to mind. Thank you, Austin.

Next Carina Granlund sent me…

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Added by David Stafford on April 23, 2012 at 3:22am — 1 Comment

The Cheryl Penn Dilemma

The Cheryl Penn Dilemma What are we to do with Cheryl Penn? Her art, always masterful, always protean (look it up, I did) always dreamlike in its complexity or complex in its dreamworld evocations. Shifting beneath your feet as you reach out to its varied meanings and tangled up in the dreamworlds of others, mingling at some height high above the earth. The Penn-o-sphere. The air up there is rarified (Esoterically distant from the lives and concerns of ordinary people) but not hard…

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Added by David Stafford on April 22, 2012 at 6:29pm — 16 Comments

Stephanie Blake's Whirligig Mug Shot

Thanks to Nancy Bell Scott or whoever coined the term Blogjam. It’s the perfect word for my current affliction. Apologies to all whose mail art has been languishing near my scanner. Let me begin with Stephanie Blake’s Whirligig Mugshot which amazed both of us by arriving without a scratch. Not even a torn edge.

I know many of you will be tempted to try…

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Added by David Stafford on April 21, 2012 at 5:57pm — 13 Comments

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