a garden party in Venice Beach / my 91st salon dinner
“a garden to walk in and immensity to dream in ~ what more could he ask? a few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.” ~ victor hugo i had dreamt of gardens ~…
Around the World with Oscar / cari borja collection at the De Young
“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you…
Bread, Pasta, Salt…Stephen Yafa/Renato Sardo/Angelo Garro
“A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in. A minute to smile and an hour to weep in. A pint of joy to a peck of trouble, And never a laugh but the moans…
Oscar de la renta ~ the gala, the collection, and memories of being a “clothesmaker”
“There is always an emotional element to anything you make.” ~ Oscar de la Renta above ~ left / Oscar de la Renta’s tulle at the De Young Retrospective. right / an early…
M5Arts Art Hotel / “Four Walls,” a film installation / Sacramento….
Art Hotel | 1122 7th Street, Sacramento February 5 – February 13 call/text for questions 510.915.1312 go HERE for times, press, and other updates of performance ~~~ “the great advantage of a hotel is that it…
“Four Walls” / scarves & coasters for sale
“Four Walls” by cari borja / a video installation to be exhibited in ~ M5Arts presents… PAINTING PHOTOGRAPHY SCULPTURE VIDEO PERFORMANCE at THE JADE An all but abandoned temporary art space 7th and L Streets Sacramento, CA…
saying goodbye to 2015 / saying hello to 2016…
“for last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice.” ~ t.s. eliot, four quartets “just ’cause something’ ain’t been done don’t mean it can’t be did.” ~ shel silverstein…
An Italian TRIPTYCH / from venezia and torino to genova
“Memory’s images, once they are fixed in words, are erased,” Polo said. “Perhaps I am afraid of losing Venice all at once, if I speak of it, or perhaps, speaking of other cities, I have already…
Between Lightness and Weight / A Winter Gathering at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, SF
“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” ~ Virginia Woolf “We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.” ~…
The Art of Gathering / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Thursday, December 17th, 5-8pm
Above ~ Salon Dinner #34, photo by Guthrie Dolin. ~~~~~ “A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between their work and their play; their labor and their leisure; their mind and their…
August ~ on becoming 10….
“i thank You God for most this amazing day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes (i…
on becoming 44 ~ the elements of style and other considerations…
“We all need someone to look at us. We can be divided into four categories according to the kind of look we wish to live under… …