The Topography of Space

I just opened a shop on Etsy: http://tinyurl.com/LeaLSFshop.

I’ve already listed some fabric collage sweatshirts, and will be adding a lot more soon. Anyone want to model for me?

clear vision, little lines, where the nomad comes from only the burning bush knows

the sacrificial goat pan killed for feast, allegro! the maidens found in psychedelic woods cry no!

refinements, the dark forest gave rise to lone wolf fiction, walked on hind legs upright and let out diseases

speed and morph into mystery and myth

myth mystical magic theory fact.

god! no god! god! no god at all! Sing in unison, you’re singing the same song.

man unravels his skirt into a map, sends Galileo across where there are no shadows.

measure and draw- the answers of science of god, of no god.

dance, adam farted on eve’s thigh and some talent does come from god challenged.

“That we may see and remark and say Whose?”

do you want me to? In the antechamber? Do you hear me? Speak the words

through blind eyes will you? taunt, I would mock thy words, if they were less sublime.

plant syllables enough to make sonnets bust at their seams and fill the ocean of epic form and similes that make the moon put on armor at first mention wage war. the line, like a circle, hovering in the air.

December 19, 2008

If you look out into the mountains you’ll find snow. I am very hungry. As I speak, we’re about to pass the evil beast that is the Las Vegas Strip. Red Rocks to the west and Death Valley. There is sand crust on Marina’s shoes and her legs are all over me. “Rock Your Ass and Think of it as Scream Therapy.” I find Carrot Top very sexy. And for the first time our group has turned to five and I have room in the back seat. That cloud looks like a duck that will soon perish as it crashes into an overwhelmingly tall casino. I just lost a quarter into the slot machine at that gas station back there.

Love All of Us (Lea, Marina, Danila, Sharon, and Lily).

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Down by the water in West Berkeley stand several buildings looking old and tired. The life within them is the thing. These structures house a triad of co-operative work and hands-on education spaces called the Waterside Workshops.

Berkeley Boathouse is a boat shop, Street Level Cycles is a bike shop/ open hours bike tool library, and Sew Your Own is a sewing collective. The latter is a room with many sewing machines, a wall full of fabrics, and other odds and ends. Each space is watched over by volunteers and staff who share their knowledge

What you see above is my first attempt at using a sewing machine. My friend Chaz and I hung out for a bit in Cali and his awesome fabric collage sweatshirt inspired me to make this, my first fabric collage doubled up as a present for Danila. Doesn’t he look stunning in his X-Mas sweatshirt?

There is nothing like sinking into a city with its books sinking into your lap. Richard Brautigan has added a special touch to my San Francisco and Bay Area experience.

I was leaning against a wall waiting for Lily on Mission and 17th, when I got to fantasizing about Richard Brautigan. In my vision he came up to me just as I was thinking, “If this city is good enough for Richard Brautigan than it’s good enough for me.”

“Hi there,” he said interrupting my train of thought. “Hi,” I replied, “You are Richard Brautigan.” “Yes.” “But you are dead.” “No I am not, but keep that. You want to go somewhere and watch people together?” “Yes, except maybe we can talk too, because I watch people all by myself.”

I conjured this scenario, leaning against the entrance of a pharmacy, waiting for Lily. Somehow my consciousness came back to me and I began to feel silly, but that passed fast. I was about to go back to la-la land when I spotted Lily walking towards me with her awesome boots and we went to eat at a Salvadorian place, which ended up being a whole different story.

Here are three recent how-to videos I produced for about.com.

http://video.about.com/treesandshrubs/How-to-Identify-a-Maple-Tree.htm

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We lured friends from three northeastern cities to our land with promises of ease and relaxation and then put them to work on our land.

Pt 2 is a riveting piece on digging, rubble trenches, tamping, gravel and casual conversaion.

Please enjoy, it took a second to edit. More on the way in future. Perhaps as it gets so cold in Ithaca that I can’t go outside, I will pump these out faster. For now we are still building, taking classes, making friends and being mad busy. This week we’re putting up the roof. Hoorah!

Love Lea