nature – HappyFeet Travels

March 13, 2013August 30, 2019

23 March: UnEarth-things w. Chris Benfield

Sat., March 23, come on out to Kezar Triangle (in Golden Gate Park) while Chris Benfield and I (aka Lay it on Thick) play with dirt. Gopher dirt!

4pm to 8pm

Where is Kezar Triangle? Just down from the Circus Center:Â http://goo.gl/maps/cN3Un

Sponsored in part by the Friends of Kezar Triangle

UnEarth-things uses gopher diggings (the loose piles of soil left from gopher town tunneling) to make iconic, recognizable images that resonate with the history of Kezar Triange, what it is now, and what it may become. The basic concept is to work with what the gophers give us, using a “connect the dots” approach with their upward offerings. Like a sketch book, the images’s positioning, size, and motifs are brought about organically, creating a nurturing, nourishing interspecies collaboration.

April 4, 2012

Mendo Folks

Plum blossoms in the garden. This tree will have some juicy fruit soon!

A trillium flower. They were blooming all around

Al found this on a trail near the lower pond

Wandered up to Mendocino last month and snapped some pics between rainstorms. The fairy slippers were a nice treat. Got to use my Mucks for the first time. They came in real handy when I had to dig a hole down to some busted pvc piping. And they were also great when the woofer and I dug some tree trunks out of the garden. The blisters on my hands have finally healed. Continue reading “Mendo Folks”

September 19, 2010September 17, 2010

My Summer Vacation(s) : Pics

Tiffany had a great idea: wander over to Twin Falls, SC. Thing was, she didn’t really know where they were! No worries, we got directions and had a great visit at a sweet nature spot.

Stencil hunting by the Asheville train tracks means getting eaten alive by mosquitos… esp. when Kathleen and I get stuck waiting for a train to pass.

Stencil guru Jef Aerosol wandered through SF on a family holiday and stopped by to finally get a hug from your humble narrator. He also got up on CELLspace while briefly saying howdy.

While Southeast, I happened to come across a strange gathering of alien lifeforms known as Phish heads. Some SC folks got 3rd row seats the day of the show! I got stubbed down and shot pics of the boys (Mike Gordon in this’n).

Steven, Jessica, and Russell take a lunch break across from our theater (that’s the LA Disney Hall behind us… the REDCAT is in the basement of that UFO).

Christine Marie poses in front of a large pair of stereoscopic glasses, which she drove by and had to check out (LA, CA)

Borrowed Rachel’s amazing bike in Chicago, IL to scoot down to the site of the Haymarket Square Riot. Was stencil hunting too of course!

420 meets the Blue Ridge in this high-larious graff cartoon (Asheville, NC :: while stencil hunting)

February 14, 2010

China Camp Pics

August 24, 2009August 23, 2009

Yes, Mr. Pynchon, “the beach” indeed!

Steeped in Metaphor

I like the hearse on the new book jacket for Thomas Pynchon’s new novel Inherent Vice. It’s a surf bum hearse, with painted pictures on top of the paint job. I have a hearse on my book shelf, reminding me of my father. Getting ready to start a new fiction story gets me excited for the new metaphors within the pages. The first line of the book, perhaps Pynchon’s set-up for a good joke, is the quote “Under the paving-stones, the beach! – Graffito, Paris, May 1968” If that’s the beginning of the gag, then I’m already in on it!

I just watched a movie where an unwitting hero battles a well-armed military-focused corporation in the slums of South Africa. This guy’s a dupe for the corporation, which is power-hungry for using their conventional technology and hopefully getting more from the aliens. The government barely exists in Johannesburg, and Nigerian thugs make seem to control District 9. They make a living doing a brisk trade with cat food.
Continue reading “Yes, Mr. Pynchon, “the beach” indeed!”

June 20, 2009June 20, 2009