And at night I dream of Legos

[avad]

Sorry I haven't been around-My computer caught a nasty virus and was not playing nice at all last few days.:( Hopefully it's all fixed now. Poor B stayed up all night dealing with it..and had to go to work this morning.:( Said to me this morn: you've got a computer again. :):)

I've been working on art...arranging my little Lego houses and shrubbery...thinking of healthy cells and suburbia, connection/disconnection....privacy and community. On a burst of motivation (rare), I cleaned up my studio pretty well and organized a ton of stuff into these rolling drawer carts a friend gave me. a gazillion nailpolishes and paints arranged by color scheme...flocking/shrubbery, markers, glitter, etc. All in little accessible drawers. wow. Proud of meself. Set the large piece up on sawhorses so I can work on it tablestyle. Got my smaller pieces all lined up on a table. Ok. It's time to go full-force. Searching for and ordering the little lego pieces I need from Ebay and Bricklink. Got some in the mail today- yay. juno gave me a link to these artists who have a studio next to her and also use Legos in their art. I LOVE their stuff!! And the site itself- too Brilliant and funny!

 Great surprise in the mail from mom and dad: they actually found the model blueprint from the house I grew up in!!! I had asked about it awhile ago, saying how I would love to see it because I'm working with memory maps and houses and suburbia in my art and of course that house is the most loaded for me personally. I'm going to do a piece that is a cul-de-sac of houses I've lived in....as a sort of memory file labyrinth. so YAY...this makes it much easier with dimensions and such. hmmm, maybe I should inquire about the other houses....maybe those landlords would be amused by the inquiry. hmmmmm

Comments

[sendao.livejournal.com]

I'm interested in your thoughts of cells, connection/disconnection - do you mean in the sense that people connect and (slowly) disconnect? Do you think this is a global theme, applicable to more than just humanity but also to humans in cyberspace, humans in all different fields, animals/thoughts/rocks/etc?

[captainbigwig.livejournal.com]

What color pieces do you need?

Our little NYC club got the lego marketing bonus they sent us 20 boxes of free legos, it's all sitting in the community pile for free grabs. Mainly greens and reds, since everbody in the club is interested in city scapes.

[rokkitz.livejournal.com]

oh cosmic one... i haven't had a chance to read through all the replies but i still say "my thoughts exactly"... i watched Time Bandits the other day and thought of you when they entered the lego castle. go rent it! time travelling robber midgets!