Six-Year Old's To-Do List

Maybe the best list ever.

Giving an Off-the-Cuff Talk

Here's a list of things I wrote down to help me remember the spontaneous talk I gave at the Dixon a few weeks ago as part of the Present Tense exhibit, which features my tiny paintings.

• tiny outfits
• keeping a sketchbook
• going-out sketchbook
• cruise story
• Sketchwork
• Urban Sketchers
• Portland
• my people
• memUSk
• board, Barcelona
• Santo Domingo
• no assholes
• immediacy
• practice
• personal
• serious & constant
• teaching
• threshold
• New Orleans
• 1 1/2 drinks
• during the night
• lesson
• nervous
• not that bad

This is the last weekend of the show! I'll be in the galleries with a bunch of the other artists and we'll all be talking about our work. I can't find information about it on the website, but it's at 2:00 PM this Sunday, April 14. Hope to see you there!

Three-Year Old's To-Do List

Skateboard. Basketball. Pirates. Bikes. Swings.

Best New Year's Eve Ever

My friends and I tend toward hyperbole when we get together. Here are some of the best things from our New Year's Eve. Best. Things. Ever.

• This is the best toffee ever!
• Purple Rain is the greatest song ever recorded!
• Quincy Jones is the most influential person in music!
• Miles Davis's autobiography was the best book ever!
• Templeton Rye is the best whiskey ever!
• In Your Eyes is the greatest song of all time!
• He's the best person she's every been married to!

Thoughts on Belle & Sebastian: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

Listen to Belle & Sebastian's version of O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

1. This is the first time I've ever actually wanted to listen to O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.
2. Not even Belle & Sebastian could make it into something I enjoy listening to.
3. Until the female singer started - who knew this song could be so creepy!
4. I'm a sucker for a melodica.

The Only 3 Appropriate Subjects for a Painting, per Jack Donaghy

1. The horse
2. Ships with sails
3. Men holding up swords while staring off into the distance

Guestlist: Interviews

People I Have Interviewed for an Upcoming Article, by Richard Alley

1. Mike
2. Mike
3. Michael
4. Mike