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David Brody
Has an opening of an impressive new body of work at Pierogi.
The after-reception, upstairs, however, is when I started snapping pix.
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Paid to talk
Met with an artist from the west coast whose major project was a definite news pitch item for ARTnews.
He was enjoying the conversation, and I was, too. He insisted on paying me NOT to write anything.
This could be a new ‘revenue stream’ I had thusfar not explored. Hmmm.
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Schmerlreport: 11.10, Zuccotti Park
There is something you can do.
You just need to think hard about what it is and then actually DO it.
Tiptoed amongst the sleeping occupy-ers after dawn this morning.
Schmerlreport: Yes, there is too much that is just plain Wrong going on. Yes, it is worthwhile to resist.
And no, you shouldn’t exploit people by taking pictures of [...]
Studio Visit Gems
Artist’s words, transcribed by me, verbatim, during a studio visit in DUMBO:
“Maybe we’re at this moment in history where it’s good to rethink the role of an artist or what an artist’s career is; I’m making work: but what’s the goal?”
Hmmm.
Below, totally ‘unrelated’ (yet not)—paintings in acrylic and Flasche by Rupert Goldsworthy.
(Images courtesy of Rupert Goldsworthy, [...]
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Renegade knitter strikes again
Corner of Clinton & Schermerhorn:
This time with added fuzzies.
Other side, smooth with tassles.
Sighting of yarn of day over.
Schmerlreport: it’s still fun to be Jewish
Why? Jewish weddings. Went to one yesterday. How?
The bride greeted by her family:
Five different kinds of single malt. Meatballs and chicken with rice. Hotdogs with all the fixings on tap during (during!) afternoon prayers.
What’s that look like? Watch:
wedding coat room Howard Beach
The first half of the wedding, everyone talks about how long it took to [...]
Tragedy, and an unanswered question about smoking
I attended the funeral of a woman who died at the age of 44; she was the mother of one of my son’s classmates. It was held in a Roman Catholic church, and the priest performed mass, a ceremony I’d never witnessed before next to a coffin.
In many ways it was very beautiful. The sense [...]
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Schmerlreport | 11.3.11 | The 2 habits of highly productive people
It’s a known fact that writers have all sorts of tricks up their sleeve to keep themselves on top of their game.
I don’t know any of them.
However, today’s productive writing spell of 5 and a half straight hours without a moment’s break (self doubt, lots of snacking, et al) tells me that I may have [...]
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