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Ok here is the last of the February light photos for real.  I think this one explains why the plants in the   bathroom have grown 7 foot extensions  in one year.

My tropical bathroom

Friends, family, Nigerian spam robots:  it is to you, my scarce and scattered and readership that I now make a confession.  While I have been busy in these pages attempting to seduce you with anodyne images of Northern California that you may or may not have noted in passing , I have also been secretly at work planning something big.

Let me first beg you to please not feel betrayed by the belated nature of this revelation, for it was only in the most pressing interests of self-respect that I kept this matter quiet even to you, my most devoted online readership.  (I hope you know who you are.)

What the hell am I talking about, you ask as usual?

Well, basically I recently came across my big chance in the art world.  This felt like the chance I have been waiting for, I think.  It all had something to do with a city fence, a big-time call for temporary art, and the changing Mission Bay community of San Francisco. Now not only have I been at work for the last four years doing things such as creating art about the changing Mission Bay community entitled Temporary Spaces, but I also took the time to put together and submit a bulletproof proposal for what I think is a truly exciting project.  This vague recap probably doesn’t explain anything, but I hope it at least it coveys a few good reasons why even up till Friday I felt enthusiastic and confident regarding this opportunity.

'Pieces are designed some months for passers-by to remove part of and take home. Other months, this area will be designed to contribute to:' not a popular idea.

I rallied my people, I did my absolute best, and without a doubt I put my strongest foot forward.  That felt great.  I am glad I did it.  It moved me forward.  Forward is my favorite direction.

Anyway, last Friday was supposed to be the big day and it turns out that the opportunity is not to be.

The bad part is that in the end my best wasn’t good enough.

Yeah… that part really sucks.

Oh well.

I’ll probably be over it after this weekend or this month or something.

I really don’t want to sound melodramatic or anything.  There are incredible things going on in the world right now affecting the lives of millions and this thing was only about me.  But as  inconsequential and selfish as it ultimately was, I guess I really wanted this particular thing.  Even though there will be other things this perfect. Some time in the future. Maybe.

Anyway, yes: I know this is how things go.  I just thought I should mention it here, since this is my art archive-website-thing.  Or something.  Immense thanks to my four invaluable advisers: Erin, Z-mom, Montreal, and Julia H.

I guess this might be the last of the February Light, since forecasts are calling for the first SF snow in twenty years.

Cherry Blossom Corpses--they were fleeting this year

The mighty Pacific as a storm clears.

My personal favorite. I tip my hat to the person who wheatpasted this to a wall.

This was really good.

Valentine Day Feast:
2 racks of ribs
1 chicken
2 lbs brisket
5 lbs of sides
8 pieces of cornbread
3 pitchers of beer

(Also–The look of this picture reminds me of the cover art to the Smashing Pumpkins “1979” single)

feather 2 pixel tip riders know that I am a sucker for atmospheric phenomena.  Therefore I present the Monday morning office view immediately preceding today’s  soul sucking commute.

No more February Light? No problem, apparently:

I have been trying to be proactive about documenting this year’s fantastic February light.  Here’s some more dispatches from the winter:

34th Ave.

Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park

Geary Avenue

JFK Drive, Golden Gate Park

26th Street

I just finished a big proposal and it forced me to consolidate an updated art resume.  This was sort of an enlightening experience and I feel like posting the result.  Maybe later I will post more about the proposal, or as I like to call it: the opportunity I have been waiting five years for.

I kind of went back and forth about posting this.  But this is a really nice thing and it makes me feel proud so I am going to post it.  Plus, I am procrastinating.

Recent photobooth activity:

Yo! Local Mission Eatery just won California Home & Design reader’s choice award for best designed restaurant in San Francisco!

I would like to think that my 30-foot long installation of geographically ordered screenprints on wood tiles that visually map the Mission District by intersection had something noteworthy to contribute to the execution of this concept, but alas there is no love for (nor even mention of!)  Valencia to Vermont to be found anywhere on the website’s otherwise triumphant press release.

Eh, that’s okay. It’s my friends friends Kelli Franz and Seth Pare-Mayer (architects),  Sterling Tougas (contractor), Yaron Milgrom and Jake Des Voignes (co-owners) who deserve the kudos for a thoughtfully realized project.   I was just happy to be along for the ride.

Check it out here.