Strom in Linz
I was in Linz to attend the ARS Electronica Gala and after the event we crossed the Danube River to the ARS Electronica (Art and Technology) Museum to have some celebratory drinks at a place called Strom, which I loved. As we walked inside, experimental noise music streamed out of the loudspeakers which ran along […]
Education, Exploration and Expression Threatened. The Internet Needs Us
You are using the internet right now I imagine, and so am I~ You might agree that the internet is our most powerful tool to unite people and to build a better future. But our internet is being threatened RIGHT NOW by Big Telecom. Our law-makers will soon make a landmark decision about our internet. September 15th […]
An afternoon in Augarten
Vienna, Austria~ A child plays under the Flaktower (Nazi gun tower) Two friends talk on a bench Augarten flowers and the Flaktower Leaves are falling We sit in the grass playing an invented game of chestnut shoe toss
Anarchist Vandalism in Vienna
Today I found this little treasure in the subway in Vienna. The double headed Eagle represents the Hapsburg family, the rulers of throne of the Holy Roman Empire from1438 to 1740. I love that someone wrote “Conspiracies are real and Wake up!” and then some other person (or perhaps the same person) scribbled over it. It’s perfect.
The Flohmarkt, Vienna
I found it, I am so pleased. I found what is probably the best flea market in Vienna. Up until now, I was going to the Noshmarket near the center of Vienna perusing overpriced treasures amongst overpriced junk. Yesterday, my new Viennese friend Cosima took me to Wienerberg, to the best fleamarket I’ve seen here. […]
Everything is backwards, Everything is upside down.
I just read that the number of children with autism has gone from 1 in 5,000 in 1975 to 1 in 68 today – THAT IS CRAZY and is prompting me to write this post. It’s maddening to read about the immeasurable damage and heartbreak that our defective system is causing; the dying of bees, species […]
The Rockaway Community Responds to Paint with Poetry
While I was in New York this Spring I had the pleasure of painting a Hearts of the World mural on Rockaway Beach Boulevard for Beautify Earth. This organization is bringing color and revitalization to the Rockaway Beach community, which was badly damaged by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Residents of Rockaway were invited to paint […]
Sneak Peak of the Ace of Coins
It’s the end of a long night of listening to Beirut and painting. Here’s a teaser of the Ace of Coins one of the “gates” for the next portals project by Pérola Bonfanti, Zel Nonnenberg and I. We will install The Four Aces on the streets of Vienna Sept 26th. I’ll tell you more about […]
Backflip into a life with passion Pt 1
What is your passion? Do you know it?There was a time in my life where I completely lost sight of mine. I want to share with you a bit of the bumpy road I took to living my passion, to show that it can be done and to provide encouragement and inspiration for anyone who […]
Backflip into a Life of Passion Pt 2
…(Continued) And then, in the midst of nebulous fear, I had a pivotal moment of clarity. I had a thought that changed the rest of my life and it was this: I imagined myself as an old woman, looking back on my life, wondering… What if I had just tried to do exactly what I wanted […]