four months
This has been a month of firsts for you, little one:
Your first roll over, tummy to back
. . . and your first roll off the bed (all of 5 inches – enough to give your momma a heart attack, but you barely cried)
Your first stroller excursion and your first mall visit.
Your first trip out of state, which was also packed with firsts:
first plane ride,
first train ride,
first sleepover,
first rain drops,
first beach view
. . . and your first cold.
Your first Academy Awards ceremony (which is roughly equivalent to the Super Bowl in our house)
You’ve also become quite skilled at grabbing whatever strikes your fancy. You’re determined to sit up on your own as soon as possible. You’re polishing your giggle to sound less like a “haww.” And, as if this is possible, you’re smiling even more.
Shawn Huckins
Shawn Huckins’ recent American Revolution Revolution series presents thought-provoking, tongue-in-cheek beauty as he superimposes 21st-century tweet and text language over classical 18th-century portraiture. It is remarkable to realize that we have descended/evolved from the generation depicted in just 300 years. The changes in culture, language, life are polarized when layered together in these paintings.
Shawn Huckins. "GW's Comment: Rolling On The Floor Laughing," 2011. Acrylic and pencil on canvas.
“The American Revolution was conceived through an exchange of a few well-formed ideas communicated in person and by handwritten letters. Imagine what George & Co. could have done with the Internet. . . . Technology influences how much we know and what we believe, as well as how quickly and intelligently we convey our ideas. But does how we communicate govern the value of what we communicate? The physical act of typing very fast on small devices has undeniably impacted spelling, grammar and punctuation, encouraging a degree of illiteracy that has become the new social norm. As goes our grammatical literacy, do our social and cultural literacies follow?” – Shawn Huckins
Huckins asks, “What would George [Washington] post?” And I would go further to ask how will our childrens’ childrens’ children respond to our current styles of art and communication?
I encourage you to view his entire collection of tweets and texts.
Huckins has recently moved to Denver and has an upcoming show beginning this First Friday, March 2nd (7-11pm), at Gildar Gallery.
Tony Orrico
Tony Orrico, "8 Circles"
Tony Orrico comes from a background in dance, which I find fascinating in his work. I have always been inspired by the art of dance and its potential connections to other visual arts, such as drawing and painting.
“Penwald Drawings are a series of bilateral drawings in which Tony Orrico explores the use of his body as a tool of measurement to inscribe geometries through movement and course. . . . He performs his ideas live as a shared process that yields a unique impression or print of the original concept.”
-Tony Orrico
Oregon is for Baby Besties
Last week, we visited dear friends in Oregon. It was our first (only) opportunity to take a vacation this year, while Steve transitioned between jobs and E is (relatively) easy to travel with. And it was all that we hoped for. Not necessarily because of anything we did, but because of who we were with. It was wonderfully refreshing – just what we needed.
first family trip to the beach
4-5 month bellies (May 2011) . . . 4-5 month babies (Feb 2012)
Will our girls grow up to be soul-mates like their mamas?
