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the case of the mistaken facebook identity

June 28, 2011 By Administrator

I have been procrastinating all over the place this week.  Mostly because I have so much on my plate right now, that no matter what I am doing regardless of whether it is something worthwhile, I still feel like technically I should be doing something else.

Right now I am supposed to be finishing typing up discussion question ideas for the Feminist Art Chat on open field happening tomorrow (!!!) hosted by WARM.  But before I do that, I am posting this for my new friend David.  David sent me a facebook message yesterday, thinking I was a Robyn he had met who had offered to bake him a homemade pie in exchange for building some sort of bike rack/basket/idon’tknowwhat for her bike.  Sadly, I am not THAT Robyn, do not actually know David, and do not bake pie, but since apparently David and I are both very friendly and chatty people and got to talking about this situation, and since he works at the Hub, AND since I am learning to ride a bike finally as an adult this summer and do not yet own one, AND AND since David is a rockin’ supporter of local art & likes my stuff, we have begun discussing a potential artwork-for-bike trade.  (Did I just break a record for longest runon sentence?  Sorry.)  Theretofore, I thought he’d like to see pictures of the very bikey-looking painting I finished last week.  So, this post is for David.

Detail shot...

Studio view of Untitled, Watercolor on Paper, 16" x 20"

I think of them as being sort of spider-webby but also sort of like the spokes of a wheel.  I definitely plan to make more along the same vein, too. Once I have a new motif I like to play around with it over and over until I sort of get it out of my system I guess, although I don’t know if I have any motifs that I’ve gotten sick of and completely abandoned yet.

How weird is it that we happened to make this random, accidental connection the exact week after I went to the Cycling 101 class put on by the Bike Library?  Right when I am thinking, gosh, I need to practice more, and then I need to get myself a bike, since I live within fairly easy biking distance of work, and the lakes, and other awesome stuff.  So strange, and so hilarious.

So, there ya go, serendipity strikes again, throwing bizarre encounters right into my lap.  From now on, anytime I meet a Robyn (or Robin) I will be very tempted to ask her if she likes to bake pies.  Cuz I totally stole her bike trade.  Or who knows, maybe David will find the piemaker Robyn again one day and he will still get some pie.  Strawberry rhubarb is my personal favorite.  Or chocolate creme…mmmmm pie….

Facebook interactions have been cracking me up a lot lately and causing me to laugh out loud.  While alone, in my empty apartment, with no one but me, so my neighbors probably think I’m crazy.  Another recent favorite; I love Scott:

Thanks for the laughs, internets.  And hey, I just learned how to take a screenshot.  So productive, yet still sooooo not what I should be doing right now. Kthnxbyegnite!

Filed Under: art Tagged With: biking, facebook, fate, mistaken identity, pie, serendipity, spiderwebs, trades, weirdness of the universe, yay

I saw a centaur this weekend…and other news.

June 26, 2011 By Administrator

I sent out a new email newsletter on Friday with more details about summer projects!  If you missed it, click here to read it online.

And since I already suffer from a mild case of multiple personality disorder in the social media spheres, I thought why not just keep on rolling?  I now have a “Robyn Hendrix Art” facebook page.  There’s a link in the sidebar, or you can just, you know, click here.

I went to some openings Friday night.  Checked out the new All My Relations gallery, then to XYandZ, then a pride festival art showing at Hennes Art Gallery, where I saw and had a rather awkward conversation with local art scenester Scott Seekins.  The next day I was telling a friend about it and accidentally called him Scott Stulen.  Whoops.  Wrong twin cities art personality, ha!  Guess I’m still a little sleep deprived from another crazy busy week.  By the way, on his facebook page Scott Seekins is for some reason categorized as an athlete so on my facebook profile he shows up as my one and only “sports” interest.  Amusing.

Then in the alley behind Nick & Eddie’s, we saw a guitar player in a centaur costume.  Hot.

A not very good photo of a guitar-playing Centaur

Filed Under: art Tagged With: centaurs, facebook, mnarts, scott seekins

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