Tag: inspiration
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Funky Swag at Mrs. Fish
Echo Park Rising was my first taste of the expressive charm of Soul Scratch when the band performed at The Lost Room to a packed audience. That was two months ago but luckily they were playing again in the basement of downtown’s historic Pershing Square Building in October. Although nights had gotten cooler, the heat […]
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First Run Through LA Galleries
The sensations of journeying arose as the sun began lowering behind buildings in preparation for Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk. Food trucks parked in lots and stretched down the streets preparing for a busy night. Before the eyes were fed with what the destinations on the map were delivering, a pastelito by VCHOS Food Truck with […]
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So much to see, so little time [Part I]
![So much to see, so little time [Part I]](https://insouciantwriting.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/hanging-installment-by-teresa-cole.jpg?w=1013)
The warmth of the exhibit United States at The Scarab Club made me feel completely at ease with not having more than three sweater options (and forgetting my camera) before I wandered downtown. As soon as I turned the corner from the shallow steps of the club’s entrance, one of several oil and wood pieces […]
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Magnetism of a Muse
In a portrait of Detroit muse Andrea Perez, Robert Sestok highlights a stoic poise with a method contrasting bold colors and textures across many submissions for the Big Paintings exhibit at The Factory of 333 Midland. Black lines amplify shadows, clothing, demeanor and tattoos but force speculation as to what inspired Sestok to create this […]
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twenty minutes
Twenty minutes after midnight I heard a discussion about pharmaceutical companies being under quite an investigative pressure. I think it was on 91.7 FM and when the subject was introduced, immediately my mind went to an appointment I had with a psychiatrist in two thousand eight or nine. He was a person whom I’d maintain […]
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of amorous relations
A song was written about a young woman and charm of a person by which she’s smitten. The rhythm was off but the theme was evident of a romantic pursuit forced to remain secret. Why in this season do energies shift and influence admirers to reveal an eerie twitch when trying to determine first whose […]
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flight of listless thought
Oh, the day’s been long and it’s not quite ten. Brain cells may very well flee my head. So long, I hear myself say to the boss until I think about the inevitable money loss. Change may come but never fast enough. Perhaps slow it needs to move while one sits in wonderment of where […]
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Gary
This is a collection of moments captured in Gary, Indiana meant to share “crude statement[s] of fact addressed to the eye.”
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Indianapolis 500
This is a collection of moments captured at the Indianapolis 500 track in 2011 meant to share “crude statement[s] of fact addressed to the eye.”
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