Mood Enhancer for Enduring the Corrections
Someone asked me the other day how I sleep at nights...knowing the state of the economy, the art market, the world in general....
I answered that, personally, I get by on a steady diet of denial and Scotch.
When that doesn't help, I watch a video of a child laughing, and somehow that always makes me more optimistic:
Consider this an open thread on keeping things in perspective.
I answered that, personally, I get by on a steady diet of denial and Scotch.
When that doesn't help, I watch a video of a child laughing, and somehow that always makes me more optimistic:
Consider this an open thread on keeping things in perspective.
Labels: open thread
posted by Edward_ at
10:56 AM
18 Comments:
Sounds like a good diet to me!
Two words: Cute Overload.
Sherry is my tipple. :) Yes, a reminder of where I was a few yrs ago and that I was okay then is a coping method.
Along with msgs from a friend's partner who is filming in Cambodia. The things he's seeing there are truly a reminder that a recession is nothing to complain about.
I’ve had insomnia since 9/11. Got about four and a half hours last night, and booze just seems to exacerbate it. To sleep, I think of an Ad Reinhardt painting and zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Did you see this?
Kick Cute Overload to the curb and hie thee henceforth to Fuck You, Penguin.
Spot on, Ed.
I like your equation Ed, though my current drink is a bourbon manhattan with 2 cherries.
My current coping is to stay away from too much news, and to practice mindfulness.
Love the baby!
Pam
Only Denial, and Scotch?
I thought during Art Basel Miami most art dealers had moved on to bigger and better enhancers.
It would seem the gallery people in Portland, OR, are almost as enhanced as you guys! Check out this art blog:
www.WeLoveScotch.blogspot.com
The "Party Like An Art Star" Blog.
this video is my current favorite.
cat + rat vid
Hey, I remember doing that. Let's see, it was in art school. I'd ingested something. Or maybe I'd smoked smothing. Yes, that's it.
But it wasn't ripping paper that set me off. I remember looking at my hands and thinking, "Wouldn't it be cool if my fingertips had little hands on them? And those little hands had microscopic little hands? And those microscopic little hands had infiitesimally weensy teensy little hands? I think I spent several hours laughing like that baby.
Ah, thanks for that. I feel much better now.
Insomnia! It feels like everything is in retrograde... but I just watched Kurt Cobain's dvd 'About a Son' & I guess that helps keep it in perspective and makes you think about what art is really all about...
i'm sorry. cat+ rat has already been outdone.
kittens on a roomba
i promise. no more. this could go on forever
Thanks for posting that, Ed! Hilarious! I've seen it before and it never gets old.
I nanny "during the day" (when I'm not in college), and one of the definite positives is that I seem to just forget all the bad things I'm experiencing when I'm with the kids. It could be the pace of things and constantly moving from one activity to the next, or the innocence of kids and easy laughter. Whatever it is, I know it's a big part of what's kept me nannying.
Unfortunately, bourbon and scotch are off limits to me at the moment. Fortunately, the hormones involved in creating another cute kid are mostly insulating me from existential terror. I shudder to think what post-partum hormonal states are likely to induce, however.
Congratulations Pretty Lady!!!
not your standard artist plug: here is my cute overload. 2 is such a fun age!
Fantastic! Perfect for snapping back and keeping things in perspective indeed!
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home