blogs and thangs

Virginia W., from Other People's Clothes, 2005

You know just when I'm on the verge of giving up and committing to being a career secretary I get a bunch of E-mails from these amazing young women artists/writers/thinkers who inspire me and make me proud and of course I gotta get a grip and represent:

Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, http://blackandtanfantasy.blogspot.com/ I'm not sure how I got on your mailing list, Laylah, but since early January I've been getting E-mails—thank you! Laylah's out there promoting herself, other artists' work, sharing fellowship info—do ya thing, ma! (and I'll try to keep up posting the info you send)

Kesha Bruce, http://www.keshabruce.com/ and http://keshabruce.blogspot.com/ , who is funny and smart and a really terrific artist who makes me want to get going on this publishing idea of mine because she's proof that there are wonderful artists out there whose work should be more widely shared but for the moment I can't even figure out how to become a team member of her blog—the crackpots make it so hard for the rest of us.

Kesha Bruce, SAY SAY MY PLAYMATE, 2006. Mixed-Media Collage on paper. 21 x 26 inches

Danielle Jackson, http://cultureculture.wordpress.com, who's a really smart and critical writer and with blog titles like "Strange White Women Are Always Touching Me" how can you not read her? Although I'm so slow to catch up on E-mails she had to send me 2 before I added her link (but I did check out her blog after the first).

There's hope yet.