SM 1962

The pencil drawing is by me and this bottom image is Untitled (Man at Table with Chair on Table), 1990 by an artist named Teun Hocks. Two different ways of looking at one's 50th birthday. I suppose it's up to me to decide which way is best.

BOOKS I WISH I'D WRITTEN

The Dwarf: Per Lagerkvist
Ice: Anna Kavan
The Death of Napoleon: Simon Leys
Empire of the Senseless: Kathy Acker
The Restraint of Beasts: Magnus Mills
The Guards: Ken Bruen
Journey to the End of the Night: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
The Onion-Eaters: J.P. Donleavy
Tintin In the New World: Frederic Tuten
All Strange Away: Samuel Beckett
Krapp's Last Tape: Samuel Beckett
Abel's Island: William Steig
Alien Tatters: Clark Coolidge
A Wild Sheep Chase: Haruki Murakami
How Bluegrass Music Destroyed My Life: John Fahey

A couple of days ago I finally made a sculpture that I've been wanting to make for at least five or six years. It's called "'Load' (aka 'Sled')" and is my updated version of one of Beuys' sleds. Instead of sled, felt, flashlight & fat mine has skateboard, fleece, cel phone & (not pictured here) a 3600 Calorie Emergency Ration Food Bar. Coast Guard-approved, of course. I'm going to donate this piece to Intersection for the Arts next week for their "State of the Nation" auction, which is Thursday, June 29, 7 PM (Live Auction 8:30 PM).

SFMOMA Artists Gallery opening

Just a couple shots of Wednesday night's opening: