Now that’s a lot of posts. I think I’ll rest on my laurels today, and by resting on my laurels I mean work really hard to wrap things up at my old job before moving on to the new. I came across a great opportunity to do marketing for a publisher and I’m happy to say I accepted a job offer last week! I’m very excited for some of the changes in store, but in the meantime I need to roll up my sleeves a bit.
Happy Monday!
I’m on a break from SMartCAMP, and wow! is it fabulous to hear some of the speakers so far. The opening presentation by Marc Schiller, of Wooster Collective, reminds me of why I love blogging.
Schiller stumbled into blogging because he was looking for a way to host photographs he had taken of street art in his neighborhood, the West Village, while walking his dog. Since then, the blog he has created with his wife Sara has become an authority on street art that mainstream media turns to for content. Schiller still runs the project as a passion rather than a job, and it’s well-worth checking out if you aren’t familiar with the site.
Favorite Quote: “It’s okay to be a bit crap, as long as you are sincere and honest.”
If you want in on the action, check out the live stream on the website or the conversation on twitter by searching #smartcamp. I’m @linnea_west. This afternoon is focused on video and putting them online–perfect timing for my video of Scope and hopefully Pulse. The art fairs have been amazing so far, even more so to me after being on the island for 3 months.
However, it’s not for long. I just booked my ticket for Mexico, and I leave this Tuesday morning. I’ll probably be there a couple months–which just might be enough time to catch you up on all the art I’ve seen! Quick judgments: Whitney Biennial can be skipped, William Kentridge at MoMA cannot, Independent is interesting if chaotic, Scope better than Verge, and hopefully I’ll be able to say something about Pulse, Armory, and Volta soon!
I haven’t blogged since Friday, and I truly truly meant to yesterday, but obviously that didn’t happen. So I truly planned to make this up by writing the BEST POST EVER.
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I don’t even have the BEST EXCUSE EVER–I went home to Georgia for a week. I got back late Sunday night. Yesterday I spent about three hours opening everything that had been sent to me and a solid hour dithering before I weakly began to do something about it. Then I succumbed to TV shows and two historical novels I wanted to finish. This is not the stuff blog posts are made of. I could tell you a bit about how I painstakingly listed each scene of my novel, cut up the paper into scenes, and played with their order until I had restructured my plot. (It was a more refined version of the post-its I showed you.) Then, however, you would know how long I’ve been stuck on it! I wish I had just written it this way in the first place, but ultimately I’m really glad to be excited about it again. It was like an albatross hanging on my neck.
So yes, this is just a ‘hello’ for now. I have to make myself a cup of tea and get some work done. Tomorrow: a MIDDLING – BEST POST is on the agenda! (I promise : )