THE ETERNAL SUMMER

it's all over now baby blue

2008-09-30T14:12:00.000-07:00

So the Eternal Summer ended up not being so eternal after all.
With a whopping 95 days and the beginning of the 6 day work week,
I have officially brought this project to it's close.

Sometimes it can feel great to end a project. In this case I will be a
little relieved to sever my daily obligation to the computer. Plus, an
end always brings new beginnings, so hello to fall and hello to
whatever projects come next!

Adios and bests,
Michelle

Day 95

2008-09-23T21:41:00.000-07:00

Day 94

2008-09-22T21:28:00.000-07:00

Day 93

2008-09-21T13:52:00.000-07:00

we were all carefully watching the sunset

Day 92 goodbye hawaii hello sf

2008-09-20T13:43:00.000-07:00

Untitled from michelle blade on Vimeo.

Untitled from michelle blade on Vimeo.

Day 91

2008-09-19T13:41:00.000-07:00

Day 90 more island living

2008-09-18T17:35:00.005-07:00

While I was surfing this morning I witnessed some spinner dolphins
doing flips out in front of me, a completely magical occurrence.
A guy next to me informed me this was a good sign and minutes
later we both caught an awesome wave.
I also had the chance to talk to a really nice couple in their early
50s who happened to both be artists. They told me they were from
Portland but the man had gone to SFAI for his undergrad...when i
asked him what he went there for and what kind of art he did now
a-days he simply said, "I surf".

Good morning.

Day 89

2008-09-17T17:23:00.000-07:00

Day 88

2008-09-15T17:01:00.000-07:00

i'm on a family vacation in maui and it's hard not to take pictures of the sky like a tourist constantly. uploading them here is making me aware of how Eternal Summer is becoming pretty bloggy lately, morphing into a life/art mixture. maybe this is a good thing, maybe it's a little cheesy sometimes? oh well, maybe it was always like this... either way i am embracing it, going with the flow of things, and i'm going to try to not be too self conscious about it. ooh yeaaah ....mahalo!

Day 84, 85,86,87

2008-09-14T17:51:00.000-07:00

September 11, 12, 13, 14...

hello Maui!

Day 83 Atlantis

2008-09-10T10:40:00.000-07:00

i have finished climbing the giant hill that was the making of this painting!

Day 82

2008-09-09T13:45:00.001-07:00

Day 81

2008-09-08T12:36:00.001-07:00

new york notes and recapping

and i just received some wonderful art trade in the mail from dan carlson in SF, thanks so much Dan!

Day 77, 78, 79 & 80

2008-09-08T11:57:00.000-07:00

Sept 4-7th
New York

On sunrise flight & sleeping passengers to great cities and friends...

Bed-Stuy Brooklyn Jam from michelle blade on Vimeo.

Thanks New York!

And then, peaking out the window while the whole flight slept, I woke up to find an epic lightning storm just for me to see.

Lightning Storm from michelle blade on Vimeo.

Day 76

2008-09-03T14:49:00.000-07:00

I'm not going to lie, i think i'm obsessed with the mirror feature

Paradise from michelle blade on Vimeo.

Tomorrow i am off to NY for some good times and amazing openings...4 days chalked full of epic end of summer heat, beauty and friends.

Day 75

2008-09-02T13:15:00.001-07:00

GETTING CLOSER TO THE FINISH LINE

Day 75

2008-09-01T16:45:00.001-07:00

Day 74

2008-08-31T16:28:00.000-07:00

Day 72 COMING OUT OF ONE ANOTHER

2008-08-30T16:15:00.000-07:00

FOUR SPHERES

Day 71

2008-08-29T00:12:00.000-07:00

SUNS AND MOONS, FROM MARCH & FORWARD

Day 70

2008-08-28T23:07:00.000-07:00

My creative act of the day was to leave town and glide on some waves. It was such a beautiful day there was no other way.

and later i found another magic carpet on the floor in adobe books listening to the fortune teller, 10 minutes $10

Day 69

2008-08-27T16:44:00.000-07:00

FIREWORK
FACE

DAY 68

2008-08-26T20:19:00.000-07:00

DAY 67 -Shine On You Crazy Diamond

2008-08-26T11:06:00.000-07:00

Starting new big projects today...I need to move into my studio really bad, making paintings in my living room is a little tight, i kinda of hate it, but working at home is also growing on me...

I've downloaded 4 Pink Floyd albums in one go and now I'm catching some light rays

I've been getting some good mail art lately from the project I did at Triple Base last month called "Open For Business Show"
here is one I received today, thanks so much Emily!

DAY 66

2008-08-24T11:43:00.000-07:00

Sketches for new paintings

DAY 65

2008-08-23T18:20:00.001-07:00

SPACE FACE

DAY 64

2008-08-22T17:23:00.000-07:00

Whew! I just got back from a top secrete trip to LA for my friend Mark's surprise going away party....too many good times to count...i need to recover and relax tonight for sure.

DAY 63

2008-08-21T17:28:00.000-07:00

Ceviche!

DAY 62

2008-08-20T10:16:00.000-07:00

SKETCHES ON BELIEVING AND ENERGY

DAY 61

2008-08-19T17:12:00.000-07:00

DAY 60

2008-08-18T17:15:00.000-07:00

hourglass mountain sketch for a giant blanket

DAY 59

2008-08-17T17:09:00.000-07:00

One of my really good friends is about to take off on an epic adventure for a year...i couldn't be more proud and excited for him but i'm gonna miss my buddy

DAY 58

2008-08-16T17:07:00.000-07:00

Magic Carpet Rides

DAY 57

2008-08-15T17:06:00.000-07:00

DAY 56

2008-08-14T17:01:00.000-07:00

Art day with Kelly Lynn Jones and Marci Washington

Kelly's painting

DAY 55

2008-08-13T16:59:00.000-07:00

Met with art collerctor/writer Mark Gross today to do some collaborative creative writing at a cafe in Potrero Hill.

We picked people in the cafe at random and wrote short stories about them. One was a dialog between a mother

and child, the second was a 1st person story from the perspective of young guy with a moustache, and then the last was a 3rd

person story about two older matching men in red and blue golf shirts. Mark's short stories were really amazing,

If you'd like to read them you can go HERE. (i'm not going to post mine, they were not nearly as good).

DAY 54

2008-08-12T16:59:00.000-07:00

DAY 53

2008-08-11T16:58:00.000-07:00

DAY 52

2008-08-10T16:57:00.000-07:00

Leigh McCarthy, a SF artist, emailed me with the suggestion of making a diorama....I had daydreamed about making one awhile back so I thought this was the perfect reminder

DAY 51

2008-08-09T16:56:00.000-07:00

Crystal Skies

DAY 50

2008-08-08T16:55:00.000-07:00

The Journey

DAY 49

2008-08-07T16:54:00.000-07:00

Mole Makin Mama

Also:

DAY 48

2008-08-06T16:54:00.000-07:00

DAY 47

2008-08-05T16:53:00.000-07:00

Another new collaboration combo. Today was with Jon Casey Clary...Both of the paintings were originally found at a thrift store down the street so technically this is a three way collaboration...The giant god's eye was also another jem found that day.

DAY 46

2008-08-04T16:51:00.000-07:00

MIRROR JAM WARS! (Rubin and Kelly rocked it so hard...totally blew me out of the water!)

Mirror Jam Wars 2008 - Matt Rubin from Rubin on Vimeo.

Mirror Jam Wars 2008 - Michelle Blade from Rubin on Vimeo.

Mirror Jam Wars 2008 - Kelly Lynn Jones from Rubin on Vimeo.

DAY 45

2008-08-03T16:50:00.000-07:00

Today I did a collaborative project with Mike Park, a friend from Oakland who I met through Marci and Deth. We met up in Doloros Park and he brought along children'sactivity books. The little booklettes were really cute, it had a big blank square at the top of the page and then 4 or 5 lines underneath it so you could write your own adventure story. We took turns swapping writting and drawing in eachothers books and this is what came about...

Mike was nice enough to take them home and scan them and re-type the text

DAY 44

2008-08-02T16:49:00.000-07:00

GOODMORNING SUNSHINE

This morning I took a bikeride at sunrise...i'm a new bike rider so the excitement is really there and strong lately. This photo was taken around 5:45 am

DAY 43

2008-08-01T16:47:00.000-07:00

Super collaborations with Ferris Plock, Jay Howell, Deth Sun and Marci Washington

DAY 42

2008-07-31T16:47:00.000-07:00

DAY 41

2008-07-30T16:45:00.000-07:00

LOVE

Saturn is as eternal as fear

DAY 40

2008-07-29T16:45:00.000-07:00

It's Like Wha-la

DAY 39

2008-07-28T16:44:00.000-07:00

DAY 38

2008-07-27T16:43:00.000-07:00

I have been doing a terrible job of uploading my daily projects this weekend, so sorry for that. Not having a digital camera has really been making this project a bit harder for me to do things quickly and easily...but, i am so happy to say that I bit the bullet and bought a new camera this morning...it should be in my hands in two days! BE PREPARED FOR AMAZING THINGS TO HAPPEN!

These pictures are from my 6x7 camera, i just got them developed today quickly art new lab

DAY 37

2008-07-26T16:39:00.000-07:00

Triple Base Mail Project

I have been at Triple Bases Gallery in the Mission for the past four days hosting a mail art trade booth at their Open For Business Show...I drew and mailed over 75 letters to strangers with the help of all the friendly people who came and visited my booth. Thanks to everyone who came by....and man, I need to take a break from drawing tomorrow....

This is Kelly Lynn Jones and myself sporting Justin Limoges's temporary tattoos, another cool booth at the Open For Business show

DAY 36

2008-07-25T16:39:00.000-07:00

I AM AT TRIPLE BASE 'TIL SUNDAY MAKING DRAWINGS AND GIVING

THEM AWAY, COME BY AND PICK ONE OUT TO SEND TO A FRIEND!

DAY 35

2008-07-24T16:38:00.000-07:00

Bringing Friends Home

DAY 34

2008-07-23T16:37:00.000-07:00

Magic Carpet number two

DAY 33

2008-07-22T16:35:00.000-07:00

I woke up really early this morning and started this giant grid moon painting over coffee. i'm a litttle less that half way through, my goal it to finish by the end of the day...

I've been covering up each one so it's a bit of a surprise when i see each one next to the next one.

Tonight Kyle and I made some little towers of food: potato, turnips, heirloom tomatoes, red onion and eggplant...all circluar food sliced and stacked with forbidden black rice and a side of fake meat...

DAY 32

2008-07-21T16:35:00.000-07:00

DAY 31

2008-07-21T16:34:00.000-07:00

DAY 30

2008-07-19T16:33:00.000-07:00

Today helped out my friend Jessie who works at the farmers market for Dirty Girl Farm and it was amazing. Their vegetables are the best, and after listening to tons of delicious sounding cooking ideas from their costomers I went home and made tokyo turnips with orange beets,with sweet yellow potatoes and shallots. Just simple baking with a little olive oil, salt and pepper. So good.

DAY 30

2008-07-18T16:33:00.000-07:00

I finished putting together the final touches on my new little book...i think it's awesome, my best one to date

BEATING IN UNISON WITH THE HEART OF THE WORLD
-40+ pages, each a little different
-hand sewn binding
-rainbows
-ribbon
-golden seal
-art

DAY 28

2008-07-17T16:32:00.000-07:00

Today I worked on a zine...but a couple days ago my digital camera broke so i have nothing to show for it...i will find a way to be more creative with uploading images with no camera...just give me a few days and it'll all work out, hopefully.

DAY 27

2008-07-16T16:29:00.000-07:00

These polaroids are from a collaboration between with Billy O'Callaghan and myself in Golden Gate Park. The way we did it was by having one person lay on the ground and the other stand above holding the strap of the polaroid camera and letting it dangle just high enough so the person laying down could reach out and push the button.

These fit into a series he is working on called Assisted Self Portraits.

And these are the photos I took with my 6x7 in response to the polaroids...

as an extra little bit of information, while we were in the park we saw a mother and her baby quails! it was amazingly adorable. ..

DAY 26

2008-07-15T16:28:00.000-07:00

The Aim of connecting with music.

Singing Yo-Yo Ma's Bach's Suite for Solo Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major BMV 1007: I. Prelude

DAY 25

2008-07-14T16:28:00.000-07:00

Adventures in Kite Flying, Two

Dancing

DAY 24

2008-07-13T16:26:00.000-07:00

Collaboration paintings with Marci Washington!

DAY 23

2008-07-12T16:25:00.000-07:00

Collage (found image, fyeah festival)

DAY 22

2008-07-11T16:24:00.000-07:00

Adventures in kites flying, 1

Building Castles

DAY 21

2008-07-10T16:23:00.000-07:00

A little collage action this morning...9x 17'' on paper

DAY 20

2008-07-09T16:22:00.000-07:00

Home Made

Fried tofu with terriyaki glaze and mint on Inari

DAY 19

2008-07-08T16:21:00.000-07:00

A Walk Around the Block and a Corner

Day 17

2008-07-06T15:57:00.000-07:00

Summer gold glitter piles

DAY 16

2008-07-05T15:56:00.000-07:00

DAY 15

2008-07-04T15:36:00.000-07:00

Fireworks!

DAY 14

2008-07-03T15:35:00.000-07:00

I was thinking about the Swarovski Crystal Museum in Austria today

DAY 13

2008-07-02T14:34:00.000-07:00

This is a collaboration drawing I did with kyle mock over a tasty mexican food lunch ..
The theme was "draw an upside down person wading in the water with mountains behind them"

DAY 12

2008-07-01T14:33:00.000-07:00

IThink You Have a Sincere Longing

Light shining through holes in paper, 8x 11''

DAY 11

2008-06-30T14:32:00.000-07:00

DAY 10

2008-06-29T14:30:00.000-07:00

I went down to LA to help throw a "Coming to America" surprise party for my good friend Hanna- she just moved back to the states after living in Helsinki for the last two years.What an amazing weekend.

DAY 9

2008-06-28T14:10:00.000-07:00

Cruising in LA. Music Video. GOOD TIMES

DAY 7

2008-06-27T14:09:00.000-07:00

upiter Rising , Graphite drawing + collage

DAY 7

2008-06-26T14:06:00.000-07:00

My car got towed while I was in the park today so I went home and made a drawing of a sunset while the sun set to take my mind off financial problems. If you would like to buy this for $298.00 and help me pay for this and the ticket i recieved on top of it all...it could be all yours

Your Beautiful Sunset

Graphite on paper 8.5x 11''

DAY 6

2008-06-25T14:05:00.000-07:00

Trying to remember the only song i know on the banjo for 5 minutes.

DAY 5

2008-06-24T14:04:00.000-07:00

Climbing a tree for 46 sec
Kyle Mock

Video: Climbing a tree for 1 min 25 sec
Michelle Blade

DAY 4

2008-06-23T14:03:00.000-07:00

Glue painting-Ink and glue on paper

DAY 3

2008-06-22T14:02:00.000-07:00

Search engine star collage

DAY 2

2008-06-21T14:00:00.000-07:00

Two collages on paper

DAY 1

2008-06-20T13:57:00.000-07:00

Today is the first official day of summer. To celebrate and start things off on a good note I bought 2 candles at a Botanica store and had the woman working there prepare them with lots of good luck in love, adventure, business, health, magic, happiness, and prosperity.

DAY 18

2008-06-07T16:20:00.000-07:00

Today I made another collaboration drawing Kyle Mock. The theme for this one was "Lightning, exploding volcano, mountains and fireworks".
When we are making these we draw the images upside down and put up a little wall (usually a tall book.) This way we don't know what the other person
has drawn until the end... we are surprised everytime, I totally recommend trying it.

We also made potato tortillas with sweet onions, tomatoes and spinach, delicious!