TheOpenDoor

Portishead - Undenied

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:38:04 GMT

Your softly spoken words
Release my whole desire
Undenied
Totally

And so bare is my heart, I can't hide
And so where does my heart, belong

Beneath your tender touch
My senses can't divide
Ohh so strong
My desire

For so bare is my heart, I can't hide
And so where does my heart, belong

Now that I've found you
And seen behind those eyes
How can I
Carry on

For so bare is my heart, I can't hide
And so where does my heart, belong

Belong
Belong
Belong

Sarah McLaughlin - Wait

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:58:13 GMT

Sarah McLaughlin - Wait

Under a blackened sky
far beyond the glaring streetlights
sleeping on empty dreams
the vultures lie in wait
You lay down beside me then
you were with me every waking hour
so close I could feel your breath
When all we wanted was the dream
to have and to hold that precious little thing
like every generation yields
the new born hope unjaded by their years
Pressed up against the glass
I found myself wanting sympathy
but to be consumed again
oh I know would be the death of me
and there is a love that's inherently given
a kind of blindness offered to appease
and in that light of forbidden joy
oh I know I won't receive it
When all we wanted was the dream
to have and to hold that precious little thing
like every generation yields
the newborn hope unjaded by their years
You know if I leave you now
it doesn't mean that I love you any less
it's just the state I'm in
I can't be good to anyone else like this
When all we wanted was the dream
to have and to hold that precious little thing
like every generation yields
the new born hope unjaded by their years...

Open Studios + Art Bazaar!

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:36:38 GMT

holiday open studios + art bazaar
december 12 + 13, 2009 � 11am - 5pm
1325-1337 fourth street (between c + d), san rafael www.artworksdowntown.org 415.451.8119

Featuring over 40 artists who welcome you to their studios
for the 13th Annual Art Works Downtown Open Studios

A special Holiday Art Bazaar will feature affordable art + original gifts in the main gallery
+ throughout the artist studios. Entertainment will include live music as well as card making for kids,
+ an art lantern scavenger hunt. All ages are welcome + the event is free.

See New Artists + Favorite Artists.
Purchase Original Art + Holiday Gifts. Listen to Music + Be Inspired!

Loving the new music!

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:18:23 GMT

i LOVE this song..
( i do have to ask though, wtf is that creepy little child/doll looking thing in the window behind her to the left?)

I join the queue on your answer phone
And all I am is holding breath
Just pick up I know you're there
Can't you hear?
I'm not myself

Well, go ahead and lie to me
You could say anything
Small talk will be just fine
Your voice is everything
We owe it to love
And it all depends on you

So listen up
The sun hasn't set
(I refuse to believe that it's only me feeling)
Just hear me out
I'm not over you yet
(It's love on the line, can you handle it?)

So how do I do normal?
A smile I fake
the "per-ma-nent-way"
cue-cards and fix-it kits
Can't you tell?
I'm not myself

I'm a slow motion accident
Lost in coffee rings and fingerprints
I don't wanna feel anything but I do
And it all comes back to you

So listen up
"This" sun hasn't set
(I refuse to believe that it's only me feeling)
Just hear me out
I'm not over you yet
(It's love on the line, can you handle it?)

Hear me out
Listen up
This time you gotta listen to me - yeah
Look at me straight
Just hear me out
Don't make me wait
I'm not myself
I can't take this
Love's on the line
Is that your final answer?

I join the queue on your answer phone
And all I am is holding breath
Just pick up, I know you're there...

So listen up
"This" sun hasn't set
(I refuse to believe that it's only me feeling)
Just hear me out
I'm not over you yet
(It's love on the line, can you handle it?)
(repeats two more times after this and fades)

Always - Plumb

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:56:24 GMT

Out of nowhere
You came
From a little dust
And a little rain
And when I looked down at
Your face
It showed to me
The truth and grace

I will always try to keep you very safe

So open up your eyes
So they can look in mine
And see a small reflection
And when you close your eyes
I pray the thoughts inside
Are beautiful and true

I won't always
Be this strong
And I won't always
Be the one
To kiss the bruise
Or heal the scrapes
To wipe the tear drops
From your face

But I will always love you more each day

So open up your eyes
So they can look in mine
And see a small reflection
And when you close your eyes
I pray the thoughts inside
Are beautiful and true

I will always love you more each day
I will always try to keep you safe

So open up your eyes
So they can look in mine
And see a small reflection
And when you close your eyes
I pray the thoughts inside
Are beautiful and true

I will always
I will always ... love you

Firefly

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:21:47 GMT

And I have loved
And I have served
And I have sinned
But I have learned
As long as you are true to the life
That you live
This is the time to feel love
I feel a stirring deep within
Slowly picking up momentum
Like the tide coming in to shore
Over and under in its course
This feeling emblazed inside
Every nerve like a firefly
Hovering above me
Glow, Glow,
Glowing divine
Every nerve like a firefly
Every nerve like a firefly
This feeling emblazed inside
Every nerve like a firefly
I never want to lose what I have finally found
There's a requiem
A new congregation
And it's telling me go forward and walk
Under a brighter sky
Every nerve glowing like a firefly
Every nerve like a firefly
This feeling emblazed inside
Every nerve like a firefly
I feel a stirring deep within
Slowly picking up momentum
Like the tide coming into shore
Over and under in its course
I never want to lose
What I have finally found
There's a requiem
A new congregation
And it's telling me go foreward and walk
Under a brighter sky
Every nerve glowing like a firefly
Glow, Glow, Divine
Glow, Glow, Divine
Every nerve like a firefly, glowing
Every nerve like a firefly, glow
Glow

The Power of Music

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:00:24 GMT

it's happened to all of us..even though we may not have known it at the time, a song somewhere, somehow imprints itself in your psyche, and it is forever after connected with specific events from your past. I have many of these, mostly happy memories, but this one was bittersweet. It is such an incredibly beautiful song, and I love it still, but the memory will always haunt me.

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This mortal coil - Song to the siren
Uploaded by crakers-kellogs. - Watch original web videos.

On the floating, shapeless oceans
I did all my best to smile
til your singing eyes and fingers
drew me loving into your eyes.

And you sang "Sail to me, sail to me;
Let me enfold you."

Here I am, here I am waiting to hold you.
Did I dream you dreamed about me?
Were you here when I was full sail?

Now my foolish boat is leaning, broken love lost on your rocks.
For you sang, "Touch me not, touch me not, come back tomorrow."
Oh my heart, oh my heart shies from the sorrow.
I'm as puzzled as a newborn child.
I'm as riddled as the tide.
Should I stand amid the breakers?
Or shall I lie with death my bride?

Hear me sing: "Swim to me, swim to me, let me enfold you."
"Here I am. Here I am, waiting to hold you."

word cloud 1

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:49:22 GMT

http://www.wordle.net/

Captivating time lapse capture

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:37:41 GMT

Another Cloud Reel... from Delrious on Vimeo.

Absolutely brilliant footage of around the Bay Area. Especially love how he has captured the clouds as they boil and roll across the coastal hills...

Honor your Child's Truths

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:56:46 GMT

"Your children and not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you."

- excerpt from Kahlil Gibran's book, the Prophet

studio 27 update

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:10:14 GMT

studio 27 news & events

Last night was this month's
2nd Fridays Art Walk along 4th Street in San Rafael, and the turn out was impressive! Saw lots of new faces in my studio at ArtWorks Downtown and had some excellent conversations. Thanks to all who came by to say hello, hope to see you at the next
2nd Fridays Art Walk
Next month I promise to have a better bottle of red. :)

There are some new small canvases up on circle in a square blog , with another 9 sushi paintings in progress at the studio.

Check out the blog periodically to see new works, or enter your email there to subscribe to updates.

Enjoy the rest of your summer!

Sincerely,

Janelle Schneider
1337 Fourth Street, studio #27
San Rafael, CA
www.paintbetty.com

janelle-schneider.fineartamerica.com

Press on Control

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:34:36 GMT

Article in the San Jose Contemporary Art Examiner

by Erica Goss

Control opened August 6 at SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco. Curated by Karen Gutfreund and juried by the Guerrilla Girls West, Control features the work of seventy-nine artists: ninety-two pieces in all. The opening was a success, as visitors to the gallery viewed works that ranged from Monica Rickler Marks' mixed media assemblage "Control VS. Letting Go," which "explores the struggle between attempting to control every detail in life," to Ruth Waters' "Home, $weet Home," a sculpture created in the shape of a tiny house, depicting that "home is the most dangerous place for women."

In the curator's notes, Karen Gutfreund writes, "What does one control? How have political, social or economic controls shaped one's life and the lives of others?In what ways does the media and popular culture dictate and control?" The introduction by the Guerrilla Girls West, who juried the show, asks, "Is 'control' a euphemism for the role of women?"

Each artist responded to the prompt, "control," in her own personal, provocative and individual way. Many of the works are painfully honest, taking on issues of gender, war, politics, domestic and sexual abuse. The show is required viewing for anyone who wants a strong, unflinching look at the world through the eyes of women visual artists.

The South Bay's Cristina Velazquez ("La Mujer Tiene que Ser Curander/Woman Must Be a Healer,") Lucy Liew ("The Core,") and Trina Merry ("Imperial Wartime Jellyfish") are represented in the show. To learn more about Cristina Velazquez, read my article Cristina Velazquez: transforming life into art.

Control runs from August 6-29 at the SOMArts Main Gallery, 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA.

http://www.examiner.com/x-13997-San-Jose-Contemporary-Art-Examiner~y2009m8d12-South-Bay-artists-shine-at-Controls-opening-night?cid=examiner-email

Opening Reception for the Control Show

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:18:04 GMT

There was a great turn out for the opening!

I am so honored to be a part of this remarkable show with so many amazing women.
Check out the show if you can - a collection of some very powerful work.

Upcoming Exhibit

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:25:02 GMT

Going to work in my studio today, but wanted to post some information about an upcoming show I'm participating in...hope to see you at the reception!

CONTROL

An Exhibition that is 100% Women!

The Women's Caucus for Art in conjunction with SOMArts Cultural Center present an exhibition titled "CONTROL", showcasing 94 works by 79 California women artists. Organized around the theme of control (or lack of it), the show explores the artists interpretation of all methods of control: internal, external, positive, negative, over life events and over technology, empowering or dehumanizing, politically correct - or not.

Opening Reception:
Thursday, August 6th
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

SOMArts Cultural Center
934 Brannan Street
San Francisco, CA
August 6 - August 29, 2009

Centa Schumacher
None but My Own (1)
Silver Gelatin Print
18 x 24 inches, 2008

Crisanta Velazquez
La Mujer Tiene que Ser Cuarandera
Women Must Be a Healer
Dress and Herbs
48 x 22 inches, 2008

Ellen Kieffer
Outside Our Control
Monoprint
27 x 23 inches, 2009

Cynthia Lait
Sheer Comfort
Acrylic on Canvas
48 x 48 inches, 2007

Priscilla Otani
28 Day Regimen
Mixed Media Assemblage
8 x 10 inches, 2009

Curated by:
Karen Gutfreund

Juried by:
The Guerrilla
Girls West

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:

Phoebe Ackley, Michelle Ary, Joanne Beaule Ruggles, Deborah Bertola, Cindy Betzer Pharis, Fabienne Bismuth, Nancy Calef, MCCarolyn, Martha Castillo, Crisanta de Guzman, Arabella Decker, Eleanor Dickinson, Cosette Dudley, Lynn Elliott Letterman, Yvonne Escalante, Nicole Ferrara, Angela Fortain, Elizabeth Gomez, Sarah Beth Goncarova, Alison Green, Sargam Griffin, Cynthia Grilli, Karen Gutfreund, Fran Halperin, Rozanne Hermelyn DiSilvestro, Karen Jaime, Elaine Jason, Judy Johnson-Williams, Judith Juncker, Kay Kang, Ellen Kieffer, Cynthia Lait, Rebecca Lambing, Anita Lappi, Noreen Larinde, Joanne Licsko, Lucy Liew, Caren Lorber, Louise Maloof, Yoko Mazza, Kim McCool Nelson, Cheryl McDonald, Erika Meriaux, Trina Merry, Debra Montgomery, Biff Moshe, Kim Newell, Priscilla Otani, Lisa Petrides, Meggi Raeder, Nora Raggio, Valerie Raps, Myrrh Reagan, Ehren Reed, Monica Rickler Marks, Valerie Runningwolf, Jonnie Russell, Janelle Schneider, Centa Schumacher, Caroline Seckinger, Shizue Seigel, Judy Shintani, Vered Shomron, Diana Shore, Jessi Stern, Lise Swenson, Yuriko Takata, Dawn Thomas, Carolyn Tillie, Lynne Todaro, Leigh Toldi, Lucy Traeger, Cristina Velazquez, Ruth Waters, Corinne Whitaker, Tamara White, Sheila Winner, Nancy Worthington, and Barbara Wurden

Regards,

Karen Gutfreund
Curator

See a preview of the show at: http://blip.tv/file/2227719

new at circleinasquare blog

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:15:20 GMT

circleinasquare.blogdrive.com

original bite size painting
Acrylic on canvas 4"x4"

$35.00

new painting blog

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:37:40 GMT

I invite you to come visit my new blog which features some of my new small scale paintings. The bite-sized paintings featured there combine my fascination with the juxtaposition of shapes... namely of a circle in a square, my love of visual texture, and all things sushi. Currently working my way through various types of Maki, my goal is to offer postings of fresh new paintings each week!

Contact me if you would be interested in cross-posting blog links. :)

Artists For Workers Choice

Tue, 19 May 2009 17:16:53 GMT

found on this awesome blog

A Christmas Carol trailer debuts at Cannes

Mon, 18 May 2009 18:03:13 GMT

The first production still was released today from A Christmas Carol!!

View the clip here.

new item in the shop!

Tue, 12 May 2009 17:01:53 GMT

click on the image to take you to the site

Form- fitting long sleeve hooded tee for juniors, 100% cotton, Brand: American Apparel, charcoal

From the Seven Contemporary Sins mixed media series.

"Need has been manufactured, fear has been brought out by profit seekers who will manipulate it to enslave you if you let them."

Design is a reproduction of the original mixed media painting.

Pick your Sin

Mon, 11 May 2009 22:36:45 GMT

Check out the
new selection of shirts and designs
based on my mixed media series
"The 7 Contemporary Sins"