Go to the Met

This weekend I had the opportunity to see Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty at the Met. I must say, the exhibition is not to be missed for anyone who is interested in fashion, art, or spectacle. As a visual arts administration student, I have mixed feelings about the exhibition, but I'm pretty sure that everyone should see it.

Despite some reservations I have about the exhibition design, and the fact that it was so quickly put together after the designer's untimely death, leading my cynical side to be suspicious of the museum wanting to capitalize on tragedy, as a general viewer I was into it.

Having known nothing of McQueen's work before entering the first gallery, I was instantly drawn in by the over-the-top atmosphere created by the music and lighting. The exhibition resembles an amusement park attraction with sets borrowed from the Phantom of the Opera. Normally I resist this type of exhibition display, looking for environments that do not upstage the art. McQueen's work, however, can not be undone by anything and the setting only contributed to the museum experience.

The exhibition is going on through August 7. You really ought to see it.

And my inclination to collect strange and beautiful objects has me coveting the exhibition catalog. Someone buy it for me.

This was the birthday card that I made for my niece Izzie last year. This year the plan is to be bigger and better. Less princess, more fairy.....

I will let you know how it goes.

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This is the most recent card I made. It was for my friend Lucille's birthday. I recently learned how to make envelope linings and it is the most exciting thing that has happened in some time.

Things got hot this week

Apparently it is Summer now in New York. I believe it all began this past Tuesday.

I am hesitant to welcome this uncomfortable change in weather but at least I can wear my favorite sunglasses more hours of the day and have an excellent excuse to do some shopping for more appropriate attire.

I also intend to use this transition as an opportunity for transformation, of this blog and my attitude. I often feel best and most alive when doing something creative so here we go. Here it is. This is what I do sometimes...these are things I make sometimes....

Missing

So very much has happened within the past two years. I have moved from city to city. For a girl who lived in one city until she was 24, changing cities twice in two years is big. My brother and his family brought me to San Francisco and grad school at NYU brought me to New York. Although I was not that excited about San Francisco when I was there, I miss it dearly now. New York is not living up to my expectations. I am not even sure what they were anymore.

I am struggling with living in New York. It is a very lonely place and it is difficult to deal with the fact that everyone seems to be competing for everything. Maybe that is just my perspective, but every time I walk out the door of my apartment I must prepare to compete for room on the sidewalk, the subway, the elevator, an internship, a job. It is exhausting.

I am not prepared to write-off New York completely. I have not been here long enough to come to such a drastic conclusion. I just need to find an anchor here. Something that is mine. Hopefully that happens soon. New York often reminds me of a club that refuses to let me join. I am not sure what I am missing but I am confident that the fault is mine and not New York. My hope is that one day something will just click and I will be at home here.

For now, absence makes the heart grow fonder and that has never seemed more true than now and my longing for all the things that make San Francisco what it is and different from New York.