miami update

I woke up this morning and went to the beach at 8: 30. I took the miami herald with me and read about the great sangria shortage that was created by a strange and fidgety artist on espana road last night. I hear they are going to ship in a tanker of sangria tonight to help avert the crises created by the great gardega. I felt like Hemingway as I sat in what looked like the middle of Madrid and imbibed myself with the drink of the gods. I once read that it was best to take off both shoes before one goes to sleep but I am not one to prescribe to such maxims. I was in my gallery last night talking to owner and met a man who used to be dali's assistant. It was not able to understand his accent for the most part but gained some nuggets of information I never knew about dali. I stopped by miami ink to visit my old classmate chris garver and to see how he was doing, He seemed a bit jaded on the whole fame thing. I have done much networking here but decided to take the path of hunter s thompson and not actually attend the fight I flew to africa to write about....

update

it was a nice day today. I looked for a "do not disturb" sign to tell no one to clean my hotel room and could not find one. (I cannot handle other people cleaning or touching my stuff.) I found the cleaning lady and told her not to clean 7g...she did clean anyways and was nice enough to take my passport as a memento for her collection. I am thankful because she did not steal my socks, Imagine flying back to NYC with no socks! I am happy she left my horsehoe crab behind because that has real value...

good morning

I met my first celebrity yesterday. I must admit he was the smartest celebrity I have ever met. You can view his website here.


www.mrclucky.com

Someone told me that I cannot even spell the word modistee. I dont even need spell check for that one...

watercolor---miami

I am not used to this scanner and have little control over the image but I made this watercolor today over a few heinekens at an outdoor cafe. The scan is terrible, the watercolor has much more life....

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good morning

I have found all the important things I needed (including return info.) I found an art store, an internet store and the gallery I am showing at. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. I am the only person in the internet store and the lady is mopping under my chair and banging into me but I am happy because it is almost seventy outside. I really like miami more than I thought I would and cannot wait to get a sketchbook and start drawing. The people are very friendly here and take the time too talk to you. Thanks for sending me info, teal...I will hit the sketchbook today and scan new work.

miami

I have arrived after four hour flight delay. It is almost 80 degrees alex is mucho happy. I am exhausted and realized that I booked a return flight on the 8th on an airline I cant remember. I had no directions to my hotel, no res number and almost didnt get my reservation. My hotel isn't too sketchy and will suffice to rest my head. I thought that my luggage would be taken by customs because it was full of electronics, a dremel tool and a remote control horsehoe crab.

random alex facts

I have a phobia---I have never tasted iced tea, coffee or tea. I was offered one hundred dollars to have a sip of iced tea and wouldnt even think about it.

I have never worn a piece of red clothing. I am afraid of certain shades of red and I made my kayak store search for twenty minutes to get me the same kayak in orange because I wouldn't buy a red kayak.

I have to clean my sink with ammonia everyday.

I never tasted kraft macaroni and cheese because I was afraid of it as a kid.

I have had more serious head concussions than the average NFL quarter back so this probably explains the whole thing.

enjoy...

genius

I realized this morning that alex is a true genius. I was able to prove this when I realized this morning that I have no idea when my flight is and cant find my itinerary. I forgot to wash my clothes so I am in a panic to do it at 7 AM. I forgot to tell my landlord that the heat is out for some reason so I have to take a cold shower. My apartment is a mess, filled with horseshoe crabs and paintings that dont even fit in it, spilled india ink and the only thing in my fridge is pepsi and takeout chicken wings I forgot to eat. I just remembered I probably need my passport for extra ID. My ego would prefer to call this the art of genius as opposed to a simple mess of a person. I am most excited to get away!

miami

I leave tomorrow for miami. I will try to go each day to kinkos to upload info and sketches. I am not a laptop kind of person who sits in starbucks so I will never own a laptop. I prefer a sketchbook in a dark bar to a laptop.

note

please allow for the fact they I don't always mean everything I say on this blog. Please consider that there may actually be some humor behind my statements...Please understand I don't actually think I am as good as dali. Please understand that my ego is not the size of a house and that I am having fun....If its not fun it aint worth doing.

monday

today is my last day to get my act together before I leave for miami on tues. I will be working on a mural today and then tonight I have to handle many loose ends.

hong kong

hello hong kong and welcome to my surreal estate.

mother ocean

I woke up at one AM last night and drove to the ocean at robert moses beach. I did my usual jump into the drink and drove home in the pouring rain. The water was like getting hit with a sledge hammer.

moonlight ride

I decided to that I want to jump into the ocean tonight. I usually jump in the drink every February as a ritual (but usually during day.) If you ever want to feel alive jump into the ocean on a dark and cold winters night--- but be sure you jump right back out as your shelf life really starts to diminish after the first ten seconds...over and out.

seattle fan

Hi Alex,

Its been ages since I've emailed you. But I have been checking your blog twice a week or so. I wonder if it means anything that you share a birthday with Keith Richards. I just adore Keith. I'm a huge stones fans too, but mostly I'm in awe of the fact that Keith is still alive.

Are you getting excited for your show in Miami?! I really wish I could go to Basel this year. I just bought a house today and am crazy busy (aren't we all?!). I will definetly email you later on in the week. Just wanted to say how beautiful your mural turned out. I had a piece of your work framed. I will take a picture and send it to you! One from the dancers series. I bought it right after you started the art for $10 site.

On to the next holiday


feedback means the world to me...

artist of the day---descartes

When I was fourteen I became a huge devotee of Renee Descartes. He is often called the father of modern Philosophy and he deserves that title in my opinion. He was the founder of analytic geometry (which is how I initially discovered him.) He is the creator of the time-honored quote-- Je pense, donc je suis----"I think, therefore I am" I knew I liked him when he set about to write a treatise on emotions and he promised to write it "as if no one had ever written on the subject before." .He is a big influence on me to this day as I promise to live my life as if no one had lived this life before. He was also a father of the scientific revolution just as gardega is the father of the social surrealism movement.

hillary

uber-ultra hyper realistic glass portrait of Hillary. I am inspired by the genius of Steuben and the ambition of picasso.


Collection of the Clinton's

gardega

the secret service gave my glass carving of Hillary Clinton to Bill Clinton today. They were a bit nervous with my camouflage pants and I was even told initially to keep my hands where they can see them but then when they saw my art piece it was escorted directly to bill. Alex is apolitical but it is good to have my art in the hands of former presidents and heads of state.

silent sitting

music by peter gabriel

geese by god.

train whistle by mankind.

last supper by gardega

hannity egg

there is still a full day to bid on and win my Hannity egg in my ebay store. Right now trend spotting guru is in the lead on the bidding but they are far from my minimum required bid...

NLP

The mind of Alex has spent hundreds of hours reading and studying Neuro- linguistic programming...

Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) is an interpersonal communication model and an alternative approach to psychotherapy^[1] based on the subjective study of language, communication and personal change.^[2]

remember folks! words mean nothing until you give them meaning. The map is not the territory as Descartes used to say! You give words their meaning. Color does not even exist, it is a vibration, a quantum possibility. A bee does not see color and lives in a very real and different world than you and I. Which world is the "real" world? Chew on this with your waffles! Your reaction to my blog is your own creation, your own painting that has very little to do with the landscape.

good snowy morning

I looked out my window this morning at a "freshly fallen silent shroud of snow." If it is going to be cold there might as well be some snow on the ground! I will probably brave the roads and paint on my mural today. My best friend told me last night that he hates that I call myself a genius on my blog and that I should be like and be humble. He asked me whether he was supposed to believe my malarkey and I told him it is not important whether he believes my malarkey just as it is not important whether or not I believe it. He did mention that he reads my blog often and finds it interesting. I promised to humble myself to down a bit and to make my blog a bit less interesting. He did mention that there was a small green vein of jealousy running through the leaf of his thoughts. I was tempted to shout "viva gardega." but wished not to disturb the sushi bar.

VIVA GARDEGA!