your golden cage

i think it might be your rib cage
i think of the most

those golden clamps
that damning holster, holding
your heart inside

it's claws

blame it on reason

you keep your fires burning slow
mine, i cannot

i am alive with fire

touch me with your cold hands, just
so we can heal

each another

finally

and

sigh

Art Whimsy

Anado McLauchlin and Patrice Wynne
are two inspirational magical human beings
and artist working in San Miguel de Allende.

This is a promotional image I made
for their open house this year.

If you'd like to see the house, check out this article
in The New York Times. Pure magic:

www.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/garden/23mexico

chain-smokers

i have always had a soft spot for chain-smokers

sometimes you meet a stranger
maybe the stranger is your friend
and you don't even know how close
you really are

but they are still a stranger

suddenly you flutter
and everything around you shifts
swirls into new directions

and strange is still strange
but better strange

a kind of enlightening

without purpose or meaning
or beginning or end

makes you feel awake, alive

sometimes there is simply
nothing more beautiful
than watching another human being
smoking a cigarette

this week for me was a week of strangeness
it replenished all the thoughts
i thought i lost about mystery

and the infinite beauty of faces

it is a simple antidote just to
look at someone unique

and bask
in their existence

like the most
incredible film

glimpse at HOW feature

here is a little glimpse of the feature
i have in the October issue of HOW magazine

it is just a sneak peek but thought it
would be nice for those of you who
cannot access the magazine from where
you live

surprisingly, i had no trouble at all finding
it in mexico which is a pretty good sign
i'd say

the photo is from my birthday

happy birthday, ha

well thank you!

Que Pasa Cover

in san miguel de allende, mexico
there is a very cool newspaper printed
both in spanish and english called

atencion

they have a pull-out entertainment section
called que pasa and luckily i was able to do
their cover illustration for this week

but what is even better is
now i am going to be
doing illustrations for them on an on-going basis

can you think of a better way to get to know a town,
its people and whats the happs

more on this one soon

HOW magazine

HOW magazine has featured this miss
sugar power in the october issue
out on the stands now. (page 26)

pretty exciting.

one of those very memorable moments
always longed for.

savor it. i say.

like all good things.

i am grateful for.

lost at e minor

i have a sweet new little interview up at the amazing
lost at e minor site

check it out if you like costumes, pirates or werewolves

or even just me