Hiss and Hearse

“The people I admire are the people who found some kind of voice and stuck with it.”
-Nick Cave

Right now a storm is brewing in Pittsburgh. The sky is ominous, and from where I sit, The Cathedral of Learning (one of the tallest buildings in Pittsburgh) looks like a fairy tale castle stuck up there in the misty dark clouds.

Lately I’ve been needing some positivity, and today, while working, I’ve been listening to many Nick Cave interviews. I am finding inspiration in one about his work habits, creative process, and self perception. He says about the writing process, “All you can do is fail, and (failing) really isn’t that bad.”

This weekend, I am attempting my first Pittsburgh fashion shoot. This will be the third attempt, since the first one was canceled due to bad weather and the second was postponed because the model got food poisoning. I’m aching from every bone to make some art! Yesterday I was pleasantly reminded that I am, in fact, a photographer when I learned that Keven from the San Francisco dark wave band, Veil Veil Vanish, was interviewed for the LA Weekly and used my photographs within the article!

Another thing that’s making me happy is my friendship with My Solitary Consignment’s Lindsay Jean, who has become my resident Pittsburgh BFF and is one of the most fashionable ladies I know. Last week she had an art opening at Garfield Artworks, and within her beautiful drawings was one she made just for me! It’s a deer on a birthday cake that says, “Let’s Be Friends.” I think it’s one of the most beautiful pieces of art anyone has ever given me, and I can’t wait to hang it in our home. She even took a photo of Richard Wayne and me with it, and I don’t loathe how I look in the picture!

And lastly, last night Richard Wayne bought me a Christmas tree! We had quite the Griswold Family experience trying to get it set up in it’s tree stand, which was made of plastic and which we discovered to be cracked when we got it home and filled it with water. What a mess! But after some inventive thinking and a screwdriver, it’s all set up now, and just looking at it makes me so happy. Just the thought of having a real tree with someone I love makes me warm and fuzzy too. It’s really a nice feeling to know that even though I’m faraway from my immediate family, I have a little one right here in Pittsburgh.

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