tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72485728394282375782024-03-14T00:34:46.553-05:00k baergenk baergenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622881198720210187noreply@blogger.comBlogger179125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248572839428237578.post-62552683553984985742012-11-05T07:11:00.003-06:002012-11-05T07:11:59.448-06:00i know, i know. you may be wondering where on earth i went.<br />
well i redirected my blogs into two different things, well three, rather.<br />
to read and see what's going on, what i'm working on and my biz partner, KB, is working on go to<br />
<a href="http://thecommonrat.com/">thecommonrat.com</a><br />
to see what's happening in art land for me:<br />
<a href="http://kbaergen.com/">kbaergen.com</a><br />
and for personal life stuff/how i manage to stay sane:<br />
<a href="http://hueandthread.com/">hueandthread.com</a><br />
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love to you, miss you dearly. come visit me at those three sites.<br />
<br />k baergenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622881198720210187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248572839428237578.post-15867157439935805082011-12-17T11:08:00.001-06:002011-12-23T11:56:53.182-06:00a growing up, of sorts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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i've always been a dreamer. my head is mostly in the clouds, and i've always figured i'd rather shoot for the moon or an entire galaxy than settle for anything less. the upside being that i, more often than not, cross over the line into optimism, the downside is that i am too often disappointed. expectations are a bitch. it's best to do away with them, and remember that if you want something done right, you should probably do it yourself. if you're looking to have a good time, be content staring at a wall, that way, anything better is incredible. part of being a dreamer is playing tricks on yourself.<br />
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it also means that you can't quite settle for less. which is sad when everyone around you is finding their perfect companions, getting married and making families. the hope in it, is that we want more out of life. there's an entire world around me that i want to explore, and i want to push myself as far as i possibly can.<br />
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in the past year or so i've grown up a lot. more like, i've become more myself. a bit more calm, cool, and collected, a little bit weirder, less sensitive, and i've cried a whole lot. everything has hurt deeper, but i've laughed harder. fair trade? right?<br />
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so as i change and reinvent, it's about time for this blog to move onward and upward, and grow to it's fullest potential.<br />
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in order to give it the accurate attention, i needed some help. i decided to merge with KB, fellow artist + genius + mad scientist, to make The Common Rat it's own entity. keeping the things you've said you loved, and adding some things we think you'll really enjoy. in which, we hope to bring attention to great artists, cultivate a healthy competition among artists, and continue to share life with you. most importantly, i want to continue what you and i have. which means, you have the freedom to critique and suggest, because i value your opinions.<br />
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we'll be launching at the beginning of March. i'll keep you updated along the way, and once it's live we'll post primarily through there (which will also host our personal blogs). i think we have a lot of great things to share with you.<br />
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i like you a lot.<br />
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all you need to recognize is where it says "taco's ecclesiastes". </div>
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it's all merely chicken scratch, and i can't make sense of it. </div>
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<br />k baergenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622881198720210187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248572839428237578.post-83816267244224959422011-12-12T09:00:00.000-06:002011-12-23T10:22:35.981-06:00hands & patterns<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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i have a strange obsession with hands.<br />
a few years back i made it my personal goal to be able to draw the most beautiful hands... probably after i had seen an illustration or painting by <a href="http://www.audrey-kawasaki.com/">audrey kawasaki</a> (which if you haven't seen her work, you should probably take a few minutes).<br />
last year i stumbled across the illustrator, <a href="http://sandradieckmann.com/">Sandra Dieckmann</a>, who i've been trying to keep up with since i saw her work. she has incredible use of design and patterns, and it's pushed me to incorporate and explore that world a little more.<br />
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hands and patterns. here we go.<br />
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big things are happening. be ready.<br />
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exciting, because, well, birthdays are fun. and completely unexciting, because it's just another day... and, this year, falls on the eve of thanksgiving. </div>
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as i've gotten older presents from people gone from expected to now, totally unexpected. which i'm okay with. presents have become the thing you're going to splurge on for yourself. </div>
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so i've complied a list. a list of things i want. </div>
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i'm trying to decide which of these ten things i will give to myself for my birthday. sounds lame, but i know you do it too. </div>
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1. a new chair for my studio</div>
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2. subscription to The Week magazine</div>
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3. more plants / hanging plants</div>
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4. yellow industrial drafting lamp</div>
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5. right angle ruler / t ruler</div>
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6. cutting mat</div>
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8. new tattoo (either mother mary or my sugar skull)</div>
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9. easel</div>
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10. watch. for everyday. to lessen the distraction of my phone while i'm in the studio. </div>
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and ideally an outfit like this:</div>
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ps. if you're in town tonight, David Ramirez is playing at The Basement & at Mercy Lounge. come. hang. it'll be fun. promise.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">baka baka bear head (this was supposed to be a bear winking, but it actually looks like a one-eyed-bear. so there's that). </span><br />
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it seems that as the school semester is coming to an end everything is taking longer and there are ten times more things to do.<br />
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coincidentally it's the same time that i'm thinking 'wait. why am i writing a paper about the suburbs post wwii?'<br />
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oh, you had that question too? well i'll tell you. if you remember, i didn't really decide to go back to school until the week before-ish.... thus i had to choose a handful of classes (literally. one handful) just to fill my schedule, and tried my hardest to make sure they were things that i needed... and it just so happens that the only class that would fit into my schedule was a class on urbanization (and i don't mean gold chains and 37" rims). so while my supposed "free time" is there, it's actually filled with library visits (which i love, but for the enjoyment and self-education purposes), and staring at my computer screen hoping that i can get that introduction paragraph out.... because, let's be honest, the introduction is the hardest.<br />
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also, coincidentally, my work days are filled with hopes that a friend or lover (i don't know, it sounded right) would (lovingly) kidnap me and take me to mexico to have some pan... or an island to build a swiss-family-robinson-esque-tree-house. (dreamy, right?)<br />
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obviously, i live in my head.<br />
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all this to say, somehow, i've found time to do some creative things on my own. and when i say somehow, i really mean that i made time during my prime creative hours to create and feel free, forsaking my other obligations.<br />
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in other news, ellie is living it up in ecuador. it's almost my birthday. i made a badass butternut squash sweet potato soup. the juice fast is happening again. my car broke down (again). annnnnd. i'm still a bit in love with st. vincent.<br />
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well it's back. the found series may be a little less frequent than every week, but at work one day Brandon handed this note to me and said that i needed to get back on the ball. </div>
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so here i am. so many dreamy parts of me want to lock myself in my studio and just work, give up school, forget about everything and work. then i remember the people i care about, which brings me back to reality and pushes me to work through the obstacles and obligations. before i know it, i'll have the luxury of spending my time on my things. </div>
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happy friday. </div>
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- k.</div>k baergenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622881198720210187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248572839428237578.post-45702554084311211722011-11-03T15:51:00.002-05:002011-11-03T15:52:27.355-05:00miniature peoplethis project has been killing me. just haven't been able to get it together and find a solid idea... therefore, it's kind of horrible. so, go with it.<br />
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i get to take this town by storm, as my best friend goes to take over Cuenca, Ecuador. sad, yes. but very good.<br />
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so now it's time to push ourselves in ways we didn't when we shared daily life, and time to figure out who we are without a companion and sidekick.<br />
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my negligence to this blog has probably led you to believe that i did, in fact, choose to go back to school... or maybe you thought i skipped the country, which i definitely considered. however school won out, and i'm now considering MFA programs, or at least toying with the idea.<br />
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progress... right?<br />
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especially to think that mid-summer things seemed a little hopeless.<br />
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so while posts will be a bit less frequent, i'll try my damnedest to keep you in the loop, after all, you've supported me thus far... and i promised to share life with you (and trust me, you've been on my mind a lot lately). <br />
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work and school have enslaved most of my free time, and fall's here (!!!) which means my sleepiness is at an all-time high. miss ellie has decided to move to ecuador, which is sad, and very exciting (a trip is, not quite in the works, but on the mind), and one of my best friends in nashville will most likely be moving to africa in january. every thing's a bit different, but nothings quite changed.<br />
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i was able to spend some time in seattle with my family (which is when i drew the <i>rat in a jar</i>) and managed to collect a thousand pounds of rocks, and not take a single photo. oops. <br />
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aside from all of these things, i have two shows to hang in 2012 - one in summer, one in fall. oh yes. and i finally bought a domain name.<br />
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shoot for <a href="http://honeyandmarrow.bigcartel.com/"> honey & marrow</a>. </div>
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i wish he wasn't looking down in this, because he had beautiful blue eyes. clean, honest, kind, blue eyes, that were completely out of place from their surroundings.<br />
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i've been trying to find my footing again, and now that i'm back in school <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(yikes! i can't believe this is actually happening)</span> my footing looks much different than it had four months ago. talk about <i>change of pace</i>. i have a feeling i'll be having a pretty intense 'refresher' in self-discipline and time management this semester. i traded in my heavy dose of socializing for a much tinier one and the opportunity to see the sun rise every morning, if weather permits.<br />
busy schedules mean the only way to get everything done AND be able to enjoy yourself a little is to have some serious discipline skills... and you know how self-discipline works - it's a trickle-down effect... you become disciplined in one area and then every area of life becomes more and more organized and a little easier to manage. everything falls into it's space and you realize that you <i>do</i> have a few hours to go watch a baseball game.<br />
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school starts in five days. i'm nervous, anxious, and awkward. aside from that, i'm looking forward to the rigid structure that school provides. no, i'm not joking. i've been in summer mode for over three years and it's time to dress well, eat well, do a lot of homework, and create art. i know it sounds crazy, but i have every intention of delving completely into my artwork. i've been taking steps and leaps into creating more art, but it's time to do some shows and sell some work. get rid of the old stuff, and replenish with new.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the stars aligned, yet again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">here's the first taste of bonnaroo. above is <a href="http://uncleskeleton.com/">uncle skeleton</a> playing their lovely hearts out.... you don't see it in this (because it was the very beginning of their set) but after this song things got rowdy and those empty spaces were filled with people. ahhhh happiness.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and a lot of this happened. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">more to come! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- k </div><br />
k baergenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622881198720210187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248572839428237578.post-88956651725778174862011-08-02T13:39:00.001-05:002011-08-02T13:54:19.963-05:00BICYCLE PARADE<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zVuFsy1SUbg/TjhD_Q6TeYI/AAAAAAAAA6E/GP1JcjI3T14/s1600/Picture+14.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zVuFsy1SUbg/TjhD_Q6TeYI/AAAAAAAAA6E/GP1JcjI3T14/s1600/Picture+14.png" /></a><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">hey y'all <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(i know?! i'm betraying my roots)</span>, </div><div style="text-align: center;">so, life has been a bit hectic, and there's still so much left to do, however, </div><div style="text-align: center;">we're having a bike ride on August 21st to raise money for Ellie Lee's medical bills - so mark your calendars! help if you can help. more information to come.</div><div style="text-align: center;">- k.</div>k baergenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622881198720210187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248572839428237578.post-34229169867310120482011-07-29T12:00:00.002-05:002011-07-29T12:00:02.308-05:00found : message in a bottlei know. i know. i've been giving you some pretty lame founds in the last month or so. i'm sorry for that. and this doesn't count on my part...<br />
but my brother found a message in a bottle the other day, and i just needed to share it with you.<br />
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</div>k baergenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622881198720210187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248572839428237578.post-87449994271895817272011-07-26T11:06:00.000-05:002011-07-26T11:06:28.149-05:00recovery iii<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-emv6CnvbauA/Ti7knS6lCII/AAAAAAAAA54/rXTyT_h3Clc/s1600/Picture+10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="460" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-emv6CnvbauA/Ti7knS6lCII/AAAAAAAAA54/rXTyT_h3Clc/s640/Picture+10.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">recovery iii</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />
</span></div>everything seems to happen at once. everyone seems to get hurt. vacations and moves happen at the same time. the people around you change. your job shifts. your entire way of life seems to be altered one way or another. and everything seems off. anxiety attack.<br />
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and within an instant you find yourself busier than ever. at least, that's how i feel now. yesterday killed my brain with over ten hours in front of my computer trying to figure out websites, designs, fundraisers, blah blah blah. that's not the point.<br />
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everything is wrong and different, and then you're swelling with things that need to be done... and the pieces all of the sudden fit together in a more hectic and different way, but they still fit... and things start to feel right again. the strangeness is new, bright, and hopeful. finally the chaos feels right.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QaPPJ7i1Ozk/Ti7k0seUHUI/AAAAAAAAA58/T0NxV3A9q-8/s1600/Picture+11.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QaPPJ7i1Ozk/Ti7k0seUHUI/AAAAAAAAA58/T0NxV3A9q-8/s640/Picture+11.png" width="476" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">part of the design i'm working on which i'll share with you tomorrow - once the website is sufficient.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">hallelujah.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- k.</div>k baergenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622881198720210187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248572839428237578.post-73074412644291332722011-07-16T09:03:00.000-05:002011-07-16T09:03:33.209-05:00the straw that broke the camel's backtwo things you probably don't know: if i like someone, they make me more nervous than speaking in front of 1,000 people. shaky hands. racing heart. getting a sentence out is a minor miracle, as well as not breaking anything around me. it's somewhat disabling. on the opposite spectrum - put me in a crisis and i turn into a robot.<br />
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i'm the type of person you tell bad news to and my nervous reaction is to smile and laugh. i experience trauma, i get stone cold. no emotion. borderline dead. tell me my car is going to take longer or more money to fix, and you've got me as a weeping mess. the straw that broke the camel's back.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CLWhdss8K64/TiGZrEOnW-I/AAAAAAAAA50/exXFQdgSDmw/s1600/Picture+6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CLWhdss8K64/TiGZrEOnW-I/AAAAAAAAA50/exXFQdgSDmw/s640/Picture+6.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">patterns : recovery II</span></div>it's a natural survival mechanism : do what needs to be done to make it : fight back. process. react. let it settle. move on.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">process how you need to process. </div><div style="text-align: center;">-k.</div>k baergenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622881198720210187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248572839428237578.post-39174397296015002682011-07-13T13:24:00.000-05:002011-07-13T13:24:00.946-05:00coyote howlsa while back <a href="http://dyceewildman.com/">Dycee Wildman</a> asked me to sketch something up for a movie night series she was putting on in east nashville. all my ideas failed. i got frustrated. decided to draw a coyote and not think about it for a little longer. turns out my doodling ended up being better than what i kept pushing and forcing. figures.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TS5g7C28i5w/Th3eMF16XjI/AAAAAAAAA5s/dJ-5hpjkvFc/s1600/Picture+5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="434" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TS5g7C28i5w/Th3eMF16XjI/AAAAAAAAA5s/dJ-5hpjkvFc/s640/Picture+5.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">my original drawing.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W-ngIT49uZs/Th3eOsuvwsI/AAAAAAAAA5w/cz9e6vfvJnk/s1600/266621_116693898425622_101892133239132_127246_6272056_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W-ngIT49uZs/Th3eOsuvwsI/AAAAAAAAA5w/cz9e6vfvJnk/s640/266621_116693898425622_101892133239132_127246_6272056_o.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">the poster they came up with. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">next showing is JULY 24th - on the right side of Bongo East (on 11th st). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">hasta. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- k. </div>k baergenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622881198720210187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248572839428237578.post-3877563899737653032011-07-10T22:34:00.001-05:002011-07-10T22:34:52.040-05:00about the fourth of july<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rDzP_nU3M2k/ThpuUC0HYHI/AAAAAAAAA5o/xiY7ffvQzbA/s1600/270083_608219203296_161503197_33160322_4308475_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rDzP_nU3M2k/ThpuUC0HYHI/AAAAAAAAA5o/xiY7ffvQzbA/s640/270083_608219203296_161503197_33160322_4308475_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">patterns : hospital edition, 1.2</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">everything in the last two months has been knocked off kilter, just a little bit. </div><br />
on the fourth of july my best friend got into a severe bicycle accident. multiple days in the hospital, a surgery, a few surgeries to come, and a long recovery, she'll end up being just fine. however, the process is going to be hard - much more so for her, but also for the people who witnessed it. experiencing trauma first hand is much more tolling than one would expect. the images stick forever, constantly wondering what could have been different, what <i>you</i> could have done differently. there's something in your deep conscious that, when you're not right by that person, wonders if they're okay, if they're alive, if they're stable, managing.<br />
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trauma happens to every person, at some point, young or old. sometimes we don't recognize it as trauma. other times, it clearly is. the battle is moving from that point. pushing out of it, realizing that life goes on, that there is more for you to give to this world and the people around you. so many people never move from it - continuously stuck in a state of panic & anxiety.<br />
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so how do we move on? how do we not live in a constant state of fear & concern?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">community. </div><br />
people are what matter. no matter what you believe - supernatural, finite, mystical, whatever, we should all be able to agree that people are important. more important than ourselves, in fact. i've been blown away by the people who have offered to help, however they can.<br />
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ellie is one of the most caring souls i've ever encountered. genuine, loyal, vibrant, and ever-radiating love. she's taught me so much in our friendship - challenging me, encouraging me, and loving me (even when i'm impossible to love). those friends are hard to come by. and it's by chance that we became friends.<br />
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since the accident, every person (that knows or, even, has a hunch) has not only inquired about her well-being, but has offered their services. on top of that many people have been asking how they can contribute to the bills that are about to start piling up.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">all the generosity & love is all a little hard to take in. </div><br />
i'm excited to see what the future has for us. how we grow, create, are changed. i know that there is good to come of this. while it's hard to see right now, there's something inside that is telling me that we will be extraordinarily changed by this particular fourth of july. and for that, i am excited.<br />
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take your challenges, your traumas, the difficult times, and push yourself to find the ways you can grow. people surround you. they are built to support, encourage, love, and challenge you. take hold of that.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">- k. </div>k baergenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622881198720210187noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248572839428237578.post-3742030019120316562011-06-30T21:04:00.002-05:002011-06-30T21:09:02.127-05:00monster hairfirst of all, i've been listening to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1npX5-CP0A">Lord Knows Best</a> by<a href="http://dirtybeaches.bandcamp.com/"> Dirty Beach</a>es on repeat for the past few days. sooooo good.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/c1npX5-CP0A" width="425"></iframe></div><br />
secondly, with my broken car, i've just been bumming around town... therefore, my found series is debatable tomorow, and i apologize for the lack there of the last week-ish.<br />
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and finally, i wanted to share with you something i did a month or so ago.<br />
a friend of a friend, <a href="http://www.baxterandcompany.net/">Ashley Lov</a>e, needed some updating on her hair styling portfolio (is that even what it's called???), and so i, because of the red hair, was asked to model.<br />
a. <a href="http://www.baxterandcompany.net/">Ashley</a> is an incredible hairstylist. i mean, wowza... she did a great job. currently freelance & working for <a href="http://www.baxterandcompany.net/staff/">Baxter Salon</a><br />
b. <a href="http://anewheart.us/">Quinn Ballard</a> is an incredible photographer.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t8FSDUWLpvc/Tg0oT6EsVzI/AAAAAAAAA5g/bCsSPyzTFQo/s1600/Picture+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t8FSDUWLpvc/Tg0oT6EsVzI/AAAAAAAAA5g/bCsSPyzTFQo/s640/Picture+1.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">dannnnng. did you even know a white girl's hair could get that big???</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DfX4Ppvv55E/Tg0oW2LK5tI/AAAAAAAAA5k/dj6O-PrhYio/s1600/Picture+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DfX4Ppvv55E/Tg0oW2LK5tI/AAAAAAAAA5k/dj6O-PrhYio/s1600/Picture+2.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">i mean whoa.... do you see how my eyes are struggling to keep those lashes up?!</span></div>i will say, i am certainly not used to having lashes on... so thanks to them for putting up with my teary, heavy eyes.<br />
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