so i have to learn to wear heels. on a regular basis. of all heels, these are the best

photographed here

but these boots are so lovely...

and this bag. ah! i want it.

so much love,

- k

p.o. box 60282 nashville, tn 37206

WORDS

a little inspiration for this thursday... stumbled upon this video by way of Allister Ann's blog, so thank you to her, NPR & Radiolab

be inspired - go make something great.

- k.

p.s. an entire batch of artmail is being taken to the post office today!

p.o. box 60282 nashville, tn 37206

pentax 1.0

as photography has been on the back burner, i am slowly easing back in with my lovely, yard-sale-find, $5, old, fully-manual pentax film camera.

please note that slowly easing also means that i've made a lot of rookie mistakes, and forgotten a lot of things i've learned. take that, add it a top the fact that i had never used a pentax before this year.

thus the focus is all off (i think i finally figured the camera out... just wait for the photos from the mountains), there's a lot of experimenting, a lot of messed up shots, but practice makes perfect, right?

here's a few from the 4th of july (my favorite holiday):

all images © k baergen

more to come,

- k

artmail 1.2

this past weekend ellie & i went to the mountains - east tennessee mountains, that is.

the perfect cure for terribly allergies that went south and made me sick.... i mean, what's better than a grandma's cooking to cure the over pollinated nose & an under(homestyle)loved self??? nothing.

a lot of hiking, movies, chats and SLEEP. a smidge reading, and no writing or art... so my task for the drive home: make artmail.

i decided that the truckers needed some artmail too - which i held against the window while we drove past - just to (hopefully) brighten their days (we video recorded some of it.... which i will share with you when i have the chance)

here's what i created (obviously they're a little messy due to the bumpy road... sorry) :

all images © k baergen

send artmail to:

p.o. box 60282

nashville, tn 37206

so much love,

- k.

p.s. currently reading Three Cups of Tea ... soooo good. a little wordy, but i'm just a few pages, but it's going to challenge my vocabulary & knowledge of the eastern region of the world (more on this to come)

p.p.s. i'm currently jamming to Tegan & Sara - gosh i love them! especially the record Sainthood. sometimes i lose them in the onslaught of new music, but they're always good to work to. yes. (follow them on twitter)

Scott Clark

please please check out a dear friend of mine, Scott Clark, and follow his life (and many adventures) as a photographer currently living in Mumbai, India, and traipsing around southern and south-eastern asia.

enjoy enjoy enjoy

-k

send me what inspires you:

po box 60282

nashville, tn 37206

progress?

the time has come for me to finally learn how to use illustrator (not just stare at it). poor application has been laying dormant, just collecting dust on my desktop.

i know, i know, a little late in the game... but computers just, just, just scare me (yes. its true. i also believe that they don't really like me either). i swear half the battle is getting from staring at the computer to actually touching the mouse. maybe it's just the unknown that scares me, or the fact that there are a billion different people in the world who are master-wizard-illustrator-users (some of which are friends, thus the barter system is taking place). so here's to late nights and early mornings to try and get the hang of this dreaded, yet so incredibly wonderful program.

so this is what i made:

-k

p.s. don't forget to send me what inspires you: p.o. box 60282 Nashville, TN 37206

p.p.s. am loving Sweet Disposition by The Temper Trap.

p.p.p.s. as well as I'm Not Calling You a Liar by Florence + The Machine

PO BOX

ahhh. the beloved P.O. Box. meant for companies, CEO's, mega artists, magazines, blah, blah, blah. and guess who else can have them?! us! regular people. so, as you can imagine, when i found out that i (yes i) could get a P.O. Box, i marched myself right on down to the united states post office. the papers are signed, the small fee paid, so that now we can get this artmail ordeal underway. (victory!)

send me things! i love the concept of sharing ideas and things that inspire us, because usually they brighten our days, and the inspiration is passed on. so, share with me what inspires you:

k. baergen

p.o. box 60282

nashville, tn 37206

if you send me something, i will try my very hardest to send you something back (so don't forget your return address)

remember: not many things are better than receiving artmail.

so much love,

-k.

currently listening to Andrew Belle.