dia de los muertos

one of my favorite days of the year. so i decided to test out some inks.

not my best work, but experimenting is definitely worth it.

i hope you celebrate the deceased - and everything that they are, were, and hopefully we will carry that on.

-k

halloween weekend

it happens the same every year. i have brilliant ideas in march, july and august, but when the actual day comes around i get so flustered and annoyed that i totally give up my genius costumes. no different than this year, halloween is coming, fast, and i've forgotten all my great ideas. i'm sure that in march i knew exactly what i was going to be, and now, i only have a slight idea. suggestions? suggestions? clever. funny. not something to be made fun of. i hate having to think about this. but on the brighter side:

i'm pretty sure i'm going to document everything - first with our flip, then with my pentax, maybe some other old film too. eeeep! exciting, right?! let's just hope i'm surrounded by hundreds of people in incredible costumes.

i hope you've found yours (if you celebrate halloween by dressing up), and if you're not into that, i hope that you have a wonderful weekend filled with good friends and family.

love,

- k.

listening to some beautiful fall music today - including Andrew Bird & The Avett Brothers.

ps. that photo up there, was taken in a graveyard in Amacueca, Jalisco, Mexico (not my proudest moment as a photographer, but i still love it there).

pps. my dear friend KB's birthday was this week - just a little love sent to her - and her work is lovely.

jacquelyn baergen

this is my sister (in law). pretty rad, right?

well, she doesn't really have purple hair, but she could if she wanted to.

she's currently getting her masters, living in seattle, running a business, and being a wife.

what business? well she makes these rad cards: chalie jo. and will soon collaborate with her husband (my actual brother) to start their own empire. which, i will let you know all about when it launches.

enjoy your wednesday.

- k.

ay ay ay

there's been a giant storm in nashville. it's fall. real shocker.

so today i watched a documentary on The Donner Party (eeeeeek). so very interesting, and so very gut wrenching. literally. i thought that just maybe i was going to throw up. but it's a very important part in the movement to civilization in the west (yes, that's right, all you californians.... and seattlites). so educate yourselves, its a good story & piece of history. and i believe some artwork is going to come of it.

also, i thought i'd share a little sketch (rough. very rough) for a piece i'm working on (which you'll be able to see it, in its entirety, if you come to my art show in december. yeah? yeah.).

told you its rough, any thoughts?

lots of love & wonderful storms,

- k.

ps. a little development on artmail. if you send me a little piece, i'll document it, and redirect it to someone else... (thus getting them involved in the movement) then you will receive something back (whether from me, or someone else involved).

k. baergen

po box 60282

nashville, tn 37206

what a perfect way to start a monday, right? a creative list of goals... which i created MONTHS ago. nonetheless, something i wanted to share with you. what are goals if no one knows about them. right?

i need your input, and your help. can i ask a favor of you? i need your thoughts on how to make artmail work. the goal is to have it's big kickoff on the first of the year. but what are ways that you think it would work best? send artmail, receive artmail, inspire others to send artmail. what would make receiving art in the mail appealing to you?

do you know anything about marketing... yourself? how to get my name out there? there must be something you know that i haven't thought of yet. that's why we work well together.

and the last thing i'll ask of you is to share me with your friends. i'm going to have an art show before the end of the year, and i'd love for you to attend, and all of your friends.

blah blah blah, sorry for rambling. i hope your monday's don't feel blue, but that they are just as wonderful as the weather in nashville says it should be.

- k.

ps. do you see the drawing i made of myself? ha.

sunday is the new monday?

ha ha. yeah right.

sunday is still wonderfully sunday.

while soon sunday's might just become another day of the week, for now, they're a day for rest, relaxation and doing what you love. to me that means no client work, just working on my own art, for me. and picnics. and friends. and music. annnnd. everything i love.

this morning started out with a quad 12 oz americano and a will to create. rather the inspiration to create. i haven't touched paints in, oh, a year. so, bare with me as we go through this journey, its going to be rough, but if you stand along side me (and have your loves stand along side of you), this rough patch won't be so horrible. right?

so i haven't painted in about a year, here's what i got:

share me with your friends,

- k.

saturday videos

there's something that i really love about weekends. even though i work most saturdays and sundays, i still feel the need to treat them the same as everyone else: browse the internet, watch tv, and yes, clean.

Design Week Vancouver

also, i love most everything that has to do with Mexican culture. and this video has one of my favorite songs in it, which i learned from our dear friend Flora (who lives in Mexico city, eep!)

El Rey by California Is A Place

El Rey from California is a place. on Vimeo.

enjoy your saturday,

- k.