Things We Like and Moontree Arts shout-out
Thanks to all the lovely people who came out to Largo last night. I have to say, in all my years, it was one of the most fun shows I’ve done. Comedically. And spiritually. I got so much out of making a list of things I like, I highly recommend it as an anti-cynicism/irony exercise. And it was quite a catharsis to talk about my adolescent love triangle fantasy involving Gary Carter and Tim Tuefel of the ’86 Mets. I feel lighter for having shared it. (Oh, and thanks to the hilarious Zach Galifianakis for a last minute drop by which saved the day.)
On another note, I just wanted to give my BFF over at Moontree Letterpress a non blog shoutout. Right before Christmas she approached me about the idea of a collaboration in which she would take my silly doodles of animals and make letterpress cards out of them. I’ve been making silly animal doodles since I was a child. (I briefly doodled naked people in second grade, leading to an awkward trip to the principal’s office that went as follows:
PRINCIPAL: Jessi, why are you drawing naked people?
JESSI: I dunno.
PRINCIPAL: OK. Carry on, love.
Our principal was a Montessori educator from New Zealand who became a legend in his own time for the progressively creative school he ran. When he died, PS3 was renamed in his honor. Clearly, a man who lets you continue drawing naked people for your classmates is a genius. Read his obituary here: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE5DE133BF932A35750C0A963958260)
Anywoot: I am drawing an animal card a month that you can check out over at moontreearts.com . I am not telling you about them because of any fiscal profiteering angle, but more because I genuinely like (this is how you remember these things, by making the list) sharing them. It beats all coinage, truly. Becky does such beautiful work, I love everything on her site. Checkit.
April 16th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Those letterpress cards are fantastic. I think the horse one is my favorite.