Dennis Hollingsworth

Here we Go, Yo. Here we Go, Yo.

Yes.

I am now surfing broadband in my studio for the first time.
Wierd in a good way.

Muy bien.
Fantastico.
Stupendo.
Venga.

So, where am I?

I'm starting a new year.

Where was I?

I -Stephanie and I have been on one of those celestially mandated life lessons in coping with and learning from her recent shoulder injury. It feels like aeons since she took her spill back on December 17th. Of the four hands we had between us in our family, now we have three to negotiate our lives with. As a result, I have been privileged to become an initiate into subtler levels of the secret world of women.

Now, I know how to draw the bath, what all those bottles of creams and lotions and soaps in the cabinet are for and in what order are they deployed. I know about pony tails. I know how to shampoo hair, how to apply the detangler and that one must comb the locks out from the ends to the roots and how to blow dry from the roots to the ends in such a way as to impart maximun body to the coif. I now know about bras (well not all that much I guess... there's so much more to learn), when to use cotton tees versus synthetic blends and which shoes with what jeans. All of this is, a small sample of the rich trove of secrets shimmering before my neophyte eyes.

Where am I going?

I have a good feeling for 2006.
Here's my rough calendar:

*The show at Nicole's place is set for next May. January, February, March, April and ship. My three month planning metric for shows is good to go with a small sliver of time to spare for unexpected stuff like providing Tomio some work for the Armory Show. I will have just enough time to take a hard look at what I have been doing and in artspeak parlance, "interrogate" my general project and fine tune my approach to the coming Spring show.

*I have planned a show at Miguel Marcos' place in Barcelona for next October. I'm planning to paint the show at our place in Tossa, a great opportunity to see Kiko, Ramon and Alberto and friends in our little town. I'll need to stage my supplies there beforehand, as well as coordinate with Ramon to build out my panels for me so I can hit the ground running. I'm going to have to buy bolts of canvas here and haul it over with me in luggage. I'm sure I will need other stuff too.

*Tomio and I are talking about a show at his new space in Tokyo close to the early part of 2007. It's going to great to see Japan again, it's been a long time. I'd like to get over there sooner, maybe for a quick visit to get a feel for Tokyo... although any reason to visit will do.

Alrighty then.
(Cracking knuckles, stretching muscles.)