I hate book launches. I hate the idea of taking this thing, this work which has been produced in isolation, as an extended meditation, and struggled with over a long period of time, and turning it into a glorified birthday party. Yet there it is all the same -- seemingly the only way we can think of (or at least the only way that works) to get books out into the world. Okay, fine. And, of course, when it's a friend of yours, you're glad enough to go, and happier still to see the event turn out well. So it was with my friend Leah's launch on Saturday night, for her book Romancing the Buzzard, when Oscar at Novel Idea put on his usual good show, and Leah came off like a star.
C is friends with the fashion stylist Rebekah Roy (left in both pics above) ... one of those people who personify calm and smiling success. On her blog she presents glamour in this very sincere, straightforward way ... whether she's taking pictures of people on the street , talking about stain removers , her favourite videos , or attending some glittering party . One minute she's ruminating on hair extensions, and in the next she reveals how she's been featured on the Vogue UK site. A real disarmer and charmer (and this without meeting her yet, although I feel like I know her because we both did our time in Winnipeg). * * * * * Coming home from Russia, we did many bad things. ; mixed media on canvas, 10 x 10 inches. In my own life, the glamour is wholly imagined. * * * * * witches, smoke ; mixed media on canvas, 10 x 10 inches. My second go at this one, and for some reason I'm painting a lot of smoke lately (note to self: tell C that I want to be cremated). *
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