For any of my regular friends here,  I am on mini sabbatical from the blog. :) Trying to get my darn rooms cleaned and re-organized. However, I will still be "trolling" all your blogs nonetheless (Muse, Ron, Hawk, Gypsy, Arial, etc... ) Just wanted to let you know of my absence - could be a day or a few weeks- who knows! Thanks for being such awesome friends too! HUGS!

I live in you and I die in you, what else is possible? Nothing. I love living in you if you love it, and I can tell you that you live in me and only that, you are my life. I love not belonging to me and you do and belonging to you when I do. What identification have you given me? I live as that. Do you love me yet? I welcome you to love beyond the self. --- Katie

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A dialogue of silent voices. Inspired from the film Labyrinth from 1986. For me, I find this film to be very symbolic, despite the apparent "appearance" of Jim Henson puppeteering and fantasy storyline. My children (still in elementary school by the way) laugh at me and think I am "very silly" to be so grown up and watch such "childish" things.... This is a transcript of the novel by A.C.H. Smith (.txt). And an interesting psychology presented by Katie Scarlett (more on her home page...)

Here is a clip of the film Labyrinth, featuring the song "Dream" by Birthday Massacre. And another clip featuring the music of Iain Ballamy (who also contributed to the fantasy film Mirror Mask).

Dear Anni, I don't know if I can even make another post for awhile after listening to your song. It is as if you crawled into places of my heart that I could not find. And pulled them out, and wrote a song about it. The most beautiful song. It is beyond all words I could come up with to thank you for this genuine GRACE you have shared with the world. But it just means alot to me. Even though I do not know you and you are halfway around the planet. I love your name by the way. I once had a daughter I had given this name. Thank you so much Anni. Love --- Sibyllae.

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I absolutely LOVE Danny Mansmith's studio, art shop and most especially --- his art philosophy. It is inspiring to see such supportive creative talent! In sharing his own experiences, I am reminded not to doubt my own creative process... whatever it may be. Perhaps it just comes down to how we look at things. Fabulous art and inspiration. Yes, another new favorite! :)

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Isn't it rich. Are we a pair. Me here at last on the ground - you in mid-air. Send in the clowns. Isn't it bliss. Don't you approve. One who keeps tearing around - and one who can't move. So where are the clowns? Just when I stopped opening doors... finally knowing the one that I wanted was yours. Making my entrance.... again.... with my usual flair. Sure of my lines.

But no one was there.

Don't you love farce? My fault I fear. I thought you would want what I want. Sorry my dear. But where are the clowns? There ought to be clowns. Quick send in the clowns. What a surprise, who could foresee? I've come to feel about you --- what you felt about me. Why only now do I see that you've drifted away. What a surprise. What a cliche. But where are the clowns? Quick send in the clowns.

Don't bother. They're here.

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I think this is probably one of the finest series of portraiture I have ever seen. While I am a fan of Kalliope's work, the "Circus Ghost" series that she is currently producing is really impressive. What I like about it is the many different feelings that arise in viewing them. I don't honestly know what "specifically" I am seeing in the work, but each one seems to speak to me about the human condition. The song (linked above) "Send In the Clowns" appeared in my mind in viewing these images also. I am sure others see something totally different. But that again is what may be most stunning about them; they effortlessly have the ability to evoke a variety of responses or reactions --- in the moment --- in one instant, without any words, or contrived "technical choreography".

They are as if alive; as if HUMAN. As if "me".  

In each image, for whatever reason, I found myself asking "just who is behind that masked face?"; and in so doing, I end up seeing a part of myself. Particularly, the last one of the clown smoking the cigarrette. The moment I saw it, it evoked the response, "yes this would be you". It had nothing to do with the cigarette in and of itself; or any one part of the composition. It was as if being caught in a moment of complete honesty. "Here we are playing clown on a world stage, and you have just captured that moment --- where we are actually not." So much more and so many different PERCEPTIONS arose in looking at that one, as well as the one featured above (entitled "Bruno" by Kalliope) in particular - though they all seemed to have this effect.

I envision galleries, photography magazines and others featuring the caliber of very raw, very real works created by 2008 up and coming photographer Kalliope Amorphous. It really is "art that matters". You could caption any of them on the cover a book, or the cover of New Yorker Magazine, they are that good. Kalliope Amorphous possesses the rare capability to go beyond looking into her own mirror when creating these highly original and visionary images. It seems to me that she is somehow looking into the mirror of all humanity.

Every now is now. - Sibyllae

I always loved this song written by Stevie Nicks. Sorry it's windows media player. I think the words are beautiful. You have to look them up yourself though. Just a beautiful song. :)