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I love Ling Chang. I've said it before and I'll probably say it again, and probably soon. I can't explain it. It probably can't be explained. Certainly I don't know her well enough to say something like that, but there I am, saying it. And it means this won't be an unbiased review of her show. …

I'm having something of a personal crisis here. Just like last year, this crisis rather unfortunately coincides with the high point of the New York art scene, so when I should be out at openings as often as possible, and writing up a storm, instead I find I have a stack -- a stack, I tell you! …

I am a bad person. I've said it before but I don't remember if I've said it here; anyway, there it is. I'm a bad person. I'm a lousy husband, an incompetent father, an unworthy son, a faithless friend, a mediocre artist and at best a middling writer. And, worst of all, I haven't posted a word here in, according to Technorati, 84 days. …

Chris Rywalt, When she woke up, she found I'd gone for a walk, oil on panel, 16x24 inches, 2007. Today I was informed that my painting, When she woke up, she found I'd gone for a walk, last seen in the Blogger Show, is one of 25 finalists in the second annual Christiana Arts Foundation New Classic Nude Competition. There were 125 submissions, so 25 out of 125 isn't too bad. I'd like to thank Marcus at Night Agency

"BTW, I meant to e-mail you to tell you that I laughed out loud at the picture of your wife's shoes juxtaposed against the hot rod. You've somehow defined the male id for the Thinking Horny Guy--not a T or A in sight." Chris Rywalt "I'm pretty sure I had that Hot Wheels car, or one a lot like it. One of my favorites." mindsprinter (aka Rebecca Szeto) "Truly uncanny about them hot wheels. "

NYC Art

a miracle worker is to inspire others to work miracles of their own. Pretty Lady, in fact, has known dozens, if not hundreds, of miracle workers, and basked in the glory of their works on a daily basis. A few of the miracle workers she knows: k, DC, Chris, VD, Badger, Carol, Spatula, her best friend from high school, her whole family, various professors, the fat black guy who hugged her in the street one day in Noe Valley, the Head Librarian at the Geology Library, Hector the Block President, her Reiki

etc; similarly, her standards for Performance are at the level of Mark Morris, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, and the RSC. She has yet to see an 'art performance' that qualified as such. The catalogue essays for Pretty Lady's Biennial will be provided by Chris and Franklin, pending their approval. If you are, perhaps, a friend of Pretty Lady's and are feeling miffed by your exclusion from her biennial, remember that biennials happen every two years, and she had to save

source: Super Thursday, September 6, 2007, NYC Art What do you think of that?