[MD] living, creating and other real, dynamic stuff

[MarshaV]

Hi Margaret,

Great Porsche!!!  Wonderful!!!!!!!!!

Marsha




At 12:25 AM 9/6/2008, you wrote:

>Hi All!
>I am finding all of these discussions about Second Life and so
>on very interesting - but, as a self-employed person most of my life...
>(meaning I don't take a 'salary' from some large bureaucratic organization
>and then sit on my computer most of the day doing anything other than the
>job that they are paying me to do) -
>
>I can say that earning a living as an artist or musician and/or even
>computer support tech (me) or anything else one goes out everyday and
>provide a real service to customers who are willing
>to pay you for your time and thus completely support yourself in this way
>by providing something of value to other people - now THAT is an adventure
>game! Who needs anything else?
>
>OK - so that being said - now let me throw this tidbit in...
>I have recently been blessed/fortunate to be able to do something
>extraordinary.
>
>I have just recently completed (unless I add to it later)
>hand-painting a 1965 Porsche 356 C Coupe - in my own psychedelic,
>abstract-expressionist style.
>
>I have it on the road this week and I will be in PA
>and Ohio showing the car at two events - the 356 Registry in Lancaster, PA
>tomorrow (Sat.) and next weekend in Canton Ohio at the Glenmoor Gathering of
>Significant Automobiles (where I'm also an invited artist with my Porsche
>Junkyard Series (photography) -
>So - the car can be seen at: www.margaretwarren.us (look under the art car
>link) the rest of the site (as usual is being redone so the other galleries
>are sparse at the moment - my work is on Flickr or other places though.
>
>I have been working on it now for just about 1 year and over 200 hours. It's
>the 40 year anniversary since 1968 (including ZMM)...mostly, I listened to a
>lot of different music while painting the car and as much as I possibly
>could - turned OFF the 'mind chatter'...
>
>the music revolved mostly around jazz music recorded
>during 1965 - 1968 (Miles Davis/Monk/Coltrane...which was also a significant
>time in jazz history...specifically 'Live at the Plugged Nickel'.
>
>If you want to read accounts of real Dynamic musical Events - read Wayne
>Shorter's biography. In 1965 (prior to Miles recording the album 'Bitches
>Brew') - Miles group was to perform
>at the Plugged Nickel in Chicago. ALL of the performers during the two
>nights of performances had agreed that during the two gigs, they would play
>ANYTHING but what was 'expected' of them when it was their turn to play or
>solo over chord changes. As much as possible - their goal was to be truly
>dynamic during those gigs.
>
>I also listened to a lot of Hendrix - I'm a big Hendrix fan...so I included
>lots of visual references all over the car to places and ideas in many
>of his album song lyrics. There are a lot of personal symbols in it, but I
>specifically left out common symbols...yin/yang, peace sign, etc.
>
>There is also a famous Janis Joplin psychedelic Porsche (also 1965) (painted
>by her roadie and friend, Dave Richards in 1968)...so I also of course,
>listened to Janis and a bunch of other 1968 music.
>
>I will continue to put better pictures of the car up as I take them - but
>I've been working incredibly hard to get all of this together for the road
>trip - the car runs great and we almost would have driven it up from FL -
>but we had to bring lots of other stuff for the shows - so we have trailered
>it this time, but we do have plans to drive it out west later on in the year
>perhaps.
>
>mm










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