Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Banksy - Outdoors

Banksy - Outdoors

books

books

Saigon Door


Saigon Door
Originally uploaded by 20mm.
Tet


this door has a lot of memories

*ANNPLIFIED.COM! tell your lovers & friends

*ANNPLIFIED.COM! tell your lovers & friends

Nightstand


Nightstand
Originally uploaded by Love & Tea.
a real good find for my flickr.com group
"Night Stands"

lexly87's Xanga Site

lexly87's Xanga Site

Sunday, June 12, 2005

new kitchen


new kitchen
Originally uploaded by lexly87.
from mom new kitchen

Pho Van


Pho Van
Originally uploaded by lexly87.
a good meal

Thursday, June 09, 2005

tangentialism

tangentialism

Kitta.net - Don't feed or spank the little red monkey

Kitta.net - Don't feed or spank the little red monkey

Laughing Squid

Laughing Squid

Wednesday, June 08, 2005

Sunday, June 05, 2005

Friday, June 03, 2005

self portrait book of sleep


self portrait book of sleep
Originally uploaded by lexly87.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/topic/37913/



Flickr: Asleep in the Garden of the Alchemist - Earth, Fire, Water, Air
one of my photograph is chosen as the photo of the day!!

Flickr: Asleep in the Garden of the Alchemist - Earth, Fire, Water, Air

Flickr: Asleep in the Garden of the Alchemist - Earth, Fire, Water, Air

one of my photograph is chosen as the photo of the day!!

Sunday, May 29, 2005

104939


Mt Thiele?? Oregon
Originally uploaded by lexly87.
the wife took this pic from the drive to or from Crater Lake.

Friday, May 27, 2005

Wednesday, May 25, 2005

>YOU ARE INVITED TO THE MATZO FILES FIRST ANNUAL BENEFIT!

>YOU ARE INVITED TO THE MATZO FILES FIRST ANNUAL BENEFIT!
>
>Wednesday, May 25, 6-9pm
>
>at Mo Pitkin's, a brand new performance space, bar and restaurant from
>Phil Hartman, the owner of Two Boots, and Jesse Hartman. Located at 34
>Avenue A between 2nd and 3rd Streets, 2nd floor.
>
>An innovative evening of unusual combinations featuring a SILENT ART
>AUCTION of affordable work by the Matzo files artists and friends!
>JUDEO-LATINO CUISINE from Mo Pitkin's restaurant; MYSTERY MATZO BOXES -
>factory sealed at Streit's - some contain matzo and some contain art!
>BLUEGRASS MUSIC performed by the East River Boys, and MORE MUSIC by
>Daniel Carlson following the benefit party!
>Plus drinks, matzos, and more...
>
>TICKETS are $15 in advance / $20 at the door Become a Matzo files
>Benefactor at the $100 level (includes 2 tickets) Mystery Matzo boxes
>available for $5 each
>
>To reserve tickets, contact the Matzo files at benefit@matzofiles.org
>or call 212-677-0876
>
>PLEASE NOTE: All checks to reserve tickets should be written to
>'Artists Alliance, Inc.' with 'Matzo files' written in the memo. Mail
>your advance payment, no later than May 20, to our mailing address: The
>Matzo files,
>Attn: Benefit, 107 Suffolk Street, #402, NY, NY 10002
>
>Visit our website for more information www.matzofiles.org
>
>
>_______________________
>The Matzo files, a flat-file gallery presenting the work of 250
>contemporary artists, is a program of the non-profit organization
>Artists Alliance, Inc.
>It is located in a generously donated space within Streit's Matzos
>storefront on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
>
>The Matzo files would like to extend special thanks to AAI, the
>Federation of East Village Artists, Mo Pitkin's, and Streit's Matzos.
>

Stay Informed about Crater Lake Lodges, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon

Stay Informed about Crater Lake Lodges, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon: "Crater Lake National Park Lodges"

Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Friday, May 20, 2005

The Classic Camera Olympus XA

The Classic Camera Olympus XA

interesting camera discovery

Friday, April 22, 2005

Friday, April 08, 2005

muvo v200- why cant i find anywhere - MP3 Players - Creative Labs

muvo v200- why cant i find anywhere - MP3 Players - Creative Labs

try the creative labs ebay store they might have it

i've see the 500mb but not the 1 gb at my best buy store

btw i just returned my n200 and i miss it a little but now i have a jukebox 3 and I still have the rhomba which recorded the Pope's ritual that was broadcast on the radio.

Tuesday, April 05, 2005

After Years - Ted Kooser - Poem by

After Years - Ted Kooser - Poem by
llast night lisent to terry gross's interview iwth Ted Kooser.
He came to Portland Arts and Lecture reading series and I missed out on it.
Went to see W.S. Merwin instead

Saturday, April 02, 2005

roe

breakfast with an old college crush. show her the drawing she drew in my black sketchbook.
there is so much to clean out with my old life and new with nina. there are my past life and there is the new life.

her name is rosie
although she goes by roe too
so i'm reminded of a carver poem about
milk and roe
he has a way with salmon
if he were a chef instead of a poet
i could dine in his restaurants
and the salmon would be in my belly
instead of in my heart
the milk and roe spawning infinitum

Thursday, March 31, 2005

Roe driving


090954
Originally uploaded by lexly87.
0 - 60


my college friend

Tuesday, March 29, 2005

ws merwin

I stay after my shift at 114 to chat with Kimber about the mind.


W.S. MERWIN : March 29, 2005 – 7:30 p.m.
Wieden + Kennedy Atrium – 224 NW 13th Ave, Portland
Buy Tickets Online
"Merwin has always been a contemplative poet, drawn to the lessons of the natural world and the rigors of unmediated vision. He has also been a romantic poet, heroic in his quest for the depths and intensities, the powers and possibilities of consciousness. Best of all, he has been a surprising poet, continually slipping the bonds of anyone's easy admiration."—J.D.McClatchy, The New Yorker

For more than five decades, W.S. Merwin has been an illuminating fixture in the worlds of poetry and translation. His first book, A Mask for Janus (1952), was selected the winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets. In 1971, he won the Pulitzer Prize for The Carrier of Ladders. In the fall of 2004, Merwin was awarded the prestigious Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award in Poetry.

http://www.literary-arts.org/poetrydowntown.htm

Wednesday, March 23, 2005

Friendster - Anna

Friendster - Anna

Rain
Mom made wonton.

Re: Experience with your Creative Player - MP3 Players - Creative Labs

Re: Experience with your Creative Player - MP3 Players - Creative Labs

SPECS
TYPE - Zen NuVo N200 white
Capacity - 252mb
DATE - March 15, 2005
PRICE - $79 with 10 rebate
COUNTRY - US of A
ACCESSORIES - none

SOUND QUALITY - Good wish fm was a bit better but digital fm is hard to get clear reception. The white head phone from creative is the best small head phone compare to the ipod or even the sony mini disc NH1 head phones. It just has the right lenghth for joggoing too.

USER INTERFACE - hard to find the record function. wish they had a record button separate for quick access. small display hard to see. scrolling only forward not backwards....makes finding present stations much harder.
SOME COMMENTS - like it? LOVE IT can record from my Mini Disc to mp3 for voice recorderings
BATTERY LIFE - Recording mp3 drains the battery fast. Rechargable batter doesn't work well with this.

Wish list for this player: Option for usb charge...better fm reception and record in wma or mp3 formatte

This player is so tiny and very cute and modern clean looking. The rubber shield is nice to keep the player from scratches and the clip is nice. The arm ban is a bit big and clumsy looking for a player this size. I didn't find the lanyard when i bought this player but there is a hole for the lanyard.

it has a wonder full built clip with white rubber plastic protective case which allows you to hook your usb and headphone without taking it off. the only time you need to take off the case if when you change your battery. Mine is white and 256mb...i want to upgrade to the one gig.




SPECS
TYPE - Creative Labs Rhomba
Capacity - 252mb
DATE - March 15, 2005
PRICE - $59 ebay auction drop
COUNTRY - US of A
ACCESSORIES - none

SOUND QUALITY - Good wish fm was a bit better but digital fm is hard to get clear reception...good for recording voice radion program only and personal voice recordings note to self type.

USER INTERFACE - hard to find the record function. It has a record button separate for quick access. Bigger Display easier to see. scrolling only forward making it hard to find stations quickly.
SOME COMMENTS - like it? LOVE IT can listen to NPR and record bits from it.
BATTERY LIFE - good usb charger but only wish is that they make a universal usb charger like the NuVo N200.

Wish list for this player: universal usb plug. if they made it for the tiny n200 they can make it for the rhomba.

Got it on ebay auction drop with proceeds going to the tsunami victims. it came with out any cables.

so i had to buy the special cables from Creative. At first it didn't work. Then i down loaded the driver and upgraded the firmwear and i was so excited to see it come alive. Almost returned it to Auction Drop but what the heck the proceeds goes to the Tsunami victims right??. So i went to best buy and bought the N200. then came home to play around with the Rhomba which came alive. So i have two players. I bought the $16 warrenty or upgrade plan. I'm thinking of upgrading to another Creative N200 player to another one but can't decide which just yet. there are so many options and just a little bit of difference between the variety of Creative line of product choices.

Friday, February 25, 2005

Homeless Shelter


Homeless Shelter
Originally uploaded by lexly87.
DMC-LC1

Wednesday, February 16, 2005

vesprem cem1


vesprem cem1
Originally uploaded by lexly87.

Monday, February 14, 2005

Ofoto Browse Photos

Ofoto Browse Photos

my bro 's pics of the gates

Monday, February 07, 2005

Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Catherine Edelman Gallery

Catherine Edelman Gallery

Hi Pam,

Wow I'm impressed with your knowledge and network.
The Edelman Gallery has all of my most admired photographers: Rodney Smith, Witkin, and Misrach, Harrison-Parker, Modica...etc.

I would be very honor if I could get in.

Thank you for your newsletter and the mention of my name.

I'm busy preparing for my March Show at Gallery 114. It will be an abstract painting show with some figurative works. I do like the concept of the Enigma Gallery as an active communities space and the location also will get more traffic I believe. Here in Portland there is a Gallery above retails space with an active bar and small musical events. I think the traditional model of the gallery is passé. Our Cooperative gallery 114 is trying to be apart of and better involved with the community also. I see your gallery as a super example of forward thinking and I am proud to be apart of it.

I just got back from an ‘Idea Break’ Through Seminar. Todd Duncan is a terrific speaker. He as a book out call the Time Trap.

Monday, January 24, 2005

lexly87's Xanga Site

lexly87's Xanga Site: "I got my led out!!
Led Zepplin has a new dvd out of their live performances. I hooked up the Beo stereo and Rocked out all weekend!!
this renew interest in Led is the result of the movie 'School of Rock'"

I got my led out!!

Led Zepplin has a new dvd out of their live performances. I hooked up the Beo stereo and Rocked out all weekend!!

this renew interest in Led is the result of the movie 'School of Rock'

Wednesday, January 12, 2005

lexly87's Xanga Site

lexly87's Xanga Site

January 4, 2005 Tuesday
I went to see Doctor Walter Buhl about my cough. I told him I went to Poland to see my girlfriend. He said he’s staff Emily married a polish man. Later on Emily Gaige gave me her phone number and asked that I call if I have any questions. She filed for her husband when the fee was only $100. They raised the fee every four months she said.
Mrs Gaige studied at a university in Poland. She is helping an Iranian man who is an U.S. citizen to sponsor his fiancé from Tehran.

January 6, 2005 Thursday
Today Nebraska servicing center email to me a Notice Of Action number two approvals. I was and am still delighted. I wrote in Visa journal to let my friends who are also waiting know. Our approval for the fiancé visa was January 6, 2005 Thursday. Two other polish girls got approved: Monika and Aga. It has been 92 days since our petition was received. Monika met her boyfriend when he was tutoring her in English. Aga’s boyfriend visited her during Christmas break. They got their notice when he was with her. I was trying to do this when I was visiting Nina.
The postman came by to say that he had a package for Nina. She didn’t know what it was. Maybe it was paperwork from Nebraska? Then again she had order some doggie treats for Diana. It turned out to be Doggie treats and we open it then went out side to play with her dog Diana.
I called Nina soon after I checked with the good new. It has been ninety two days since the Nebraska Servicing Center received our petition on October 4, 2004. We are fortunate. I made an album of our Christmas memories on Ofoto website and had it deliver fedex to Nina’s home.

January 8, 2005 Saturday
I’m at the gallery sitting. I was looking for bed. I found an old cribbage board but it was too expensive $36 to buy. I wanted to buy it for Andy and me to play. I bought a wooden one from Fred Meyers for ten dollars. The old board our first lost its pegs. Before I left for Poland, we bought a cheap board made of plastic in a drug store when we picked up prescriptions for Andy and condoms for Nina and me. Andy was excited to find bee playing cards. That’s when he told me Ramone, him and Dan, his friend, flew to Vegas a week before he came home for Christmas. He didn’t mention any winnings so I assume that he lost some money. He had won nine hundred dollars in a casino while he was on a business trip.
I had a nice long conversation with Nina. Our approval for the fiancé visa was January 6, 2005 Thursday. Two other polish girls got approved. Monika and Aga. It has been 92 days since our petition was received.
For Christmas, we had the same idea to buy engraved jewelry gifts for each other. I choose the heart tag bracelet with roman initials ND. Nina gave me an eighteen-karat gold pendant necklace with the engraved DL/ND. Wednesday December 15, is Nina’s Name Day? I had the idea of getting her a bracelet with her initial engraved upon a silver heart. I order the bracelet from a website that sells jeweler call Blue Niles. It is the first time that I gave a bracelet to a woman. On Nina’s name day, her friend Marta gave birth to a baby big girl Natalie. She was born after much intense labor. Nina told me about this laying on her bed. They had to force Natalie’s head down the cannel. It was too late to do a caesarian section. Nina drove Marta to the hospital. They often give enemas to the mother to clean out hers system and also just incase during the delivery she may defecate and infect the child.
Mama Dabrowska went to get some medicine for Bacia today. She spoke with the doctor and he asked about my health. He asks who I was in relation to her and her family. Apparently Tata Leszek told him that I was his son. I wanted to say to him in Polish ‘nie gowno…nie chce lewatywa’ which means no shit…I don’t want an enema. But I lost my nerves. He shoves a tongue depressor and told me to say ‘Ah’. This is very comical from Waldek and Tata Leszek. They later told Nina. Nina said that she wish she could see this all. Waldek had tutored his daughter. The doctor gave Waldek a pen in return for his good service. I saw him use a green Waterman fountain pen with a yacht inspired shape cap. He had the most handsome handwritings. He also kept on his desk a crystal bottle of black ink with two steps down to receive the barrel of a pen.
Mama Dabrowska made the traditional Makoviates. This is a poppy seed cake of dark and moist cake. It is surrounded with coconut flakes. Every house I went to had this special cake. The history behind this and the symbolism of poppy is significant. After a bloody battle the blood soaked ground blooms the red color variety of Poppy flowers. At Mount Montecassino, the Polish soldiers defended the Italian countryside on this small mountain against the German invasions. The soldiers used the dead bodies of his friends as shields to defend and march forth against the enemies. Mirek, Nina’s brother tries to explain this to me after many shoots of Vodka in broken English. Be we understood each other as Vodka connects many cultures and people. As Mirek said, “…connecting people…”


I’m reading Delilo’s ‘The Body Artist’. I picked up this book when I was shopping with Andy at the Woodburn outlet store. He had read this book and recommends it highly to me. I like the book very much. It’s different from Delilo’s book because it is so thin, anemic. Andy brought back the book by Nick Hornby, which is about his reading experience for the month. He lists the books he bought and the books that he is reading at the moment. He mention reading Dickens’s ‘David Cooperfeild’. I brought with me Dickens’s ‘Picture from Italy’ because of Hornby’s recommendation that Dickens is his favorite author. When I was at Shirley’s house I saw ‘David Cooperfield’ but never even open the book. What a pity. ‘Picture from Italy’ is very different from ‘Great Expectations’. The book is normal writing almost modern compare to Dickens’s novel. It is rich with description. My favorite so far is his description of Venice.


Friday, January 07, 2005

January 7, 2005 Friday

November
January 7, 2005 Friday
I need to buy a bed and fix the door before the Chinese new years. I am trying to get rid of the big screen T.V.





09/14/04 - retain lawyer
09/16/04 - biographic to nina.
09/20/04 - nina sent bio recieved pic
09/22/04 - naturalization requst
09/28/04 - met w/ attorney sent k-1 forms
10/04/04 - Nebraska received it.
10/07/04 - Check Posted

01/06/05 – NOA 2 email notice
case number assigned at NVC
nina to receive letter from NVC letter sent to Embassy
Package 3 receive
Package 3 sent

Tuesday, January 04, 2005

Hemispheres | Three Perfect Days

Hemispheres | Three Perfect Days

I think this is one of the best inflight magazines out there

journal visa

January 4, 2005 Tuesday
I went to see Doctor Walter Buhl about my cough. I told him I went to Poland to see my girlfriend. He said he’s staff Emily married a polish man. Later on Emily Gaige gave me her phone number and asked that I call if I have any questions. She filed for her husband when the fee was only $100. They raised the fee every four months she said.

Mrs Gaige studied at a university in Poland. She is helping an Iranian man who is an U.S. citizen to sponsor his fiancé from Tehran.



January 6, 2005 Thursday
Today Nebraska servicing center email to me a Notice Of Action number two approvals. I was and am still delighted. I wrote in Visa journal to let my friends who are also waiting know. Our approval for the fiancé visa was January 6, 2005 Thursday. Two other polish girls got approved: Monika and Aga. It has been 92 days since our petition was received. Monika met her boyfriend when he was tutoring her in English. Aga’s boyfriend visited her during Christmas break. They got their notice when he was with her. I was trying to do this when I was visiting Nina.

The postman came by to say that he had a package for Nina. She didn’t know what it was. Maybe it was paperwork from Nebraska? Then again she had order some doggie treats for Diana. It turned out to be Doggie treats and we open it then went out side to play with her dog Diana.

I called Nina soon after I checked with the good new. It has been ninety two days since the Nebraska Servicing Center received our petition on October 4, 2004. We are fortunate. I made an album of our Christmas memories on Ofoto website and had it deliver fedex to Nina’s home.



January 8, 2005 Saturday
I’m at the gallery sitting. I was looking for bed. I found an old cribbage board but it was too expensive $36 to buy. I wanted to buy it for Andy and me to play. I bought a wooden one from Fred Meyers for ten dollars. The old board our first lost its pegs. Before I left for Poland, we bought a cheap board made of plastic in a drug store when we picked up prescriptions for Andy and condoms for Nina and me. Andy was excited to find bee playing cards. That’s when he told me Ramone, him and Dan, his friend, flew to Vegas a week before he came home for Christmas. He didn’t mention any winnings so I assume that he lost some money. He had won nine hundred dollars in a casino while he was on a business trip.

I had a nice long conversation with Nina. Our approval for the fiancé visa was January 6, 2005 Thursday. Two other polish girls got approved. Monika and Aga. It has been 92 days since our petition was received.

For Christmas, we had the same idea to buy engraved jewelry gifts for each other. I choose the heart tag bracelet with roman initials ND. Nina gave me an eighteen-karat gold pendant necklace with the engraved DL/ND. Wednesday December 15, is Nina’s Name Day? I had the idea of getting her a bracelet with her initial engraved upon a silver heart. I order the bracelet from a website that sells jeweler call Blue Niles. It is the first time that I gave a bracelet to a woman. On Nina’s name day, her friend Marta gave birth to a baby big girl Natalie. She was born after much intense labor. Nina told me about this laying on her bed. They had to force Natalie’s head down the cannel. It was too late to do a caesarian section. Nina drove Marta to the hospital. They often give enemas to the mother to clean out hers system and also just incase during the delivery she may defecate and infect the child.

Mama Dabrowska went to get some medicine for Bacia today. She spoke with the doctor and he asked about my health. He asks who I was in relation to her and her family. Apparently Tata Leszek told him that I was his son. I wanted to say to him in Polish ‘nie gowno…nie chce lewatywa’ which means no shit…I don’t want an enema. But I lost my nerves. He shoves a tongue depressor and told me to say ‘Ah’. This is very comical from Waldek and Tata Leszek. They later told Nina. Nina said that she wish she could see this all. Waldek had tutored his daughter. The doctor gave Waldek a pen in return for his good service. I saw him use a green Waterman fountain pen with a yacht inspired shape cap. He had the most handsome handwritings. He also kept on his desk a crystal bottle of black ink with two steps down to receive the barrel of a pen.

Mama Dabrowska made the traditional Makoviates. This is a poppy seed cake of dark and moist cake. It is surrounded with coconut flakes. Every house I went to had this special cake. The history behind this and the symbolism of poppy is significant. After a bloody battle the blood soaked ground blooms the red color variety of Poppy flowers. At Mount Montecassino, the Polish soldiers defended the Italian countryside on this small mountain against the German invasions. The soldiers used the dead bodies of his friends as shields to defend and march forth against the enemies. Mirek, Nina’s brother tries to explain this to me after many shoots of Vodka in broken English. Be we understood each other as Vodka connects many cultures and people. As Mirek said, “…connecting people…”





I’m reading Delilo’s ‘The Body Artist’. I picked up this book when I was shopping with Andy at the Woodburn outlet store. He had read this book and recommends it highly to me. I like the book very much. It’s different from Delilo’s book because it is so thin, anemic. Andy brought back the book by Nick Hornby, which is about his reading experience for the month. He lists the books he bought and the books that he is reading at the moment. He mention reading Dickens’s ‘David Cooperfeild’. I brought with me Dickens’s ‘Picture from Italy’ because of Hornby’s recommendation that Dickens is his favorite author. When I was at Shirley’s house I saw ‘David Cooperfield’ but never even open the book. What a pity. ‘Picture from Italy’ is very different from ‘Great Expectations’. The book is normal writing almost modern compare to Dickens’s novel. It is rich with description. My favorite so far is his description of Venice.

Saturday, November 20, 2004

Bring My To Life

I just got back from Kristy's Dance recital and they had perform a dance to Evanescence's 'Bring Me To Life'

Friday, November 19, 2004

a good friday rest

I gave Kimber Uretch's blank sketch book. She will be the first ones to put in an entry.

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

VisaJourney.com : Marriage and Family Immigration to the USA (K Visa)

VisaJourney.com : Marriage and Family Immigration to the USA (K Visa): "Yesterday i just try a new authentic vietnamese restaurant on bybee and 82nd call Bon Bo Hue with the accent marks. it's vietnamese for rice noodle beef soup with herb. they also have a herb dish with banana shavings....it's really authentic.
Pho Hung just open an new one on 82:) yummm all good
Vancouver is good for Vietnamese or Asian Fruits and soups good food i miss that place"

Monday, November 15, 2004

sending art

Hi Pam,
Thanks for your reply so soon. I hope you had a good trip in NY. My brother says it's 30f...that's cold. I also heard my co worker's daughter got mugged walking home one night. She's been in New York for a long time now and it her first. Anyway, I have been researching for the best way to send the art to you. They are in glass with metal frames. The size is about 11"x17" or smaller. I think I will use US Postal or UPS. Let me know if there is a better way.
-Duc

P.S. BTW I'm so glad you are involved in the Gallery!!

Hi Pam,
I've found a good place to package the photographs. The Packaging Store will have the cardboard box with custom foam fit the frames. It's a good price $140 for ten pieces shipped as five piece bundle. I am assuming you would like to receive the white origami series. This Saturday I will send them to the Engima gallery address.
-Duc

-----Original Message-----

Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 8:42 AM
To: Duc Ly
Subject: Re: new gallery - Pam Siers
Thanks, Duc. I'll contact you upon arrival of your package and will send images of the installation. Also, please know that it is a privilege to work with you, I do think you have an extraordinary talent.

Hope you are having a nice and safe trip in NY. I plan to send you my origami series of photographs to the Gallery Address in Essex VT.
I'll also update my website and send you my slides of new paintings that I've been working on since last summer. They are small 14 x 17 inches, about nine paintings.


Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 7:05 PM

Hi Duc -

If you're interested, I would like to have work right away, as little or as much as you want to send, perhaps your origami images. Then in the summer or early fall we can do a solo exhibition of new work or whatever you choose. Let me know if this works for you. I'm in NYC and will be back Monday, so I'll respond as soon as I return. Meanwhile, I'll keep my eyes open for any opportunities for you in the city.

Pam

Hi Pam, I'm doing well. It's good to hear from you. The gallery is impressive. I love the space and the light! I would like to show my work either ongoing or an exhibition.
-Duc
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 7:19 AM

Hi Duc - I hope this finds you well. I'm opening a new gallery later this month. Please visit my website - www.viewenigma.com and let me know if you're interested in showing your work, either ongoing or an exhibition. Even if you're not, let me know how you are, what's new, new shows, etc.

Best regards,

Thursday, November 11, 2004

luxly photography

luxly photography

Saw la belle noiseuse and i wanted to paint again. jane birkin's in that movie.
i brought Kimber to the Gresham art committee with me and she wanted to join.
finally the sun comes out.

Thursday, November 04, 2004

Well we know that Oregon, New York and other intelligent states choose Kerry. It's the older population who fears terroism and believe in the old values, the so call Evangelicals. Running on a campaign that promise security against Terroist and creating fear in the people works. Some one I heard on the radio compared this to George Orwell's 1984. He quoted a passage which I can't remember but it was something about going to war with Eurasia and fighting them just to keep a society going, functioning and the reason for the war was long forgotten.

my friend wrote this:

PS. Why is it that intelligent people are in the minority in this
country?
How is it that our President can sit back holier-than-thou on his
pro-life
laurels, yet boast an execution record as Governor of TX that is
higher than
any other Governor in US history? And how can he claim to support
less
government and more power to the people, yet at the same time bolster
an
Administration's efforts to ban marriage between two people who love
each
other just because it doesn't gel with his religious ideals? Zealot
bastard. Are we all blind, people?!? Ok, I'm done... Who wants to
go get a
drink tonight?

Is there a different degree of being a pro life? Can you be for life but punish those criminals by taking away their lives? I belive yes. you can be pro life because it's a new life with a potential for good. Where as a criminals life has proven to be evil. However, do we still have the right to take away that crimnal's life? These questions can lead to dangerous meditations. What if there is a method to find out that a new life had criminal tendencies in their genes? Does the people in power have the right to execute a potential life because the society believes that the life has potential for crimes. this raises the question that is life of a criminal nurtured or nature. The environment certainly has a factor.

Tuesday, November 02, 2004

Welcome to ViewEnigma.com!

Welcome to ViewEnigma.com!

ELECTION DAY... This is my first time voting. I got an email from Pam about her new gallery in Vermont that she might want me to show.

Hi Pam, I'm doing well. It's good to hear from you. The gallery is impressive. I love the space and the light! I would like to show my work either ongoing or an exhibition.
-Duc



Hi Duc - I hope this finds you well. I'm opening a new gallery later this month. Please visit my website - www.viewenigma.com and let me know if you're interested in showing your work, either ongoing or an exhibition. Even if you're not, let me know how you are, what's new, new shows, etc.

Best regards,



Hi good I guess.
I've been busy too trying get my girlfriend to come here. Are you still putting on the photography show. I have not done anything with art for a while now. Just need to get motivated again. Do you like marry life. I'm headed that way.


Hi Duc,

Yes, I recently met Donna this past spring; she seems pretty cool. How are
you doing? Things have been really busy here. I'm working hard as usual :)

Marie


>Hi Marie,
>I meet one of the artist that is teaching part time at PCC. Her name is
>Donna. She mentioned that she Knew you. Small world!! :):)

Friday, October 29, 2004

el purty burro

el purty burro

stick with photography....it's great hobby plus it's not a wast of money
plus you know how to do this already and it will be familiar to you
plus a fresh eye thru camera on america would be refreshing!!
I love photography...the other day i went with a friend ... .we even waited in the rain and the color was lovely!!

Thursday, October 28, 2004

VisaJourney.com : Marriage and Family Immigration to the USA (K Visa)

VisaJourney.com : Marriage and Family Immigration to the USA (K Visa): "
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well said!! i agree 100% with what he said about for lawyer!! Althought I only meet with my lawyer two times.
I email and fax to her a lot and talk to her or her assistant. She is an immigration lawyer. Althought I have not checked out her records of past k-1 cases. How do I go about checking this?? Just curious. I trust her work.
I figure it takes about three months to five and i would be paying her $500 over that period of time. My fiance was rejected with tourist visa and I don't want her to go through that experience again. I felt bad enough. "

VisaJourney.com : Marriage and Family Immigration to the USA (K Visa)

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well said!! i agree 100% with what he said about for lawyer!! Althought I only meet with my lawyer two times.
I email and fax to her a lot and talk to her or her assistant. She is an immigration lawyer. Althought I have not checked out her records of past k-1 cases. How do I go about checking this?? Just curious. I trust her work.
I figure it takes about three months to five and i would be paying her $500 over that period of time. My fiance was rejected with tourist visa and I don't want her to go through that experience again. I felt bad enough. "

VisaJourney.com : Marriage and Family Immigration to the USA (K Visa)

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well said!! i agree 100% with what he said about for lawyer!! Althought I only meet with my lawyer two times.
I email and fax to her a lot and talk to her or her assistant. She is an immigration lawyer. Althought I have not checked out her records of past k-1 cases. How do I go about checking this?? Just curious. I trust her work.
I figure it takes about three months to five and i would be paying her $500 over that period of time. My fiance was rejected with tourist visa and I don't want her to go through that experience again. I felt bad enough. "

Tuesday, October 26, 2004

VisaJourney.com : Marriage and Family Immigration to the USA (K Visa)

VisaJourney.com : Marriage and Family Immigration to the USA (K Visa)

after i left my honey
she woke up looking for me thinking i was there
now i have had two dreams of loosing my teeth...
she says that it's fear of loosing something....
yeah i think that something is her!!

Monday, October 18, 2004

lexly87's Xanga Site

lexly87's Xanga Site
movie recomendations

Tuesday, October 12, 2004

1000 journals - Splash - email from SomeGuy

1000 journals - Splash

Hi Duc,

Thanks for your interest. I'm pretty sure that the journals are spoken
for throughout next year, but have forwarded your request to the folks
organizing the documentary / exhibitions.

Best,

someguy






On Oct 11, 2004, at 11:44 AM, Duc Ly wrote:

> Dear Someguy,
> I'm curating a show for next year call - The pleasures of the Text -
> I would like to display a few of 1000 journals into the show. Would you
> allow us to display these journals??

Monday, October 11, 2004

Friday, October 08, 2004

1000 journals - Country/State Detail

1000 journals - Country/State Detail

near the aniversary of my father's death i rumage through the safe box at home for some paper work that I needed to fill out for a fiance petition. I found an envelope stuffed full of papers, the blue print, the title and deed of the properties. it's tone paper is beautiful and purple. I really like the look of it and it brought back so much memories. it was darker purple before the aging process began I should like to redraw this plan now as i'm the architect student in the family.

FOUND Magazine

FOUND Magazine

VisaJourney.com : Marriage and Family Immigration to the USA (K Visa)

VisaJourney.com : Marriage and Family Immigration to the USA (K Visa)

Howard Norman. THE MUSEUM GUARD

Howard Norman. THE MUSEUM GUARD

I read this book to and agree with Bob

Thursday, October 07, 2004

Elfriede Jelinek Homepage

Our founding fathers took examples from Ancient Greek's Democratic society but ignored that fact that Ancient Greek is an openly gay society. Our founding father's Puritanism causes them to over look this major fact. Now this whole issue of same sex marriage and morality is being question. The Ancient Greek society believed heavily in Ethics and Morality. Aristotle defined Ethics. The problem is that marriage is a church institution and it is also a state institution. It very difficult to have separation of church and state in this matter. Most laws are deriving to protect the moral majority. We as a society determine what is moral and legal. It’s interesting that as a society we have not evolved rather we have regressed. The Ancient Greeks were a functioning society of free sexual unions. We still up hold the words that our founding fathers wrote long ago. Some have said that the decline of Roman and Ancient Greek civilization was due to the gay life style. The problem is in a Democratic society where the people make up their own choice and are allow pursuing their happiness the conservatives still bring up the words of our founding father. We see and borrow heavily from the Ancient Greek's model of Democracy but choose to ignore that it was an openly gay society. We choose to ignore a major facet of the Democracy, the Republic. The state should not have a say in people's private affairs. It does for economy reasons. Because marriage is both a religious and state affair it is difficult to sort through. The constitution says we are allow the pursuit of happiness but it also says that this happiness is defined by the state...it says that this happiness is one man and one woman at the scared blessed union. We know that homosexuality has been around for ages, even in the ancient Greece. It was in this puritanical state that is viewed as abnormal. Even the early Christianities who were up rising against the Romans saw this perversion and rebel against it. Perhaps this was why they fought the Romans and the Greeks because of the homosexuality....

News | canada.com network

News | canada.com network

the piano teacher

The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek wins the nobel prize for literature. what an interesting choice.
finally the nobel prize has sellected an unexpected and highly controversial figure. due to acute social anxiety she will not be accepting the prize in public. she is fascinated with Marxist and femminist writes...interesting combination.

Friday, September 10, 2004

when the leaves are falling down

sierpc


Chinese Lantern in the Village of Siepc Posted by Hello

Tuesday, September 07, 2004

Gresham Juried Art Show

I talked to Charles Froelick for a while. Nothing much more to write about.

Tuesday, August 24, 2004

warsaw medieval town

We walk in the old Medieval townmade a meal of instant stir fry Ala put some freshly warm rolls into the shoping basket and brings my hand over so that I could feel the heat rising from the white rolls.

Friday, August 20, 2004

Train Train


Train Train Posted by Hello

Chinese Lanter in Siepc


Chinese Lantern in the Village of Siepc Posted by Hello

Siepc


Crazy Doll eyes in Siepc Posted by Hello

I saw this wonderful doll sitting on a bed of a village house. It's a recreation of a town long ago.

The Malbork Castle Museum

The Malbork Castle Museum

Wednesday, August 18, 2004

MSN Encarta - World Atlas

MSN Encarta - World Atlas

I'm here on this day

Sunday, August 15, 2004

first time in real

warsaw airport first time to see nina in real
i saw tatu first he's waving, then i saw waldek then nina.
she kissed me at the car and we smoke.

Friday, August 13, 2004

Art Access: RC GALLERY

I already did on the St. Helens hike. It was horrible weather, freezing rain, and a whiteout. This young blonde Anna Kournikova type came sprinting up the rocks past us. All she had on was hot shorts and a tight white T-shirt. It was pouring rain so it was like a wet t-shirt contest. We all just kind of stopped and stared. It was something else, man.

Wednesday, July 28, 2004

art thief

The gallery was broken into last night. It doesn't look like anything
was taken - because nobody understands our art.
Altho, all of Aaron's pieces in the backspace are not there. I don't
know if they have been taken down or stolen.
This all reminds me of the time I had a show at WSU while in school.
Before the show was over I sneaked into the gallery with my brother
(we
had to scale a wall and dress in black while drinking beers) and
stole
all my art back. I thought it would get great attention. But nobody
noticed, but I didn't really complain.
I'm a dumb-ass.
I normally would just write this in the book - but, I figure its
kinda
"special". Maybe we can spread the word..."Do you hear
Gallery 114 was
broken into last night!"
"Holy fucking shit!"
"That's right, Holy fucking shit"

All the mailboxes were broken into as well. I talked to Tom Walsh
(our
building manager?) and he said that there is a "rash" of
check thieves
blanketing the city. Apparently they steal checks and use the
electronic check numbers to buy stuff on ebay or other internet
related
money laundering endeavors.

The door will be fixed today.

So, I do believe Paul was sitting yesterday. Paul doesn't have a
computer or email so I will call him to see if he left any checks in
the out going gallery 114 mailbox. Highly unlikely.

Its pretty cool - I can pick up a wireless internet signal on my
laptop
down here in the gallery basement. I think its coming from Starbucks.
Actually, I figured out a way to "tap" into Starbuck's
corporate
network and "steal" a internet signal for us.
Just one more thing that the Odanrot selflessly and tirelessly
contributes to the community of 114.

In return for my efforts I DEMAND someone bring my a rum and tonic.

with a lime.
maybe you should bring 13 of them.
and a plan ticket to mexico.

peace,
rot

Raymond Carver

Aren't those two stories great? Another of my favorites of his is "Fever." It really reminded me of my breakup with my ex-girlfriend, the character of the wife in the story made me think of Emily. It was cathartic for me to read it.
I will loan you my anthology of his next time I see you. I love his characters and what he writes about, plus his style is so cool. He comes from the Hemingway school of writing: Never use three words when one will do. That's why I love Hemingway and Carver, and hate Woolf and Proust.
I tried to do a search on the net for the performance but didn't find much info. It will have been on for quite a while so we should be able to get in. Hopefully it will not be sold out. Maybe we can meet at the theater at about 6:45 and just take our chances. That is what Carver would do, he wouldn't try any of this fandango.com BS. Of course, he'd also show up drunk....
Anyway let me know if that sounds like a plan.

Google

It was a mind-blowing epic, a literary tour de force! I especially love the part where Carver dressed up as Trojan man and fought Achilles and his gay lover. And I thought he was just a short story writer!
...ha ha, yeah I still think we lived the perfect Raymond Carver story there. I mean, it had it all: dingy downtown Portland theater, turned away at the door, wandering off down the streets after the two lesbians, standing in line listening to the homeless people play the blues, culminating in a dimly lit movie, lots of strangers, and cheap pizza and beer. He would have been proud.

Monday, July 19, 2004

Chiaroscuro- Will Holub

snapping chalk line onto traditional gesso
smearing the blue line with cold was by hand or palette knife.

Wednesday, July 14, 2004

lexly87's Xanga Site

I'm listening to this audio book

last two nights ago loud thunder

last night i stretched two canvas

Wednesday, June 23, 2004

Now and Zen show review

They thought the show now and Zen was really elegant!! I was very happy!!
Lots of bigwig local business people stop by...the musician was nice...we chatted about the Japanese flute and he plays guitar. The flute is made from bamboo stalk at the root edge...he play music to the art pieces. Inside of the flute is painted with red lacquer. Some one had to apply the red lacquer paint with a special tool. He was teaching English in Japan. One of his Japanese students gave it to him as a present from his grand father. It’s impressive instrument. His nails are long for picking the guitar.

Monday, June 14, 2004

parlor guitars

I'm getting a guitar from eBay
it's an old Arian parlor guitar from the early 1900s for $155. I missed out on a Harmony guitar for $12 with a missing tuning peg. Also there's a 30 old vintage guild for under $100. Oh my...the guy at guitar center said someone bought an old base guitar at goodwill for $100 it turn out to be a $3,000. guitar!!

Wednesday, June 02, 2004

Owners Opinion: Panasonic DMC-FZ10: nippa: Digital Photography Review

Owners Opinion: Panasonic DMC-FZ10: nippa: Digital Photography Review

After a lot of research I decided to order the fz10 from Ritz on eBay. It's being delivered in a few days. I almost got the LC5. I am waiting for the LC1 to come down in price. My Hasselblad just arrive today. Suddenly I began to take more pictures now...even with a film camera. I have a Contax G1 and Nikon F4. I've been reading this site a lot lately and it has influenced my choice of digital camera. I've seen some very beautiful picture from the photographer Barta on www.usefilm.com He uses LC5 and the pictures are beautiful even though it's very small. The sky and blue hues are lovely. I've also read the www.washingtonpost.com article by Van Riper. He likes the Fz1 better then the fz10 because of the Imagine stabilizer. I would only get the fz1 if it was upgrade to and fz2. But the Clerk at Kitz camera said that firmware upgrades voids the manufacture's warrantees. I almost order fz2 over seas but didn't. The clerk really emphasized that fz1 can't be print to an 8x10. So there you have it...that's how I end up with the fz10. I was testing it out at the Kitz store and took two pictures of a girl that I wanted so bad to keep these pictures. I wanted to steal the 16 SD card. The next day I came back and the picture was deleted.

Tuesday, May 18, 2004

Tribe of the winds

TRIBE of the WINDS LLC

presents the paintings of

Duc N. Ly

2217 NE Alberta St. Portland, OR
(503) 789-8068 * www.tribewinds.com

OPENING RECEPTION
6-9 PM
LAST THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2004
through June 20

Spring /Summer Hours:
Thurs-Fri 5:00 - 8:00 PM
Sat - Sun 11:30 AM - 6:00 PM

Geek.com Geek News - Microsoft goes (Black)Berry picking

Geek.com Geek News - Microsoft goes (Black)Berry picking

iPoding | What's that in your pocket?

iPoding | What's that in your pocket?: "I have been looking for ipod mini for two or three months...none of the electronic stores around here has it in stock...so i decided to ask the clerk at Circut City just for kicks. She told me Meier & Frank has it. So Quickly i drove there.
Joy There it was three of them!! blue blue silver.
i snatched the blue and spent sunday with it.

yesterday, may 17, 2004 Monday...the iPod mini belt clip came off of my pants because i was squatting...ouch...the bottom of the metal shell is nicked a little bit...poor pod...i stroke it and it's okay now.
I clip it on my back now when i squat over the floor doing various art projects such as stretching canvas."

becky fg17


becky fg17
Originally uploaded by lexly87.
great model session
have not seen her in a long time

Friday, May 14, 2004

yellow robe


yellow robe
Originally uploaded by lexly87.
Friday, May 14, 2004
Monk (yellow robe)
The inspiration for Monk (yellow robe) came from attending the Kwan Yin temple near North East Glisan. The image of the yellow robe monk stayed with me after many prayer sessions. I try to recreate this vision inside the studio. I started with an acrylic layer to sketch out the shape because it was quick and easy, the medium allows me to work right away. It was meant to be just a sketch but a year later I went back to this painting and apply several layers of oil and abstract the image further to extend beyond the reality and into another element. The small paintings are precious and most of them are done quickly and spontaneously but always going back to further improved upon after a time.

'Duc Ly's paintings are textured abstracts that hint at Asian or perhaps Extraterrestrial Landscapes. His oil painted on Mylar is an exquisite vision of the moon surrounded by shapes that could be alien pictographs or characters from an exotic tongue.'
- Dave Johnson, The Asian Reporter

'An acrylic on paper, titled "Gate VII"...shouts bright swaths of color while muttering subtle passageways to the unknown.'
- Dave Johnson, The Asian Reporter

Monk (yellow robe)

The inspiration for Monk (yellow robe) came from attending the Kwan Yin temple near North East Glisan. The image of the yellow robe monk stayed with me after many prayer sessions. I try to recreate this vision inside the studio. I started with an acrylic layer to sketch out the shape because it was quick and easy, the medium allows me to work right away. It was meant to be just a sketch but a year later I went back to this painting and apply several layers of oil and abstract the image further to extend beyond the reality and into another element. The small paintings are precious and most of them are done quickly and spontaneously but always going back to further improved upon after a time.

'Duc Ly's paintings are textured abstracts that hint at Asian or perhaps Extraterrestrial Landscapes. His oil painted on Mylar is an exquisite vision of the moon surrounded by shapes that could be alien pictographs or characters from an exotic tongue.'
- Dave Johnson, The Asian Reporter

'An acrylic on paper, titled "Gate VII"...shouts bright swaths of color while muttering subtle passageways to the unknown.'
- Dave Johnson, The Asian Reporter

Thursday, May 13, 2004

shape of loss

I met with Stephen; and I really liked his project. Do you know of others
I might try for the show? I am thinking one or two more photographers.
Also, if Stephen decides to participate I think the title of his work might
be a wonderful starting point for the title of the show "The Shape of
Loss". So maybe the show is driven more by loss and memory's role than just
a general idea about memory? This is what I am thinking now. So if you have
any names please pass them onto me. Another issue is how much space will
you use for display of your work? Let me know. Thanks Duc!



Oh I'm glad you meet with him. I was going to send him what I wrote up quickly just to brief him about our wonderful and spontaneous discussion of memory and art work. So I hope you explained it to him and will be great if he participate. What's holding him up?? I couldn't get him to display for the Now and Zen show. He is being coy?? Ah yes I remember the title and I like this shape of loss.
I only saw a few images of large statues from this one photographer but I don't know yet. Let me think about this and it will come to me soon.
You said we can have 8-10 pieces each?? My frames will be 11 x 17 ish...

-Duc

Thursday, May 06, 2004

Tuesday, May 04, 2004

luxly photography

Hi Andy,
I just started to read Paul auster's oracle night...they had it on te shelf at the local library.
reminds me a little of 'Moon Palace' because of first person narrator. Seem good so far but am annoyed with the long foot notes

Duc Ly

jam

Hey Duc,
I am hoping to get the guitar today. Saturday I went to my old teacher "The Bridal Shop Guy", ha ha, he has a classical guitar shop in there now too. I played 2 guitars I really liked, they are handmade by Michael J. Danielson, a guitarmaker in Richland, WA. One was spruce for 700 bucks and the other cedar for 1500. He said he'd throw in a free hardshell case too. The 1500 dollar one is maybe a hair better sounding than the 700 dollar one, but if it is still available tonight I am going to get the 700 dollar one. I can't justify paying twice the price for maybe 5 percent difference. And at another store they said spruce gets better with age while cedar stays about the same, so it could even out.
I also went to The Guitar Center in Clackamas and played some used 1,500 dollar guitars. Pretty sweet but not any better. I played one for 4 grand too and it didn't sound hardly any better than the others. I checked out Pioneer Music co. yesterday downtown and they had some cool ones but nothing that great.
So I'm going back to that weird bridal shop in Miwaukie today and hopefully will get the 700 dollar one. I'll let you know if I do.
Yeah dude, we will have to jam! Maybe the weekend after this? I am going home for Mother's Day weekend. That CD sounds great, I would love to borrow it from you sometime. I love the sound of Di meola's playing. I was going to take my sister to see Dan Balmer last night but she was too tired.

Tim

Sunday, April 18, 2004

north view

just woke.
Cool!!
What happen was that we had a conversation about artwork. She wanted to take this old suite case to the goodwill store but it had trigger so much memories that she could not part with but not willing to face it head on either. So the suitcase because this marble thing, an art object. To make a story short, I thought about my suitcase too and objects that I held on for a long time. So the photographs for me is a journey back to the memories I had as a kid making origami boats. Recently I've started to be more direct about this and made boat origami for photographs. I thought that your images have feeling of reaching towards the past and to me they are about journeys. There are many levels of interpretation of the marble suitcase, which I think your photographs do too. It is ironic that the suitcase is heavy as stones. It illustrates the cliché of the emotional baggage, which weighs on every one. She thought that it was ironic that my photographs of the paper boat can't really traverse in water. I thought your photographs would add an element of the river into this journey, memory theme. Or how one would wash in the Mythical river of Lethe [?] to forget. We were working in two very different spectrum of material hardness to express the same ideas. Anyhow, I think this is how she decided to select the theme for the show. Plus I like the writing that accompanies the photographs of your River Series. So try to work this in somehow.

April 15, 2004

Hi Duc,

I just wanted to touch base with you about the possibility of a photography
show at PCC. I am interested in exhibiting your work and perhaps the work
of 3 other artists. It would be really cool to include people whose work
somehow uses photography as a way of conjuring up the past in order to
grasp experience. Do you know of anyone whose work you think would fit this
idea? Let me know. The show would be in Fall 2004, probably November to
December.

Marie

P.S. Thanks for the dinner meeting; I enjoyed talking with you.

Hi Marie,

So glad to hear from you too. I enjoy the conversation and it really got me thinking. I'm excited and looking forward to the PCC Show. I can think of Stephen Miller. He began photographing the river place where his brother drowned...it's a very sad but also therapeutic project for him. I'll make some query into this and let you know. I'll contact him about this to see if he's willing to show this work.

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