Forest Fun Times

Wonderful Things Seen

2011-08-04T16:54:00.002-05:00

It's been a long time since my last post. Long enough to have left Europe, and missed it. Lots. Today has been a nice day for memories; these videos are a nice peek into my stay in the Spanish Pyrenees.

More to come, soon.

Here's to places traveled and the sweet slowness of being home.

New Drawings and Process

2011-02-23T18:12:00.007-06:00

These are out of order but I don't feel like moving them.

It's been a while since I've posted anything, so here's a bunch of images from my sketchbook and process for projects I'm working on. The drawings of Sonic are related to a live brief we are doing for YCN. The brief is for Sega, and prompts us to design a piece that celebrates Sonic's 20th anniversary. I've done a few idea-changes, and am now compiling a book of Sonic fan art, hopefully including fan interviews as well. So, if you know anyone who has any sort of experience with Sonic, or fan art of Sonic, please let me know!

These sketches are for the 2nd year design&illustration fundraiser club nights, rather crassly dubbed 'fingerbang'. Julie & Lauren(studying from KC, MO) and Michael and I have been invited to do the poster for the next club night. Michael and I did the illustrations, and Julie and Lauren did the graphics! I think they'll be screenprinted, which will be quite nice!

This is a bit of process work for a project called 'Exhibition in an Envelope', in which I am making a series of posters about the telegraph pole in England. I'm primarily going to focus on structure and components, borrowing aesthetic touches from the telegraphs themselves.
Aaand all this is just random sketchbook doodling.

STUCK PLACE

2011-02-09T15:59:00.003-06:00

You know, I am in a stuck place.

Every day I think I want to do something else. The truth is, though, that while I am thinking about all the things I want to do (ex. in the last week I've wanted to be a backpacker for money, owner of a bookstore, owner of a tea/coffee shop, organic farmer, hobo, book designer, designer/fine artist, nice things maker, art director, hermit in a cabin, etc etc), but anyway, while I am thinking about all the things I want to do, I am not actually doing anything.

So I guess I just drew some pictures of myself and also Sonic the Hedgehog. GO GO GO GO GO!

GO GO GO!

That was a chant so that maybe I will feel like there is a large crowd waiting for me to score 90 goals (aka make good stuff).

I mean, damn, I'm in Brighton-the land of TIME.

WHOA. Look at the clock! It's TIME TO GOOOO!

tee hee

. . . . . .

sara

DOIN SOME BUSINESS

2011-02-02T16:45:00.003-06:00

Been sketching a little bit while in Brighton, though I've mostly been thinking and writing. Here are a few of my things!

Mapping Brighton

2011-01-13T17:11:00.003-06:00

Feels so good to be making things again!

Recent

2010-12-04T14:39:00.001-06:00

Here are two recent photos from my life. Friends 4Ever!

New Graphic Design Work, WOWOW!

2010-12-04T14:26:00.005-06:00

For Erik Brandt's Type 2 class. A postcard celebrating the rescue of the 33 Chilean miners. Sent to the 4th Annual Chile Design Biennial.

For Kindra Murphy's Graphic Design 2 class. A process book documenting and showcasing my typographic and image-based experimentation for a 3 part poster series.

For Greg Beckel's Electronic PrePress class. A full-bleed booklet illustrating a poem by Pablo Neruda.

The aforementioned 3 part poster series for GD 2.

For PrePress. A 3 layer postcard series in CMY, K, and PMS Gold. Exploring the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Below are some experiments from the press; turning on and off press units resulted in some exciting color combinations!

You can see more on my flickr!

Hope you are enjoying the snow! It's so gorgeous outside...

+2 more

2010-10-12T00:23:00.002-05:00

This bottom one is a collaboration between Peter Steineck and myself. He's cool!

HEY B

2010-10-11T20:02:00.005-05:00

Here are the final pages of my summer sketchbook.

ENJOYS FOR YOU

2010-09-15T19:39:00.002-05:00

I miss mountains

2010-09-07T21:34:00.002-05:00

Do normal people walk like thugs so that real thugs don't mess with them?
Maybe there aren't any real thugs, just normal people walking like thugs.
Maybe they are all thugs.
Sometimes I walk like a thug at night.

fate goes ever as fate must*

2010-08-12T01:49:00.002-05:00

Everything feels a little bit off this week. ---Worlds intermixing and confusing.
My sister listens to the Pride and Prejudice soundtrack on repeat while sleeping. This makes me happy late at night.
Maybe I will see the meteor showers tomorrow in the dark.

what is happening?

*beowulf

CAKE PANTS

2010-07-08T19:17:00.004-05:00

This week I let go of everything when drawing (yeah, never fear, i'm still hanging on tight to everything else-for better or worse) and I was kind of amazed with the complete nonsense that came out. Here are a few snippets of little nice things that popped out of the crazies.

WHO NEEDS FINGERS WHEN YOU'VE GOT LINGERS?

2010-06-23T20:27:00.004-05:00

Just made myself draw. Gotta get myself out of this art fart.

I FORGOT ABOUT YOU.

2010-06-08T21:33:00.005-05:00

Here are some things I've made.

2010-04-08T17:56:00.002-05:00

Here are two pieces from my Digital Illustration class. I haven't been totally satisfied with the work I've made, but I liked these two a fair amount so I figured I'd post them. This is for a show going up at Spyhouse. It's just supposed to reflect a personal experience or something from Spyhouse. We had to do a little bit of digital painting, and do the whole thing mainly in photoshop.

This was a layer mask assignment having to do with numbers. I chose the number four, included a more literal element (4 eyes wooo...) and also tried to represent some of the more symbolic qualities of the number (elements, nature, bleh bleh).

Anyway, here's to 2010, 4 months overdue. Haven't updated this for a while, but maybe this post will change my habits.

Hope you all are doing well!

What a glorious assortment of quality goods!

2009-10-06T22:07:00.004-05:00

'Time Tunnel' for Intro To Illustration with Tom Garrett

'State Fair' in class assignment for Intro to Illust.

'State Fair' part 2 for Intro to Illust.

Thought I should post some of my recent work!

Luv,

Sara/Fowler

a survey of things done

2009-09-19T10:10:00.006-05:00

now I must finish my lil' very green tea, put on some pants, and draw in a museum for a while.

biggest of loves,
hugest of hugs,

if anybody has a cheap bike for sale, I could use one... :(

draws

2009-07-03T12:24:00.002-05:00

NOW IT'S OFF TO PORTLAND

⚡

2009-06-17T00:50:00.004-05:00

quiche for dinner
julson on the phone
marissa on the phone
ruth gets home
secret project
new t-shirt in the mail
new staedtler pens in the mail
received letter from Julson
andres receives my mail
there's something about mary
yoga
ronald roybal
buttery pasta
clean laundry
the sun was out
cotton in the air
staying up, not being too sleepy.

man, dang, goodness, wow, sheesh, geez louise.

SOME NICE

2009-06-09T17:49:00.003-05:00

Here are some nice music videos that I found. Unfortunately, they don't allow embedding, so you'll have to follow the links. I promise, you will not be disappointed.

The O'Jays

Kansas

Amazing

2009-05-26T12:50:00.001-05:00

My dear friend Peter Steineck posted this spectacular music video on his tumblr, and I couldn't help but post it again on my little corner of the online world.

Gives me the shivers.

Some Summer Sums

2009-05-25T19:43:00.005-05:00

Finally, summer.

1. Eating sour worms at Library Park, killing my first mosquito of the year, hugging my best homies.

2. Seeing Star Trek with Charlie at the drive-in theater. The stars blew my mind. I think I need to live at the drive-in this summer, if only to look at the sky every night. The sunset was phenomenal as well. I love Colorado.

3. Bike riding across town and back (approx. 18 miles is my guess) in 90 degree weather with Molly, Ruth, and Anna. Stopped for ice cream at Dairy Queen, took a play break/dying-of-heatstroke break at "Blind Kid Park" (Spring Creek Park). So brutal, so fun.

4. Playing with Molly while she was visiting, making the fluffiest pancakes on earth. Infinity sleepovers, P&P, being smelly, playing Sim City 4 for hours on end.

5. Birthday dance party/pinata/most boring game of star wars monopoly ever. I am the worst at pinatas... There was also a glorious fire pit/marshmallow & hotdog roastie that occurred. I'm pretty sure there was a mountain lion in the vicinity, as I heard the tell-tale cough sounds they make, and Rocket was acting super weird.

6. Actually turning 19.

7. LOST season finale

8. so much more, but I'm tired of this post already. haha.

I leave you with this video.

Today it has been raining without cease. It is beautiful, green, smells good, and sounds good.

yours, sara

&

2009-05-10T23:31:00.002-05:00

Not quite sure what to think about this. For now, I'd have to say it's pretty damn EXCELLENT.

http://sleepingshepherdboy.com/

If you're feeling a little bit more crazy, check out Jon Rafman's website (the creator of sleeping shepherd boy) for a bounty of super odd, media-related projects.

-Sara/Fowler

☂✂❿❧⸕⸔‡&ɠʓ➸↷𝄢

2009-05-09T19:48:00.005-05:00

My last full week of school has passed. As I am sure many people agree, it is a bittersweet time. It's strange, but I feel almost as reluctant to leave as I did last summer, when I left home to come to Minneapolis for the first time. For those of you reading this post, I want to thank you for all of the memories I have of this place and these people (as I'm sure I already have in forrealz life, yo). This year has really been most swell, which is saying a lot, for I have many swell years behind me.

On the other hand, I can't wait for a summer of fun to begin! I guess I just wish I could have been able to leave Minneapolis a little bit later, so I could relax in a post-finals daze with the rest of my home dogs.

Enough reflection.

Here are two photographs that I took for my photo final, though I won't actually be using these particular prints. (However, they are my favorites.)

Yours,
Sara/Fowler

Flash Animation

2009-04-26T22:16:00.005-05:00

Alright, so I JUST finished my flash animation for class tomorrow. It's a section of MC Chris's song, Fett's Vette. Hope you enjoy it:

Just now, Z showed me Piotr's examples for his class, and I wish I had their assignment instead of Travis'. Sorry Travis, but I'm digging the more abstract animation...

EDIT: Just watched the video in the Blogger setting, and there's TONS of lag. If you want to see the forrealz video, just tell me and I'll give you a private screening on my laptop, complete with party time.

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2009-04-25T22:11:00.003-05:00

I am very tired. Soon I will sleep, only to awake early in the morning to begin a day full of work. Today whilst I was procrastinating and struggling through my still only half-finished Flash animation, I found these videos. I'm not sure entirely how I feel about them, but I think-for now-that they are beautiful, in a certain way. The music is nice, too. They are just type animations that are millions of times better than mine. I'm very tired of looking at my project, and I think that's clouding my judgment of it. I wish I could gain a renewed outlook on the damn thing, because I'm pretty sure that it's actually quite nice.

Why can't we just have snuggling and no obligations?

If anyone wants a hug this week, let me know, because I'm pretty sure I'll take one; any day, any time, any place (except for the toilet, I think).

Yours,

Sara/Fowler

P.S. Strangely, I've begun to lament the Flight of the Conchords concert, which I know I should not do. It's just that it puts such a deadline on this school year, and my time in Minneapolis. Maybe I will pack all of you wonderful people up in my mom's Bug and make you stay in Colorado all summer. We will go hiking, have fort making parties, dance parties, go backpacking, go biking, and kayaking, among other things. We would also eat tacos, I think.

I wish everyone the best of luck with finals, and living in general. Try not to frown too much!

Ghostpatrol+Miso

2009-04-25T14:26:00.002-05:00

Ghostpatrol
Miso

Andres Segovia

2009-04-20T23:45:00.001-05:00

A necessary second post for the evening.

Good night, sweet dreams.

++WATCH OUT++

2009-04-20T20:34:00.005-05:00

Dear Friends,

As of late, I have been working on a few exciting things.

1. Flash animation of a segment of "Fett's Vette". I am very excited for this, as it appears to be the first project I've done in media worth a darn.

2. Karen and I are working on a secret project that will most surely bring joy to many a lady and gent upon its final performance(s).

3. I am very excited for Earth Day tomorrow. Hopefully the weather will be kind and shine some warm bits upon our little brains. I really have been wanting to go on a bike ride, and I do hope that someone will go with me soon. If you know what I mean.

4. Drinking chocolate soy milk is wildly delightful!

5. This last week marked my first sunburn of the year, and oh! it is marvelous!

I hope you are all doing real well, swell, and nice.

Love,

Sara/Fowler

self

2009-04-13T00:43:00.003-05:00

:

2009-04-12T23:57:00.001-05:00

Flamenco Sketches (Miles Davis)

MOLLY IS HERE

2009-04-11T23:29:00.007-05:00

We went to RollerGirlsz and beat up a lot of people.

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2009-04-06T11:25:00.003-05:00

NEEDED

2009-04-04T00:09:00.001-05:00

I JUST NEEDED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM GOING TO BONNAROOOOOO

Brought to my Attention.

2009-04-01T11:22:00.003-05:00

This Tauntaun sleeping bag is currently #1 on my birthday list, though a close second is this fine backpack:

Hope everyone is enjoying their spring break! (Or if you've already had one, that you're enjoying my spring break!)

Love,
Sara

EDIT: Imagine my extreme dismay and endless sadness when I find out that the Tauntaun sleeping bag is an April Fool's joke. Never again, Internet. I will never forgive you.

+++SELF PORTRAIT+++

2009-03-30T21:46:00.004-05:00

W.I.P.

8:47 PM : commence cutting...

With Love,

Sara/Fowler

RuPaul

2009-03-29T23:17:00.002-05:00

"put your stiletto to the metal and lets take this mother from zero to fabulous in 3.5 seconds"

๕

2009-03-29T01:09:00.003-05:00

Dear Friends,

Today has been the beginning of a week sure to be filled with joyous gallivanting and cavorting, amongst other things.

This lovely Saturday:

1. Marissa's sweet mother was kind enough to take me to the airport at 8:30 A.M. (no small feat!).

2. I was witness to an aging metal/punk/mystery rock band at the MPLS/St. Paul airport. I couldn't tell if I was supposed to think they were famous or not... They looked to be well into their 40s, but were decked out in flashy leopard-print scarves, serious business leather boots, denim vests, and some ultra sexy tight pants. They also were sporting beautiful 80s mullets and bandannas. I couldn't stop swooning!

3. Seeing my family was (of course) wonderful. I have yet to see my mom (I will see her in the morning and we will dine at Lucille's-a fantastic n'awlins restaurant...endlessly delicious!).

4. Ruth + Anna + Braden + The Bean Cycle = Much Happy. (Ruth and I have already begun making a very large list of summer activites. I will scan this soon and post it for you all to decipher.)

5. Pad Thai!!! So good. I even got to de-poop a bunch of shrimp!

6. Pride & Prejudice with Anna. I cried at the end! I couldn't believe it! I never cry in romantic movies, and I've even seen this before. I must be sick. LOVE SICK. Oh, tee hee!

This is me in my room!

Reunited at last. I will never leave you again, sweet raccoon.

ROLLEIFLEX!!!

So, more to come. I miss all of you that I've left, and I can't wait to see those of you who are here.

Love,

Sara and/or Fowler

4 FUN

2009-03-27T11:40:00.003-05:00

Making shoes for my friend! These aren't done yet, I've just done the upper part. I still have to do the sides and heel. On the tongue is a painting of a unicorn that is pretty beautiful. Anyway, I'm at a stuck place with these, and I'm not sure if the colors are good, so if anyone has any suggestions, they'd be greatly appreciated!!!

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2009-03-24T00:43:00.002-05:00

Dear Friends,

Since I decided I should probably not write my second draft of my research paper (I mean, that's the logical thing to do, correct?), I felt the need to browse some websites in search of mildly interesting findings instead.

FIRST THINGS FIRST
Today felt like these things should have happened:

1. Tea
2. Blankets
3. Sweaters
4. Lightning
5. Snuggling

Also, my favorite mug has a crack in it, and when I poured really hot water on one of my pom glasses, it broke! Who knew!?

Back to the results of my procrastination:

1. This one is for Karen:

2. This one is for Ruth:

3. This one is for Marissa:

4. This one is for Ethan:

5. This one is for Jamie:

6. This one is for Julson:

7. This one is for ZZZZZ!:

8. And this one is for me, because I like magic A LOT:

Okay well now it is a little bit late, and nothing too exciting has happened, so I figure I should probably go to sleep. Eventually.

Best of everythings to everybody,
yours,

Sara/Fowler

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2009-03-19T10:58:00.001-05:00

Death & Glory Part 1

2009-03-17T21:15:00.003-05:00

Dear Friends,

Today I took Death & Glory out for a fast, furious, rather short-lived, but excellent bike ride! Hilary and I decided spontaneously to quickly pump up our sagging tires and go on a quick jaunt before it got dark! It was fantastic, though I quickly found out how wimpy my legs are. I'm going to have to do some serious training! So, like many plans I don't go through with (though I WILL with this one), I want to go bike riding at least once a week! If anyone is jivin' to that groove, let me know because I hope to see your bootie on a bike! (But not going faster than me.)

I saw a multitude of fine objects on our excursion and continuing into my evening, among them:
1. a very dapper black cat
2. a blanket of cigarette butts covering the concrete just outside my apartment building
3. 2 bearded bikers
4. old man running w/ wedgie
5. white stuffed animal on the bike path
6. a beautiful, but subtle sunset

Though I could write for a long time about how awesome my weekend was, how glorious the weather is, and how much I love my vest (among other things), I won't.

This is a call for adventure, so if any of you 9 blog followers wants to hang out with me and do something nice (even if it just means sitting at the picnic tables or getting ice cream [especially getting ice cream...oh my. I need to do this now...]) please drop me a line.

In other news, I am listening to Boston, and it is kickin'.
Other listens this week were Creedence Clearwater Revival, America, Blitzen Trapper, Bon Iver, and Raffi.

Cheerfully,

Sara

HENNA DANCE PARTIES LASER TAG BOYS GIRLS MUSIC and no PANCAKES

2009-03-16T00:22:00.003-05:00

Dear Friends,

I was browsing at the Electric Fetus yesterday when I was struck with the need to buy a henna kit, so yes, the time has indeed come for my body to be somewhat covered by brown gooey worm feces (well...that's what it looks like). Thanks to K, I now have a fantastic henna tattoo of some mystery herbs on my back, and I added a few sprigs of something to my left forearm. Though dead plants are hardly reminiscent or encouraging of this wonderful warm weather, I love them very much and as a result, they will live on my body for a few weeks.

[Please enjoy this high quality photo of my lovely arm and blanket]

Speaking of warm weather, these last two days have been the best days of the past few months (with a couple of exceptions). Yesterday was particularly wonderful, as it was chock full of sunshine, laser tag, friends, dancing, good tunes, and grins.

I do hope more dance parties are in the making, for movin' to the groovin' really satisfied my cabin fever...

So, thank you to all who have made my days a bit brighter.

With love,

Sara

P.S. If anybody wants a henna, let me know and I will happily oblige.

It is time...

2009-03-09T22:56:00.001-05:00

for plan 'P'.

Facts About the Moon

2009-03-08T10:48:00.003-05:00

1. The moon is over 100 yards high.

2. The moon is made out of many craters.

3. The moon is surrounded by little stars, which are like suns, but bigger up close.

4. The moon usually comes out at night, but sometimes it comes out in the day.

5. The moon is out today, so now we have to go to bed!

These wonderful facts were provided by two very cute girls and their dad on the light rail. Thanks ladies and dad!

Scary Song from my Childhood; and by childhood I mean right now.

2009-03-05T18:12:00.002-06:00

This song freaked the booties out of me when I was little. Even now, I get the sweats when I hear it.

Dear Raffi,
even though this song is really scary, I love you very very much.

Ruth is laughing at me for being frightened right now.

Frighteningly,

Sara

hey little bird of spring wont you hop about on my shorts and show me a happy warm time?

2009-03-03T18:45:00.003-06:00

I find it quite satisfying when the sun sets just so on the snow.

...but I wish it would just get warm already!

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2009-02-19T20:33:00.002-06:00

Charge your phone while you ride your bike!

"Imagine never having to plug your cellphone into the wall again! Now you can just plug it into your bike with Oscar L’Hermitte’s “Watts Maker” cell phone charger. The system consists of a small kinetic generator that provides power to your mobile phone while you take an evening ride around the neighborhood or pedal to work. This model takes about 90 minutes to go from dead to fully charged, and it produces energy as long as the wheels keep turning."

via| Inhabitat

This makes me so happy! Now I want to get one of these AND bike lights. Though, bike lights are definitely higher on the priority list...

Blitzen Trapper

2009-02-19T00:44:00.002-06:00

Dear Friends,
I apologize for two posts in one day, but this post is of the utmost importance.

Karen, Marissa, Emmy, Katelyn, and I went to see Blitzen Trapper at First Ave.

I thought I would have so much more to say about this, but for now, let me tell you, it was probably one of the best shows I've ever been to! It also contained the most belligerent drunks I've ever encountered at a show... but that's not the point.

My ears are still ringing, marvelously.

I have a headache, though it was 50x more than worth it.

Marissa and I counted 12 beards, 5 of them belonging to members of Blitzen Trapper.
(The drummer, who I need to look up [he is amazing], had the most glorious beard of the night.)
I'm sure there were tons more beards, but we were so wrapped up in the amazingness of tonight that we didn't really notice. Can you believe it?

Marissa and I just made a large amount of zines. At the concert, we decided we wanted very badly to give Blitzen Trapper one of them. Sadly, we had none. Heroically, Katelyn pulled her copy which we had given her earlier in the day out of her pocket, and lo! we had a zine! Marissa and I then proceeded to put the zine on the stage, where we think the blonde guitarist saw it. Cross your fingers in hopes that they got it!! It will make their night. After all, who doesn't love a collection of beardly viking poems!?

Yours,

Sara

P.S. If you want a zine, let me know and I will send one on your way, sealed with a kiss and a hug, and a bug.

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2009-02-18T12:49:00.005-06:00

Dear friends,

The next time you feel like being deep in thought, I highly suggest listening to the Gipsy Kings loudly. It is doubtless a very pleasing experience for both ears and mind.

In other news, I have been doing a lot of reflecting. I think my new year's resolution is to be a more aware, grounded, and thoughtful individual. Those qualities are ones that I find to be most inspiring in the people that I am friends with, and I hope to develop them further within myself (hopefully sooner than later...).

I've also been finding a lot of interesting papercut artwork. I think it fits with my detail oriented style, so I'm going to try and do some more research and hopefully do some experimenting in my free time (ha!).

Ruth has just informed me that Watchmen comes out while she is visiting, so we will all have to go to the midnight showing! Oh, it will be a gloriously busy weekend!

Sorry for the shoddy documentation, but here are three of my best in-class drawings from my Drawing 1 class:Planar Analysis/Charcoal

Blind Contour

Planar Analysis/Graphite

Wishing you the most wonderful of Wednesdays,

Sara

P.S. I am going to Blitzen Trapper tonight and it is going to be marvelous!

BEARD MUSIC

2009-02-17T12:33:00.001-06:00

BEARD SONG! - watch more funny videos

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2009-02-14T10:28:00.002-06:00

20 days

2009-02-12T18:30:00.005-06:00

20 days 'til my Pip comes lollopin' to see me!

Anybody want to help me give Ruth a nice tour of some Minneapolis stuff? I was thinking bikes, brains, buns, boys, bridges, and Lake Calhoun.
I don't really know my way around the city because I am horribly inept at such things and have only been around in the dark. SO, if anyone wants to meet a crazy lady and have a certainly happy time, let me know because we want to explore lots.

Love,
Sara

P.S. Hey Ruth, can you talk to mi mommz and pick up my raccoon hat because I had to leave it behind and also my bandana which you have and if you don't bring it I will make you sleep in the bathtub.

Putting a little spring in my step.

2009-02-09T17:43:00.004-06:00

Today's weather is making me happy.

I'd say it's time for a little bit o' this:

And a little bit o' this:

Followed by some:

(Which is funny, because I actually have that tea pot!)

And highly unlikely,

a little bit o' this:

(Yeah, that's right! Birds snugglin')

Happy Monday,

Yours,

Sara

beautiful warmies for your fancy.

2009-02-08T18:59:00.002-06:00

Sorry for the slew of blog posts, but I have had this clipping from Dwell for a long time, and I just realized that I should probably share it and other wondrous things like it with all of you wonderful ladies and gents.

My friend Rachel cut this out of Dwell and gave this to me senior year, and I've cherished it ever since. It's well loved and is pinned to my wall. (Thanks Rachel...)

Some other wonderful things from the same designer (Vik Prjonsdottir):

[The Seal Pelt]

[The Twosome Blanket]

Go check out those warmies!

Also, I highly suggest reading the scandinavian myth posted there. There's been a movie made of it called The Secret of Roan Inish (much recommended to you by me!)

Love,

Sara

Just thought you should know...

2009-02-08T17:57:00.003-06:00

Dear Friends,

Take note, I just named my bicycle 'Death and Glory and Blood Spurting All Over the Place'.
Call me if you want to take a bike ride with the baddest bootie in town.

Wishing you the happiest of sundays, the biggest of hugs, the warmest of warms.

Love,
Sara

Dream Come True

2009-02-08T12:23:00.002-06:00

Finally, my dream of living in Bag End will become reality.

Snap Shot Shanty

2009-02-06T10:50:00.001-06:00

I love my ladies!

For My Fellow Beard Lovers; a Treat.

2009-02-04T12:42:00.004-06:00

Dearest friends,

Recently, a wondrous website chock full of witty and comical beards, not to mention interesting and thought-provoking illustrations (admittedly the main intent of the site), as well as humorous t-shirts (complete with the most fashionable and full facial hair) has come to my attention. Upon seeing the website for the first time, I was overcome with emotion and awe. As I felt my heart on the verge of explosion due to intense awesomeness, I had to look away in order to save myself and others in the room from horrible (yet amazing) death. I implore you, if you do nothing else today besides feed yourself and marry your buttocks to your couch, just visit this website. Please take any necessary precautions that will ensure your survival.
[above image copyright Ginger Beards!]

I present to you; Ginger Beards.

Wishing you all the best of Wednesdays,

Yours Forever,

Sara

Flickr

2009-02-02T12:30:00.004-06:00

Justin posted this neato thing that puts all of your flickr photos into a very simple format. It's quite nice.
This is me:

Me

To make your own:

You

Hope you all have the most wondrous of weeks.

Love,
Sara

Sara makes stuff?

2009-01-28T13:03:00.007-06:00

Dearest friends,
I have finally dragged myself out of my lazy for approximately thirty glorious minutes of scanning. Feast your eyes upon the fruits of my labors! A cornucopia of sketches, yetis, unicorns, pants, and big love awaits.

I am hugely excited for my media project, so if anyone wants to help me by modeling or making paper things with me, that would be much appreciated. I'm hoping to get into the studio to do my shooting, but if that does not pan out, then I will use a table or a wall or a bathtub, or your pajamas. Preferably the pajamas, in fact. I've been inspired by 'Science of Sleep', and want to do some construction of some mushrooms and trees for people to be finding and eating. I just need to narrow down all of my favorite passages (there are many) by John Cage... I'll keep you posted. Please let me know if you are interested. I need ladies and mens. I will shower you in bear hugs, normal hugs, movie nights, maybe some chips because we have a lot of those, and tea and/or cocoa (you could even try out my new invention: tocoa, or cea, or tocea, or cocea, etc. It's tea and cocoa in the same cup! I haven't even tried it, so you could be the first ever! This is serious business).

It's business time!!

With love,
Sara.

Portland-City of Wonder

2009-01-26T11:24:00.004-06:00

I've been thinking about moving places, and I have decided that I would love to live in Portland, OR. I have a bounty of reasons, and today I have yet one more.

Feast your eyes upon the glory of this beardly article!

http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com/issues/current-issue/articles/beards-0109/1/

"A beard is a friend who is always there to give you a hug."

I'm thinking of starting my own beardly blog. I shall keep the few of you who read my blog posted.

Love to my home dogs,

Sara

Hello beautiful ones.

2009-01-19T13:06:00.003-06:00

It's serious business time.

1. I miss my pip.
2. I made a little sketch blog thing.
http://www.unowen.net/tegaki/dblog.php?u=52409
3. Time to get dressed. Later.
4. Everyone should take some vitamin C because I have a sore throat!!
5. I'm very excited for school to start. I am looking forward to meeting new people and encountering new things.
6. I'm in the mood for some snuggles and some serious bear hugs. Give me a holler if you want some!
7. Obamaramaaaaaaa!

Truly yours forever and wonders moon sky infinity hoot hoot bom,

Sara

D&D Great Lake Swimmers Lars Man Headache Holla Fest Fun Fort Whoa Pookie

2008-12-29T21:41:00.003-06:00

Hey ladies and mens!

It's me, Sara.

Today I played D&D for the first time and it made me really happy.
I made a character who would be my best friend in the whole world if he existed, which he does. His name is Lars Redbeard The Hippie Viking Who Wears Golden Boots. He has a great big red beard that surrounds his head like a big beard is wont to do. He wears tye-dye footie pajammmz, and is a little bit chubs in the belly from eating so many woodland berries (actually he probably eats biscuits). He wears very nice golden boots that give off rays of awesome, and he also wears a little viking helmet atop his handsome head. He has two scimitars (+1) named Queen Bitch and Bobo, which he flies into rages with. He is mostly Druid (dirty hippie) but also partly Barbarian, so occasionally he gets really mad and fights people and turns into a bear. He is very shy and awkward, and usually apologizes after decimating people. He lives in a cave in the forest, and has a tree fort which is filled with persian rugs and silk pillows. He makes tea, brews, and serves it to guests in his fort. Lars also has a wolf who is currently nameless and very small. Said wolf rides around in a backpack on Lars' back, menacingly. Lars' best friend (besides me) is Moses Hogmuffin (Ruth), a very handsome young wizard who wears a multitude of sweaters and has a toad named Gran, who is very nice. Moses likes to ride in the backpack with nameless wolf because he is so little.

In other news, I am listening to Great Lake Swimmers (thank you Molly) and it makes me very happy in the brains.

Oh wait! More news! I have a headache. Oh wait, also I got some new shoes, but not the neon ones yet, those are still in the mail. These shoes are very nice ones that look like loafer things and only weigh .0004 ounces. It's pretty nice.

Also, Holla!

Also, I had a fort day the other day and it was really rather delicious!!!! Even though not all of you have the blog type things, I love you very much thank you for the snuggs and I'm glad I beat you in Star Wars Monopoly.

Hope all you fellers and ladies are having a really rather lovely winter break.

Love,
Sara.

P.S. To be expected soonish hopefully would be drawings of Lars and Moses doing all sorts of lovely things.
P.P.S. I love you Ruth! Also, I miss you Gage!

James Jean

2008-12-18T11:15:00.005-06:00

I love his sketchbooks of airport/airplane scenes, and the way he redraws faces to create awesome optical illusions.

http://www.jamesjean.com/

Old Poem

2008-12-09T16:03:00.000-06:00

grin at me with your honey-lemon smile,
my feet start sinking,
my head starts lifting.

body stretching that way this

thoughts turn to creme brulee
and maybe an old spoon to eat it with.

your honey-lemon smile,
sweetypie
makes me want a roadtrip, something
I
usually avoid.

wish I had the voice to speak out loud
had that soft sweet syrupy tenorbassharmony
in that voice box keyed
in the minormajor of D

thank you, honey-lemon
honey-lemon
smile.

SDF

New Post, Old Photos

2008-11-27T17:59:00.005-06:00

Here are some photos I took last year with my 35mm Nikon SLR. I think I used Fujicolor ISO 200, but I could be mistaken.

Happy Thanksgiving!
Photos of my feast and family to come.

Love, Sara

Sketchbookie!

2008-11-20T11:18:00.007-06:00

Holla!

sara fowler/2008

sara fowler/2008

sara fowler/2008

sara fowler/2008

sara fowler/2008

I am so amazingly ready for vacation.

Hope you're well.

Love, Sara.

Something Everyone Should Consider.

2008-11-11T15:34:00.001-06:00

http://www.arthousecoop.com/sketchbookproject/

Bip bip bip

2008-11-11T15:01:00.002-06:00

It's sleeting outside, I went on a date and had a very nice time, and my toes are still cold.

I want to put up a photo of a drawing I did for Gage of a yeti, but I don't know that he scanned it yet.

I suppose I should work on my color journal.

Later.

Nov. 4 2008

2008-11-05T20:07:00.002-06:00

Hearing our next President's speech last night inspired a pride in me that I have never before felt for this country. I can't even begin to describe how excited I am to be part of this huge community.

I think it should also be recognized that John McCain's speech was very gracious and sweet.

Amen, brotha.

Ujj hibi biib biibobo timmo

2008-11-04T11:33:00.004-06:00

patrick gildersleeves/could be me

andy j. miller/could be me

That's right!

The above images I found at this pleasant website:
http://couldbe.me/index.php?lang=en

I also highly support your decision to visit this photography website:
http://www.theoneswelove.org/home.html

Today is votin' day, so I hope to see everyone sporting an "I Voted" sticker!
I must say, the one disadvantage of absentee voting is the lack of stickers.

In other news, I'm doing well. I just had my advising meeting to register for classes, and it looks like I'm pretty much last on the list for registration. My time slot is the last one out of everybody at the school...
With luck I will get Gaunt for Drawing 1, and the Maurice Sendak class.

I've really been craving nature lately.

Presents

2008-10-26T12:00:00.002-05:00

1. Snow!
2. Neat video my dear friend Spencer sent to me:

Minilogue - Animals from ljudbilden on Vimeo.

Happy Sunday!

Love,
Sara

Sniffle nose, Cold fingers.

2008-10-25T18:03:00.002-05:00

I'm listening to Sweet Road by Animal Collective, slouching and somewhat freezing my buns off in the College Center. It's Saturday evening, and I've barely accomplished anything. But that's nothing new.

Pretty much Charlotte thinks I need to blog more.

Something that is very important is this:

I want those shoes so badly that I know they will be mine. They are beautiful.

Also, I am drawing a really awesome fellow for Sarah J. I wish I could keep it for myself but I won't because that would be mean.

Still sick, hopefully not for much longer.

Awesomely,

Sara

Dream, Oct. 17, 2008

2008-10-17T11:07:00.000-05:00

I'm in the car with Karen and Sara; we are driving to our new apartment. We're in a very mountainous area, it reminds me of Aspen, CO. I whine because I think the apartment will be in the middle of the city surrounded by buildings. When we get to the apartment, it's really ugly and concrete, just a single plane of the same shade of concrete. It is reminiscent of a bomb shelter. It's sort of awkwardly perched on the side of a mountain with no visible way to get to it. Everything is really gravelly and gray.
All of a sudden we are at MCAD because Hilary has an exhibition. She has attached a bunch of random stuff to the walls in the main gallery and plays a tape recording of her coughing and blowing her nose. It repeats every 5 seconds.
Then we are back at the apartment and we are on the roof. It's very patchy looking with sections of brown and black and it looks very unstable. Sara runs out and starts jumping up and down and stomping and I get really freaked out because I'm scared that she's going to break the roof. It's really hot and dry outside. I finally convince Sara to come off of the roof and we climb down into the building on a very tiny staircase.
Then we're outside sitting on some rocks in the shade of the courtyard. We are surrounded by rocks and boulders. Everything is the same shade of light gray, including the apartment building. Sarah Julson is there with us. I look around and see some really amazing piles of rocks that are like sculptures. I mention that everything is really ugly. I look up and see this towering cliff right above us. It's very gravelly but has some grass on it. I am momentarily happy to see something green. We look out over the city and it looks really small. Someone says "I told you so" about not being surrounded by buildings.
Then we are inside our apartment. We have white curtains and there is a lot of light coming into the room. The walls are painted a very light "sea foam" type color. It feels like a sea-side cottage inside. Anna (my sister) is there, but she is a little boy (it's strange, I know in my dream that she is my sister, but she is a boy), complaining about something but I don't register what. We all go across the hallway to Carla's apartment (she is our R.A. somehow even though it's not a dorm). Carla's apartment is retro, with brown 70s shag carpeting and a bunch of knick knacks on the wall.
Then it's morning, we've spent the night at Carla's. Anna/boy has already gone back to our apartment and left her/his clothes at Carla's. I go back to tell Anna/boy this. She/he whines at me and tells me that she/he wants one of Carla's goldfish. Anna/boy carries water in her shirt to put the goldfish in. Carla and I put a goldfish in Anna's hands and she/he starts walking back to the apartment. Suddenly the fish leaps out and starts flopping around in the hallway on the carpet. I catch the fish and hold it tight in my hands. It squirms around in my hands trying to get loose. I run back into Carla's apartment, startling Carla who is on the phone with someone. I run to the vase where she keeps her three goldfish. The vase is really beautiful. It's light blue like sea glass, kind of large and urn shaped. I accidentally knock the lid into the water in the vase, (I remember in huge detail the vase, what the water did, and the fish), and put the fish back in. Carla runs over and I apologize for rushing in without knocking. She tells me I'm always welcome and that I don't need to knock.

things so far.

2008-10-14T16:41:00.003-05:00

Close up of my Pattern collage
The pattern in the background is a rubber stamp that I made.

My favorite page in my Midtown Market book

Found @ MCAD collage

More to come, I'm sure.

-Sara

Sweaty.

2008-10-12T03:21:00.002-05:00

Midnight bike rides, cookies and dance parties are beyond swell.

That is all.

Toot toot.=!

It is Saturday.

2008-10-11T13:53:00.004-05:00

I ffffound this image that is very representative of my life in general.

Listening to Peter Bjorn and John makes living quite pleasant this afternoon.

I think I might drink some juice.

In other news, friends are pretty great, especially when watching movies with such lovelies in them as John Cusack, Zach Braff, and Adrien Brody. What's not to love?

I have been writing lots of letters lately, which is swell, but my arm has really been hurting lately so I had to stop for a little while.

Just a little song for the afternoon:

Tooty toots toot
tititiiiti bibbibbi
pop pop pop pow
la la

Yours truly,
Sara

3 Pieces of Mint Mojito Gum

2008-10-09T23:54:00.002-05:00

Finally watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
It was quite nice.

Oof, I could use a shoulder rub.

Oh, I should probably mention Charlotte.

I'm Pooped.

2008-10-08T00:23:00.002-05:00

Fish Guts Girl