AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

driving home this morning i think on how
the mountains look so anxious
troubled to some effect by something only mountains understand
and clouds crowd around like pushy fat pigeons
winter is packing to leave

why a picture is nothing
but a painting
waiting i said
i said waiting
to be painted it screams out
in bloody red rage and
gasps of gifted yellow
it bellows some blues
and then
okay
a little black

Join us for our weekly salon of art and fashion. New this week- Ruffs! Add a bit of fancy to your neck with a touch of Mr.Mrs.

Grab a gift card to finish off a birthday box, or say "thanks" like no one else. The coffee will be on.

Check out the event's webpage:

http://MrMrs.pingg.com/MARCH30

Mr.Mrs.
4634 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90027

just received this sweet work of writing, about art. It's from my stepdaughter, Marianne, whom I raised as my own. She's 24 and off, living in Chicago now. I've felt these feelings and I know many of you have too, so I want to share it with you. Comments welcomed.

AMPsterdam Brunch
Sunday, March 30, 2008
11:30am - 2:30pm
Bar Struik
Rozengracht 160
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Click here for a map of Bar Struik.

Hosted by AMPsterdam AMP Coordinators Federico Hewson and Kim Chandler (at right)

RSVP to AMPsterdam@gmail.com by Friday, March 28!!!

Join us at AMP's first ever meet up brunch in Amsterdam!

This casual social gathering, to be held at the ever creative centre, Bar Struik, is for AMPers and wannabe AMPers to meet each other and generate creative opportunities and connections as well as introducing some details about upcoming AMPsterdam events.

Here again, another MUST SEE movie for the politically curious.

http://www.freedomtofacism.com/

Politics has been pretty much in my face lately!

Jeff

I was exposed to this film "Zeitgeist" about a week ago. It is incredible in its scope and implications.

This is a MUST SEE for anyone with an opinion on American Politics.

Pass it on ... far and wide!

http://zeitgeistmovie.com/

Jeff

I saw a BBC documentary recently on the horrific build-up to what is now unbelievable a 5 year long war.

Economists lately in the US have been painting the bleak economic truth - "For this amount of money, we could have provided health insurance for the uninsured of this country. We could have made social security solvent for the next three generations, and implemented all the 9/11 Commission's recommendations [to tighten domestic security]."

I love the access the internet gives me to resources and publications. Such an improvement over the old days of typing and re-typing submissions, sending photos out by mail and fretting their demise. Waiting for snail mail responses!

I sent out 3 poetry submissions to magazines this morning (within the last 3 hours), as well as, 1 photography submission (just now).

1 of the poetry submissions has already been accepted, granted ... this magazine has published me before, but still.

Along with my monthly story about South Africa and poems published in Sketchbook which I sent out Friday, it's been a great week of acceptance so far.

Gotta love it!

(here is a link to photographs published this Month)...

http://downtownlalife.tripod.com/id185.html

Dear Friends

Looking forward to see you on the reception of my solo show:
We Will Work It Out
at:
Infusion Gallery
719 South Spring Street, Downtown Los Angeles.
Reception April 10th, 6-9PM
Show runs from April 1st until April 25th

See you there
Johan