by rjacksonpaton | Jul 13, 2017 | eco-somatics, ethnoautobiography, marked by place, reverences, uncoveredwagon, vulnerable ecology, work of body
went to a very well attended. lively and informative meeting about arts and cultural policy in dallas the other day, organized in part by my new home Sunset Art Studio. one topic that came up was about whether parks & rec could coordinate public art, especially...
by rjacksonpaton | Nov 3, 2016 | connections, eco-somatics, ethnoautobiography, readings, uncoveredwagon
not unlike Harry Potter, i have mixed feelings about invoking the name of he-who-shall-not-be-named. do we kid ourselves, and give away our power when we focus on Trump, and not all of the history, legacies, etc. that puts him there? indeed i found this fabulous...
by rjacksonpaton | Nov 2, 2016 | connections, creativity, ethnoautobiography, lost and found, lost homes, marked by place, photos, uncoveredwagon, work of body
next week a special exhibition opens at the Amon Carter museum in Fort Worth, Border Cantos, with work by Richard Misrach and Guillermo Galindo. this exhibit brings together numerous strands that i gather together in my work. i first heard about Misrach’s...
by rjacksonpaton | Jul 28, 2016 | connections, dissertation, ethnoautobiography, readings, uncoveredwagon, writing
due to a variety of reasons (yes, one of them is Trump!), i picked up my 2012 dissertation this week and happened upon a section that seemed exceptionally timely: “Embodied conflict and permanent fear”. (i’ll go into more about that later, hell i...
by rjacksonpaton | Jun 23, 2016 | connections, creativity, en/gendering embodiment, readings, uncoveredwagon, vulnerable ecology
i saw this quote from artist Frank Stella at the Fort Worth Modern the other day… then i was read this passage from Helen Macdonald’s extraordinary H is for hawk… “Chalk landscapes do this to me; bring an exhilarating, on-tiptoe sense that some...
by rjacksonpaton | Apr 3, 2016 | connections, eco-somatics, ethnoautobiography, reverences, uncoveredwagon, writing
as i begin to birth my ‘work of body’ [site under construction!] art show/coming out party and such, some words have been showing up. when i first was deciding on what to call my role in the process, i went with curator, because i want to collaborate with...
