February 28, 2011

February 28, 2011
Self – portrait: Go!
Les Bourgeois de Calais (The Burghers of Calais)
Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden

“I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.”
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February 27, 2011

February 27, 2011
Self – portrait with an Irish wolfhound and a BFA
IFC Fundraiser – St. Patrick’s Day Committee

"An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language"
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February 26, 2011

February 26, 2011
Self – Portrait: Sollie 17
Smithsonian American Art Museum

“The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is vanity.”
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February 25, 2011

February 25, 2011
Self – Portrait: Voyeurism moment
The Curtain
Smithsonian American Art Museum

“An exhibitionist is nothing without a voyeur”
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February 24, 2011

February 24, 2011
Self – Portrait: Postal carrier I am not.
Smithsonian National Postal Museum

”The past is a good place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.”
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February 23, 2011

February 23, 2011
Self – Portrait: Free
The Awakening sculpture – National Harbor

Emancipate yourself from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds.
~Bob Marley
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February 22, 2011

February 22, 2011
Self – Portrait: Never Say Never
Justin loves me (wink.wink) …
Gallery Place - Chinatown

“Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.”
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February 21, 2011

February 21, 2011
Self – Portrait: It wasn’t me!
Ted Bundy’s (1968) Volkswagen Beetle
National Museum of Crime and Punishment

“All of us are experts at practicing virtue at a distance.”
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February 20, 2011

February 20, 2011
Self – Portrait: Neon green cone means … what … again?
The Smithsonian Castle – Enid A. Haupt Moongate Garden

“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.”
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February 19, 2011

February 19, 2011
Self – Portrait: Orange cone means … what …
The Smithsonian Castle – Moongate Garden

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. ~Henry David Thoreau
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February 18, 2011

February 18, 2011
Self – Portrait: D.C. Pedicab!
National Gallery of Art (background) - National Mall

“The kaleidoscope of color which is my life shows the interesting choices I've made along the way.”
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February 17, 2011

February 17, 2011
Self – Portrait: Puzzled…
They Shoot Horses Don’t They? exhibit – Corcoran Gallery of Art

“When we can't piece together the puzzle of our own lives, remember the best view of a puzzle is from above. Let Him help put you together.”
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February 16, 2011

February 16, 2011
Self – Portrait: 2-Way Mirror, steel and wood
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Gardens

“There are two kinds of light - the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures.”
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February 15, 2011

February 15, 2011
Self – Portrait: Split?
“Untitled” exhibit – Donald Judd
Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum

I am not a whole person with split desires: I am a whole person with desire.
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February 14, 2011

February 14, 2011
Self – Portrait: ‘Round Rainbow’
Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum

“The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.”
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February 13, 2011

February 13, 2011
Self – Portrait: “Mr. Imagination”
Bottlecap Figure With Mirror
Smithsonian American Art Museum

“Reality leaves a lot to the imagination”
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February 12, 2011

February 12, 2011
Self – Portrait: In Between
National Gallery of Art – East and West Building

"Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only."
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February 11, 2011

February 11, 2011
Self – Portrait: “Infinity”
Jose de Rivera’s stainless steel
National Museum of American History

“What you see, yet can not see over, is as good as infinite.”
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February 10, 2011

February 10, 2011
Self – Portrait: Off the Skylab Orbital Workshop
S.I. National Air and Space Museum (overview)

“You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”
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February 9, 2011

February 9, 2011
Self – Portrait: Passing thru
National Gallery of Art – West Building

“Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.”
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February 8, 2011

February 8, 2011
Self – Portrait: Monument(al)
Outside Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it. ~Buddha
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February 7, 2011

February 7, 2011
Self – Portrait: Fraternization
U.S. Special Police: NGA
National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden

“Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.”
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February 6, 2011

February 6, 2011
Self – Portrait: Year of the Rabbit
Friendship Arch, Chinatown
Washington DC Chinese New Year Parade 2011

“That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.”
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February 5, 2011

February 5, 2011
Self – Portrait: Honor Pythagoras
Smithsonian American Art Museum

“With some people solitariness is an escape not from others but from themselves.
For they see in the eyes of others only a reflection of themselves.”
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February 4, 2011

February 4, 2011
Self – Portrait: Escape
Baltimore Public Works Museum

I cannot escape the consequences of my actions.
My actions are the ground upon which I stand.
~Thich Nhat Hanh
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February 3, 2011

February 3, 2011
Self – Portrait: Looking…
Dining Room Table, 6 Side Chairs
National American Art Museum

“What you see, yet can not see over, is as good as infinite.”
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February 2, 2011

February 2, 2011
Self – Portrait: “Annunciation No.2”
Smithsonian American Art Museum – Lincoln Gallery

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. ~e.e. cummings, 1955
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February 1, 2011

February 1, 2011
Self – Portrait: Random
Northwest D.C.

“It's frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.”
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