the hairhole

Some selects so far:

Sand Mandala Painting

From left: Tibetan monks Lobsang Paljor and Tenzin Tashi from the Drepung Loseling Monastery in India perform mandala sand painting as part of The Mystical Arts of Tibet tour, in Ellis Library at MU. The tour aims to share Tibetan art and culture, raise awareness about the Chinese occupation of Tibet, and raise funds for exiled student monks in India.


From left: Lobsang Pelger and Yeshi Palden, exiled Tibetan monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery in India, carefully construct a mandala in the Ellis Library at MU. They rub a tool called a thurma against the ridges of a hollow cone-shaped tool called a chakpur to slowly release the colored sand held within it.


Bowls called ting, full of colored sand, sit on a table next to the tools used to construct the mandala in Ellis Library. About 18 different colors are typically used to paint a mandala and specific colors are used for certain symbols.


From left: Tibetan monks Lobsang Paljor and Tenzin Tashi use colored sand to paint a mandala. Each mandala carries a special meaning and this one represents Avaloketeshvara, the embodiment of compassion, the deity of which the Dalai Lama is considered a manifestation. Six monks take turns painting over four days, and plan to complete the mandala by noon on Thursday, when it will be ceremonially swept up and dispersed in a flowing body of water to signify the impermanence of all things.

Kindermusik

Here is my multimedia piece for Beginnings:

And a link to the article on the Missourian site.

These are some of my favorite selects:

Fourteen-month-old Kathryn Machens squeals as she watches her mother and other parents of infants circle around their babies while waving colored scarves in the Kindermusik studio at Parkade Plaza in Columbia, MO on Tuesday, October 6, 2009.


Eleven-and-a-half-month-old Hannah Cox, sitting in a nest of multicolored scarves, slowly pulls one over her head as music plays in the Kindermusik studio.


From Left: Heather Cox helps her daughter, eleven-and-a-half-month-old Hannah Cox, pull percussion eggs out of a basket as Marcia Machens, Jacqui Crissey, and Crissey's seven-month-old son Eoin Gray look on.


From Left: Seventeen-month-old Erica Schroeder, with the help of her mother Shannon Schroeder, and eight-month-old Evelyn DellaRocca, with her grandmother Ann Alberty, follow Kindermusik owner Brenda Haynes’ lead in waving their arms up and down.


Fifteen-month-old Elliot Rash tries to run away with a xylophone stick as Kindermusik owner Brenda Haynes tries to retrieve it.

And here's a fun 30-second video exercise I did:

bad timing

School House Rock

Margo Haynes, 6, dances on stage at the Blue Note during Thursday evening's "School House Rock," a fundraiser for her school, Grant Elementary. The evening included singing, dancing, and the screening of a documentary about the school's efforts to build an eco-classroom last year.


Myla Powell, 6, Hanna Clay, 5, Sadie Sweitzer, 6, and Samantha Welshons, 7, dance on stage alongside flamenco dancer Ana Kelty (center).


Jack Murray, 10, watches the stage as EcoGitano guitarist Codi Stringer performs. Jack is the fourth of his siblings to attend Grant Elementary.


Henry Wilson, 5, watches as a documentary about his school, Grant Elementary, plays on the screen. Filmmakers Avery Danziger, Lenore Danziger, Paula Elias and Ken Leija made Eco School House to document Grant Elementary's efforts to build an eco-classroom.

Missouri Contemporary Ballet

Missouri Contemporary Ballet dancers Claire Magee, Melanie Auinbauh and Noelle Lelakus practice at the Dance Studio of Columbia on Tuesday. The Columbia-based dance company returns for the fall season after a three-month hiatus and will be performing "Falling ... Apart" at the Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts on November 13 and 14.

chicago to columbia

bird bus from Mito Habe-Evans on Vimeo.

bird drawn with eyeliner on a megabus window.
"Girls" by The Jesus & Mary Chain