Friday, May 20, 2005

Eckstatickal

Myself and my dear friend Dudly (spelled without the "e") went to see some wondrous art relics in the Chelsea Forest yesterday. We focused our trip and ended it after 2 hours with a nice fried snack. This makes it easier to see art, when you have tan foods to look forward to.

The reason I am eckstatickal is due to the paintings of Andre Ethier. He has a show in the back gallery of Derek Eller. MM and Dudly were magnetically pulled to these little paintings of mythical beings: a ramhead with rows of tiny teeth and a strange ruddy pirate with an implosive Michael Jackson nose and glam eye make-up. Many many fine and somewhat disgusting little characters with violent presence in their beady stares, a possessed mirthfulness about them. MM would like to save up and buy one, for they are not so expensive. There is a single image up of his on Derek Eller's website which was our favorite painting.

Sloth, you may like one for your log wall, I am not sure.

Also, we witnessed the loveliness of Dana Carlson's owl and cat paintings at Baumgartner Gallery. Snug owls nestled into each other on tree branches. A fluffy cat sat magestically on the mountainous horizon like a hopeful beacon to quell all anxious-making antics. Dudly was lulled by the passages of stitching and beadwork, pom poms and patches that accumulated into soothing jumbles. Very lovely-style. Very wondrous.

Those were our favorite items. MM is permeated with positivity and hope for future days to come. He is actively interested in life as a result of his pilgrimage, he is not depressed at all but instead truly soothed, as though he has performed the truly stretching Toad Contortion. Dudly too, normally a very stiff and ponderous fellow, seems more relaxed than I have seen him in years.

106 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is good news. I am in need of soothing. I will see these shows immediately. Thank you MM and Dudly.

Anonymous said...

I saw these shows and loved them. You are right. Dudly, I haven't seen you in so long. I am glad to hear you've lightened up.

Anonymous said...

I am feeling positive but for other reasons. My glands have stopped swelling and my corns have all but vanished.

Anonymous said...

My corns are healing too. Maybe it's something soothing in the particles.

Mountain Man said...

Hi Shirleys. Are you related?

Anonymous said...

We are related in that both of our first names are Shirley. But thats where it ends.

Anonymous said...

YES!! Mountain Man and I saw some sparkly gems yesterday that restored my faith in the schmearing practice and all things beige. But you forgot the snazzy end..pre-fried food..Rauch's (spelling?) wonderous pixtures.

Anonymous said...

I never knew I was so stiff. I did just have a long wooden plank removed....

Mountain Man said...

Dudly you are right. I only neglected to mention the fabulousness of Neo Rauch, because I felt that DC and AE made such a nice combo together.

But Neo Rauch is one of the best painters ever, on earth, and this is no fooling. I would like to go back in fact and stare at them longer.

Mountain Man said...

Dudly I hope you know, no offense was meant.

Anonymous said...

What was your fried snack, may I inquire?

Anonymous said...

No offense taken MM...I was happy to know you noticed my more flexible self.

I hear what you're saying about DC and AE--great pairing.

Anonymous said...

I love painting--don't you?? It is such a fun sport.

Anonymous said...

I am so pooey. it is smoky like a cat.

Anonymous said...

I also love the art of the knit.

Mountain Man said...

Zazzle you sound FANTASTICKAL. I love the tight knit. I like knots too.

Anonymous said...

Although I was removed from you Dudly, I would like to re-enter. I think you need me.

Anonymous said...

I also like the art of the knead.

Anonymous said...

I gotcha. It's complicated.

Mountain Man said...

What about the art of knubbling?

Mountain Man said...

Who do you gotcha, rope?

Anonymous said...

You are not Gotcha, Rope, I am.

Anonymous said...

You Mountain Maniac.
It's difficult to restrain, I mean, complain, er, explain.

Anonymous said...

I kneads me a little knubbling--ya know?

Mountain Man said...

Knubbling is a sport where you lick and stick. It is not sexual, you know.

Mountain Man said...

I truly mean it is not sexual. Licking happens with your paws and sticking happens with pen nibs, gently sticked.

Anonymous said...

ooh, I am not so sure of the knubbling.

Anonymous said...

Hey, I like to do a little knuckling on you Sorrell.

Anonymous said...

I am looking forward to a dazzling night on the town!! I have my party dress and heels ready. And I can't wait to eat some string cheese.

Mountain Man said...

Zazzle is it a Budweiser dress? Are you soused already?

Anonymous said...

No, Miller Lite. I am a lil' tipsy, but not soused. I am waiting for Guzzle to pick me up and take me to Jersey...as that is the town I was speaking of.

Anonymous said...

I have just redecorated my head. I swept away the cobwebs, and polished up my brain real nice and shiny like. I am looking to paint my capillaries orange and lime green.

Edward_ said...

I saw you at the Dana Carlson opening MM...you looked ravishing, as always.

Mountain Man said...

Oh Edward. I blush. (I was wearing my extra-special suede overalls outfit that night). For all you who do not realize it, Edward is tops.

Anonymous said...

Hi. This blog is pretty dope. Is it for real?

Anonymous said...

hey MM, did you and Dudly see the show at Brent Sikkema? Some nice-looking sparkly collages there... and a pretty flower planted in a bum.

Anonymous said...

Does it cost anything to start a blog? I want to do it, but I'm afraid my girl will find out and then I wouldn't be able to write about her.

Anonymous said...

no. it's free - go start your blog.

Anonymous said...

This is cool. Thank you for your help. I have a crappy computer though. I hope it all works.

Anonymous said...

My partner flipped me over his shoulder and I landed hard on my head. Ow! It hurts so much I feel like dying.

Mountain Man said...

Yuppyscum that sounds painful. Chances are though, you probably deserved it. Mcfarland, if your girl was truly your girl, you'd have her trained to accept your misuse and/or abuse of her without complaint. Better luck next time.

Nardlet I like your name. I saw that Brent Sikkema show a few weeks back. I like the collages you speak of by Wangechi Mutu. Very abnormal, very out of body.

Mountain Man said...

I want to have multi eyes that sparkle.

Anonymous said...

Well, I'm 19 and I know this won't be my last girl. I hope it won't anyway. But sometimes I think about other girls and want to write about it, that's all. I'm like, a decent guy.

sloth said...

and snake-lips!

Mountain Man said...

McFarland, no offense, but you sound like somewhat of a goon. Will you please start your blog? I think it will be therapeutic for you.

Mountain Man said...

Bonjour Sloth! Can you speak Schoonmaker? It is the language of the slow dunes. The language of fire and smores.

Edward_ said...

I want to have multi eyes that sparkle.

like a beaded bumble bee

Edward_ said...

OK, so a prettier beaded bumble bee.

sloth said...

MM, Sloth has picked up a little of the Schoonmaker vocabulary, but doesn't quite have the correct patois yet. The slow dunes encroach on the memory and bury the knowledge over time, without constant practice.

Mountain Man said...

Edward, the bee is just right! If only a few more eyes of sparkle, then we would be where MM wants to be. He wants at least ten or twelve eyes. He likes the faceted idea, perhaps he could add tear leaks to the facets...Sloth knows how eyes can leak. Sloth, the patois is not so hard to re-absorb. Rock back and forth (the style of the tard is not recommended here) and it will osmose.

Mountain Man said...

Sloth, erosion of the slow dunes comes with rocking, but also, can be achieved more quickly through over-consumption of mars bars. The mars bar has a magickal bearing in the gullet.

sloth said...

Will it transderm?

Edward_ said...

I imagine a Liza Lou bumble bee, four feet high, at least.

sloth said...

Oh, HP, don't despair - it's just the crummy weather. Did you try drinking some Fluffernator juice?

Mountain Man said...

Sloth, anything will transderm if you bequeath it to in the proper alignment methodology vocabulary.

Ham I am very very tubularly worried. I am seeking for you to channel the unknown right now. I am needing for you to reinvigorate your physical manifestation with messages from the ether that no one can read but you. You are very very special, the only Ham to possess paws in all of the world.

Anonymous said...

I have a bad case of xeroxidermis, which is fatal if it spreads to my bowels.

Mountain Man said...

Large encrusted bumble bee nations is what we are aiming towards. The Paw that came before the Ham can intuit these larger faceted bee versions. We are all sprouting the multi eyes now. They are leaking transparency.

Mountain Man said...

I hear that disease of the skin presents itself with grayscale 2-d boils on the arms and legs. Very unsightly.

Anonymous said...

The serious condition of xeroxidermis is one to seek immediate medical attention for. I can direct you to the appropriate doktor.

Anonymous said...

PD, are these sausages tubular or are they in patty form?

Anonymous said...

Please help...I am turning a darker shade of grey.

Mountain Man said...

If you are turning grey then go buy a box of crayons and melt them. Consume.

Anonymous said...

These are dangerous disease times. Please beware, the treatments are mal but curative.

Anonymous said...

I have a tubular stick.

Mountain Man said...

Ah Paw of Ham, I prefer this world of no clothes too. The guidance of air-speckled skin, boil-free and unashamed.

Anonymous said...

Crux you sound fun. Wanna have some mars bars and get nude? Do you like pedantic art?

Anonymous said...

Hey, stop using my tribal name.

Anonymous said...

I mean..World of no Clothes is my tribal name.

Anonymous said...

I am always willing to shed the clothes...but not the tears, baby.

Anonymous said...

what is he talking about? Is it a disease. Why no clothes?

Mountain Man said...

Everything traces back to the first intestine that made all train tracks possible, as seen through the view master into the past.

PD no one expects you to get nude if you do not truly desire it. I have published a nude-style suit for you when you are in need of the Toad Applications.

Anonymous said...

HAM PAW what instrument would you use to examine? I am unwanted but am wanting to head once again towards your necks, implanting a doleful toy-like elastic spherical situation into your neck. Toy horses inside. Stretchy plastic. In your neck. For fun. From Outer Space.

Anonymous said...

I can roll with the nudity, and my rolls will too.

Anonymous said...

Yes you can forgo nudity, yes you can be nude. You can strangle. And strangle. You can bleed from the intensity of the foreseeing. The martyr comes into you and allows the bleeding. Please stand back from all machinery that emits strong or dull light. It is not good for your skins.

Mountain Man said...

Dear McFarland. Congrats on your new blog. Did you mean for no one to be able to comment? Just curious. You are very very young. Perhaps a newbie. Are you a truant as well? Tell us more about your problems with Carla. You can always try binding her if she continues to defy you.

Anonymous said...

MM, how do you feel about the full brazilian wax? This question is going around the office and I was wondering where you weighed in on it?

Anonymous said...

also MM, I've been thinking. I might like to start a blog called Autistic Thoughts but I'm unsure if that infringes on your copyright? Please advise.

That is all.

Anonymous said...

Don't go Brazilian! Ouchy Ouch Ouch

Mountain Man said...

Krix you could never infringe upon me. Autistic Thoughts sounds good, a funny on MM. I am interested in waxing of any kind. Total waxing is pleasing to the idea.

Mountain Man said...

Yes to the idea but the actuality is not exciting on the skin.

Mountain Man said...

Sometimes when I am mentioning waxing I am thinking of being dipped in wax as in mold-making.

Anonymous said...

Autistic Thoughts is of course not meant to be a joke at MM's expense. It is just how I am feeling today.

Anonymous said...

today I would like to dip my head in pink wax and pretend I am an ice cream bar.

Anonymous said...

Yes--go Brazilian! It is funny fun fun.

Anonymous said...

one year as a christmas gift, I received a parafin waxing thing for pedicures and what not. You can come over and make parafin molds of your smaller appendages if you'd like.

Mountain Man said...

Yes I like the ice cream bar experiment. I am much in the way of autistic myself, on most days. Have you visited Sloth's blog? It is really quite something, Krix, I think you will appreciate. logworld.blogspot.com...

Mountain Man said...

I believe my smallest appendages are my very very thick hairs and my pinkie fingers.

Anonymous said...

I got my hair on my tail, but I think it's shrinking.

Anonymous said...

OH! I am gasping the last of the last breaths!!!!

Anonymous said...

I have only visited Sloth's blog in the early days but when I spoke to mixfort on the telly she recommended it highly.

Mountain Man said...

Your sister, Mixfort. Does she ever like to comment? Is she shy? Does she have a bloggy too? I like her name. It ryhmes well with yours.

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Mountain Man said...

thank you typers. very fascination.

Anonymous said...

i am a fascist.

Anonymous said...

Hi all. I am so tired from the all the services I've been providing.
I hope I get something for all this
loving.

Anonymous said...

I'm the fastest.

Anonymous said...

Mixfort admires everyone's clever sense of fun but says she never knows what to say. She is a little shy I think.

Anonymous said...

mixfort started some bloggery but she has FIVE little mixforts to take care of so she have not time. She is opposite of krixfort in many ways. But she has the same humourous funness.

Anonymous said...

MM, you're the best!

I just had to say that.

Mountain Man said...

Thank you Krix! Back at you, my Schoonmaker. I hope one day Mixfort will have a confluence of time and lack of shyness to come on and say hello. Good luck to her with the five little mini mixforts. I am sure I would not know what to do in such a situation. Probably revert to fetus style behavior and ask someone else to come take care. I tip my scruff to her.

Anonymous said...

How sweet of you both to talk so nicely of me.

I am always entertained reading this wacky loop of blogs. It makes me smile.

And just to clarify....with the 5 mini-mixes....I often revert to fetus style behavior....and it suits me well.

Thanks for the scruff-tipping MM.

I feel like I've just met a star.

Anonymous said...

Hey MM I'm back.I was sooo swamped today with my molecular biology! Tomorrow I will put on the painting cap and schmear a little.

Anonymous said...

yay Mixfort!

You did meet a star! A superstar!

Mountain Man said...

Krixfort and Mixfort, you both truly have the magical ecstatical in your gullets. Mix, I am pleased to make your acquaintance. Thank you for your attentive eyes and pleasant word-demeanor. Krix, you must already know you are the glint of light in MM's third eye.

Anonymous said...

hmmm MM, I don't know how I feel about that. Titilated?