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Express Yourself

Mikki BriskFebruary 17, 2015Creativity Life Los Angeles

    Sometimes folks choose to express themselves. This can happen almost anywhere – from one’s wardrobe to one’s blog. And in general, I support expressing of ye self. (I don’t always like said expressions, and that’s okay.) Sometimes I…

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My Latest TV Fling

Mikki BriskFebruary 12, 2015Art Creativity Home

    I am absolutely hooked on HGTV’s “Fixer Upper.” If you’ve not seen it, it features Chip & Joanna Gaines, of “Magnolia Homes,” a real estate/design/contracting/shop-firm in Waco, Texas. This husband-wife team tackle renovation projects for folks in the…

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Ready for the Big Dance

Mikki BriskFebruary 3, 2015Art Creativity Life

    Mister and I have now seen all 8 of the Best Picture Oscar nominees. It wasn’t as difficult as in some years past, but it wasn’t a cakewalk either.   Looking at the titles of the nominees, I’m…

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The Bushwick Book Club of Santa Barbara County

Mikki BriskFebruary 1, 2015Creativity Life Music Travel

    Late last year, a wonderful friend contacted me and asked if I’d like to take part in her book club’s project: read John Steinbeck’s East of Eden and write a song or two inspired by the book. My first thought…

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“F*@#ing Perfect”

Mikki BriskJanuary 25, 2015Art Creativity Food

    While some of us are obsessing over the upcoming Oscars, movies continue to get made and are released. I came across a trailer for a documentary that is slated to hit theaters next month and I’m already looking…

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Tick-Tock

Mikki BriskJanuary 22, 2015Creativity Life Music

    I’ve been working on a creative music project for a few weeks now, and I can finally see light at the end of the artistic tunnel. Ordinarily, I could take my sweet-ass time and finish when good and…

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In Process?

Mikki BriskJanuary 21, 2015Art Creativity Painting

    So this is where I’ve gotten with my latest 3 little paintings. And I’m not gonna lie to you – I don’t know if they’re finished or not. On the one hand, they’re simple, country paintings. On the…

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Young Americans

Mikki BriskJanuary 19, 2015Childhood Creativity Life Los Angeles

    This weekend I attended a reading of essays about coming to America. The writers of these essays were 10 and 11-year-olds who attend The Wise School in Los Angeles. Their works were part of an American History competition…

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Unexpected Pleasures

Mikki BriskJanuary 15, 2015Creativity Life

    A couple of days ago I shared a bit about this year’s WEXMAS party. But I neglected to share anything about the gift Mister and I brought home: Thou Spleeny Swag-Bellied Miscreant – Create Your Own Shakespearean Insults…

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In Process

Mikki BriskJanuary 10, 2015Art Creativity Painting

    I’m working on 3 landscape paintings right now. They’re all small canvases, only 8 x 8 inches. I don’t often paint small canvases, so this is a nice change of pace.   Someone at the art studio said…

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