A recently publish little auto-bio that I wrote…I am trying to fill in the blanks before they are erased or forgotten…I have few regrets…I hope to learn to polish my social skills in this rowing down the river…Life is a Treat… https://www.oshonews.com/2020/07/06/swimming-on-my-own/
Day 102 of Shelter in Place. We are doing this…It seems to unfold…I could do with less starch and sugar…but hey! We are doing yoga…stretching these bodies…being present. Quite frankly, I do not miss going out to restaurants…there are two or three or four in town that we frequented…one has gone out of business. I […]
As some of you readers may know, I was part of a meditation group…ok…it was a cult…I was immersed in the community for part of the 70's and most of the 80's in India and Oregon…Many of the people from those days are still my friends…but a large group of them seem to be leaning […]
I awoke today with special tears of gratitude washing over me…today is my birthday…in the back of my mind was that tune from Eric Clapton…"Tears in Heaven"…my feeling are such that despite all my transgressions and self sabotage early on in my life…these events were steps on the ladder…"oars" in the rowing to the Divine…I […]
Early Morning…it is a Sunday…April 19 in the year 2020…By chance, today….I remember that I went to the Big Muddy Ranch in Oregon 38 years ago…April 19, 1982. So much has happened over the years…4 of those years were spent on the Big Muddy which came to be known as Rajneeshpuram…Yes I was there…no […]
Richard and I are into day thirty-three of this special quarantine…a very auspicious number. Thirty-three in my Pantheon of the Esoteric represents the Master of Masters Number…high energy…take note, Anado! So I invoke the Medicine Buddha…may we find invention and creativity within the healing…For I know one thing…awakening in the morning is becoming more […]
So…it has been at least a year or two since my last blog post…many reasons why it has transpired like this…but here I am…here I am…here I am…and I am sheltering in place with my Beloved Richard…so…I intend to blog more…it is one month into quarantine and we are remaining engaged with the Groove…we […]
A dear woman that we know in the US is actively going through the process of Death as I type this. She took this photo of Richard and I four years ago. It was part of a project that she initiated entitled "Letting Go"…I must admit that letting go is the most difficult of intentions […]
There has been a lot of back and forth commentary on my FaceBook account concerning the documentary "Wild Wild Country". The documentary chronicles the occurrences in the 1980's in Oregon between the local people and the followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. I was one of those followers. I feel that I must set the record […]
In the latter part of the 70's and into the late 80's I was immersed in a spectacular cultish woo woo experience that was both a magnificent and a quasi-disturbing experience…over the years I have attempted to cultivate the beneficial teachings of those moments and at the same time I have focused on distancing […]
As a sometimes casual observer of ex-pat life here in San Miguel. I am often reminded of one of my fave films from the 70's….there is something in the air…a foodie nightmare of sorts played out in sun hats and four wheel off road vehicles…something has run amok amidst the botox and the surprised […]
We returned from Italy early on Sunday morning of this week. It had been quite an adventure that I will always cherish with Beloved Richard. We basically have hit the road running on our return with different projects and tours during this Dia de Los Muertos period. It was so good to see all of […]
I find myself wanting to lash out. As a part of this human race, I feel violated by the likes of "not my president frump" and his cronies….I feel like just dumping a load of excrement on those who aided in getting him elected. I start an angry post on Facebook and inevitably I erase […]
I had the opportunity to introduce a film about the Grateful Dead last evening for the Guanajuato International Film Festival. Beforehand a new friend asked at dinner what song from their catalog did I wish to hear the most…being an old timer and not really a Dead Head (Not at all)….I am partial to their […]
Some folks believe that I am this druggie hippie artist….I was a stoned hippie 50 years ago…Times have progressed and moved on…I feel that sometimes I have been unfairly culturally profiled…as Richard once exclaimed to a guy trying to sell us "blow" in Oaxaca…"who do you think we are? Cheech and Chong?"…….As I sail through […]
It is official…at 7:04 am in La Cieneguita, Mexico…I know nothing…I am an occasional finger pointer…sometimes my aim is true…other times I should exit the back door taking my delusion with me…it is who I am…flawed and polished…the Fool
Everyone seems to be posting on Social Media about Obama or Hillary and the mistakes they made in the past election…Democrats were bad for democrats across the board…Bernie and Jill Stein (Green) included…..Bernie gave it a shot but waited to the last couple of years to truly go for it…the democrats should have been grooming […]
…around the Late Spring of 1978 I finally achieved my rock bottom….I was a bundle of depressed hysteria fueled by drugs, sex and alcohol… I was playing out my drama for a small nebulous audience under the guise of an "artist/poet". A string of serendipitous circumstances led me out of my guttural niche and I […]
The Caucasian Spanish came to this area and conquered, pillaged and raped the population and enforced their religion on the people and have kept them enslaved for centuries. You never see Indian people represented in advertising here in Mexico. The Caucasian popularion is still ruling the masses and the deparity is staggering. This is one […]
…there is a video circulating the internet about San Miguel…the #1 City in Latin America…I believe Travel and Leisure Magazine may be behind it….the video depicts two very white youthful Americans enjoying all the moneyed destinations in San Miguel. I find all my buttons being pushed. The disparity here is not addressed…..how many Mexicans play […]
It finally hit me this morning…this event in Orlando had very little to do with ISIL…the man was an abuser and bi-polar…quite possibly gay beneath all of his hatred towards himself and others and he just happened to be Muslim…all this venom is fed by bogus religious dogma and the likes of the Donald Trumps […]
Years back one of the millions of realtors here in SMA dubbed a certain Colonia as San Miguel's Greenwich Village…two days ago I saw a man casually point a handgun at a truck in broad daylight in said Colonia…the truck sped away…just like in the Village on 6th Avenue back in 1977 when a guy […]
….Today I awoke rather late..6:45…maybe it was the tequila and burgers the previous evening with friends…I usually get up around 5:30…Richard was still snoring away and I quickly gathered some clothes together in the dark to dispel the December chill….I went about my morning business: brushing my teeth, taking a seat on the throne, letting […]
I have tears today… easy yet hard to explain… I have tears for the innocent victims… I have tears for the innocence ripped from the lives of the shooters… I have tears that are innocent…. yet my innocence is being drained…. I want to smell a rose… I want to feel like a child again… […]
I got to thinking…in two years we will be celebrating the Summer of Love's 50th Anniversary…in less than 2 years…I will be 70 years old, Goddess willing…that is so hard to fathom…this photo was taken in 1970 on a pond that was once my front yard…I had returned to Oklahoma from San Francisco and the […]
I have a confession: I felt like a loser growing up…I felt un-noticed and dumb….I made up for it in all the wrong ways…Today I realized that creating Casa de Las Ranas and the Chapel of Jimmy Ray Gallery has been…… "like this elaborate scheme to have an audience.” I found that line in an […]
I completed the piece that you see in this photo back in 2012…I sold it off the wall….The couple who bought it went back to the US…They decided it was too large for their new space…so they gave it back to me and asked if I could sell it for them and they would give […]
I am trying to remember why I never went to Burning Man….for the same reason I never saw "The Sound of Music"?….I ask myself that question when I see all these incredible photos…could I be stumbling to the beat of a different drum? I can't from afar be in judgement…such beautiful talented spirits mingling and […]
…….Well folks, I watched the last installment of Madmen today….on the internet….and I have to admit…a tear or two was shed…..I found that Don Draper's redemption or tempo-redemption was totally believable… much like the awakenings for those of us who passed through the "Me-Decade" of the '70's…in some ways it paralleled my personal journey and […]
I keep hearing about these man buns that the hipsters have added to their beards……I can not imagine anyone under fifty realizing what we older gentlemen went through fifty years ago…what a calamity it was to our elders….now we are the elders and all I can do is give a big ho-hum to the youngsters […]
…it has been awhile since my last blog posting……the world is still turning…here in our household we are holding the space for our most Beloved Cat Sueño who is overrun with cancer. This is such a hard lesson for me…to be present with him and watch him decay….he still purrs and cuddles but does not […]
Well Dear Folks…the 3 year Anniversay of the Chapel of Jimmy Ray Gallery is coming up….on February 7, 2015 we are hosting Agustin Santoyo and myself in a two man show featuring the art of both of us……this guy is brilliant beyond words….San Miguel…this is for you! Some major art for all of you! Be […]
Stephen: And then there is Crazy Wisdom (referring to Chögyam Rinpoche)… Anado: I like Crazy Wisdom……. Stephen: Because it has an edge? Anado: I like the Edge…does that mean I am a Sociopath? Pritama: You can't be everything, Anado file:///Users/anado/Desktop/Photo%20on%2012-26-14%20at%209.33%20AM%20%233.jpg
For the second night in a row we have been awakened by moonlight shining through the cupola on to our faces….reflected light from a sun millions of mile away…Talk about being connected? So that is the quandry for me today:…being connected. What keeps this connectedness in the state of being connected? What is the flow? […]
…….Despite my dismay that the result of Bhagwan's (Osho's) death has created a religion of sorts, I still marvel at some of the keys that he left behind….I keep one in my back pocket…I find that it is important to honor these keys and to harbor them with a respectful intention….To create a religion around […]
…I know nothing about nothing. You can read into this statement anything you wish…but do know this: it is coming through your filter…tonight when I was taking a pee….I had one of those Supreme Joyous Moments of Revelation and Relationship with the Whole witnessing the Light…I truly did…and there was the choice to remain there […]
I think I have stumbled onto a major scientific and cultural phenomena quite by accident…I do believe there is some credence in this observation. I never could quite put my finger on certain situations…the behavior of some and the choices of others often left me perplexed…"How could they?" And now I know….some people lack the […]
…I have discovered something lately…nothing big…just an observation….kind of makes me wonder…I am being described as a "Mosaic Artist" in some media and things that I hear…that is a compliment…. however, it is only a corner of the work that I am doing here….there are other things going on…So maybe I should be described as […]
…I leap before I look…and that has its shortcomings…Today I did it and I believe I hurt someone's feelings. I can not wiggle out of these moments and feel justified…I happen to work on a different wavelength and I can not expect others to be comfortable in that rythmn…So the lesson here for me is…things […]
…yesterday there was a fundraiser out here at our gallery for the Fringe Festival San Miguel…a really great experimental happening in the ever-gentifying that has become the norm in San Miguel…there are still out posts of bohemia….ya just have to seek and search…We did a reading of the transcript of the Chicago 7 Trial that […]
…I do not remember hearing about Native American people who were victims of extreme genocide being given a new country in order to reclaim their identity. They were placed on reservations that were whittled away as treaty after treaty was broken by the US Government…There was nothing but robbery and genocide on their plates…But the […]
…I am completing a piece today…Photo/Assemblage titled: "Self Styled Self-Taught Artist Perplexed by the Prison of Attention Seeking Diisorder (ASD)"…A certain person here in San Miguel with museum credentials once said I should not refer to myself as a "self-taught artist"…I believe she was reacting to my comment about a certain exhibition that had that […]
Our Sweet Beloved Slidell has gone to the further shore to join Patzky and Kali to romp in eternal delight. He came into our lives 11 years ago this past June. We loved him so. He and Patzky were brothers and I am so saddened to have lost them both this year. This is a […]
…in late January of 2004, Richard and I ventured to Patzcuaro for the first time. We went with a group of friends. What a lovely town…it was during the Purepecha New Year and Patzcuaro was alive and festive. One day we were hanging out in one of the town squares near the Public Library…taking it […]
….hopefully in here….inside this beingness….inside this mysterious phenomenon of Life…I am awake in these early hours of the day…sleepless since 2ish…….Richard too…we went to bed at 9pm…I experience myself taking a toll on myself and others…witnessing as I toss and turn this awful aimless prison of blame that I sometimes inhabit….And now remembering the core […]
…we awakened early this morning at the hotel in Kathmandu and our taxi driver took us to Bhaktipur an amazigf town just outside Kathmandu…a complex of temples an old nepali architecture…truly an amazing place. We were possibly the first Westerners to arrive so it was just us and the Napali people who live there. We […]
…Last evening Richard and I went exploring in the Sufi Neighborhood near our hotel here in Delhi. Suffice to say: It was amazing…truly amazing…The streets were absolutely alive…it was an India that I remember from over 30 years ago…the grit…the guts of it all. Afterwards we had a delicious meal at Karim's…such a delight…afterwards we […]
Rainy yet absolutely good to be here…we are tooling around the backstreets of Hauz Khas Village…checking things out…I found a 1.5 foot plastic cast yellow Ganesh Statue…had to buy it…we seem pretty rested…maybe it will hit us later…so glad to be here with Richard…we travel well together…our hotel is comfortable..India is so different than 30 […]
…I have been in therapy for a number of years. I have been blessed with a most benevolent and insightful therapist. He practices what he calls Buddhist Psychology. Basically what he has emparted to me is that I lovingly revel and struggle in a "Disorder" known as ASD: Attention Seeking Disorder. He continues to remind […]
…35 years ago this morning…after a night of dancing….I walked out of 12West on the far west side of Manhattan Island…I felt a confused exhilaration and a lonesome connection while experiencing a descent from some extremely righteous acid…I meandered out to the end of one of the abandoned piers…knelt down above the water…and embraced the […]
The other day San Miguel de Allende was voted the top travel destination by Conde Nast Magazine. I look at this news with both pride and a heavy heart. This will bring lots more tourism to the area and tourists mean pesos and dollars to spend. That is good for everyone….myself included. This is a […]
…it has been awhile since I last posted. It has been a busy time with the Opening at the Gallery in early August and commision work which brought us to Puerto Vallarta for two weeks. I am glad to be home even though Richard is now up in the States for two weeks…I am settling […]
Chapel of Jimmy Ray Gallery in La Cieneguita, Mexico We are happy to announce the next Opening at the Chapel of Jimmy Ray Gallery in La Cieneguita, near San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. All are encouraged to attend The Good The Bad and The Visionary featuring new works by Joseph Arthur, Spencer Tunick and Anado […]
……Richard and I said goodbye to our Beloved Burro, Dilly Jo. She has passed on to the Further Shore today. She was such a Love…the oldest and most loving of all our critters. We have no idea how old she was….she was further along in years when she came to us 7 or 8 years […]
For 35 years I have been called Anado…the name was given to me by a Maverick Mystic in India…over the years I have been called Anardo, Analdo, Anando, Anadi, Otto by others (innocently)…..it has been my meditation to witness this…("does anyone listen?") …Anado in Sanskrit means No Sound…such is life when you try to name […]
Well…pedal to the metal time…gotta get in gear….things need to be poppin' in the studio….Group Show on the property in early August… stay tuned (talking to myself)…So August 3rd at the Chapel of Jimmy Ray a new exhibition: Spencer Tunick collaborating with Joe Arthur and then my work for a bit of accent…this is gonna […]
…and the Elixir is Love! Yesterday was one of the Hallmarks of San Miguel Events….the Wedding of Kalyana Valeur and Christian Baumgartner. I was honored beyond honored to officiate at the Ceremony. I was up close and very near a bubbling gumbo of these two fine talented geniuses. Both of these men are performers, actors […]
…you know I am reading this book about an old friend in New York from the 70's and I have to look around and find some wood to knock on or throw some grains of salt over my shoulder….and thank the gods and goddesses and all the Teachers and allies and situations that led me […]
…the idea incubator is on hold…..not really…it is just a weird week. I am feeling a bit lazy and non committed to the work. So I guess I just surrender and accept and turn inward and check out what is un-settled…..so excuse me while I kiss my belly button…sometimes it is just the way it […]
…back in the 70's while living in New York and impersonating a ball bearing in an outlaw pin ball machine…I had some brushes and fascinations with darkness and death…it seemed like the thing to do at the time…but honestly (as I knew then)…it was just a mask that I wore…I am lucky to be able […]
…..well the ZOA Show has been a success…..it will be up until a week after Easter. We had another large crowd and I was quite happy…..I went as Anado as Andy Warhol and someone remarked that I looked like Captain Kangaroo……I probably did…..we had some good sales and I was supremely happy to be showing […]
……so the 3 person show ZOA opens this afternoon at the Chapel of Jimmy Ray….hopefully everything will run smoothly. We have worked hard and I am excited to be showing with Zoe Siegel and Oscar Martinez Heredia….the Gallery looks clean and special. There are some small final touches this morning and the doors to the […]
…I find myself 3 days into the year 2013….Now that is amazing, I have made it this far…stumbling…bumbling… by accident…lazer sharp…sometime with full intention. Today is another opportunity to engage and fill in the blanks and empty some ot this and throw out what doesn't seem to work any longer…but you never know…maybe it does […]
…to get with the Holiday Spirit…but quite frankly…even though I look like Santa…I am not really big on Christmas and all of the trappings. I really enjoyed the decorative splendor of events in my early childhood but as the incidents of disfunctional parenting began to take its toll on my evolving charactar…I began to view […]
….as we do every November, Richard and I are escaping any traces of American Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday and getting as far away as possible from Turkey Nightmares and disappearing into the unknown…sometimes you just have to say No……it's not like we dislike tradition…but we lean more toward honesty of Spirit and not towards […]
….well the Calavera that we put together for the La Calaca Festival here in San Miguel has left the nest. I brought it home to do some touch up after the festival…it was here for a week more in my studio. Today Sergio and Juan, two of the producers of the Festival took it away. […]
…a beautiful weekend in Mexico City…Einstein on the Beach at Bellas Artes was a profound event. I felt that it was one of the more important cultural presentations of my lifetime…yes…cudos to Robert Wilson and Philip Glass…and yes to Lucinda Childs' choreography….the cast and crew…it was all brilliant and BIG and timeless…..and the treat of […]
…..following your instincts….dipping into the unknown……remembering your tools…..acknowledging the glow…..feeling the curve…accepting all turns…..shining in the light……letting go……
….getting things done in the studio. Working on some commisions…creating pieces for a show in Mexico City…selling stuff from the house and studio that needs to be replaced…beginning work on a large calevara (skull) for the Day of the Dead…Lolita is visiting from up North and selling her small place to Iman who is arriving […]
…felt more to my liking than watching the Convention…We broke bread with a progressive conspiracy theorist last night…there were others at the table also, however, this apparently very intelligent man painted Obama as the devil and called Clinton a double devil…he said to me, "when are you going to get angry?". I told him, that […]
…for my "Urban Hit"…it is 4:45 on a Sunday morning and I have been up since 3am in anticipation of my 7am bus back to San Miguel. I came down to visit some of my haunts where I find stuff for the work…in the meantime I had some good meals, street food, people watching, Vera […]
…recently I misplaced a large amount of pesos. I never keep much money around. I took a couple of 100 peso notes out of the stash and hid it…or at least I thought that I had hidden it. The next morning I went to retrieve the money…and it was GONE……I looked everywhere…and it was not […]
…….it has been a busy time We just had our Radiant Edge Opening at the Chapel of Jimmy Ray and it was full tilt boogie till 5pm on Saturday the 28th……So I am decompressing (not really)……It is always a busy time and it will continue hopefully for years to come. What we are costructing here […]
…life is continually unfolding. So many things appear and are gone…people come and go…beginnings and endings…my connection to my Teachers fluctuate and sometimes end or discontinue…what I have learned sometimes needs to be unlearned. I have been seeking "the real thing" all my life…at times I believe I have had glimpses and at other times […]
……from the lobby of the Hotel Milan in Mexico City I send greetings and wish to announce (from my vantage point) the next Exhibition at the Chapel of Jimmy Ray: Radiant Edge. I have invited 13 artists for a group show. I have asked them to contribute a piece that flirts with their own individual […]
…..here are two photos that I found taken a few days after the Groundbreaking for the Chapel of Jimmy Ray…before we began construction….I had no idea what was going to happen…in a way…I still don't and as Richard would say, "it is part of my charm"…..we will be working on the Chapel Compound for as […]
…thanks Vic Chesnutt for the title for this post. This post is about Life. Yes: Life and Life Only…I got home Wednesday afternoon last week and I am settling in….Friday morning I was making my breakfast and I heard my dogs loudly scuffling outside…I rushed out and found them attacking one of our cats: Chico […]
…..for many years I had a lot of shame framed around the fact that I went to Vietnam….I was a 19 year old boy in Oklahoma and had been court marshaled from the Navy Reserve for not attending meetings and taking certain liberties with the dress code…..I was certified for the draft and through the […]
……so here I am . I turned 65 yesterday here in San Francisco. It was a delightful day…Tartine for Breakfast…shopping in San Francisco with my Beloved…Lunch with Richard, Sudheer and his Richard at Catogna where we met Cecilia Chiang…saw the film "Bernie" at the Embarcadero…hung out afterwards in the Noe Valley Apartment…Dinner at Mandalay with […]
…..I got my passport renewed today. I looked at the expiration date: 21 May 2022. If my book and I make it to that date I will be 74 years old…just this shy of 75. Now that is something to live up to! I embrace that possibility. Every day is a gift…People come and go […]
…….two new events are brewing and will be seen in the next few months at the Chapel of Jimmy Ray…I am amidst some very early stages in planning….stay tuned because it should prove to be VERY interesting. The Opening back in February of this year was a delight…so the key word is: delight….and for all […]
…I must live in a bubble…I have been tooling around Facebook and the internet tonight reading reactions to Obama's brave proclamation that supports my marriage to Richard Schultz and I am blown away by the major stupidity that can only be described as cancerous displayed by some of these so-called Christians. It is very troubling. […]
……..I needed to hear that….Sometimes I get so far away from center in the land of forgetfulness, ego, judgement and mistrust….and then somehow, through the grace of 'whatever"…I begin that rowing back to the shores of remembering my True Self…even if just for a micro-second…today it was laughter on the telephone with Patrice after two […]
………it was 30 years ago today that I arrived at the Commune in Oregon known as Rajneeshpuram. I remember it like it was just yesterday. I was picked up in a Greyhound bus station after flying from San Francisco and busing from Portland to Madras. The experience of being there all those years ago and […]
…..home from a short stint in Mexico City with Richard. We took our friends Perry and Doug down here to see them off for their return to California….so it is back to work for Anado. It was busy while they were here…but I spent a lot of time away from the studio…so I need to […]
……..it has been awhile since I checked into this blog area……it has been a busy time…things have been quite successful at the Chapel of Jimmy Ray…we were in Mexico City….then house guests arrived (Perry and Doug) and it has been full tilt with dinners and excursions and studio and Wheels our Beloved Dog Queen has […]
……and that which grows…….yes: This is Life! I came home this afternoon after making some good business with my art and when I got here: the mantle had separated from the wall in our upstairs bedroom…..and well…I do not do well in crisis…luckily Carlos and his brother are here to fix it because I have […]
……I was born in Oklahoma where the wind goes whipping down the plain…but I felt there was nothing there that smelled so sweet, other than the wind of opportunity that blew from West to East: the opportunity of movement pointing to get the hell away. I always felt that there had been some kharmic mistake […]
……..that is my only choice. And like Manchas who is seen here drinking from the fountain at the Chapel….I need to refresh myself. SInce the Opening we have had a number of visitors. So my time is spent in the studio and the Gallery…I need to find a way to get this more organized and […]
…..indicate the possibilities in us all. And somehow when i have the time to uncover the layers…the jewel reflects back into my heart and a bittersweet longing tugs at me and I have to just stop and feel it and know it and know that its just one of those precious moments and I will […]
…time and time again of the possibilities and magic that life provides. I have wandered in places without words or definition and witnessed creation that comes from somewhere or better yet…..nowhere. Today…will I marvel? Today…will I roll up my sleeves? Today…will I wander? I have been imploding since the Opening of the gallery…the last few […]
…….and it was exciting seeing so many at the Opening of the Gallery. So here is a selection of shots of some of the attendees…..I forgot to thank Klaudia Oliver for her music skills that she brought to the event…and Kevin McKoy and Donnie Masterson and Brigham Goldman for their music input…my "art slaves": lolita, […]
….it is hard to believe that the Opening of the Chapel of Jimmy Ray has come and gone and I have not posted anything….well the thing is…….26 hours after the event…an over zealous waiter in a restaurant here in San Miguel spilt red wine on my computer….and alas…….the computer is in the shop….And I am […]
…….I like to live it totally as I move and groove and attempt to feel real good into the 21st Century……yes…….tomorrow is a very big day….all days are big days…however, tomorrow we inaugurate the Chapel of Jimmy Ray. It is an amazing ride…I find myself so very grateful and amazed at the same time. Amazement […]
…….and it is like really close……and I am …..like really overwhelmed…….because …….like…….4 more days and there is so many details and I know we will have a great Opening because of all the good energy that has poured into this project and all the creative juices that have overflowed and drenched us in a really […]
……upon leaving a restaurant in the back of said bar…a woman asked me if I wished to be photographed. That got my attention and I stopped to speak with her and the man that she was sitting with. She told me that he was a photographer and they wanted to take my photo for a […]
…..I wish to embrace the undoing of the the doing and bring non doing to my doing in an attempt to dissolve into the doing where nothing is everything and what is……..is…….and what ain't……ain't and hopefully remembering nothing and revealing all…..25 more working days till the inauguration of the Chapel…..so much to do….Richard is in […]
……..2012 and there are 31 more days till the Opening of the Chapel of Jimmy Ray…this is one big miracle…so forgive me for so few postings lately. I am full on in the studio and of course the work is happening on the Chapel site…….paint, feathers, Buddhas, bottles, beads, chairs, photos, rhinestones, cement, plants, wire, […]
……..in a little bit over a month from now we will inaugurate the Chapel of Jimmy Ray with a Grand Opening. It is a wild ride……I feel content and an immense amount of gratitude percolates from the gumbo of my soul. Richard and I are so lucky and I am particularly lucky to have Richard […]
………if the planet stays on its axis…the Opening at the Gallery at the Chapel of Jimmy Ray will have happened. It is a very intense time as we wind up to the Opening. Having not been a man of lists my entire life…it is now happening….Lists are being made. Casa de Caca is 99.5% finished…the […]
…..we are workin' it here at full tilt. The Work Groove is finding its rythmn…..and I am very excited. I wake up in the middle of the night with ideas…what to do? I have hired a graffitti artist by the name of Roberto and he is going to be doing a paint/stencil homage to Guadalupe […]
……so this blog has been quiet for awhile. Over the last month so much has happened… to say the very least. I have raised as of this morning 11,000 dollars on my kickstarter fundraising proposal…..that has been quite spectacular and we will be having the Opening of The Chapel of Jimmy Ray on Feb 4, […]
Amidst all the stuff that goes on here…I vave been miraculously gifted by friends and strangers to the tune of a good chunk of dinero to continue the construction on the Chapel Compound…all of this through a proposal that I initiated through kickstarter.com. This week the focus has been on Casa de Caca…building the domed […]
……actually I did not forget…..I barely studied it and time crept up on me and all of a sudden I was on Stage in a three man production and the audience was seated behind me and I was trying to improvise my dancing without knowing what the other two men were doing all the while […]
…today we journeyed in our Ford Explorer to Corrolejo to the Tequila Distillery in search of blue bottles to add to the adornment at the Chapel of Jimmy Ray. It is only 1.5 hours from here…an easy drive. We pulled up to the Front Gate of the Distillery which is housed in a former hacienda […]
……why don't you go to Burning Man?…….They say…for sure you must go to Burning Man…And I just say no…However, I do encourage them to go to Burning Man and live outside their box for a few days. I encourage them to bring that Spirit back with them and incorporate it into their lives. Cuz…see…..ummmmm…like uh….we […]
I remember remarking one night back in 1967 in Mountain View, California after consuming multiple mind/body/soul enhancers that were popular at the time, "I hope I never grow up!" Call it neither a curse nor a blessing……but I am still that same boy with that "up against the wall" attitude…maybe a softer version….but I never […]
…it costs money to build this Chapel. For the last month we have been creating and installing a large mosaic installation in a rather small powder room in a home being done over in Centro Historico here in San Miguel…the lovely couple from Austin who own the home gave me permission to do what I […]
…the interior lighting of the chapel has been 99% completed…just need 2 dimmers for the two small rooms. It looks very "grown up"…still working away. Carlos' sons are organizing our huge bottle stash…..so many bottles! A Wall? A Wall of Bottles?….
…a very kind gentleman came out here yesterday. He is 85 years old. His body is old but he was very engaged and curious. I was showing his wife and him around the property. Somewhere in there..he did not quite grock all of what is happening here. He asked if I was an artist…he asked […]
…from San Miguel de Allende. When we first found our property over 10 years ago, the road was of dirt with fathomless craters and nearly impossible to navigate in the rainy season…they paved the road about 6 years ago and now we are 10 minutes from town. Going to town used to be work…now it […]
….to know that there is another Being on this planet to riff in the groove with in an omni-playful angel winged way…to spring through the moment and rest in the comfort of two…to behold trust and juggle time and place and brag with the wind at our backs and define absolutely nothing and not know […]
….and we have an official opening date….February 4, 2012. And that is not that far away. I will be sharing the Opening with New York Photographer Spencer Tunick. Spencer is a very gifted artist who photographs large installations of naked folk around the world. He will be showing some photos of individual nudes taken in […]
……we are moving along with our February Lifeline (deadline does not apply) for the Opening of the Chapel…Our bottles are now going vertical and the outer facade of the building is going bling-adorn-funka-quadra-groove-bling! Today we are going into town to get the lighting…here are some pics… View from above… Jimmy Ray exposed! Loving this….. We […]
…by the Work of Javier Cruz and found a connection to "all that is" when witnessing his approach to the Groove….. I have my own bag… …and I try to give it a face… …but I find myself rushing… …and I forget the worth of my own bag… …and I loose my Center… …and compare […]
…here are some photos of the work today, Friday July 22, 2011….. Back door to Chapel site at 7 or 8 this am… Titi, Carlito and Eddy collecting green bottles to clean…we have a huge stash….. Miguel laying tiles at one of the entrance doors…. Marco Antonio, Jaime Salvador, Eddie, Titi and Carlito…the Bottle Cleaning […]
…a full plate of life experience recently with refill upon refill expected in the future and beyond…I have to let out a big ol' sigh and answer to the call and get it on…these are the clues that unfold with the Mystery. After my return from up North I have been immersing myself back into […]
…that's where I have been today. I am amidst a mosaic job in San Miguel on a rooftop in the ritzy side of town. There was a wireless outlet and I was tapping in from time to time to this amazing barage of emails that I was getting. The electronic avalanche had been fueled by […]
…..did I just say that while getting up from the couch this morning before breakfast? This guy…I am alluding to me… is worn to the bone and back again. We got home from the US on Thursday afternoon…somewhere along the journey I contacted a cold and I am feeling a bit weak…but let's get back […]
…well we all heard what happened in New York just recently…yes Children…there is a Goddess…and to go along with that…Richard and I…known in some circles as The Brothers Groove have given Santa Claus that Pagan edge that commerciality has tried to dismantle. So next Christmas…when Santa asks you what you want and perhaps you live […]
…leads to the Santa Barbara Solstice Parade…and here is a photo of yours true-ly and a young vistor to my float christened "The Heart of the Jungle" yesterday…tomorrow is the parade…there are finishing touches today. This has been one of the most magical, provocative, and labor intensive projects since my days in Cult City USA […]
…to visit me. My sister Joanie from Oklahoma City came for a short visit to the workshop on Monday. What a joy! She drove up from LA where she was visiting with her husband who is on business there. Needless to say, we go back a long way. My life led me away from Oklahoma […]
…..still working away in Santa Barbara…my back is giving me fits…but the show must go on….today I will paint the Serpent's head and hopefully the pedestal will be built on the platform to house the heart……tomorrow or late today I will begin adorning the Serpent head..there is lot's and lot's to do…it will get done […]
…preparing for the Solstice Parade…the heart is painted (70%)…the serpent head is being formed…I should finish papier mache on the serpent head today…the flames behind the head have been painted red (more definition is needed)…the whole process has been very miraculous and staying with my spontaneous and improvised ways…I am praying to get this thing […]
…Carlos has been busy working on the interior of the Chapel of Jimmy Ray. Richard got back to Mexico and took these photos on June 11. Carlos has tiled the interior frames of the windows, painted the beams and has done some tile work on the floor. I must admit that I am VERY homesick, […]
What an immensely beatific experience tonight witnessing the Reunion of The Buffalo Springfield here on my Santa Barbara Sojourn. I cried and cried throughout the performance hearing all the still fantastic songs from my youth. The audience was mostly survivors of those amazing times….it was definitely a reunion: A Re-Gathering of the Tribes…what a great […]
…well the frame for the heart is totally wrapped in chicken wire. Today we will wrap it in furniture plastic wrap and the it will be papier mached and painted…the platform has been skinned with ply wood and the snakes head will be mounted on a pre platform cut out in the shape of the […]
…well the back (mine) went out on the first day of work last week and it has impaired the progress of my float construction…it is just that my body is not working as fast as I wish….I have been to a chiropractor and a very skilled body worker. I have decided to go with the […]
…we finished the frame for the jungle yesterday. If this fellow Richard had not miraculously shown up…I would have probably figured something else out…but it has been a mysticaly profound experience…all the people I have met here at the Solstice Workshop are so enthusiastic and creative…"The Heart of the Jungle"…is heading for the street…in the […]
…got started yesterday on the float…most of the plans that I arrived with are out the window and things are falling into place..I have downsized my original idea and that feels good. My float is titled "The Heart of the Jungle"…I will keep photos posted as this progresses. A man form Montreal is helping me […]
…I arrived yesterday in Santa Barbara for my gig at the Solstice Parade…today I jump into the mix for a deep gulp of the unknown…I embrace this challenge and I know it will be fun and educational. I am staying at my friends Stan And Joanna's home…they live on the mesa above the Pacific Ocean…I […]
…and I am forever grateful for this breath that passes through us all. I am 64 today…which absolutely amazes me beyond belief. I have been blessed so deeply. How does one say thank you to the Universe? I would think that one must just accept in deep gratitude the magic of Life. Gracias a La […]
…yes, Johnnie Cash…we are and I am rockin' too I finished my door replacement today and I am stoked…I have caught the wave and I am heading North tomorrow for an extended stay in San Francisco and Santa Barbara….I really wanted to finish that door….the whole execution and process has led to so many ideas […]
….I moved one of my large oieces up to the bedroom……we completed the last window treatment in The Chapel of Jimmy Ray this week…13 in all…during a short window in time I am trying to work on a replacement door for the one that was sold recently….I am extremely and monumentaly stoked by the new […]
…I heard the recording of Keith Jarrett's "Koln Concert" (on a Cassette) in India back in the 70's and have been listening to it off and on for decades. I had seen him performing with Charles Lloyd in Manila one incredibly stoned evening…We shared a joint. This music that he did that day in Koln […]
….left Easter Sunday for San Francisco for 6 weeks. I will be joining him on May 16 for two weeks and then he will meet me in Santa Barbara on June 21 and when the Parade is over and all tidy-ed up we fly back to Mexico on June 30 via San Francisco….without Richard we […]
…sometimes things do get done in the confusion of the esoteric tornado of emotional, psychological and all matters of the heart and mind…It has been a busy time while gearing up for who knows what…I have no complaints…it just seems that my ordinary life has been amped up a few octaves…here are some photos from […]
…is he someone like me? No he is just the Lone Rider…rockin' and sockin' not just from Oklahoma…and he's not one of the boys…and he ain't Damien Hirst's yo yo out for a thrill or Jeff Koons' sugar coated popularity pill…he is not faster than a dentist drill or speedier than a pep pill….but he […]
…..we are cooking on the windows for the Chapel of Jimmy Ray…all the top windows are in….the clear lower windows have been installed…now we are doing 6 panels of adorned windows for the three doors to the gallery….I have chosen a paisley design in honor of the Paisley Cowboy who once worked hand in hand […]
…as they innocently passed through the streets of San Miguel de Allende which is in Mexico…and we all know that is not true…one hides easter eggs…and we are not hidden…we just adorn and ramp up the color to make up for all the men who choose to wear muted tones and blend into the sidewalks […]
…we started production yesterday for the windows in the Chapel of Jimmy Ray…first off I am doing a simple design for the upper windows….I am in love with them already…I have to get all the windows finished by May 15…wish us luck…I will keep you folks updated as the progress continues…ahh Life!
….tonight I watched a DVD…"The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg". I wept throughout. His personage…his vision…his depth…his rawness…his holy abandon…his wild deep quiet silent True Nature…has touched me deeply in this life…I can see so many occurences in my becoming that were the result of my admiration for him. In many ways, I am […]
….I spent most of the 70's out until at least 2 in the morning…7 days a week…I drove a taxi through the five burroughed bellies of New York…that's where I got my college degree…a great learning experience that had it's moments…some of them I would just as soon forget. I think all those hours on […]
…this life is forever in flux…something new…something old…here…now gone…the continuing story that remains plotless but unique and gripping. I sometimes hang out on the couch after lunch …a great time to immerse myself in creative planning…nothing ever succeeds around here according to plan…the Groove just swallows it all and drums an inaudible beat that promises […]
…I have decided that I want it all. The whole Kielbasa will do…then when I am totally satieated…a big exhale and relaxation into nothing…nothing at all…just a window to emptiness and completion…nothing more…nothing less…in the meantime there is an Open Door to the Waiting Room…and all this "dancing to God" is just practical application put […]
…will never be met. I find my expectations lead me to a fictional oasis of hope and desire…these expectaions only exist in a menatal universe. The real magic for me is rooted in Beginners Mind…here everything is radiant and anchored in actual experience. So all that Doo-Dah from my last post is the result of […]
…that no matter any way one would observe…I am a dinasour and a bit out of my element. We were graciously invited to a concert last night in San Miguel by two really nice men from North of the Border who have been visiting for the last two months. The music event was diminished by […]
Today is the last class that I am teaching for the season…it will be fun and I am well aware of the full plate of work that awaits me through next November….I am in a two person show on April One…gotta finish that…make necklaces all the month of April for trunk shows in the States […]
…it has been waterfalls, rainforest, desert, land, beach, falling down stairs, driving past celestial cactus shrineland, therapy, feeding dogs, cats and burros, missing sleep, slacking, working my butt off, leading tours, spooning with Richard, photographing famous photographers, photographing famous photographer's naked wife, leading more tours, mosaics, paints, dots, rhinestones, money, no money, remembering Allen, watching […]
…we leave this morning for our return trip to San Miguel. Of course Richard and I are packed and ready to go and our friends have not even begun to pack…..in fact two of them are still asleep. I find that if I allow myself to get in my head…then I get anxious about the […]
…."g" stands for gilactic…we are winding down here at Zihuatenejo and heading back to San Miguel tomorrow. It has been a groovily lazy time…however, I have been the target of numerous " nosee'ums"…these hopelessly tiny bugs that have been munching on my delicious lil' body…so Zihuatenejo is getting a "C" in my book…however, the weather […]
…and we are on it. But only early in the morning and at sunset…We leave the sunny part of the day to the snowbirds….It is lovely here…no complaints…next year: a more remote scene is in order….
…and we are at the beach…I saw my shadow a number of times today and that means that we will always live in an Eternal Springtime where everything is real and forever. I salute and honor all of my friends and all of their dreams and more. May the Eternal Spring trigger the reverence in […]
…and I am in the middle of it. I found out today that I will be an Artist in Residence up in Santa Barbara, California for their annual Summer Solstice Parade (http://www.solsticeparade.com/)….now I can dig that… and the theme is: The Jungle…and I can dig that also. So this means a busy time…and I may […]
….are the portal for ideas and Vision. I found myself amidst a Sea of Dreams last night…odd…not necessarily ominous…just a bit off kilter…or were they? A train going backwards…a Volvo morphing into a golf cart…an I pod that became a plaster alligator….the female owner of the Volvo scrambling eggs for me…this all reveals…I await in […]
……..are always brewing and blogging takes a back seat. I have been working hard…not full tilt, but working just the same. I have completed one in a series of twenty-two pieces that I am going to present in a solo show next September…it seems to be taking on a life and it is my intent […]
…up at 2;21 am….I have been up and out of bed for two hours…awakened by our dogs whom we have failed to discipline. They Bark….and I am awake. I put on a DVD…the film was called "Exit Through the Gift Shop"…by the Street Artist named Banksy…I enjoyed it immensely…but the dogs are still barking and […]
…through my connections on Facebook, I learned about an old friend who was dieing of cancer here in Mexico…I had heard this news first hand from an American friend who was passing through here last Summer. We both know him and are connected through our disciplehood with one of the most honery Sat Gurus to […]
….of the changing Groove. As the year winds down we count our blessings. Richard heads back to the States on Saturday for a week and I will be holding down the fort while he is gone. Work in the Studio and the Chapel site has me busy…not to mention chores around the house. We are […]
…just posting some photos of the incomplete fountain mosaic. Should be all finished today. I think the windows will be the next project and then we can work on the lighting. My show "Some Archetypes from the Universal Language" is scheduled for early March…that is going to be getting all the juice…I will design the […]
… along…yes …pluggin' along at the Chapel sight. Richard did an outline of my body a few months back and we transferred the outline above the fountain at the Chapel sight. I have since lost 25 or more pounds (congrats to me!)….so we have been doing the mosaic work and the figure is a tad […]
…and melt I did when I held this child on my kneww last evening. I played Santa and Richard was my elf and we gave out cany last night in San Miguel…the child belongs to Zoe and Oscar and for the life of me…I forget his name…but he knew who I was….yes, children…I am Santa….not […]
…we are celebrating the Feast of Guadalupe here in Mexico today. We were awakened a 6am to a barage of fireworks and the festivtiies began….we celebrate every year here on our property at our Guadalupe Shrine with our extended Mexican family…the Ramirez Clan. We enjoyed the morning with the music of Juaquin Jesus with piping […]
….it is filled to the brim with thought, judgements, and comparisons. I have spent way too much time today working with this obsessive mind going this way and that….Now is the time to take a step back from all expectation and count my blessings. No, Anado, there is nothing you can do to stop the […]
…I like the idea of living…it fits well…and sometimes you just can't write in your blog. Richard and I have been busy getting ready for our annual sale and open studio here at the house with the Goddess of Marketing: Patrice Wynne. It is always fun. So I have been avoiding this blog. We were […]
…in the last post my old friend Stevie came to mind. Stevie passed on in July or August of 1969. Stevie and I were part of a small cadre of hippies and acid heads trying to amuse ourselves in that old cow town known as Oklahoma City. We would gather together in homes or out […]
…there is a great compilation called "I Remember" by the artist Joe Brainard. I highly recommend it…He wrote it at least 40 years ago…Joe is now dead. I remember meeting Joe a few times at a bar in the Village called the 9th Circle…Jackie Curtis and Hollywoodlawn were regulars there along with me and countless […]
…of the night. I find myself typing at the computer. I have been stung by memory in the last few hours. Friends from the past surfacing in different ways. I am reminded of the good and the bad times and how these moments frame the present in the bittersweet forgotten rhythm. All of this is […]
…that's what it has been the last few months. Cookin' and bookin' in my studio. Working hard and daily working. Yesterday was a show in Pozos that I participated in and I came to the end of my candle….Last night I went to bed at 8pm and awoke this am at 7…It has been a […]
….have a lot in common but are separate occurances that continue to grab me by the hook. Years ago…back in my days in India when I first arrived at Shree Rajneesh Ashram…I heard Bhagwan say: "Be Still and Know"….that pretty much sums up all the teaching that is needed. I hung around that rascal for […]
…and at the same time the ordinariness of this life continues to be the trump card. We are always busy here tieing all the knots in the tapestry. Life's amorphous design continues to fluctuate as we follow the curve. Busy in the studio…house tours…buying into illusion…shedding what is not needed…growing older…keeping the costumes fresh…delighting in […]
….it has been a most bountiful October in and out of the Groove Bubble here at Casa de Las Ranas. I flew to Baltimore back in the first week of this month to the show at the American Visionary Art Museum. For me and I know for many others…it was a tribal gathering of Outlander […]
…is today…birds flew from the cage…I say hoo-ray! I wrote that phrasing which belonged to a longer poem way back in the late 70's in New York. I had moved from the Village to Brooklyn and I was working nights behind the counter in this Hamburger/Nicoise Salad Dive in the Village on Sheridan Square. I […]
…and as usual, I am right in the middle of it trying to keep in contact with a thread of sanity. Did I hear that Gautam Buddha once said, "The Truth is whatever works"? So I am working on this Truth thing, promising myself that maybe I will one day work hard enough and then […]
…while browsing through somewhere unimportant and digital. To paraphrase: "once I no longer was defensive…the War was over"…I like that and have latched on to it…I am not going to have buttons made with this phrase emblazoned upon them…but I am going to try fitting into these words. My mind loves to wander and judge […]
…with these photos, for a glimpse…just a glimpse of the interior of the Chapel of Jimmy Ray. The gallery is evolving poco a poco. Right now I have some major commitments in my studio and venues showing my work and we are slowing down again on finishing the gallery. The fact that we have gotten […]
….here are some photos of what the Chapel of Jimmy Ray is evolving into…We hope to have it finished by late March of 2011…knowing me….it will always be in flux. It blows my mind that we have gotten this far. I forgot my keys this morning and was unable to take any interior shots….perhaps this […]
…remember that song? Ian and Sylvia…like 67? Before Sunshine acid and Altamont and the weird scenes of wonder sparked by a bad acid/alcohol mix that drowned the Summer of Lust…I mean Love? Well Love still lives with these two divine cats…..Sueño and Malinche…the Co-Pets of the Week…So I am just gonna get up today and […]
…there is waiting. A witness to the progressive spirit. It's there all the time. I know because that which is not me or I has experienced this. The experience was fleeting…but there are glimpses every now and then. The idea of putting any of this into words is missing the point entirely…but I plod on […]
…..everything that I was trying to forget when I went to sleep. One memory was important and that was that I had forgotten to post my blog in a long time. Things are cooking here and I am busy and productive…lots is in the cooker art wise, animal wise, relationship is still bubbling, new friends…old […]
…I met Richard on Saturday in Mexico City. He flew in on a Mexican flight from SFO full of stewards, stewardesses, pilots and co-pilots who had just lost their jobs because the new owners of Mexicana went bankrupt so that they can re-shuffle their business plan to hire them back at a smaller wage rate…that's […]
…..usually it is my mind that identifies, accuses, blames, suggests, decides, judges, believes or convicts that gets me into disturbing waters. I can hear the strings in the background accompanying this post as I do the "Woe is Me Waltz"…..BUT WAIT!!!! Here comes the Present Moment to the rescue! "Cuz all that stuff I mentioned […]
…see how I lift these words from a song, see how they fly…. So Richard is up in the States and will be home in a bit less than two weeks. I am settling in to my alone time. There is a part of me that would just love to escape and veg and indulge […]
….sometimes its just too much. Not that I can not participate…but it is so big! what is "it"? What could be so immense and daunting yet alluring? Well folks…it is The Groove…our ongoing starting point and destination of the Creative Groove Force…not to mention the revolutionary dissolve and recreational involvement in this amorphous love goo….the […]
…has led us to this divine companion. His name is Sueño (Dream) and he is the brother of Cielo (Sky) our cat queen. Sueño is this weeks Pet of the Week. We love him with all our hearts and and his extremely groovy Buddha Nature emanates silently and wondrously. If you ever need a lesson […]
…down below on our property at the Chapel of Jimmy Ray site….the gallery or Chapel of Jimmy Ray is beginning to really take some important shape….doors and windows are being installed in their raw yet definitive form…tile work…the fountain…hopefully by April 1, 2011 we will be dedicating the Chapel of Jimmy Ray…the Gallery will open […]
…Beloved ChicoChe…the lowest on our cat totem pole is this week's Pets of the Week winner…I know…there is no highest or lowest, but let's just say ChicoChe does not avail himself for much mutual contact with Richard and I…he was born in the closet and is still a bit of a closet case. We love […]
…deliver the large package that I am sending from San Miguel de Allende, Mexico to Baltimore, Maryland in the US…the content inside is a small child's chair….it's meant for an exhibition at the American Visionary Art Museum…I had a glorious time making it and I wish for the journey north to be just as glorious […]
…I may have said this before…Anne Sexton had a book of poems years ago called "That Awful Rowing Toward God"…I can relate, Anne, but I don't stop at "awful"…first of all, if you don't believe in the global myth called "God"….and you can tune into something a bit cozier and less distant called "godliness"…and include […]
…..I finished the piece that is for the Exhibition at the American Visionart Art Museum. The show opens in October. We are going to wrap the piece tomorrow and it should be shipped out by the end of the week. I spent a good amount of time on this piece and it was a real […]
…after typing quite possibly the grooviest blog entry of this entire blog known as the Chapel of Jimmy Ray…my computer locked up and I was unable to copy what I had written about "The Importance of Being Groovy"…and how I tied it all together with a mention of our living in a post-Oscar Wilde world […]
…or at least that is the plan. But we know about plans and me…don't we? I must admit, that I am completely stoked by the return of the Grooviest Cat That Ever Lived. Cielo returned the other night after eleven days of being "missing". My friend Kathy in Austin said, while Cielo was gone, "maybe […]
…well I am busy at work in the studio on a project that is going to the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore…I am having a delightful laborious time riding this Groove Wave. I hope to have it finished next week. At the same time, Richard and I are grieving the loss of our missing […]
…I heard that said many years ago but I was limited in my listening. Still working on that one. But every so often I am reminded of what lives in my True Nature. Breathing while I work. Not "going too steady" with my judgements. Slowing down and remembering myself…. Lately seeing all these old friends […]
…..I will be painting a mural at the entrance to the Chapel of Jimmy Ray. The title is "El Tonto'…translated to "The Fool". Such a perfect choice for the entrance. I have always considered Jimmy Ray as the Fool…such abandoned wit and insight. Here is a photo of an old Italian Tarot card for the […]
We have started working on The Chapel of Jimmy Ray today after a bit of a layoff in these weirdly up and down economic times….We will concentrate on the Chapel for now and Casa de Caca will follow. This is all very exciting…we bought 11 boxes of tiles today for major mosaic and fountain work. […]
…..2:33 am at the computer. Five of our seven dogs are engaged in some sort of barking ritual up by Carlos' house and I can't get back to sleep. I do want to let those of you who read this blog know that I am bringing back "The Pet of the Week Award" here at […]
…well I have been back in Mexico for five days and stepping into the everlasting flow of the Groove that runs through our life here at Casa de Las Ranas. Lots of projects in various forms and states of completion…the idea factory is going full tilt…make you want to get up and Groove! Richard returns […]
…I have been here in the United States since May 17 and in San Francisco since May 19. It has been a quite delightful and message laden return to the Bay Area. I have seen numerous friends…some real heart-to-heart joy filled and tearful moments. Linda Bacon and her husband Charles threw a major party for […]
…My friend Carol Wheeler and I are flying to LA on Monday from Mexico City. Lolita (LoveeGroove) is going to meet us at the airport (my palms meet in prayer) and we are going to spend two days in Southern California. We will visit Ojai and Santa Barbara and then head North to SF. I […]
…to realize the pinnacle takes some doing or better yet some "un-doing". As time goes by, I find myself up to here in "doing"…physical…mental…and above all spiritual. In quiet moments when this desiring nature is less demonstrative, a small trigger….and the gratitude fills my cup…vision…unaltered…these moments are fleeting…what are these "needs" about? Wanting to check […]
…and I can attest to that…and I could use some real life Richard next to me right now. We are quite fortunate that this amazing union came to pass. And so it goes…we row in the outer banks away from the sameness of Clone Culture…out of style…outlaws in the slipstream…I think of him often when […]
…isn't that what it is? I told Bill today how hard it is for me sometimes to break through certain blocks that impede major work time in my studio. Goddess love him! He connected some dots that I was somehow not capable of seeing….and ain't dots my thing? He affirmed that not everyone chooses work […]
….and guess what? It's another fiesta day in Mexico…fireworks…thumping basses…frightened dogs…perplexed gringos…people babbling on microphones…really bad brass bands…small grass fires ignited by the fireworks…liters of beer…trash…screams yelps….roosters crowing…we have lived here for almost ten years and I am still trying to convince Mexicans to try tranquility….Latin blood runs hot through indigenous veins…get over it Anado…This […]
…I am sometimes blown away where life has taken me. This cinematic excursion from Birth to Death has so many plot twists and shape shifts. I am including a link to a blog that was introduced to me recently…it is interesting to stand back and witness how others perceive you. The human experience sometimes has […]
…and dead headed a salvia in the garden, I was reminded of all those mornings working as a gardener for what seemed to be way too long. But it got me here…to this divine home…and that brings me to the idea of "limitlessness". All those funky jobs were a springboard and a testing ground for […]
…I arrived at the Big Muddy Ranch in Oregon the home of my teacher, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, and his community. I honor this day for many reasons, most of all: Bhagwan. I really don't think that I would be alive today if I had not met this most benevolent rascal and his posse of Outsiders. […]
…I got up early this morning ready to get a lot of work done. After breakfast, I kept finding diversions to keep me away from the studio. I finally did finish one necklace…but there is this part of me that just wants to veg sometimes…I tried taking two naps… noodled on the computer (electro-pasta)…I walked […]
…at 5:55 on Easter Sunday Morning under a cacophony blitzkrieg celebrating the resurrection of the fictitious lead character from the much read novel: The New Testament…some of you may have read this…in certain parts of the World they say it is a good read…I was never really drawn to this particular historical novel…I always felt […]
…as life as we know it seems to saunter by…Spring has Sprung! Such a delightful sight. Such regeneration…all the good that comes with growth and rebirth. We are revitalized by Nature's endurance…all of this is Divine…even the stuff we cannot or choose not to accept. I am trying to awaken in this life and the […]
…and this is an update on the construction of our Compost Toilet which will service the masses that visit the Chapel of Jimmy Ray one day. We call it Casa de Caca or as our friend Hope Swann once dubbed it: "The Chapel of Holy Shit". Slowly… slowly it is emerging from the Mexican soil..even […]
…41 years ago…I had a Hippie Head Shop called Mother's Rock Shop in Oklahoma City. As a member of a small cadre of really self righteous acid heads, I considered myself the best interpreter of Neil Young's guitar style..at that time I felt that I had invented "air guitar". Maybe I did? Right now as […]
…..of my Being, I am asking the "powers that be" (if there are said "powers") to please do something about the human race. The extreme behavior that is happening all over the planet is reaching a crescendo of rare proportions that threatens to really wipe out the life force that we all share. Consciousness has […]
…cut off their hair…I don't care…'cuz I got my own freak flag to fly…"…yes Jimi Hendrix wrote the lyrics…those lines meant so much to me…but I believe he had a much deeper meaning in mind when he said that. I feel that he used hair as a metaphor for one's values and by keeping your […]
…on our way back from Mexico City to our home and critters. Mexico City is always a rush. Lots of work awaits me…lots of biz stuff. So there is plenty on my plate which makes life interesting to say the least….I will report more when I return….
…well somebody stole my ipod and the player from my studio. It is a Mystery, especially after the disappearance of my Canon G-10 last summer. Inside job? I sure hope not. Maybe some thief has a key to the studio and knows when we are not home…anyhow, I still have my original ipod and rumor […]
…I have worked in the stuio, made breakfast, had coffee, avoided Facebook, spoke on the telephone, cleaned up dog vomit in the studio, brushed my teeth, sat in the garden, made decisions about work at the Chapel Site, washed my face, done laundry, ate a tamale, hugged our cat, fed the cats, loved the dogs, […]
My assistant, Carlos Ramirez Galvan, was elected the #2 Delegado for our lil' village of LaCieneguita. That means that he will be a representative for his pueblo in San Miguel. This is so absolutely cool. He is a brilliant artist and a true friend. I am absolutely proud of him. He supports a wife, five […]
…are divine dog Simbha cut his leg pretty bad today. Either he was hit by a car, got in a fight, or was gored by a cow…I saw four cows out in front of our house today after I discovered Simbha's injury. They were walking loose up the road…ah country life! I was able to […]
…yesterday was interesting. It started off with the launching of my new redesigned website (www.madebyanado.com). It is a very exciting and delightful and funky as can be design. I am quite grateful to Ursula Malecki for her amazing skills and her youthful vision of my work. Later that morning the "questionably employed" aging Tart across […]
…Casa de Caca now has a floor. I believe this will be the most ornate and celebrated out house in the history of Modern Man. I anticipate pilgrims worldwide coming to our folly and wishing to contribute part of themselves to the enrichment of our garden. Come on Down!
…the mirror is always pointing back at me…everything that I witness is a reflection of myself. In the Blame Game that I sometimes find myself immersed in…I just have to look at the object of my blame…and there is Anado looking back at me. These lessons are so rich and dense at the same time. […]
…it has taken me awhile to post these photos…I have some kind of avoidance with my blog lately. So I am listening to Lovee and posting these pics…the building is circular so these are pictures of the base which houses the "shit boxes"…a floor will be installed and the walls will be bottles…capped with a […]
…Richard and I are back home from the Beach…rested but somehow exhausted…it is all good. I have been processing some speed bumps in my personal relationship with an old friend and it takes its toll. It is good to be home and back to work, catching up, feeding and loving animals…rearranging things in the house […]
….and returning tomorrow to San Miguel. It has been quite pleasant and healing. We heard about all the huge rains in our Puebla and it rained hard here for two days. I will be happy to be home again and getting into the work. I will post pics of Casa de Caca when we return….Groovin' […]
…busy, processing, healing, grooving, meditating, eating, sexing, grooving, eating, thinking, grieving, laughing, creating, grooving, composing, judging, doing, un-doing, crying, grooving, disappearing…I am into a number of things…one of them is eating good lunches….here is a photo of yesterday's lunch…
…here is an update on Casa de Caca. We have dug the hole for the foundation. Weirdly it is raining today and work can not happen. This weather is ultra strange to say the least….this is the dry season and we have had a half inch of rain already in January….hmmmmm…the weather points to global […]
Yesterday we started clearing a small area for our compost toilet. Wish us luck. It is going to be a most amazing utilitarian folly. The walls will be made of wine bottles. I have it tucked away near the Chapel site and I am very stoked to say the least. I promised in an earlier […]
…the ongoing process of awakening is something I find myself avoiding. Old habits still mingle with the Search. I find instant gratification so fricking hollow. These actions leave me numb. So…time to wake up, Anado…the forest is full of trees…the big picture has its micro climates…isolation does not serve me. So I invite the Universe […]
Well, Folks, another decade has gone by as time creeps and edges toward who knows where. I guess you can mark this time as an opportunity for new beginnings or cleaning the nest and its surroundings. This year I really wish to get the Chapel of Jimmy Ray up and running. That is my goal […]
…it is that time of year again. The Holidays. All my life I have greeted this time with a mixed bag of emotions. I have so many memories both good and bad, but I am blessed to have these memories. This is a time to celebrate and celebrate we will. Richard and I are so […]
…but am I younger than that now? This is a photo taken of me in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam in early June of 1968. I believe that I had just turned 21. The photo was taken between assasinations: MLK and RFK…Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy. I was one of maybe two people who were […]
…we had a good sale this past weekend. Made some money….met lots of people…had our picture taken a lot..and was absolutely tired when it was over…today has been a strange day full of bad communication on both my part and the part of others…we checked to see if Mercury was in Retrograde…but no…so I guess […]
…well today is the big day! The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe…Madre de Los Indios. Hello, this is Anado McLauchlin reporting from Fireworks Central where scores of indigenous youth are setting the sky ablaze with the sound of celebration and mayhem. And that pretty much describes Mexico in a nutshell…Celebration and Mayhem!!!!!!!!! I love […]
…we are hard at work getting ready for the 6th Annual Art and Whimsy Holiday Sale which wil be held out here at the house on the 12th and 13th. I still have lots to do but at the same time we have created lots of stuff…so if anyone is listening…tell the money gods and […]
…an incredible amount of absolutely cool people have been showing up at our doorstep lately. I love the energies that find their way here. I remember years ago seeing the film "Children of Paradise"…a french film from the forties…it of course was subtitled and one of the recurring pieces of dialog was: "The World is […]
…ok everyone…all 1.5 of you who read this blog…be on the lookout for these rogue mammary glands…they are reportedly going to cross the Mexican Border early on the morning of November 27…if you see them, please report back to me and I will give you further orders…..Love, Anado…oh! and Happy Thanksgiving!
It has been a busy time…this blog is stuffed somewhere back in there…and there is a there…there. Working on a number of design things…art of course…stocking and creating more necklaces…our annual Art and Whimsy Sale is in three weeks. So things are moving along. At the same time, I continue to watch my obsessive mind's […]
…I have recently, through the weird grace of Facebook, been reunited in the cyber channels with a number of friends from the distant past. I find it interesting where these encounters take me. My overused mind drifts into the abundant slip stream of the past and the most forgotten of memories reappear in their kerplunk-ness…some […]
…Hilary and her sister Joanna came out for a visit the other day. These women are London girls through and through…I just had to post their photo. Joanna is Hilary's younger sister and lives on Portebello Road in formerly Swinging London and Hilary lives here in Mexico for the time being. Hilary just lost her […]
Here is the design that I am doing for a literary event here in San Miguel next February. I read the book which I absolutely enjoyed: "The Lacuna" by Barbara Kingsolver. The NY Times Sunday Review of Books gave it a glowing thumbs up and I agree. The symbols in the design reveal themselves if […]
…my own personalized 6'4" Bed Warmer is up North of the Border and I am in serious need of its return. It has been frickin' cold every night for the last three nights and it is an experience that I do not cotton to…I am wearing chef pants, long sleeve shirt, and socks to bed…Our […]
….back in the old days in New York I heard of either a poem or a book by the poet Ann Sexton entitled "The Awful Rowing Toward God". Because those days in New York were a bit nihilistic for me, I sorta related to that particular title…somewhere along the line, the rowing has become less […]
…the Dia de Los Muertos activities are beginning to occur around us in Mexico. We are making an altar here at the house. We are honoring those that we knew who passed on….Goddess please Love and Protect their spirits. The other night I heard pigs being slaughtered in the distance for the traditional meals…a strange […]
This was sent to us from a visitor to our house last winter. He recorded original music for it…I was impressed…as a side note to this slide show…our creative life here is full and glorious and would not exist without the help of Carlos, Martina and Transito Ramirez…our Mexican Family…Viva Casa de las Ranas y […]
I need to forget about eating sugar…I am wide awake at 3:02am after 2 helpings of tres leche cake at Sudheer's house this evening. Well, maybe I can blame the cake…I can also blame my behavior when I am with my old friend Sudheer. We share a mutual friend and I must admit, I am […]
…that is where I have been…Mexico City too…blame it on avoidance…fear of risk…but it is time to remind myself of what ol' Mister Rumi said: "even though you have broken your vows a thousand times…come yet come again"…so here I am the prodigal groove…house guest from Oklahoma arriving today…work in the studio…need to make money…remembering […]
Actually I have been here….Richard is back from the States…my prostate is normal…I have been working…all the electric line to the gallery was stolen last week…we have bought more and this following link came in the electronic mail from Canada….I like it…. cut and paste it or click on it….it rocks!
…of following way too many football scores on CNNSI…I am guilty of not reading enough literature…I am guilty of reading Art Magazines two years after I have received them…I am guilty of my addiction to colorful socks…I am guilty of eating way too many raisins…I am guilty of over feeding one certain cat…so what is […]
…he's back and still wild. Carlos' son Johnny (Ti Ti) appeared at the door today with Manchas on a chain. Manchas has been gone for more than three weeks. I could not get a straight story out of Ti Ti so I will have to wait to ask Carlos. Carlos was up all night building […]
…showed up about two years ago before we went to Barcelona. Carlos found him and he sort of replaced Kali in the numbers game here in our home…Kali had been run over, but at the time, I did not know that…Over the years, Manchas kind of grew into the family….he was always high strung, but […]
…and its shining down, on and through me…and you too. There are so many reasons to live in blame and non awareness…to judge with the knee jerkin' and smokin' and pointin'…but that is not the door to awakening…and neither is what a number of people call enlightenment…as if enlightenment was separate from this thing called […]
…you know I like to live my life… hopefully totally… and move and groove and feel real good … in the beginning of this Century… So I continue to plug away at the work here….Manchas and my camera are still missing…we Bless you, Manchas, where ever you have gone…and the camera remains a mystery….and as […]
…also known as the Divine One is home….she was down in the lower property for two days…all sorts of paranoid scenarios had crossed my mind about her condition (the mind!)….and now Dear Divine Cielo is back and in Groove proximity. She is sleeping in the big bed with Richard…lulled by the drone of the fan […]
….life continues to unfold here in Mexico…one of our dogs (Manchas) is missing… our grey cay (Cielo) has not been home for two days…we have seen Federal Soldiers in ski masks chasing a white Ford Pickup….the pickup was going 80 miles per hour…the federales were on foot….we saw about 20 Federales arresting a suspect last […]
…energy is lifting here in this special Groove Scene. Lots of work and creativity. If I had my frickin' camera, I promise that I would show you. Someone is coming out on Wednesday to help me look for it…she seems to think it is here. We shall see…I am amidst getting a kick start going […]
…as soon as I can figure this out I will be changing the name of this blog…the new name: Paisley Cowboy Annals…Jimmy Ray is officially retired from all duties or cahoots with me. He is going into a self imposed life time seclusion which is well deserved. Paisley Cowboy is a name that I have […]
…still dark outside…inside too…typing with the screen facing the keyboard so I can see…I knew I should have completed typing in summer school…but I hated going to class. When it gets down to it…I must have some sort of learning disability that was never addressed…but that was then…what I can address is this bad lower […]
…the Land of chaotically charged (cargado) Mexico City. Richard arrives tomorrow afternoon and I came down to greet him. The trip has been semi-unpleasant…my back is out. I threw it out right before I visited Oklahoma City a few weeks back and it is not getting any better. The plus side is that it has […]
Well, Folks, it is around 3:20 am here at Casa de Las Ranas…and I must say that I can not get back to sleep. I emerged from a perfectly delightful narco-like dream sequence and have been awake for an hour and a half….I have visited all my familiar sites on the internet…did a lil' googling […]
…for my camera. Yesterday I had some friends over for lunch. At the end of the gathering we took photos of one another. It was fun. This morning I went to get my camera to download the new photos into iPhoto…I can not find my camera. I have been looking everywhere. I had Carlos and […]
…Richard and I are blessed by a huge family of critters…I probably spend the most time with these dogs and all their adventures. They love to hang in my studio…picking chairs to inhabit or lounging on the floor. Patzky, our lab, loves to hang out on his back exposing himself…Manchas, our spotted celebrity fool, has […]
…or at least I thought I was…but with these cats living all around us…I do not hold a candle to our sleak tubular groovers. They seem to have it made until one of them loses it in the morning and goes running up the walls. We call this "cat space". As I type, Sueño is […]
….I returned to Beloved Mexico yesterday and got home around 7pm last evening. I was gone less than a week but it feels like I journeyed into a realm of timeless remembrance. The healing tears have bathed me deeply. Bhagwan once said, "your tears are prayer"…It was a very prayerful healing of unimaginable depth. There […]
…..well, I am on my way home after visiting OKC (Oklahoma City). It was a special time…a deep deep healing occurred and there is still more work to be done. I absolutely enjoyed my time with my sister Joanie. We got to know one another more. The depth of feeling and connection was tender and […]
.. it is the mind that gets us hung up in the drama of life….and the heart leads us home. And so, Dear Friends, the heart has led me home to my roots. It has been a very heart felt experience…lots of heart! Seeing my divine dear sister, Joanie has been quite moving. My other […]
…I have to admit…I have never enjoyed being in Texas. Right now I am in the Houston Airport named after the first criminal Bush and I can not wait to split…I am heading to Oklahoma…I may enter lots of blog entries there…to keep me connected and to feed my ASD (Attention Seeking Disorder)…So stay tuned…Anado […]
…at Cafe de Carlo in Colonia Roma after ingesting some of the strongest caffeine known to Womankind. Now he is strong enough to consider boarding a plane for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma where he will roam the environs of Republican Middle Amerika with his heart in hand…so stay tuned…he leaves on Wednesday…early in the morning. So […]
….or how my life is a balancing act. I am going to Oklahoma next week and it is a really big step. My intention is healing and I have to hold that close and dear in my heart. Over the last few years, the depth of this living has become so apparent. Every so often […]
…only consequences. My friend Dan Webber from Nashville in troduced me to the before mentioned maxim….So Childstar and Lovee….I can put my grammar and spel'ling anywhere I Vant 2….However, if you drink as much mezcal as I did last night, one may wish to introduce some rules….We had a great time with some friends from […]
…that's where I am at today. Feeling good and enjoying "what is"…And if "what ain't" rears it's lil' head…I can dig that too. For I just had two great bowls of mushroom barley soup created by Richard the Moosehearted and a bit of a nap and I am ready to rock. So back down to […]
…not quite…but I am travelling north to my origins in Oklahoma City in two weeks. I have not been there in 11 years. The last visit was an overnight stay at a Super 8 on the way from Nashville to Marin. I only spoke with my sisters on the telephone that time. My intention in […]
…I would not only step into the light…I would also remain there. Bill Reiner asked me today what it means to be cool. I told him it was like walking through life with a hard rain falling all around me, and allowing the water to wash off of me as if I were covered in […]
Mexico City is my kind of town…I could never see all of it and it never fails to reveal. Here is a photo of us taken by our dear friend Carol also known as Childstar on this blog. The house that serves as the background for this photo is an abandoned albatross in Colonia Roma […]
…in Mexico City. We just returned from a party and beloved Anado has had maybe 5 or 6 glasses of Chilean Vino Tinto….time for bed, but I had to take advantage of the wireless and keep you up to date on our travels…I will check the spelling on this entry tomorrow….Life is good and we […]
…..yesterday I just lost it. I flew off the handle and got absolutely angry. I am not going to tread into the details…it was an unfortunate situation and my therapist told me that it was an honest response…but it still felt shitty and fortunately I am moving on, What I have to keep reminding myself […]
…see how we run like defrocked nuns…see how we fly…we are groovin'…Yellow Battered Hipstersdrippin' from the honeysuckle…we're flyin'I am the Groove ThingWe are the Groove ThingWe am the Groove Thingkew kew ka-chew!!!!!! We are going dancing tonight…how does my hair look……
…Richard and I have been very fortunate to have so much attention directed at our house and the work that has happened here. This past week a blog entry about our house appeared in the LA Times…we feel blessed and honored to be able to create this folly. The inspiration comes from every which way […]
…his name was David Wojnarowicz and I knew him back in New York during the 1970's. I remember him as this gangly quiet guy (this was before nurds)…with a dark edgy insight and a way with sketching the absurd and the dangerous. At that time Art had to have a sense of Danger for me […]
…that I am really sick of this Michael Jackson frenzy. Popular Culture is basically a cartoon…so welcome to the cartoon! Everyone was ready to cut off poor Jackson's testicles and now that he has died…the whole cartoon is marching on their knees to the Staple Center for his memorial service. Enuf already…I guess I can't […]
One million years ago, back in 1969, I was part owner of a Hippie Head Shop in Oklahoma City. The store was the hippest thing between Chicago and Santa Fe, or at least, that was our impression. (The world is a small place when viewed through untraveled rose colored glasses and a few tokes of […]
…got any good ideas how to get him out of this messy pool of interior addiction to thinking and writing about himself in this blog…and for that matter…pretty much all the time…..he is sitting here at the desk waiting for a call from New York from a writer who is writing about a friend of […]
…sometimes I think I may know the answer to that question…but not always. Answering that would be to live it. And I guess that is what I am trying to do…but the catch is: Live it…but without hooks….so that leads me to remind myself that this entity that this "I" inhabits, is just passing through […]
…the above title for this lil' blog entry is a big bundle of sweet organic carrots hovering above my nose…drawing me into the mix where time and time again I have to agree to start anew even though I have broken all the promises to myself that this time it is for real…but in this […]
…our divine friend Lulu Torbet took this photo yesterday out on the Patio Chichimeca at our totally groovy and evolutionary house….these phenomenally honed visionary friends gathered with Richard and I for some down-but-no-longer-my- home Oklahoma Chili…we sat for this Quasi Last Supper Pose…I got to be jesus 'cuz of my long hair…his fate is not […]
…but doesn't that take the fun out of the hunt? I reckon what I really wish is to be alive and alert in the day to day…the immersion into the ordinary wonderfulness of all of this….Somewhere along the way in this journey, I heard someone sing or say, "This…this is all there is"….I want to […]
…well I tried to a bit a few entries back, but I just can't go there…ok, I will try…just plain strange this human condition can be sometimes…the poor guy…but it is sad to think about the children that he left behind…that is where my best wishes go….and all that is eternal that passed through the […]
……..yes, I am wide awake…sugar and alcohol and I am paying the price. We had some nice folks for dinner and I had a few glasses of Richard's divine white sangria and some ice cream and I knew it was not a smart idea…and here I am…WIDE AWAKE…. So, I am reminded that yesterday was […]
…..oh don't mind me…I just write this blog to myself and occasionally some soul stumbles upon it and I get a comment or two….But maybe I am doing this just to improve my typing skills. Ya never know, which brings me to these visitors we had yesterday….An architectural group from the Oakland Museum. Talk about […]
Well folks…there have been some new sightings of Jimmy Ray, my "former" muse. He had agreed to be a bit less visible and stay close to home. However, I received this photo today from some artist friends from Louisiana who are staying in San Miguel. So if you see him on the street…As Dionne Warwick […]
…that is if you believe in time. I guess we all do. The concept does somehow manage the chaos in a bit more orderly fashion. I would assume that time as I know it only applies to this solar system that I inhabit…But what about light years? This whole time thing is beyond poor Anado…and […]
…things seem to be ok. Work continues. Beloved Richard returns tomorrow…it is hotter than Haities outside…the obscure sound of that god forsaken leaf blower in the distance…this garden karma will be following me around for the rest of my life. If I am learning one thing in this life: Don't Cut Corners! Finish projects with […]
…should I tell everything? Should I reveal the cheese? Yes, I watched all five seasons of"the wire" in a month along with one season of "Madmen"…you could say I have been distracted…Went to San Francisco…saw lots of friends…avoided others…spent too much money…missed saw and still miss Richard…had the runs…thought I was depressed…made necklaces, fed dogs, […]
…I am heading back to Mexico early on May 27. My heart is filled with the love of my dear friends in California…I cherish this bond that goes back so far and so deep. Richard gets back on the 13th of June. I have lots of work ahead of me…let it roll!
..Tuesdays could get so windyand Wednesdays were so TrendyThursdays were on the Marklike Fridays on a lark and Saturdays when the wind was missedon Sundays with a lingering kissI loved all of the aboveand it's Monday and I am still in Love….
…somebody please remind me not to take this life for granted. And so be it…'cuz today I am 62. I am sitting here in the apartment with Richard on this foggy day. We are going out to Marin today to celebrate with friends…it is going to be a long day. Being that it is my […]
…it certainly is a big thing we have going here. Moving across the planet like I did last evening in the airplane gives amorphous definition to that which is mystical and mysterious. When I looked down from above to the cities all lit with traffic movement…houses aglow…neon…halogen…everything lit up like a new kind of jewelry…then […]
…I just had to include this photo of me in the Mexico City Airport…Patrice gave me this mask for my birthday. Richard just had to calm my "high maintenance ass" down because I could not access the wifi…Goddess Be Blessed for bringing Richard into my life…so I am on my way North…a bit cooled down […]
…winds its way through my veins and lubricates this bone and skin and feeds my awareness with gobbles of groove juice as I embrace this Life. Tomorrow I head for the States for two weeks. It will be divine to see Richard and spend time with friends. I look forward to a walk on the […]
Some of you may know that there is a Silent Observer that rides this blog…this Observer has left one comment in the last two years. However, this Observer is an integral part of this whole Groove Thing that we have going here and I want to present an award to yes….Him. His name is Richard […]
…I find the same old struggles and I still work on them. The joys are still to be found and celebrated. I am going up North on Wednesday to join Richard in San Francisco…that is good. It is the hot season here in Mexico, so the cool ocean breezes (try hurricane force winds at the […]
…yesterday. Is rebellious the correct term? Lazy and stuck? Whatever it was…I did absolutely no work…I just vegged and watched 10 installments of "The Wire Season 2"…I felt guilty and submerged in a lethargic milieu of constant sighing and energy drain…So…today…I am back at it. Reassigned to the Groove…letting it go and promising not to […]
…to get that cash flow coming your way! I got one of those chain emails today telling me if I sent this to twelve people…then I will get real rich. So my idea is to post it on this blog and not cause all this electronic get rich data to fill our air with hopes […]
…despite all the best intentions, I have been eating way too much over the last three days. I was invited to three different meals…and I ait way way way too much….It is the dessert that gets me. I feel bloated and tired…so…I will just be eating grapefruit during the day today….I am writing this to […]
…well, I did meet Richard on the Internet. I get business through my website. I get to post this blog. I get to add my photos to Flickr. I have spent way too much time on Facebook. I realize the immense garbage on some of the News sites….I dig Skype 'cuz I get to see […]
…in doing so I ask the Universe to conspire with me to break down the barriers that we impose upon ourselves…Outside and inside…all the stuff that we create for our protection and so called security….I am the same as the rest…we are all involved. I remember Bhagwan once saying: "I am no different than you […]
…get hip to the new tip. Swine are getting a lot of press coverage these days…Especially in Mexico. The world media is going to town in it's hysterical fashion and our Beloved Mexico is suffering more because of it. Sure…this is a serious situation, this thing called Swine Flu. But hey now! 200,000 people die […]
…Manchas Groove, the weirdest dog alive, arrived on our doorstep a week after our Beloved Kali disappeared. Later I found out that Kali had been killed by a car and Carlos buried her near the gallery site. Manchas had appeared at Carlos' house so I payed to get him neutered and have his shots. That […]
….there is Swine Flu down in Mexico City. I just called my friend Patrice who is in a hotel there. I told her to come home…she had already decided to. Our friends Maggie and Alice Sperling are down there…I hope they come home soon. Poor Mexico…this delightful place is really carrying a big load these […]
…that we seem to be able to assume. Gut reaction…habits…safety…bondage…religion…lust…you may think I am taking you down into depths that serve psychologists and bolster victims…nope…sorry. I am talking about the underlying magnificent patterns that draw our life force. The genius that goes into this gift of breathing and the creative will that allows one to […]
…while Richard is up North it is up to me to keep this Groove Scene in some kind of working order. That is why there are therapists…you think I may be joking…I'm not. Sometimes a project like this with the house, Art, animals, cooking, feeding, and Mexico itself can be a bit overwhelming for such […]
….Well it is that time of the year. Easter has passed. The last of the big music festivals takes place in our little pueblo tonight. Richard is up in the States for the two month-ish long haul. I will be going up to SF in twenty-five days to join him for two weeks. This is […]
…it turns me on…..And so does the fact that we have gotten Gallery Groove…once known as the Chapel of Jimmy Ray…to the degree of completion as of the last few weeks…We may have to take a break for awhile…cuz I need to make money…The reality is this: it is more than I ever expected when […]
…that is the nature of "isness" right now in this life that I share with Richard and millions upon millions of beings, souls, personas, animals, rocks, elephants, gardens, trust fundees, artists, tourists, cable guys, Fortune 500 members, school teachers, ants, viscounts, prisoners of war, rape victims, homos, lesbians, three legged dogs, family men, auctioneers, punks, […]
…your non-host. Anado McLauchlin is so not your host because Anado McLauchlin resides in back water La Cieneguita….far far away from any scenes past or present. I read art magazines while I am eating (non-meditative) when Richard is out of town. These "zines" keep me company. I see all this great and not so great […]
I have lost my camera chord to upload photos of the happening down at our gallery space. All the floor, ceiling,walls, steps and such are in place. The guys are working on the fountain. I am plugging away in this Life Dance…taking care of the animals, working in the studio, vegging on line…I have to […]
…but I can't reveal it to you right now. The chord from my Canon to my Mac has disappeared and I can not upload the photo of said Light. So I guess you have to go inside yourself and let the Light reveal itself to you. I know that you can do it. It takes […]
…that Americans would do something about their gun laws……that Israel would leave Gaza alone……that Sarah Palin would go sit on the lip of that volcano that is erupting……that the Beatles were going to have a reunion……others planets would intervene in the Violence on Earth……that Jupiter was always aligned with Mars……that Mercury could figure out how […]
…graces my life in his subtle glowing way. Now would one not want to have this dude teaching you Art History? He is up in the States now for three weeks and this is what he wears to school. The Goddess loves him….and I loves him too. Should I start singing "wind for my wings"? […]
….sigh…sniff…sniff…we will miss her chortle. We love her so…lots of laughs interspersed with imaginative wisdom and folly…she lights up our lives when she is here…
…for not attending to this blog…Busy working, celebrating, hosting, entertaining, loving, returning, and a host of one thousand other things….Lovee is here…she leaves tomorrow. I will post pics from the last few weeks plus get you up to date on the celebration that we had here last Tuesday: celebrating our marriage with San Miguel friends….I […]
…I grew older and as of this writing I am getting even older. A woman in Oklahoma that I knew as a child sent me this photo of myself at age 17. I was a full fledged wanna-be…notice the madras shirt…that was the style…the Beatles had appeared on my horizon the year before…so the hair […]
…it has been a lazy quietly eventful week at the beach. We are leaving in a few hours to climb back up to the high desert of San Miguel. We have sprouted wings!!!!!! We thank Divine Miss Sugar Power for this collage!
….before the arrival of Lovee Groove, our next house guest. But before we really get into it…we have to enjoy our vacation here in Troncones. We have had a splendid time, once we escaped from Barra de Potosi. We are just being very very lazy…..doing absolutely just what we want. Every morning Richard and I […]
Hi…we left for Troncones sooner than later. Barra de Potosi was not a good fit. Kirsten has joined us and we have a small bungalow for two nights and then we will go to Eden for two nights. It is like night and day when you compare the two different beaches that we have been […]
…some of you may know that we have come to a new beach destination this winter. We chose the wrong destination…so we are leaving later in the week for Troncones. The whole scene here in barra de Potosi is a bit much and not to our liking….So as you can tell by the enclosed photo…we […]
…we just got back from Big 'ol untamed belligerent and absolutely provocative Mexico City. One of the many highlights was the David Lachapelle photography show at Museo San Ildifonso. His images are so slick and shiny and cinema like. We loved it. Then another was Mark Powell's Opening in Condessa at Galeria Yautepec. What a […]
….Richard and I are in Mexico City with Sudheer, Childstar Wheeler, Patrice and 25 million others. We are here for 3 days…Museums, Openings, Street Life, Cheap Eats, Walking, Grooving, Photographing, Loving, Getting Tired and then Energized…all this and more. I love this town…it is so off kilter and edgy….included is a photo from the Ruth […]
….it's official, folks…Lovee La Lolitsky was lured to Mexico by Yours Truly with the promise of the use of our food scale. That girl loves her food, but as time creeps up on her (same age as Edie Sedgwick), not even going to the Dog Park with Maya can challenge those pesky calories. So we […]
….and all Lovee Lolitsky needs to do is go back to Seven and drop the Six wing…book the ticket…get on the plane…go to Mexico…succumb to the wims of this Eight here and have a grand old time with Dilly, Rikki, Nodsky, Suds, and all the rest…So if one sees Lovee…tell her to come on down […]
…here is a picture of a mirror that I completed a few months ago. It now lives in San Rafael, California in the home of Laura Jorgensen…she is an actress up there. She came out to the house with Carol Watanabe and others. Richard delivered it to her in his suitcase. A lovely couple in […]
…at least those of you who read this blog…We need to have a group hug for Anado. Times are really busy here in the studio and I am feeling a bit overwhelmed…I need to finish two more commissions by Thursday and have them delivered by Saturday with the third which is finished. I need to […]
…the year was 1968. To me, this is one of the most important photos of our lifetime. It was an amazing era and I am glad to have run across this photo today. Obama is the man in the big chair up north and Tommie Smith and John Carlos helped him get there with this […]
…now that is a tall order indeed. But we all know that there are lots of choices…so pick one! If it works…use it…or pick another. Everything is revealed in time. Sometimes I am the happiest man in the world, and then that 'ol reptilian brain of mine surfaces and I plunge into unconsciousness…but it appears […]
…that is if you know where "here" is and if there is a "there" to reach. This whole Mystery never ceases to amaze 'ol Anado. I am lucky to be surrounded by some very beautiful souls both in human and animal form…let's not forget the plant life and the winged ones. If I just take […]
….well I have been a bit busy, folks. Lot's of work happening. Despite the economic global crisis, I am still getting a lot of commission work. We are also plugging away here at the house on mosaic projects and the gallery. We are so blessed to have Carlos with his multiple helping hands…On a side […]
…something is percolating at this time that an opportunity has recently triggered….I await more footage on this particular idea…I want to harvest some new artefactual art gumbo that may have been planted in the Groove that surrounds me. Now to some, this may sound evasive or secretive…nope…it is just me grabbing in the ether…the slipstream…reaching […]
…there's a cat near the computerthere's Rock and Roll in the studio…there's sumpin' new brewing in the cooker…there's ideas floating up from the navel…there's a knowing in our hearts…there's a light flickering on the horizon…Obama goes to Washington and the cat meows……a song of change…stretching the wind…Did I hear Bob Dylan sing…the Times They Are […]
…populate our lives here at Casa Las Ranas. Yesterday we got this email from an English language newspaper in Mexico City. We were told that we had been chosen as two of twenty-five ex-pats one needs to meet in Mexico….now would my Mother be proud? I will send this article to my sister Sarah and […]
Today I was sitting outside after lunch…doing absolutely nothing. As I sat there I heard the laughter and bravado of a number of young people coming from Aguas Claras…a nearby hotsprings. At the same time I was noticing the mountains in the distance. Despite the laughter and noisy voices on the other side of the […]
….so to speak. The other day I pulled some of the hard copies of the New York Times article about our house (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/garden/23mexico.html) to send to my two sisters. By mistake, I pulled out three and wondered who to send the other one too. My childhood friend Mike O'Neil's name came up. I searched out […]
…and they ended up in Casa Kali, our Alchemy Studio…thats Amber, Sabrina Ward Harrison, Sugar Power and Patrice "Non Stop" Wynne…they were all over for lunch the other day…these are all quite lovely women. Yes,,,I am calling Casa Kali The Alchemy Studio…I have to go get my art at the Generator Gallery this week and […]
…Richard and I just had the experience of watching a pirated version of the Harvey Milk movie with Sean Penn. What can I say? Has anything changed? Prop 8? Born agains? However, in a moment of irony, I received a belated Christmas card from my sister Joanie wishing me and my family a Merry Christmas…so […]
…and I just want us all to get along, but this Holiday Fever needs to come to a close…and could someone tell Israel to chill? Is stupidity and penis length among Israeli politicians that much of an issue? And while you are at it…could you tell Hamas to learn the art of response and acceptance…I […]
…getting close to the end of the year and I am sending many hugs and love along with Divine Richard and we wish all of you the best in the Coming Year…may the madness and chaos that litters the World be dispelled by creativity and color…'cuz as John Lennon once said: "Love is all you […]
…I have been listening to my inner resistance lately and not reporting back in this Blog thing I have going on. So much has been happening here. Work work work…and the social thing during the holiday season. I have been holding back in announcing that I have allowed myself to separate myself from Jimmy Ray…We […]
Well, Folks, it has been a busy time. For the last few months there has been a lot of work happening and now the Holiday Season is kickin' in South of the Border with that country that consumes so many drugs and has the rest of the world in such a tither…but let's not go […]
It has been crunch time here lately…the studio is ablaze….the Gallery Site is beyond the beyond. I have been quite busy and thank Goddess that I have help. So after the 18th or so, I can kinda get more festive in my off time…but being in this Crunch Mode only enhances the degree of Groove […]
Well, Folks, it finally happened. Our two most unaffectionate kitties Tormenta (Black and White) and ChicoChe (Yellow), have been declared last week's Pet of the Week…they tied. These two food magnets won despite their constant whining…Lolita the Burro had the award sewn up, but she got out of the corral without permission….she is just like […]
I guess it is time for me to offer my confession to the public at large about a past trensgression that has caught up with me in terms of Kharmic Retribution. Back in the old days when I was slinging my leaf blower as a gardener to the rich, famous, lonely and entitled…I used to […]
This dear divine canine entity is Pet of the Week again…he is here at the Beach with us. We also brought Perla, Sudheer, and Chula….it is 75 degrees here at the Beach at 8 in the morning…we are talking to Child Star on the telephone…I know that I have been bad and not doing much […]
…who was just voted Pet of the Week here in Groove Land. Melinche was rescued as a tiny kitten one rainy night after her mother may have dropped her. I heard her wails and went out in the really wet dark goo of la noche and brought her into our Groove Scene. She hid in […]
…here in Mexico, exclusively at Casa Las Ranas. Where the Democratic Vicory in the recent election up North…brought Obama to the head of the class. The brood of rescued burros here at our funk petdom have again garnered Pet of the Week Honors reflecting the Democratic Upheaval…Let's hear it for our girls!
…well obviously I have not been religiously typing blog entries. What can I say…it has been a busy time coupled with the euphoria of Obama's election. I have been in cosmic negotiation with Jimmy Ray about Chapel and artistic matters. A full account will appear shortly after I talk with Richard upon his return on […]
…in the Pet of the Week Award here at Casa las Ranas, the home of all that is totally groovy and Improvised. This week's award goes to Lolita Valianos…one of our favorite people and a true member of our family. Without the valiant efforts of Lolita…Barak Obama would just be a postscript in American History. […]
….it is important not to forget on this day of jubilation that there is a large group of people in the US that voted for McCain. Also in California, a supposed Blue State, a majority voted to suspend the Civil Rights of Gay men and women and voted to outlaw Gay Marriage. Those are Richard's […]
This pretty much sums it up…We were all sobbing last night and today tears of joy and bittersweet memories mingle…For the first time in 41 years…I am proud of my American Heritage!Read this!http://blow.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/04/people-wept/?ei=5070&emc=eta1
….Coexistential times are knocking on the door. And I know that it starts at home. It is a day to day…minute to minute reminder to learn compassion for all sentient beings. Being the irreverent type, I know that it is necessary to align the right words before blurting out some of the dribble that has […]
Pet of the Week honors go to a beloved dog who lived in Santa Barbara, California. Kona was put into a lasting sleep this past week due to a prolonged illness. She was deeply loved by our friend Lolita and her family up north, Two of our cats who were voted this week's winner, agreed […]
Richard and I were lucky to attend the baptism yesterday of Carlos' daughter, Sharon. Carlos has five boys who precede Sharon in lineage. It was such a gift to be there…my heart was so full. I feel so blessed that the Ramirez family is in our life.
Well Beloved Manchas…who happens to be the lowest on the hierarchal telephone pole here at Casa las Ranas has become a Media Darling. Photos of Manchas appeared twice in the slideshow that accompanied the New York Times article of us. So…by following the worldwide barometer: Manchas has again been voted Pet of the Week. Congratulations […]
…Jimmy Ray that is…Here are some early photos of the Chapel walls. As of today…all of the walls are up. This is quite an accomplishment! Hats off to Carlos and the Crew. Hats off to Richard for his input…and hats off to Jimmy Ray for inspiring me…and a big hats off to a Divine […]
We are here in Mexico. The cat is out of the bag… We are humbled by the attention. Go to this URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/garden/23mexico.html This photo was taken today at lunch at one of our secret restaurants. We can not divulge the name of it…but the Chicken filet is fabulous! Love to all!
…I re-enter the life of the day to day. Ordinary Anado gettin' back to work. I have been a bit in the clouds lately: the Wedding, being in San Francisco…the New York Times Interview. I had a big wake up call the other day which has pointed me back to my intentions and purpose and […]
We returned home last Friday and jumped into all the hoopla that is happening out here at Casa Las Ranas and the Chapel. The walls of the Chapel are growing growing growing. I promise to take some photos, but right now I need to get a new memory card for the camera because Richard and […]
We are returning tonight to our Beloved Mexico. The trip up here is a comin' to an end. I am ready to go home and so is Richard. I arrived two weeks ago and it feels like months have passed. Of course, the highlight of the trip has been the marriage, but seeing old friends […]
…well, yesterday would be hard to top. We had a delightful enriching ceremony that was one of the highlights of both Richard's and my life. It was glorious, fun, irreverent, reverent, touchy, feely, spontaneous, groovy….a real moment in time…a defining moment…here is a photo of us this morning…the morning after…I can not give the details […]
….but to a back yard, and we ARE going to get married. Absolutely absurdly amazing!!!!!! This blows my mind. I sit here at the computer and shake my head in wonderful glee. Richard and I are taking this step together tomorrow in Novato. It is the year 2008…I never would have thought that my life […]
…the United States of Spasmatic America…a land in need of a cure. I feel a weirdness in the air…we went shopping at Safeway tonight and half of the people appeared to be medicated or depressed…of course, we were at the Safeway at Market and Church Street here in San Francisco…maybe it is just me…I need […]
…cuz I am the marrying kind…Was that a movie title? I leave San Miguel today for San Francisco. Mucho excitement lays ahead. I will be joining Richard who is already there. I know all of you are wondering why there was not a Pet of the Week post last week. Sorry…I forgot. But Divine Cielo, […]
Has anyone seen or heard from Lovee AKA LoLo? She was once a regular commenter on this humble yet egocentric blog. Her comments were often humorous and smelled of hummus…should anyone make contact with her…please remind her that she is the flower girl at our wedding and that she should dress festive…none of those Banana […]
Construction has been rekindled down at the Chapel site…the walls are beginning to take shape…what a glorious event. Go to my Flickr account and check out the photos…hope you like them…I do:http://www.flickr.com/photos/anado/
My life is so magically blessed. When I look back on so many beautiful times and the moments when I felt so low I had to remember Richard Fariña who titled his book, "Been Down So Long, It Looks Like Up to Me". Goddess in Earth, that was so long ago. I send a big […]
…actual walls are beginning to rise on the Chapel of Jimmy Ray. It is a sight to behold. I watch as the future floor is leveled and trucks arrive with materials. We are very excited by this absolute folly. As of this writing, Richard prepares to leave tomorrow for the States. I follow next Thursday. […]
Our Divine friend and Tia, Carol Wheeler, wrote this poem for us and read it the other day at the gathering where we were showered with Love from so many friends! The photo of Allen and Peter Orlovsky by Avedon was a favorite of mine way back when. I had it on my wall in […]
…….in having so many great people in our lives here in Mexico and the US…yesterday some friends threw a party for us before we go up to the States to exercise our civil rights and celebrate our Union in Life. I thank the Goddess for having these friends and most of all for having Richard […]
…..yes, Divine Wheels is our Pet of the Week here at Groove Central….She is the Glorious Queen of the Animals here in our Zoological Splendor. We love this Divine Groover with all our hearts despite the fact that she eats moths and other unmentionable things….She is Simba's sister and the daughter of Dear Divine and […]
…..that I cried Bittersweet Tears during the movie Mama Mia today…Go ahead laugh at me…everyone does any way. But during the number "Dancing Queen"…I shed some joyful tender tears for that time in my youth when the song was popular…Abba was so absolutely unhip, but "Dancing Queen" was played all the time in the bars […]
….I must not forget to celebrate. Now that this Blog is a R********n Free Zone…there are so many possibilities…For starters, I want to encourage all you ripe ol' former hippies to think colorful again. I know some of you did stints selling real estate and some of you became therapists and others got law degrees…Well […]
This Blog has been declared a Republican Free Zone by Anado and Richard. The viewpoint of the Republican Party in the United States does not apply in any way on this humble wayside hamlet on the internet. Everyone (except Republicans) can feel free to be here. So…if you are a Republican, reading this…LSD has been […]
…to report that Patzky was found. It seems he never left home. Yesterday Richard and I discovered him down at the Chapel site inside Casa Kali…he must have gone in there during the rain two nights ago and the door shut behind him….HE WAS ALWAYS HOME! I WAS ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY…SO FOLKS, AFTER SOME DISCUSSION […]
We have decided to not have a Pet of the Week winner for this friday due to the fact that Patzky is missing. For all of you who know Patzky….please send prayers or requests to the Universe along with your Obama petitions…please help us repatriate Patzky to this Groove Scene we call home. I love […]
…while the madness boils over in Made in the USA goo goo up north, we find solace in our life here in Mexico. Mexico is absolutely over the top improvisationaly (I made up that word) Coo Coo…and the Coo Cooness is somehow palitable in comparison to the poisonous gooiness of the USA…So immersion in Mexico […]
…where Wise Men NEVER tread. So…this woman named Sarah Something from Alaska has got everyone in a tither…including myself. So it is important to stand back…take a deep breath and with the will of those who want the Chimes of Freedom to really ring…let out the cry of no more nonsense….the bitch is toxic…McCain is […]
Simba, our alpha male dog (that's god backwards) has been overwhelmingly voted Pet of the Week here in Groove Land. Simba's skills in herding and disciplining the other dogs is beyond reproach. He is to the canine spirit as Oscar Wilde was to the printed word…what a dog! Meanwhile back at the Chapel: Casa Kali […]
…and no, John Lennon, not a warm gun…poor guy had to meet his maker in those words. To me happiness is such a byproduct of the moment…so intangible. So when I am happy I know that I am riding a wave…and sadness and all the other emotions are just waves in this gogly-goop sea that […]
…but hey, whooz complaining. I almost started complaining, but my inept spelling skills prevented me from going further. So here I am leaving the complaint compartment and just hoping that Richard's lil' restaurant downstairs will be serving soon, cuz then I have an excuse for procrastinating…because I am nourishing this very Body: The Buddha. Guess […]
Well those delightful burros who just got Pet of the Week honors have broken out of their corral twice today. The Award must have given them a more elevated taste for freedom. The last time they almost made it up here into the garden…they did get a few cornstalks out of the lower veggie garden. […]
Well due to interruptions in Denver while Barak Obama was accepting the Democratic Nomination for the Presidency of the United States, the results for Pet of the Week here at Casa las Ranas and the Chapel of Jimmy Ray were late in being posted. This weeks winners (yes, winners) are: Dilly Jo, Cleopatra, Barbarella, and […]
This is my favorite time of year. The Heavenly Blue Morning Glories have bloomed from seed droppings from last year. I always take it as a good sign that the planet continues to give us a show. However, the recent rains are of concern to me….Way Way Way too much rain. The fields below our […]
For the gathering at our house for Tom Robbins last week, Sudheer rose to the occasion. He dressed up as Switters the main charactar in Robbins' "Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates", who travels around in a wheel chair. He is forced into this position because a curse given to him by a Shaman in […]
Way back in the 90's, after a most amazing trip to Peru, I hustled my way into a brief career as a copywriter. I met this fellow Bjorn, a swashbuckling hedonist who had a thing for Asian women. I am telling you about his particular sexual appetite because I felt he wanted me to know […]
Today we hosted a coffee out here for Tom Robbins. It was a lovely event. This man is very cool and unassuming. He was with his wife Alexa who is beautiful and it turns out that we had some friends and acquaintances in common. There must have been 70 people here and it was very […]
Last night I went to see Tom Robbins speak. He is a wonderful soul and very bright. I found myself listening very intently…but there was something distracting: it was me. A part of myself wishes I were famous. I look in the mirror and wonder about my image consciousness. I would be a liar if […]
This is a first in the Casa las Ranas Pet of the Week Award. I went into the bathroom (Sudheer would call it the Powder Room) downstairs and found this divine creature in the sink. It was raining outdoors and all the cats were inside. So Sueño is the Pet of the Week hands down. […]
….at least it is still dark out. We just had a 10 minute downpour. It was really something. Nature always puts on a show…even when she lulls you with a heat wave. This big wet yellow cat came in here while I was typing…vying for pet of the Week honors. Childstar, if you read this, […]
And that is where I am. Lately it has been about me showing people around the house and grounds. It was never our intention for it to be like this. Quite frankly I view our place as quite normal, if a tad bit different. I just enjoy the surroundings which stimulate my imagination. Then we […]
Today is the Feast of the Ascension and the 74th birthday of Transito. He is 74. This is a jewel of a man and the patriarch of the Ramirez family. Transito is our gardener and the garden belongs to him…I just let go and he does his magic Indian thing. He is very shy and […]
If you don't own a cat and you are not elergic to felines….get a cat NOW! Our days are filled with wonder with the cats who live here with us. Sueño, Cielo, Malenche, Skookum, ChicoChe, and Tormenta are such a joy to watch. There is never a dull moment. Cat Space is a whole phenomena […]
…Carlos had a mishap yesterday evening at his house. His brother's truck evidently rolled down his driveway and hit him. I am not sure of the absolute details. We were out for the evening…He was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. Kath, our neighbor, facilitated that happening. I heard that his boys were really […]
Well Manchas is this week's Pet of the Week here at Casa las Ranas: The Home of the Groove where groovitude is not about attitude. Manchas won in a tight race and his crowning act was peeing on some really mean people's gate. This dog showed up about this time last year after Kali disappeared. […]
I was just down at the Chapel sight and the crew was having their morning lunch…tacos etc. Four of Carlos' sons were down there. When we first arrived here, Carlos had only two sons. Now he has five sons and one daughter…her name is Sharona. These kids are totally divine…they are like nephews and nieces. […]
Do I have a normal life? Depends on what one means by normal. I know this: when I am working and in the midst of a project…things feel normal…It's all the fluff that surrounds me that I call not normal. So working around here brings me back to the Source: a welcome sobriety of spirit. […]
I think it was called "I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night". I believe it came out in the late 60's. I will have to check to see who sang it…now, while I have your attention: I had too much to drink last night. Way over the top and counting. This does not at […]
…and we just watch it all and bow down to the Universe that we don't have to use Prozac to enjoy the show. There are some major good things going down and all the deep basses on these Mexican radios and music boxes can not drown out the gratitude that exudes from the Groove. There […]
…'cuz it is totally irrelevant…and it does not matter. Which brings us to Patzky. Our dear dog is often voted the Pet of the Week here at our house, because you can't help but love him. After rescuing him from the streets of Patzcuaro 4 years ago…he continues to amaze us with his loyalty and […]
…from my Mother's generation: a good foundation is important. So here is a photo of the foundation for the Chapel of Jimmy Ray. We went three feet down and in some places four feet. As we improvise, Carlos and crew are becoming adept in their building skills. I am blown away. I hate to give […]
Yes…is the correct answer. An ever evolving product of reconstruction…that is me. My last posting was a bit vague and a tad bit much and full of fiction and yes you should smoke a doobie when reading it. Doobie? How many years has it been since I got stoned? Muchos Años for sure. But the […]
Decades of depressed thinking…a zillion years of non intimacy…pages of discontent…cities full of all night longing…sexual addiction without love…depraved history…streets of loneliness and longing…thinking born of caged life…backs turned…arms in limbo…all the dullness that answers to no being…roll all of this in a tight bundle and deliver it to the Ultimate Knowing and allow it […]
…to somehow remember our selves in all non-seriousness. Yesterday, I had a class here with two divine women who re-introduced me to my "inner hick"…the kid from Oklahoma who I have been running away from most of my life. I bow in gratitude to Judith and Robin from Austin, TX…we had a great time that […]
I remember back when I attempted to go to college (which I had no bizness doing), and some of my friends had enrolled in a Philosophy I class. They came back to me in disbelief after their first day in the Philosophy class and were all joking and freaked out because the teacher had opened […]
We went to this big (for San Miguel) Art Event tonight…peopled by lots of gringos and rich Mexicans, A friend came up to me and said that an email that I had sent in response to a local developer's email had caused a big stir in the developers camp. I was just relating in my […]
Howdy, we are in Mexico City for a couple of days. It is all work and all play. We love the stimulus of this chaotic wonderland. Speaking of wonder…wanderlust is such a wonderful discription for our journey here. I am having a great time here with Richard. Photographing, shopping, smiling, walking, wandering and yes… wondering. […]
In this ever expanding universe of me I have discovered that everybody is a star…shining and reflecting over under sideways and all around and all this light blends into a soupy and ecstatic Groove in a gumption of absolute divinity and hokus pokus that shimmers in a glistening glow that evaporates all this super ego […]
I can't sleep. I drank wine and had sugar at dinner and this is not fun. I have been on the computer and there is only so much time till it is light….so Dear Friends, wish me luck. By the time someone reads this…I may have gotten back to dream land …Richard is over there […]
Is Lovee back in town without a thong? I know it is not Childstar because she is in town learning proper grammar and editing skills. It's not Cicero cuz he's on the road from Florida to Mexico… I did'nt call the plumber…who could this be?
is this blog all about me? Probably so…cuz' Childstar, one of my infrequent commenters sent me an article from the New York Times about narcissism and I lifted the illustration from the article to clue Lovee and the likes of her into who they are dealing with. Not only was I once a small child […]
…to be alive and somewhat conscious in this rowing toward the Divine. In the meantime, I find that I must keep returning to the source of my beingness and less in the hinterlands of the unreal…where I fade so far away. We hade a absolutely incredible rain here yesterday. The garden is responding to this […]
Wow…Dear divine Stan and Bill who have been together for 37 years tied the knot in Santa Rosa earlier this month. They should be declared a World Heritage Couple….and Bill should win the Nobel Prize for being the best possible Bill that has ever lived. These guys are great!
…I have been in and around. Vague enough for you? Been working in the studio fairly productively…today was a bit of a trip…I felt this lull inside and I couldn't find some certain cut glass tiles and they were right in front of me. Once I found them, I got back to work. Sometimes it […]
…and you know…like that. I have been doing some work in the studio on one particular piece…and it is almost finished and I need to spin into some new things…so many ideas going. We were going to go to Mexico City for a week to study Spanish, however, we are going to stay and work […]
…keep spinning through this amazing life. Lovee may have thought that I was picking on her. But that stuff about a mole was all in jest. I am reminded that men are from Mars and Women are from Venus and I know that Venus is spinning real fast, right in there close to the sun […]
When my friend Cicero found out about the leak of our marriage plans he sent me this photo. As the days go by, I am able to come to terms with Lovee's Leak (sounds like where people go to make out in cars). She means well and she does have good taste in jewelry and […]
…taken last May in San Francisco at a place where we had no bizness eating…but we were celebrating. Well thanks to all my tight lipped friends, the whole Universe knows that Richard and I are getting married…despite the fact that Obama opposes gay marriage. So I will call a Spade a Spade and say that […]
…there is a mole working nearby. Someone has leaked the Wedding Plans of Anado and Richard Groove. The suspect is a bottle blond with bicycle messenger skills. She is also known to be a grandmother and once wore an orange wig at a parade in Santa Barbara. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of the previously mentioned […]
…we broke wind, I mean ground for the chapel foundation yesterday….we is in the Groove! And check out Casa Kali…it be almost finished….Dudes!!!!!
…and I was busy forgetting to write in this blog….all kind of things were happening…all over the universe in all different ways, as if there was a creative conspiracy of like-minded students of the enneagram who wished to get beyond their core issues and find a way to channel their energy beyond the wings of […]
…but does he retain? That remains to be seen. But I do know this: Plastics…for those of you who remember the film "The Graduate", will understand what I mean. Remember is the operative word these days for myself and many of my friends. Did Lovee remember her wig for the Solstice Parade in picturesque Santa […]
We picked up the tee shirts on Friday in Mexico City…I did not have my camera with me. I wanted to photograph the taller where the silk screening happened. The lost camera drama will be filed under VERY SENIOR MOMENT. But we had a great time. Went out on the town with Patrice, Claire,, and […]
…everybody that was hangin' out". Those are Bob Dylan's words from the song "Like a Rolling Stone"…God that was a long time ago…..anyhow, remember when we used to just hang out?…I rarely do that anymore. But I need to add that to my agenda…(Does everyone have an agenda?). Richard is very good at hanging out…I […]
I tend to look at this life through a particular lens. We all have the opportunity to express our response to our experience. It is an extraordinarily ordinary lens that I have chosen. Richard and I often share this occurrence…just living our life and celebrating the exclamation points. Recent events really heighten this wondrous glow…I […]
…here are some more pictures of Casa Kali. It is very exciting. The Chapel is being redesigned…more wall space for the art and artifacts. We are digging it. I am still recovering emotionally…energy is coming back…just need to give myself the best.
…is a totally grand idea and equally fabulous endeavor….I am all for it. But what is the resistance, the questioning? You know, deep down, there is no"why". It just is…I mean we could try and define and categorize this experience we share on Planet Earth….write books…great art…philosophy is a possibility…criticize…maintain…all that stuff that we do…ah…but […]
Life certainly goes on…I am detoxing from the cypro (ughh), stitches are all out, energy is acumulating, work is happening, Richard is home…….I guess I never really stopped working in the studio during that time waiting for the biopsy….there is just less weight in the air. I really am home and I love these surroundings. […]
I have been blessed to receive such a magnificent wake up call. These past 10 to 11 days have been so pure in all respects. From the deepest bottom of my heart I am absolutely grateful to all my dear friends in so many places. Beloved Richard Schultz, my Brother Sudheer, Kath and Liz, Michael […]
…that I am OK…The Doctor called me today at 6ish….I called her back because I did not hear the phone ring….She told me that it was good news….She said that it was a tumor that they had removed…it was not melanoma (a word that has been so hard to say). She related that the tumor […]
….which is around 6:55pm here in rainy Mexico (WE LOVE RAIN!!!!!), I still do not know the results from the biopsy. I did go to the dermatologist this afternoon and she removed some more stitches. The area is healing where she took out that lil' chunk of me…is that a good sign? Amidst all this, […]
…there is just this. Still have not heard about the results as of Monday evening….maybe tomorrow . What I do know is that we have been having a great time in Mexico City. We went out today with Mark Powell and his wife and daughter,. First we went to Centro Historico this morning with Mark….rode […]
We still do not know the results of the biopsy. I called on Saturday (Richard sitting next to me) and she still had not heard. She said to call on Monday evening, which is today. In the meantime we are enjoying Mexico City, We were supposed to be photographed yesterday by a photographer friend of […]
Well I am in Mexico City today waiting for Beloved Richard to return. I am typing this post in the lobby of Hotel Milan in Colonia Roma. We always stay here. Anyhow, we will call Doctor Blanca today to inquire about the biopsy report. I wish I could say that I feel like this is […]
…lives with the likes of this critter and is blessed by friendships worldwide. I feel absolutely blessed amidst the chaos of this perfectly imperfect universe that I am dancing in!!!!
Well, Dear Friends, there is nothing like the possibility of having cancer to bring one closer to one's True Nature. I mean this in the loftiest of senses and at the same time the most ordinary of ways. Since last Saturday, I have had some very strong emotional visits with myself. From dire fear to […]
Last Saturday I went to the dermatologist because I had a bit of a bump on the back of my head. I had a birth mark as a child. A mole of sorts and I noticed it had a grown. I knew about for at least two months (I hope it was that short of […]
I really don't know. I remember Osho saying that we are not the mind and that we are not the body. I must say that I have had glimpses and experiences of what he was referring too. Right now as of this posting, I really am faced with taking a deep and honest look into […]
Behind all the facades and stuff and embellishments and adorned tiles and mis-matched paints and dripping amusements and utter celebrative outrageousness is the heartfelt womb of our home. I am happy to be here with all the critters in our little section of the Celestial Garden World. Quite frankly….Mexico is totally funky and chaotic and […]
I am back home…everything is well…back in Mexico. I got some rest last night. I am a lucky man to be here. The animals are glad to see me and of course, I am glad to be with them again. Richard returns in 9 days…I will be meeting him in Mexico City when I go […]
Well, Dear Friends, here I am in the Houston Airport on the way home to Mexico. I am stationed at a table outside the Border's Bookstore in a WiFi hotspot. I have had 1.5 hours of sleep and I must admit…I am one tired puppy. The coffee only applies a slight edge to the fatigue […]
Some of you dear ones may need to know the above astrological information to better communicate with the pictured multi- personalicized individual in this photograph. He is basically a really nice guy…I mean guys. Some of you may think that this is a photo of both self-styled artist Anado McLauchlin and his mysterious muse, Jimmy […]
As I follow Lolita into my Autumn Years…even though she is way ahead of me…I follow her golden glow…and though I will never be a Soccer Mom…I can relate to Love…and Love is what surrounds me. Today…Richard, Pritama, Stephen, and I are heading up to Napa to the Quixote Winery which is the only Hundertwasser […]
You have to get out of your own way and make room for the natural groove. Trusting that Existence is overflowing…that kind of thing. Tomorrow I will be 61 years old. I am quite grateful for this milestone. To have been given so much continually still astounds me. I am excited about going home to […]
Guess what? I am not modern. I am a blast from the past…but sailing at full mast…having a blast…in my own class. I've been from Maine to Spain…Boston to Austin……I'm fun…I'll never be a nun…on the run…and I hate guns. I'm a fool…de-constructed cool…an art tool…yes….I'm not modern!
…it's pollination. I mentioned that I was at the deYoung yesterday stealing ideas for my art. Actually I was in a cross pollination experiment with appreciation and criticism. Yes…that sounds more humane…However, I believe Picasso said that every good artist is a good thief…there is some hit and miss in that statement…there was some work […]
I went to the Palace of the Legion of Honor today to see the Annie Leibowitz Show…I think that is how you spell her name. I took a bus and walked part of the way to visit the deYoung Museum…I just wondered around in there for awhile, there were millions of school children there and […]
..and like when I arrived, it was like…uh really hot…and like, I was…uhm walking around a lot…and like visiting friends…and like…uh…going places and it was like…uh …really hot…and I got like…uh…really tired and exhausted…but I got some rest like night..Richard gave me a night time advil and I feel much better today. So I may […]
I have been here in California now for a bit over 2 days. It is a refreshing change to say the least. Even though it is unusually warm, I am so glad to reconnect with and see old friends. We went to the Farmer's Market today and found a extremely funky flea market on Harrison […]
Last night I dreamed that I was on a bus. I found an uninvited woman who happened to be sitting on my lap. I noticed that she had been sitting beside me next to the window of the bus. I felt that my space had been invaded yet I was curious to know who this […]
Included is a partial photo of a piece I am working on with the above title. It is about a memory of meeting my teacher in Darshan 30 years ago. The encounter was not about words. It was received in the deepest Silence and filled with a Love so Unconditional that it knocked me out. […]
Another year has rolled by…so many events…people that I knew have died (Not everyone!). Lot's of creative work, Divine Kali was run over…Europe…seeing Niharika in Munich…Istanbul..Chapel Construction…Dilly had cancer..sold a lot of art..the Beach…my loving times with loving friends…Richard and I doing our dance through Life and Times…I chronicle this time because I am going […]
Self styled Artist Anado McLauchlin strikes a pose in his over sized Neo-Tex Mex bedroom while his long time companion, Art History teacher Richard is in the States…what lengths will this no longer lithe McLauchlin stoop to?
Life here at Casa las Ranas has it's unique moments. Lot's of work gets done in eccentric spurts of color and Mercury-laden luster. All kinds of things are laying around the house and studio crying out to be used in adornment…today after lunch (nutritious salad with Feta and Greek Olives) and after dinner (chicken breast […]
Cielo, our absolutely amazingly groovy feline King brought a baby dove into the bedroom last night. I chased him into the bathroom and retrieved the tiny creature. The baby was still alive and I could feel it's tiny heart a'beating. I took the beloved dove out to the balcony and placed the winged angel into […]
…or better yet: my better three quarters is most divine. He will soon be joined by me in San Francisco. It is time that we re-connect…I need some Richardizing and I would think he could use some Anado too. All the animals here, including me, await his return in early June. In the meantime, we […]
And now that we have that clear…I am also not Cate Blanchett. However, dear Cate did a remarkable job in the role of Bob Dylan in the film "I'm Not There". But we have established the fact that I am here in the last posting, even though I am always wanting to be there…even if […]
So here I am, back home to our house full of dogs and cats. It is full on for the next nine days, until I head up North to SF. I am looking forward to being with Richard again and having some major good food on Clement Street (Java, Burma Superstar). Speaking of superstars, while […]
Well i arrived in Mexico City in one piece…a bit tired but ready for an adventure. My friend Mark the photographer arranged for a young man named Hector (Polish Jewish Mexican) to take me around and to find out the tee shirt scene. He helped me immensely… i will come back later in May for […]
Here are some photos of the walls as they exist as of 7am on Friday, May 2. This is all quite divine…what isn't? Simba, the King of all our animals can be see in one of the photos. Here on our lil' Island of Groove, Simba rules! By the way, Jimmy Ray is passing on […]
So I have kinda finished the design for this tee shirt gig about Tom Robbins coming to San Miguel. I am taking the finished product to Mexico City on Saturday morning to see about production…this should be a challenge and an adventure. The guys are down at the Chapel creating the bottle encrusted walls…this is […]
Richard just sent me this photo taken awhile back…maybe 2000? God I have had white hair for a long time….does this mean I am permanently old? Lolita? How do you deal with this possibility in yourself? The rest of you who never leave comments, how do you deal with it? I guess, I am an […]
…it was all about me until I looked up. I remember it clearly like it was yesterday. I used to drive a cab in New York back in the 70's. My vision was always street level. I rarely looked up. Then one day, I was on Chambers Street heading for the Brooklyn Bridge. For some […]
I had some visitors yesterday, Kirstin, Fay, and Sharon. Fay lives in LA and Kirstin and Sharon live here, but both of them are from LA. When I was sixteen, I almost ran away to LA to be a surfer. Not only was I baptized by the Beatles, I was also in sacramental association with […]
This is an urgent message that I am sending to myself: "Don't grow old and angry!" I find myself (due to weird childhood), reacting to situations time and again. When, if I step back, I can respond while riding my breath. I heard Bhagwan say so many things. Words that I felt were penetrating my […]
Lucy would be happy with me. I have been slowly simmering a dislike for the people across the road who are always playing their music. What I need to learn, is that living in Mexico, one must learn to accept a non-democratic soundtrack in one's life here. However, is it not nice to sometimes just […]
…so that I can learn that I will never be the person I am not. This is the deck I have been handed…and, yes, it is a royal flush. Just what I need, I have been gracefully given this chance to prosper. My weekly visits with Bill Reiner are so absolutely provocative and special. I […]
Here are some photos of my dear companions taken in the studio over the weekend. They see and hear it all. Patzky is usually under one of the tables…he has been known to get in chairs like Wheels, she always manages to find comfort. Giussepi Birdie just squawks. I wish that I could free him, […]
That is a very good question. And I am not going to answer it with a lot of artistic filigree. I'm just a man. I have been awarded some gifts in this life which I am eternally grateful for and I feel totally blessed in receiving. My home and life with Richard is abundant and […]
I have a piece of glass and metal cabinetry in my studio that I call "The Cooker". Object come and go from it all the time, including my necklaces that I make. The Cooker is where objects simmer and eventually join other objects in Idealand. Idealand is a time and place that has no place […]
Anado went a walkin',his feet were rockin', Richard's camera in his hand,his hear wasn't combed,kinda' wind blown,just an ordinary man…. so he took some photos around the house and grounds…ordinary stuff.
I have suffered from Foot in Mouth Disorder for many lifetimes now. I have come to accept the fact…sometimes. Today on the telephone I was reminded by certain inflections in my sister Sarah's voice, of special times in my childhood with her..Our youth…I wanted to communicate to her my love for her…here is where the […]
Included is a great photo taken by the talented photographer, Mark Powell, who lives in Mexico City. This photo will be included in a show that he is doing about reverse immigration here in Mexico…Mark has become a new good friend. Gracias, Mark!
Patrice sent this photo of life in Centro Historico in Mexico City. People put up with this everyday…and I am having difficulty applying rhinestones to anatomically correct clay hearts? At least I am not stuck in this day to day living. While I write this, I photograph a house fly that is trapped under the […]
I am having trouble getting unstuck and moving on with this mirror commission. I could give all kinds of excuses….but the truth is: I am procrastinating for no reason. I just need to not worry and join the dance on the fuchsia frame waiting for me in the studio and remember that I need to […]
I found this photo of Richard and I taken two weeks ago at the Beach…I like it…that's all, as I type these words, birds fly over our house reflected in the glass of the desk…wish you could see this phenomena….
Where did I go now?To get tiles…What did I do there?I bought the wrong white….I went to Delores Hidalgo today to buy more tiles for the roof of Casa K…however, I got the wrong white ones. The problem was solved and they delivered the correct color and took the others back…How do you like the […]
I take refuge in the nurturing spirit of Guadalupe and the Silent harbor of the Buddha within. Today, my friend Bill helped me to see the profound scar that many men from my generation carry with them in regards to the AIDS crisis in the 80's and 90's. His guidance was so absolutely clear and […]
Richard has taken highschool teaching attire to a new level…what a guy. He sent me this photo from his new computer. He fried the keyboard on his old Mac last week before he left for Amerika…ahhh my Dear Friend!
Well, Dear Friends,the floor in Casa Kali is finished and the tiling of the roof has begun. I wanted to take some pictures, but I have not quite joined the 21st Century…cuz I forgot to plug in the charger device…Hey…what can I say? Lot's needs to happen…working, growing, loving, creating…all the usual stuff…oh yes…meditation…back to […]
Benjie, my graphic designer friend came out to take some photos of the house and my work yesterday. She posed for a quick shot…we had lots of fun and she captured a number of the peculiarities around here that I sometimes take for granted…Viva Benjie! Viva Arte Peculiar!
I am a morning kind of guy…it is a quiet and glorious time for me. I took these photos downstairs this morning. I wanted everyone to know that Richard bought an electric coffee maker…my, how we have grown…from Electric Kool Aid years ago to electric coffee makers. I know these devices have been around for […]
…and we are all together. So, Dear Friends, Richard is off to the States for seven weeks…..sigh. I will be going up there in May for 10 days and this is the time of the year for me to get cooking in the studio along with all the house and animal chores. So off I […]
…by the new floor that is going in at Casa Kali…here is a photo. There's a Floor Goin' On….That would make a great song title. We actually have some rain clouds passing through. I had to cover the cal and the cement with some plastic. God…I used to pick up those bags like they were […]
Lolita, one of our cherished readers, has sent this photo of Richard and Perla taken last Feb. in Troncones. We love reading Lolita's comments as she learns compassion for some of my "short comings"…and I don't mean my legs…I may appear to be a Zen Dwarf…but I am a gentle Goliath in disguise. Did anyone […]
…for getting more creative and taking more risks…Get that ol' Chapel up and at 'em…Those Stations of the Groove? Time to visit them. So on we go. We go to Delores Hidalgo tomorrow to purchase some tiles for Casa Kali…Giddy-up-go! Still having fun taking these photos with the computer. Amazing possibilities…By the way, just changing […]
Well we are back home in the Colonial Heartland of Mexico. Glad to be here…after finally dragging myself into the studio this afternoon. Lately I have been taking photos with the computer…something new, I may have mentioned it…life is extra- good…included is a photo that I just took and another surprise…a painting by Luis..Carlos' nephew…very […]
Just as it is possible for me to occasionally get a haircut, it is also easy for me to turn a new leaf. So my nice, loving, agreeable, non-aggressive, feminine (anima), is rising like grade-A cream to swim in this coffee we call life…sip of this luxurious gift…let thyself be thrilled to the depth of […]
This woman has appeared in two countries lately spreading the word that I am not generous, kind, honest, and loving like the before mentioned weirdest Hombre alive. We all know that these are my best attributes…virtues, if you will. (Who is the mysterious "friend" who sent this?) Anyone who has seen this woman please encourage […]
Sudheer is my oldest friend…we have so many chapters together in this Divine Rowing into the Groove. However, he never reads this blog…I need to change that. So, Lolita, Stan, or Que…tell him about this posting. It will make him feel good. He is such a generous and Dear Amigo…and quite frankly the weirdest hombre […]
Here on the sand on Playa Trocones we have found some major wealth for the Chapel embellishment: Spiny Oyster Shell Fragments. Offering a wealth of red to maroon coral tones….I am in heaven. We have been collecting a few, however, we are definately going for more…Perfect for mosaic work…Gracias, Goddess!
Everyone needs a teacher from time to time. Some seek out Gurus or Gurus find disciples. However, when I met Richard 10 years ago, how was I to know that I had found my teacher…Richard teaches me patience. It is sometimes hard for him to have such a rebelious student…but he survives…So today, I honor […]
…We are living our lives at the beach for the next five nights….I am just hanging out…literally in a towel in the room listening to the outrageous roar of the ocean with some Moondance era Van Morrison playing along. I am so glad to be here. Lolita, we ait at Doña Nica's today for lunch…had […]
Go to the following URL and catch a glimpse of a phot by our new friend Mark Powell. This will be part of a show in Paris next Fall. He is a great guy…very cool.http://www.flickr.com/photos/locaburg/2375355017/
Well, the ceiling is being created in Casa Kali…the guys are doing the aplinado and things are happening. I am hoping that it (Casa Todo) will be finished in and around the end of May. Tomorrow Richard and I are returning to Troncones with Sudheer for a little Rest and Relaxation and Revitalization. I am […]
It has been an exceptionally busy and odd day. I have been working on this furniture piece for some friendly couple who live here part time. I got the real run around from the carpenter who made the piece before I embellished it….I had to practically camp out in front of his shop to get […]
Last Sunday Sheridan San Segundo and myself judged the Easter Bonnet Contest out at Patsy's Place…It was a good gig because I donated a necklace for the winner…also Richard and I got a free meal. I just wanted to share this photo with you. Sudheer said I have the Lili Pulitzer thing going…I tend to […]
…I will remember everything. In the meantime, it seems that part of my life has become show and tell. Because the Chapel will one day serve as our Gallery…there will be less people tramping through the house. These small tours are an ongoing thing and it still blows my mind. A young very hip photographer […]
The above title is in reference to Lolita's comment using a Rumi quote: "Be with those who help your Being". Thanks so much to Existance for my delightful bevy of friends. Included is a photo taken last year of Jimmy Ray and all of us…having a good old time…it was about this time last year. […]
I need to clarify what I meant about a certain "social scene". I went to a party recently and for some reason…I felt so out of place…the majority of the people there were unknown to me and I felt like I was at some Country Club in Texas or Tennessee or Who knows where. I […]
Life does start after 50…an example being these two happy men living a good, creative, colorful, and brilliantly sunny life outside of the American Ghetto now known as San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. We still are able to experience the feeling of Latin America out here at Casa las Ranas. May it remain so…may All […]
Probably the most profound statement I have ever heard. I believe that came out of a Beatle's song way back when….I wish I had really listened…but if I had listened? What would I be doing today? Typing in a blog? Playing with my cats? Enjoying Mexico? Building the Chapel? Loving Richard? Well, I promise to […]
Well it is 5:30 am… Easter in Mexico…Fire crackers blowing up…Evil Spirits castaway!!!!!! And I am awake for every blast,,,,my eyes inches from the keyboard…Sueno…the cat…purrs and licks his yellow body next to me…oblivious to the noise….Richard is sound asleep…Good Morning, Viet…I mean Mexico! I wish I was riding a balloon hovering over a silent […]
Out here in our neck of the woods…where the misquita trees moan, we're just doing our thing. Building Casa kali, making stuff, seeing people, showing them around, making sales, freaking out now and then, moving and a-grooving to the beat of the God/Goddess of the Rhythm Within, plugging into Perpetual Vision as we reconcile with […]
…the other night…Lolita had left that afternoon for the States. A cold wind blew into San Miguel that night and for a brief time it was no longer Spring. You are probably wondering what I am aiming at…well, quite frankly, I am sort of ambling across the keyboard before I go down to the Studio […]
Finally! Some photos of Casa Kali. Richard returned two days ago with a new camera. Included are three photos of the Groove evolving into the quintessential Groove Space adorned in Groove Time reflecting the Dream of Groove. Tomorrow they start cementing the ceiling…it is so outrageous. I am so proud of these men…wow!
OK…We need some dialog…I know that there are some closet readers out there who never comment (not a sin)…and I want to know who is here sometimes…maybe Jimmy Ray will have me make you something…so…here it is: What is this picture about?…it needs a caption. If I hear only from my regular commenter (Lovee) and […]
Richard returns from San Francisco today with a new camera. Very cool. NOW we can take a picture of what is happening down below at the Chapel site. In the meantime, the roof is going up…quite a mindblower. It is a vaulted ceiling constructed by Carlos and his amazing family of nephews and brother in […]
Today I named the studio that we are erecting above the chapel site: Casa kali. It honors our sweet dog Kali who was run over last summer. She is buried near the studio. Carlos and Miguelito put her to rest there without my knowing. She was hit by a car down near our Guadalupe shrine. […]
I am amazed at my projections….if you could only see what I deleted before I typed this…….compassion is the key…. Return to the source of emptiness…..'nuff said…..
That sometimes describes me…..but last night, it got very old. Beloved Sudheer stole the show from some rather wobbly performers. Sometimes you just gotta say, "Enough is enough"….Please, Dear Friends, stop me cold if I ever get too ancient for my own good. Instead of getting a tummy tuck….I did lose 35 pounds…but if I […]
Well the door is being installed in the Office for the Chapel. Richard and I found an old misquita door the other morning on the road to Dolores. We woke the guy up from an extreme hangover and we got a good price. I am going to paint the part that you view from the […]
…where do they all come from? We keep getting a number of curiosity seekers out here. It can be overwhelming at times. Yesterday there were over 400 people in bus loads….kinda scary. Everyone seemed to like it…there were a few pretty conservative types that could not get out of here fast enough….Such is Life! Today […]
Yes…that's what I want. I want to grow so tall that I see an empty sky awash with clarity and joy. I want that joy to spread in all directions and shower on all of us. I want all of us to grow in this light and just say no to these minds that limit. […]
These circles are all encompassing. Sometimes very amorphous and vehicle friendly and at othertimes…strangle-city. I find myself constantly in the thick and thin of it all and long to learn proper navigation skills. Hopefully, the Chapel of Jimmy Ray is a project for learning more of these tricky lessons. I feel blessed that this construction […]
Welcome back to the Groove Pages where delight is in order and joy washes over. Here in the Groove, your hosts Anado and Richard encourage you to have groovy thoughts and may your groovy feelings lead you deeper into the Groove which is your groovy birth right. If you have any groovy comments feel free […]
My life is magical. I live in incredible surroundings. My partner is a gift beyond the beyond. My friends are great…seasoned wonders. I am way beyond the young man I was when I lived in new York back in the 70's. Today I was reminded of the magic that showers on us all…the gift of […]
…ideas are flowing upon the return from the Beach. Glad to be back…things are popping…lots is a happenin' and that makes me major glad. Joe sent me the DVD with the new music…It is really super von groovy loca wow-zine. And my game is on the table…back at work…wish there were more hours for these […]
The above is one of my favorite statements…it says so much for me…and our vacation has been the personification of the Divine. Gracias to this Life Force for the opportunity to come to Playa Troncones….and a special thank you to Doña Nica's for some of the best blue corn shrimp wraps that I have ever […]
….in all of this. Whatever this is or ain't. What I do know is this….I can't wait to get back home to the work. We have enjoyed ourselves immensely here at the beach…now it is time to get back to work and celebration at the Temple of Joy…..we return rejuvinated and alive….Love
My friend Catherine still has cancer. It showed up again in her lungs. We used to enjoy our cigarettes together. I pray that she can make it through this period. She has suffered enough. Her situation reminds me to not get caught up in all the crisis of pettiness and to embrace the wind and […]
Richard and I took Perla out on the beach for a walk this morning and witnessed a large sea turtle (Tortuga) laying her eggs in the sand. It was a lovely sight. Lolita got a photo of it. We still are without a camera…do we have to buy a new one? Anyhow, two more days […]
……, Mexico, I highly recommend you try the red snapper at Dona Nica….You need to put a tilde above the "n" in Dona…but I am a bit computer illiterate to do that…But Darling Readers…it is true to my heart: the best lunch in Mexico. Speaking of Mexico, I love this divine place this mad hatter […]
immersed in the beach life…we are found at Casa Roberto for breakfast. Lolita is getting a massage and Carol, Richard, and I are sitting here with Perla enjoying the ocean vista and our macs….Today has been dubbed Super Tuesday up in the States…we need Lois and Superman to pull the US out of the mud […]
Jimmy Ray rides along the wind. Recently some miracles occurred to allow the Chapel site to grow. More is on the way…the Oficina/Studio is rising on Sacred ground…..I am so grateful to so many people…especially Richard, Sudheer, and Carlos…la Mano de Dios….touches everything in this Divine Mystery…Oh Glorious Divinity…rising from the Chichimeca Shards!!!!! Sometimes, I […]
Richard and I have gone to the beach with Lolita and Carol gWheeler. We are at Playa Troncones having a special time…only 5.5 hours from San Miguel…..it is warm, lovely, and not over built. We are having lots of laughs and it is a just reward to be here. Gracias, Goddess/God/Atma…anyhow….meanwhile back at the Chapel […]
….I came up with that in the middle of the night. When I acknowledge my own non=compassion with myself…then I can begin to untangle this negativity of judgement and anger…..duh (non-compassion)…as Richard would say to me, "but you're cute"….Cute don't cut it…."Remember Thyself"…as Gurjieff used to say…or as Jimmy Ray often reminds me, "Be a […]
Hi, those of you who know me are aware of my (how shall I phrase it?) barnacled outer personality. Ok…someone has to do this! Anyhow, compassion is in order for my remaining time in this body. So let's all agree that compassion is possible. I am working on it. Speaking of work…Gary Geiger did some […]
The wildman known as Bobby Fischer died the other day. What a rebel! I bet he was a piece of work to know and befriend….would others say that about me? All I know is this: NOTHING. However, there are bottles in the walls of the Chapel Office and that is a good and absolutely groovy […]
…to do something like this. But I am doing it anyway cuz I need a boost. I am reprinting an email that I got from Stan of Stan and Bill fame here in San Miguel. I feel both flattered and moved because these fellows mean a lot to me. Trully good men. They have the […]
Well, I folded the laundry….I watched an old movie, had a fitful sleep with indegestion. Finished Stan and Bill's piece, fed the dogs and the cats and now I have the following announcement. We are going to start putting in the bottles on the walls of the Official Office of the Chapel of Jimmy Ray. […]
There are some flower buds on the tree outside the window. Recent cold weather has burned some of the vines…happens every year. This Phd guy who deals with fossils and bones was out here recently and caught this picture of me in the studio…must be a Spring Sighting. I could use a few buds blossoming […]
When I was a child growing up in Oklahoma City I had a thing for what I thought were cool clothes. My Mother introduced me to style (Oklahoma Style). I love madras shorts and saddle oxfords…but I really like Ban Lon shirts. There were two varieties…the cheap and the one's that sold for over 10 […]
They layed the first sillar (large earthen brick) today. The walls of the office are going up. I happened to watch Carlos bless the Four Directions before laying down the cement for the corner stone of the office. I love it! I will take a picture tomorrow. So all of this is happening after all. […]
I awaken these mornings to Billy White's and Jennifer Grais' songs that will be on the Sound track of the Old Ways film that Joe did. Billy is a genius…I can lay air guitar with ease to his songs. Jennifer has the voice of the Divine…she is inspiring. I feel so absolutely blessed in this […]
I forgot to do the blog alot during the time that my computer was being sick and down. It has healed now…so I have no excuses. So this is Anado McLauchlin reporting from the master bedroom at Casa las Ranas on a chilly January morning. The guys are plugging along down at the chapel sight. […]
Yesterday at lunch I nearly choked on a steak sandwich. It was like it was happening in slow motion. I could not swallow or dislodge the chunk of food. Richard came from behind and beat on my chest and it dislodged like a technicolor dolma-like turd from my throat (excuse the graphics). It was definately […]
Well, here in Mexico, the holiday season is a happenin'. Richard and I and our brood of furry and feathered friends send special greetings to lovers and friends near and far and we wish Peace and rejuvination for this Planet that we call earth. My New Years resolution is to shed some of these protective […]
The above title should be sung as if you are Dionne Warwick and you are feeling kicky and Swinging London…but if that was too far in the past for you…consider this: Happy Holidays. San Miguel is getting real busy and touristy as the Holidays approach. Richard is driving the car now into town instead of […]
Carlos and Miguelito have begun digging the foundation for the Office/Painting Studio/Meditation Room/Extra Bedroom today. It will overlook the Chapel from a slight rise and the entrance faces east like the hogans in the Navajo Tradition. While digging today, they have come across a number of old pottery shards. Carlos tells me that they are […]
I have actually been here all the time…in this body that is. I just have not been blogging. So much has been happening. Joe's film, Mexico City, clearing down in the Chapel area, sales (good and bad), working in the studio, loving the dogs, preparing for a new burro (Lupita), eating, sleeping, fantacizing, procrastinating, loving, […]
Mr. and Mrs. Whimsy cordially invite you to a holiday sale on December 8 and 9 at Casa las Ranas in la Cieneguita. Well, in that case, I need to get on the stick and get lots of things created. So that is what is happening….save for a little side trip to Mexico City to […]
…you were wondering where I have been….well…I have been here in Mexico and my computer has crashed. What to do? I hope the warranty covers it. Richard is back and we are going to Mexico City on Thursday to escape the expat Thanksgiving thing here in San Miguel. We will have fun….I just want everyone […]
…with Patrice. I surrendered and followed her to Centro Historico where she took this picture. It was the day before the Day of the Dead. Needless to say, I fell in love with Mexico in a deeper fashion. The ancient past and how it colors the present. Mexico is like no other place that I […]
A lone Faerie Reveler arose from the mound Pointing to the Northern Lights Above the Mother Ground. "Beware! Beware! those naughty Druid priests! Your hearth without a cat will never be complete".
I met an old man a traveling one day he stopped an'opened an empty hand that revealed the Magic Way. Should you go a roamin' Near the Mill valley deep Turn right at Oklahoma for a safe and tender sleep……. In your night time dreams you may meet that man he is more than he […]
Life is good as the seasons change here at our groovy time capsule. The other day these great people showed up for lunch and one of them was a great photographer from Norway named Ole Jacobson, He took a number of really great photos and it was fun to be photographed by a pro. We […]
….who is Sponge-Bob Square Dick? I mean, I am speechless. The words that come out of that little grandmother in Camarillo California….you would think she was once a bike messenger. As my mother would say…"My Word"!!!!!!! On another note……it got down to 32 degrees last night here in La Cieneguita…..that is a VERY early frost. […]
The last post had a photo of me…taken in jest…Everyone freaked…I guess I am the only one with a shadow amongst a civilization of brilliant enlightened angels….Am I the Anti-Christ?…Benjie doesn't think so….She and Stan and Richard are updating my website while I freak everyone out….Benjie gave me a kiss! I tend to agree with […]
Well, I am…..it is full tilt here in Grooveland…work is happening big time…Lot's of coals on the fire…The rough cut of the film was well received when we showed it the other day. The music needs to be changed…BUT IT IS GOING TO BE GOOD…Jennifer Grais singing my lyrics…accompanied and produced by Billy White….I'm so […]
Up in the USA yesterday, Congress started a bill to call the forced relocation and murders of 1.5 million Armenians by Turkey during the Ottoman times…genocide. Of course, Turkey is pissed off. I, quite frankly, am not the one to judge this situation. But while you are at it, Congress, why not declare the murder, […]
The Dear Friends up in Marin County were able to raise over 7 Grand for Catherine Abby the other night. That is quite an accomplishment and very lovely. Now she has some breathing room to help in her much needed healing. Thanks everyone…and by the way, that photo of Catherine Abby was taken on Ultra-Beloved […]
My most Beloved Friend Catherine Abby AKA Herbal Savita is in the 6th week of chemo therapy up in Marin County. She is quite dear to me and has been there for me countless times in the past. We met years ago at the Ashram in Poona, India. We got so close over the years […]
….would not have run as smooth as it did if not for Richard. Richard led the way with such in depth research of maps, metros, trains, buses, trams, allies, mosques, palaces, museums, coffee places, restaurants, bridges, towers, hills, undergrounds, surfaces, etc…. I followed along at his side or two steps back. We have had such […]
Just wind us up and we walk everywhere here in Istanbul. But I believe it is time to wind down. We are ready to come home after a delightful and unforgetable excursion. We feel ultra-blessed for this trip and twice blessed to return to Casa las Ranas and San Miguel. Here are some more pics […]
The only other word for Istanbul…Countless mosques, ramazan, kebob, minerets, Grand bazaar, Spice Market, Topkapi, walking…walking…walking…knoshing on splendor….pronouncing our G's…remembering our friends, cats everywhere, Asia, Europe, There goes Jimmy Ray…Loving Richard…Groovin' on…The Golden Horn, Justinian's countless churches…women in scarves…call to prayers, Islam, Russian Orthodox, having to pee….washing our socks…Mike the Rug Genius at the Kybele…oh! […]
You do not pronounce the g here in ıstanbul. Sorry for no photos. We have trouble with computers here. Know we are havıng fun. One thing…Sudheer, are you sure you went to Istanbul?
We had another wonderful day in Berlin. Walking, walking, walking all over. We had lunch in a leafy hip neighborhood in East Berlin. The restaurant was a faux Mexican restaurant called Frida Kahlo. As p5roper expats in Mexico, we paid homage to Dear Fridha. Earlier, we viewed Checkpoint Charlie, The Sony Complex, The Brandenburg gate, […]
We happened to stumble on the Spanish Cultural Museum here in Berlin. Here is a photo of me next to one of the sculptures on view by a Peruvian artist.
The streets of Berlin Mitte are visually stunning. Years ago this was East Berlin. Now it is teaming with creativity and color. Very cool art. I am reminded of Soho in the 70’s. Here are some more photos. By the way, the graffiti rivals that of Mexico City. I am a fan of street art…and […]
Well kids, Berlin is the hippest city in the world. I may be an old hippie but I am still a great judge of where the edge cuts precisely and direct. First the food. We had currywurst and pommes (only in Berlin food item) at a food imbisse (kiosk) in an underground train station. Dinner […]
Today we went to a lovely museum on an idyllic lake outside of Munich names the Buchheim Museum. It houses a very very very interesting, whimsical, psychedelic,expressionist, and very German collection. All of this amazi9ng stuff once belonged to Lothar-Gunther Buchheim…this man wrote Das Boot. The architecture is somewhat nautical….Richard and I both enjoyed ourselves…later […]
Vienna was extra-special. It was a long 5 hour drive…sometimes at 100mph in a Mercedes sedan…in a driving rainstorm that whitened my knuckles clinging to the leather seats….but oh…Vienna. A truely beautiful city in the meeting of the Old and New. Seeing KundstHause Wien and Hundertwasser House were absolutely like "Going to the Chapel"….the whole […]
We went to the Lenbachhaus Museum today in Munich. It has an extensive collection of paintings from the Blue Rider group. The Blue Rider was a group of artists (Wassily Kandinsky, the most famous) who gathered to gether in Munich way way back around 1910. They approached art as a spiritual practice of sorts. This […]
Despite the rain that has fallen for most of our visit here in Munich, we are enjoying ourselves. Staying with Niharika and Hans is very gentle and uncomplicated. Being with Niharika is like being with family…we go back so very far. I feel very loving towards her. Yesterday we visited a few of King Ludwig's […]
A confirmed sighting of the Earth Elf known as Anado in a public square in Munich has the internet abuzz….could jimmy Ray be far behind? Well don't ask me because my head is spinning with all this German being spoken. We are having a delightful time in this most peculiarly amazing country. It is quite […]
We went to the Contemporarey Art Museum yesterday in Munich. Many of the exhibition rooms were closed, but generally it was a great collection… I am not going to go into the names, but they were mostly American. There was some great stuff from Germany (pre-WWI). Included is a photo of me next to one […]
Jimmy Ray has always encouraged me to use Comex brand house paints for bright, rich, and totally groovy colors in portraying his sytax of the Groove. Well, we caught the dude today at the Caixaforum Museum here in ultra-beyond the beyond Barcelona…..he was movin' to the slow Groove of a Sol Lewitt painting….copping the colors…digging […]
We have become victims of Cava….the local champagne. After long walks during the day to various Gaudi sights or exploring the different Gothic neighborhoods….we get a bottle of Cava and do some serious people watching. Sitting here in Spain, I find myself wondering about the absurdity of United States culture. I have one word for […]
Today in Barcelona, Richard and I viewed Jimmy Ray stealing or borrowing or collaborating with the late Gaudi on ideas and possible future structures or motifs at our house in Mexico. All is this is up in the air because Richard and I have been so busy enjoying ourselves in this most lovely city and […]
Well RikiBaba (Richard) and I have arrived in Europe. After a 10.5 hour plane ride from Mexico City we de-planed in Paris at Charles deGaulle Airport. The US pales in sophistication to Paris. I am reminded of the Houston Airport with all the mishapen weird Americans. France is another story. We were there for three […]
Well, Jimmy Ray is in flight. As far as he is concerned…he is on his way to Barcelona. Richard and I leave tomorrow. We arrive in Barcelona on Tuesday afternoon. While we are away, Carlos will re-clear the area for the chapel that has gotten overgrown due to all these rains. When I return…..the Chapel […]
Well by the time Hurrican Dean got to these part…he was a dud…or better yet, a tropical depression. That prozac sure does wonders for weather regulation. While knocking on wood, I am sure glad I have never had to take prozac to regulate my weather patterns. Years ago, LSD did wonders. God do I remember […]
This fellow named Joe Gutowski who is a film maker from New York has made a documentary moving picture about Jimmy Ray, Casa Las Ranas, and myself. He shot the footage last April during the week of the Chapel groundbreaking. He has sent me a very finished rough cut of the movie called "Old Ways'. […]
It seems the happenings here at the house attract some really cool people. Today, during a rainstorm, Dianne from Casa Luna brought out this delightful couple: Cary Jobe and Jay Park. Cary is a photographer for I believe a magazine called Southern Something or Other. She was photographing San Miguel for that magazine. Jay is […]
On my birthday this past May, Lolita took some photos of me. We sought out this secluded park in the Mission District of San francisco. A particularly gifted mosaic team has constructed a very lovely serpant for children and adults to marvel in the round….and I HAD to see it. We got some great shots. […]
Life has been interesting lately. I am working on some small paintings as an experiment in money-making. In 11 days we are off to Barcelona, Munich, Salzburg, Vienna, Berlin and Istanbul. It is all very exciting. Life continues to unfold in its grooviness and suprise. The Chapel will be unfolding big time when we return […]
Skookum, our totally groovy cat, has found solice on one of the art pieces (The Unknown). Maybe she can teach me something. Funding is brewing for the Chapel…we await Jimmy Ray's legacy……keep your fingers crossed as I try to learn something about trust, patience, and waiting from Skookum, The Totally Groovy Absolutely Awakened Cat
What is it I am wearing? Why am I waiting on the floor of this life putting off my ascension to rightful Buddha Nature? Where will I be when my ship comes in? Or better yet…when that trumpet sounds… will I kvel in rapture and pure indigo goo goo? I want to know…cuz…I gotta know. […]
Well today we are seeking funds for the Chapel. Here is a picture of quite possibly Jimmy Ray himself getting ready to head into town for an important meeting to raise funds for the home of the Artifacts. I am ashamed to say that weeds are growing again where we cleared the field last March. […]
I found this photo of myself taken in Sudheer's back yard on 11th Street in the Village back in 1980 or so. Being the complete egoist that I am, I decided to post this photograph to prove that I once had a youthful exterior. My interior still seems chronologically young, however the exterior points to […]
At our house there is a wall of bottles for the sun to dance with….while around the corner, the first homersexual: Homer… broods above rosemary as countless butterflies flit through the July flowers. Thank you, John Erickson for the delightful photos. John was one of the many cool people who visited out here last week.
The Richard and Anado that we have come to love are now the Richard and Anado we will always love. This is us at my 60th birthday party in Mill Valium and the other photo was taken last week in Colonia Roma on Calle Alvaro Obregon near Casa Lamm. Exterior changes breed ordinary transformations which […]
Well, following Stephen Gross' suggestion, I built my mandala and the rains came. It has been raining big time for over a week now. The name of this recent Artifact from the Chapel Of Jimmy Ray is: "Return to the Source". I really enjoyed my involvement in this creation. I am becoming addicted to mosaic…the […]
God, 40 years ago, i tripped the light fandango… still turning cartwheels across the floor. Life has been so utterly amazing. I was sitting out on patio azul here at home and I had such a divine affirming moment. It was such an exquisite moment…blissfull and knowing. Such beauty surrounds me and I am so […]
Stephen mentioned that I should continue making my mandala and the rains will come. Ironically, I am working on a piece right now and I have been musing about including a mandala of sorts in it. maybe my musing created the light sprinkles of rain last evening. So Stephenji (and you too, Lovey), I will […]
Michael Raven the architect was out here today. He got me more clear on the foundation for the bathroom cones down near the chapel. We are going to bring water down there next week and give it a go. The sand and gravel are down there. Just got to do it. "Tis a warm humid […]
Simba pictured here is the alpha male ruler and protector of our household. This is the most loving individual. He is truly a powerful being. He loves to relax, but within seconds he is there for us if needed. He loves to ride in the car. Oftentimes he sits under the trees at the top […]
Why is George Bush president? Where did these republikans come from? Why is there a Texas? Why is there a G8 and a World Bank? Why is Tony Blair so weird? Why is there poverty? Why do men wear suits? Why do the demorcrats act so frightened? Why am I not marching in the streets? […]
….Guadalupe in his hands he remains a witness as his ceiling expands. The cats play on the carpet they frolic in the scene their tails tell a story of the silence in between. Jimmy Ray remains mysterious hanging in the trees his vision moves beyond just prayin' on his knees. Yes Buddha is a maverick […]
The Groove is back in order. Life is poppin'….the phone does not work. The water overflowed from the holding tank on the roof today. A friend is sending me two sparkle hats. Some weird skin thing is appearing on my left index finger. Patti Smith album gets a "B", but an "A" for balllsy female […]
Uh, well you know, I'm back in Mexico. Glad to be home. Home with all the animals and the pleasure of singing birds and such. Have unpacked a bit and it is time to get to work. I love this home, Casa Las Ranas….House of the Frogs. I may write more later in the day…have […]
Well, I head back to La Cieneguita tonight. I am ready to return. It has been great…but way too much money. I look forward to seeing all the animals and the different slice of life that is Mexico. Yesterday I had lunch with a number of people that I know from my Bhagwan Days…..what a […]
Well today is a milestone. I am officially 60 and in some circles that constitutes being known as a senior citizen…somehow my every-day behavior may be different from some of those huddled oldsters that I see on park benches and at bus stops. Deep in my soul I still embrace the Wonder…may this always be […]
Two more days till the big birthday! But what I really wish to address is my return to Mexico. I miss the life there. I have been on vacation now for a week…time to get back to work. This visit…I have limited my transportation to walking, buses, and rides with Richard…so getting around is different […]
I submitted the following comment about "The Summer of Love" to the Culture Blog on sfgate.com this morning: "I was twenty years old and one of very few young men magically and mistakenly drafted into the Navy during the Vietnam era. I was stationed at Moffett Field in Mountain View. One of the enlisted men […]
As I progress through this sideshow called life, I am forced to embrace this aging with gusto and dread. On the one hand….I continue to create and on the other hand…there is the end game…Only so much time…to get this all done…whatever this:is…it has to happen…all of this is crying to unfold…I am the midwife […]
So this amazing life continues as I approach the overly ripe age of sixty. Yes, on May 24th I will be turning the big six-oh. But I am very grateful to have made it this far. Further along…as someone once said. We will be celebrating the big day with just a few friends…Birthday celebrations for […]
Since I have returned to the States for this brief visit….I have so many new ideas with color and pattern (all stolen but morphed and Anado-ized)….I can't wait to get back and do it….I got some new glasses today…better to see the ideas with. "Get back, Loretta". Lolita is visiting here today, we are going […]
I am in San Francisco….my computer crashed over three weeks ago down in Mexico. Richard and I bought this new macbook tonight and then went out to dinner at FireFly (our favorite SF restaurant). It is so fricking cold hear…I mean really cold!!!!! In many ways, I am glad to be here and I also […]
My computer crashed two weeks ago. I have to buy a new one when I go to the States next week. Such is life. At the same time, the telephone is acting up and the stereo in my studio is being weird too. It is as if, my electronic appendages have entered into a digital […]
The foundation has been dug out for the banos (bathrooms). Looks like things are happening. Carlos has begun to cut the bottles for the walls using a wet saw. In the meantime, I am getting the bites for more commission work. Jimmy Ray watches from afar, encouraging me to be more wakeful. I am working […]
…I often come across the modern culture in a magazine or on the internet. Bill and Stan, two friends who live here, brought over a stack of magazines the other night. I started reading this piece in a somewhat current issue of New York Magazine about these young artists in New York. God I am […]
Yes, It is true: Fools rush in where angels fear to tread because of fear of Insect bites and such…..and Jimmy Ray and I had a great time at last Sunday's Groundbreaking. He arrived on Lolita, our Beloved Burra and wowed the crowd with a Frank Cilantro….I mean Sinatra song….what a guy!!!! The whole event […]
Well we buried the time capsules of objects that people brought for the Groundbreaking….very exciting. Also we started clearing the area where the banos (bathrooms) will be for the Chapel. Now that is more exciting. And to top it off…I am manifesing the dinero to construct the reconstruction…Totally cool….a deep ahhhh in allowance and reflection……ahhhhhhhhhhhh
Yesterday on April Fools Day we had the gala groundbreaking for The Chapel of Jimmy Ray. Someone said there were 350 people here. It was quite festive to say the least. Richard took some photos and I will include them in the blog on future dates. However, here are two shots of some who attended. […]
Well we nipped a fire in the bud today down at the chapel sight. It is the dry season here in our area. Carlos and Miguelito had done some clearing yesterday. They burned some old grasses and branches in a ravine below the sight. Afterwards they put water on it. But not enough it seems. […]
I am having trouble getting to sleep tonight. I can't seem to relax into this mind that is full of ideas and projections. This Groundbreaking Gala is going to be a big event. Anado and Jimmy Ray have put it on the line…people are coming and there is a lot to do. Tonight we had […]
Today, Michael Raven, Richard and I layed out the first chalk line at the Chapel site….this is a step forward. I love it!!!!!Last Saturday Jimmy Ray came out of the mesquitas to pose with Lovee, Richard, Calosoti and I. It was quite fun approaching the Satori level. We are getting more ready every day and […]
Every so often, one must take a respite. Here at Casa Las Ranas, we have many animals to choose from to enjoy those special moments at home watching a British Television Series on DVD's. That is Pearla the Dog and Cielo the Cat…two of our divine friends…oh…and that is me as I recline with my […]
The Ganesh mural is happening in a good way. Starting to sparkle aplenty. Richard took a couple of photos this am while Carlos and I were working. There is so much to do. "What will be…will be", as Doris Day used to say..or was it Dinah Shore..? "I'm so excited…are you excited?" Anyhow Ganesh is […]
This afternoon I was working on the mural. Having a good old time. I started noticing the flutter of hummingbird wings behind me as I worked. A number of those little critters were watching me as I painted. I felt quite flattered that I was able to be part of their world…they are such incredible […]
I had my third official meeting with my architect friend, Michel Raven , yesterday. He constructed a cardboard working replica of the Chapel. It is all quite wonderful…somehow he is able to conjure the "lost" design of the mythical chapel. Jimmy Ray is very impressed and quite frankly so am I. In the meantime I […]
Jimmy Ray has me working my ass off. Classes, visitors…the mural in progress. I am a busy man and still I don't get enough work done. We never expected all these people interested in this house. They call from out of nowhere. But it is a blessing and our dream is not just imagined but […]
Stillness is such an infinite trait….it knows no boundries. At the heart of creativity is this vast stillness. The real gift is to reside consciously in this stillness. Our house and grounds is a homage to the delightful joy that creativity brings to us. We get all kinds of creative people coming this way. I […]
This past week has been busy while Richard is up North. Had three full days of classes in beads and shrines and it was very tiring. At one point a woman in the class said to me, "Did you ever think how lucky you are to do this?" I am extremely fortunate to have this […]
I had our second meeting this week with my architect friend Michael Raven. He is assisting me in bringing to light the reconstruction of the Chapel. What Jimmy Ray has related to me is now being drawn up. Michael is a very capable and creative man. He used to be at UC Berkeley and was […]
We have started clearing and cleaning up the sight for the chapel. We started yesterday. Miguel and Juan are cleaning up the the trees of the pashtes (Airplants). Michael Raven, a great guy and an expat architect is going to help me with the design. We have our first official meeting today at 9. On […]
Started painting the mural today using Comex exterior housepaints. It is exciting and a bit uncomfortable working on the scaffold…I promise you this is going to be colorful. I want to finish it in 2.5 weeks…It will happen. I am Guadalupizing Ganesh in offhand sort of way…psychedelicizing to the max with ripples of color going […]
Daniel Elsberg from the Pentagon Papers and other places. Patrice brought him along with his wife Patricia. They live in Berkeley. We had a delightful evening at the dinner table. Kirsten, Lulu, and Leigh Hyams joined us. It was fun and I believe he got a good taste of Alternative San Miguel along with a […]
I drew out with grafite the first image for the mural outside the studio. It is a Ganesh theme. Of all the millions of Hindu gods and goddesses, I relate to Ganesh the most. Something about an elephant and being called Dumbo as a child. It seems my ears stuck out straight from my head […]
I have been doing a lot of coming and going for the last month: Austin, Mexico City, and Patzcuaro. In the meantime, I have accomplished a few things…but I really need to get back into a routine. I have started a mural on the side of the house. That literally has me up in the […]
Here is a small pic of my Guadalupe tatoo. The Mother of the Indians graces my arm. This guy in Austin said,"Don't you know you have a Catholic symbol on your arm?" I had to tell him that she was the godess of the Aztecs who appeared to a young Aztec man….the Catholic Church made […]
Well I am back home in Mexico. Got a good feeling in my heart as we flew into Mexico City. It's early in the morning here in la Cieneguita with two cats in the room and a new tatoo on my arm. I got a tatoo in Austin on Friday night. What a trip! It […]
…those who see Anado when he returns to San Miguel next Monday from Austin, Texas…..Jimmy Ray has asked me to keep a lid on "just what". But I promise you it will be cool. Only Harp and Amy know and they are sworn to secrecy. What I can divulge is that it is not a […]
…on a diet. Richard and I have both been on a great diet in preparation to ride the burros and reconstruct the Chapel. I have lost over thirty pounds and Richard the same. I told myself that I was not going to do the blog all of December ‘cuz Iwas real busy and such. Here […]
Enough about Jimmy Ray and Anado for now. Let's not forget Richard. Divine, quiet yet witty Richard. The anchor of the storm known as Anado. I met Richard eight years ago when I returned from Nashville. As luck would have it…we are still together. It has been over 5 years ago that we purchased the […]
Our totally groovy and infinitely divine Burras are really clearing the property of weeds and tall grasses. The future sight of the Chapel is mowed down and ankle deep in really rich Burra caca…great for the garden. It has been really cold here the last two days and we may get a freeze tonight. The […]
We went to Patzcuaro last Saturday for a two day excursion with some friends, but ended up coming back the next day. Richard and I felt that our Patzcuaro fix was not satisfied so we are going back after Thanksgiving for two or three nights. On the way back we did get to see some […]
The World is not this election. The World extends beyond the US. The World expands and contracts beyond me. The World is full of contradictions. Sometimes the World sucks. Sometimes the World amazes me with wonder and gratefullness. The World is not Monday Night Football. The World is not just Scarlett Johannsen. The World includes […]
We are getting many requests from people to come and see our house. This is somewhat of a curse and a blessing as my friend in New York, Satya Priya would say. It is good to get the recognition and sales that are a bi-product of these visits. However, oftentimes it gets in the way […]
….I can hear pigs squealing as they are slaughtered. Today their carcasses will be cooked to fill tomales for offerings on the altars for The Day of the Dead. The richness of Mexico far exceeds the sameness and tiredness that pervaids the US. The terrible rioting and police brutality in Oaxaca demonstrates a lesson that […]
Here in the Mexican capital of Plastic Surgery even houses need a unique twist. We decided over time that somehow our house would be different….it just feels right. Jimmy Ray has been such a provocative friend…Notice Jimmy Ray behind the gate….take a close look….
We have finished….so absolutely cool. At night it lights up. This is it!!!! While typing, i am talking on the phone and listening quite well……a true gemini!
Here is a photo of Carlos, Juan, and Miguelito during the tiling of the psychedelic Moscow Dairy Queen thing that has a ppeared on our house. It has been quite a project…this has been practice for the Chapel.
Starting this week we are moving the Burras down to the area where the Chapel will emerge. Lolita and Barbarella have been nominated by Jimmy Ray to be the Temple Burras. We will build a corral and a small stable for them to reside near the chapel. There are plenty of grasses for them to […]
Richard is no Humbert Humbert…but he really digs Lolita. Ya ya….heart shaped sunglasses, Sue Lyon….God I'm getting old….But I really enjoy growing older immersed in the magic that Richard and I ARE creating. We had a great party yesterday celebrating his birthday. We all Love Richard!!!!!!!!!!
We named the younger Burra, Barbarella, because she is essentially less domesticated. The last time I crossed paths with the film "Barbarella" was back in the sixties. My mother was watching it on the TV one night when I was freaking out on acid as I flushed all my drugs down the toilet….it was very […]
Back in the early 70's, before I finally realized I was not going to be a college graduate, I had a friend named Azar. Beautiful Azar was from Tehran and also a student at the University of Oklahoma. We had many good times together…she was dating my roomate and slumming with "us hippies". Over the […]
…that I am pregnant with new ideas for all over the house and the entire property…Rumour also has it that I am afraid to ask for backing to construct the chapel. This is all probably true…but…dig this…maybe I am just plain pregnant, I mean, look at this picture. Richard does not appear to be very […]
As far back as I can remember, I have been the host to the Bilbies. Way back when….I must have been three years old…the first Bilby found me. His name was Patrick Michael O'Riely. He was a beautiful, beyond belief, Irish Setter. Quite frankly, I don ‘t remember how he identified himself as a Bilby, […]
…and driving our car through the lower part of our little town, I saw the most amazingly awful sight. It was a little dog all covered (I MEAN COVERED) with those grass heads that stick like velcro. I had to keep driving…we have too many animals. The next day I was feeding the dogs and […]
Jimmy Ray has suggested that I bring to fore the thirteen Stations of the Groove. These Stations chronicle the birth of the creative spirit in the heart of Jimmy Ray. He heralded them as a response to all the suffering that world religions have inflicted on mankind. My teacher years ago said that Religion is […]
Back in the early 70's I had a pink and Black 1956 Studebacker. I bought and sold it for 500 dollars. Today that car could pay to build the elusive Chapel of Jimmy Ray. Recently I was commisioned to do an assemblage on my friend Sudheer's fireplace. The room is pink and he asked me […]
I always find satisfaction when a person buys one of my pieces. These three ladies were so satisfied with buying my jewelry that they decided to purchase property in San Miguel. I guess they satisfied their inner buyers. In order for the Chapel to be realized, I need to sell more work…so hi ho hi […]
Rings of wire are rounding their way under the capable hands of Steve Kohrner into a magnificent onion dome that will replace the chimney that does not work above the sudio. This my friends, is some very original soft concrete cosmetic surgery that is being performed by a master artist here in the hinterlands of […]
While planning the chapel, I have to work. And that has lots of merits. Also we are getting an onion dome contructed on the non working chimney…that will be great. Think so, Lolita? Enclosed is a pic of Carlos and I and some twin beds we made for a woman in San Miguel….she wanted a […]
I have strayed from the blog. I have been busy working in the studio and on some sites where we are doing some magnificent tile work. I appreciate the welcome back…As far as the blog goes: I had to delete a recent comment. It was nothing big….just more dialog in one of the oldest stories […]
Yesterday…or was it today? I got a biting comment from the woman with the orange hair…Lojita? Eliota? Is that her name? She suggested I look for an Anger Management group? Am I angry? I mean, I may loose it a few times in traffic…but I don't use the car as a weapon…What's wrong with a […]
…sometimes I can not be found. But if you look real hard, you will find me. Tonight, I am holed up in front of the TV. I have all 5 dogs in the studio under house arrest until the final DVD is over (there are only 2). Today I could be found on the road […]
Hi this is Anado reporting from the desk in my bedroom and this is Weekend Update! Now that I have your attention: what is Love? I really want to know…and this is not a Foreigner Song. I want to know, feel, absorb, bathe, and snuggle real deep into the absolute not-knowingness of unconditional Love. How […]
Oh…here is a photo of Carlos working on the front of the studio…his magic is such a gift to all who pass by our house. Gracias, Carlos and gracias, Kathy, I stole this picture off your blog. It's called cross-blog-alating…sounds kinda sexy in a techi sort of way. The lilting of x's and o's!!!!!!
The tarantula's corpse is in the compost…mixing, melting and merging with coffee grounds, avacado skins, spent chard and all that good grigri. It feels good. Things are happening…and yes, Lolita, thanks for your wisdom. Lots of things are in the stew pot (work-wise)…what's left over will join the tarantula in the compost. Maybe I should […]
There is a dead tarantula outside my studio door. It has been there for around five days. Either the cats killed it or it was the victim of the big rain storm we had the other night. I notice it every time I pass through the door and I do nothing about it. Tonight I […]
Well Anado is back…he has curiously been hovering around his work and Jimmy Ray lassoed him the other day. Work is happening in the studio…all that relaxin' has temporarily stopped and commissions from locals have taken the front row…It was a great run…but the work is more important. Am I (Anado) being vague enough?
…I am back. Well, I was here all along…but I have been busy with directing the tiling and painting of the house. I also had to get ready for a tour of people who came to the house yesterday. The house is beginning to make that turn toward the Etherial. I love it immensely. Please […]
To make a long story very short….I am in Miami with Richard. We are safely away from some some of the worst humidity I have ever encountered and that includes Nashville, Tennesssee (where I also met the Blues). Luckily we are in an air conditioned hotel. Miami is a complete trip….. Very untogether, flat, humid, […]
Yesterday Richard just happened to be strolling down the bucholic country road that passes by our house here in the heart of Mexico with his digital camera and happened to snap this "first-ever" photo of Jimmy Ray and I together infront of my studio. Hmmmmmmm
It was reported today that Jimmy Ray was sighted on the road to Delores Hidalgo in a car very similar to ours. Later I ran into him down by the small church at the end of our property. He told me he liked to be near existing chapels. He confirmed that he had been out […]
People who read this blog…I believe that there may be more than one of you…anyhow, people who read this blog may wonder why all of a sudden I am spouting off about the derelict president known as George Bush. I need to explain: everytime I open a newspaper or read a news service on the […]
….that's what I call George W. Bush and what he has done by allowing himself to be President Of the Un-United States. Jimmy Ray has authorized me to erect the Chapel as an act of healing for this planet. Nothing but the best of intentions and the honoring of all those that live there lives […]
.Yesterday we had some visitors to our house. I was showing them around and they were really enjoying themselves. At one point they were viewing the only known existing artifacts referring to the Stations of the Groove. I told the two young men that they referred to the past of Jimmy Ray. Immediately their aunt […]
Last night Don Dahlka came over and I showed him the sight of the Chapel. I noticed Jimmy Ray observing from the trees. I am going to give Don a sketch and some dimensions this week and he will do some architectural plans for me. I am trading one of my assemblages, "Our Lady of […]
I am meeting this evening with a fellow out here in La Cieneguita to show him the site for the Chapel. It seems I need to get some "grown up" input in redesigning the Chapel for construction. Jimmy Ray wants the pad to be laid as soon as possible….he does not wish to pay lip […]
They caught the San Miguel rapist yesterday. So we can remove that from the top of the worry list. I woke up this morning so relieved for my friends. Evidently the guy is 58 years old with a VERY small dick. Now the question remains: What Price Worry? Why do we remain outside of ourselves? […]
Today I received a number of photos from an alleged parade that happens yearly in Santa Barbara, California. I received these photos from a dear friend, who with his wife, owns some artifacts from the Chapel of Jimmy Ray. While perusing the photos, I came across the image of a woman sporting a necklace that […]
…..as Casa Las Ranas (our home) fills to the gills with these pesky artifacts, I have petitioned Jimmy Ray to give me direction in the design of the Chapel. As of now we are leaning towards an adobe sculpture with several nichos, alcoves, mysterious water features…whimsy and groove mentality is in order. As we are […]
Well, I sorta cleaned the studio…put things away…and I am back in the groove. I have conferred with Jimmy Ray and he has begun transmitting messages to me in terms of designing and recreating the Chapel. The transmissions come in the form of ideas…usually when eating or laying prone on the bed in my underwear […]
Well, we are home and I am back in the studio. I am running on about 55% energy. I just need a bit of rest to make up for all that driving. It is great to be back with the animals and our Mexican friends. Carlos is doing some major tiling on the front studio […]
Now I remember why I quit going to Rock concerts. I am further reminded why I am not living in the United States. We went to a concert last night in Santa Fe. The opening act was a zydeco group and they were very playful and fun. But when the boozy and chemical altered 40 […]
Still in Nude Mexico. Drinking coffee in this wifi cafe. I am enjoying it here. we are going to the flea market today and to the folk art museum this afternoon. Tonight we are going to a concert featuring the Subdudes….a band I remember in Nashville. I recently heard them in a shop in Mill […]
Well, this ain't Mexico…..but San Miguel is right behind….Santa Fe is not the town that I remember as a child…but, we all know about impermanance….check out my white beard….things do change. We drove here yesterday from Barstow, CA…last night I slept in the nude…….
This man is ready to go home. Yo quiero regressar a Mexico. I got back from Portland on Sunday evening. The workshop went well, but it took a lot out of me. I am still a bit out of sorts. Tomorrow I have to get all my things packed along with Richard's. I feel blessed […]
Well, Dear Limited Amount of Readers, I made it to the States unscathed. I delivered two artifacts from the Chapel in Carmel, CA a week ago Sunday. I have been in the Bay Area now for over a week and I am ready for my return to Mexico. I have to go to Portland this […]
I am leaving this morning to the States. I am a bit apprehensive due to the fact that I have to drive through some really hot weather. But I have all my talismans and fresh white sage to remind me to forget about my origins in New York taxis. take it easy….ariive in one piece. […]
Up at 4am. Met the truck in Los Lopez and we were in Queretaro by 6am…..we had the truck loaded by 7 and were home by 8….due to some miscommunication….the truck arrived at 10ish. All the stuff is unloaded and is in different parts of the house and studio. What a trip! My tendency to […]
Today Carlos (my assistant and co-conspirator) helped me rent a truck for the retrieval of the artifacts from the Museo in Queretaro. We went to a lot in the nearby Rancho Los Lopez and found a 6 meter covered truck. We have to be at the Museo at 6am on Monday morning…….May Luck shine on […]
Jimmy James Strange is a mysterious poet/provocateur who was part of the downtown poetry world in Manhattan during the 1970's. He first appeared at a reading held at the Cafe Feenjohn on McDougal Street in the early part of that decade. His poetry was aimed at a small cadre of pseudo-hipsters known as the "Former […]
Ah, to be healthy again. I have licked my stomach problems. It seems it was a case of samanilla (sp?) poisoning. I am gearing up for my trip to the States to deliver a pair of artifacts from the Chapel of Jimmy Ray. I also have to return all the artifacts from the museum in […]
I got major sick over the weekend…something to do with Montezuma. I ait a torta over on Calzado de la Luz in San Miguel….I remember watching the young woman slap on the mayo…I think it was the mayo sitting out in the heat that was rancid. I am feeling a bit better….I should have known. […]
Here is the ramblings of a # 7, web designer listening to Santa Barbara's past phenom – Toad the Wet Sprocket. Songwriting and musically gifted Glen Philips http://www.glenphillips.com/ is truly inspired and is headed out on his big summer tour. Not to be missed! Would Glen like Jimmy Ray? What would they say to each […]
There is speculation that the apparently mystical and overtly ornate objects from the mythical Chapel of Jimmy Ray began appearing in an around the end of the millenium. However, this evidence is purely up in the air because there is no sure proof due to the fact that no one has come forward to prove […]
Today is April 28, 2006, the first day of this blog. My name is Anado and I have been authorized by the Jimmy Ray Foundation for Exploring Peculiar Vision to reconstruct on the property that I share with my partner, Richard Scultz: The Chapel of Jimmy Ray. Our property is located in La Cieneguita, Mexico […]
