Tag Archives: Park Slope

What I take with me: The Leaves of Park Slope and Memories of my Neighbor Sylvester

I’d carefully carry the leaves back to my apartment, pressing them between sheets of parchment paper, and placing them under a big pile of heavy books, to press and preserve their beauty. Continue reading

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Tree Sculptor Judith Z. Miller Presents: Unique Tree Branch Percussive Instrument-Making Workshop – July 23rd – Park Slope Brooklyn – CANCELLED DUE TO HEAT WAVE

CANCELLED DUE TO HEAT WAVE – WILL RESCHEDULE SOON. In a culture where we BUY everything, it’s a radical and fulfilling shift to create with our own hands. Come – join me in our lush and beautiful St. Mark/Warren Street Community garden to make your own musical percussive shaker out of a TREE BRANCH/found materials and objects that are precious to you.
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Sticks & Stones artist Judith Z. Miller Showing at Brooklyn Holiday Fair – December 18 & 19 – Brooklyn NY

I’ve sequestered myself for the past several weeks, cutting branches, carving, sanding and creating some really cool necklaces made from trees and stones – they’re primal, very powerful. I’ve been walking around Brooklyn searching for broken tree branches, and it’ … Continue reading

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DREAMING ART – ALAKSA MEDITATIONS ON A BLOCK OF WOOD

That night, wanting to devote my work to my deepest inspiration, I decided to let my dream consciousness help me decide what to carve.

I set an intention before I go to sleep: I will dream my mask.

I wake up in the middle of the dark Alaskan night from a strong dream:

A strong handsome black man is standing outside of a building gazing up into a large picture window where two other BEAUTIFUL, NAKED, BLACK MEN ARE MAKING LOVE. Continue reading

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Down with Octopus salad! … Up with Cucumbers!

Out with the OLD, in with the OUTRAGEOUS Gentrification in Park Slope Brooklyn OUT WITH THE OLD June 2, 2009 The much beloved SALVATION ARMY THRIFT SHOP on Flatbush and 6th Avenues in Park Slope, just up the block from … Continue reading

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BAM African Festival Vibrates with Positivity & Creativity!

May 23 – May 25, 2009 The parking lots and streets outside the Brooklyn Academy of Music are transformed every Memorial Day weekend into a vibrant bazaar with hundreds of booths filled with gorgeous handcrafted and imported goods. The sound … Continue reading

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