these texts are an archive of my life in the San Francisco Bay Area from march 2007 - march 2015. it stands as a record of close to a decade of my life, charting the struggles i faced as an artist, daughter, and lover. messy and chaotic at times, eloquent and poetic at others, these texts are an index i am proud of. it was here in this electric box that i learned how to be honest about my experiences and the person i needed to become. it was here that i first learned the truism that words make the world and how to trust such a beautiful, rife, hard fact.

thank you for meeting me here in such tall grass.


my artist website is here.

Jul 25, 2010

i am smiling

after my mini-crisis the other day about career stuff and what to do, where to go, and how to organize a body of work, i gathered up all the images on to my computer desktop and started weeding things out, pairing things up, pairing the pairs, and taking it slow. i woke up yesterday feeling fantastic and immediately went to work on a drawing. i worked on it until my hand locked up and then reached for it first thing again this morning, still feeling fantastic. and i poured all my anxiety out in black graphite. scratch scratch scratch and dig. i sat in bed, under my black quilt, with my drawing on my lap, and let go of all the recent worries. and here she is- beautiful and true. my heart is warm and i am calm and happy.



untitled secrecy portrait
30" x 45" diptych
graphite on paper
angela simione, 2010
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4 comments:

Maggie May said...

i love it. one first look my mind sees a secret heart, a lock blooming open.

July 25, 2010 at 12:21 PM
angela simione said...

maggie, thank you. "a lock blooming open", that's so beautiful. :)

July 25, 2010 at 2:02 PM
Hannah Stephenson said...

This fits nicely with all of your work....it is another sparkling facet.

After your intriguing comments about a body of work (and the commenters' thoughts), I remember that I found this image in the fall (hilariously, I commented on it, and noticed this when I re-found it).

http://www.austinkleon.com/2009/10/24/dont-worry-about-unity/

July 26, 2010 at 6:15 PM
angela simione said...

thanks, hannah! i really like it with the Writer portrait and the iceberg... all of the recent drawings, too! :)

i LOVE this link! thank you so much! i started scrolling through the archives and found some really great ideas and information. AWESOME!!!! :D

July 26, 2010 at 7:10 PM

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