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Freak Show

06 Monday Mar 2017

Posted by emilypageart in dance, kindness, music, Uncategorized

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ani difranco, David Bowie, freaks, freakshow, halloween, Monday morning, music, music to start your day, savage, the goblin king, The Labyrinth, timmy trumpet

Today is all about freaks. Why? Because I said so. So here are 3 freaky things for your viewing and listening pleasure. This outta help you start your day off right.

First, several years ago, I was David Bowie from The Labyrinth for Halloween. Because David Bowie:

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Yes, that is a rolled up sock (actually MULTIPLE rolled up socks) stuffed down the crotch of my pants.

Second, I give you the first song I started my day with: Ani Difranco’s Freakshow. This is an excellent song to screamsing to.

And third, I give you the the second song I started my day with: Timmy Trumpet and Savage’s Freaks. This is an excellent song to stompdance to.

Good morning. Now go about your freakish day.

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Thanks so much for reading my ridiculous thoughts! If you’d like to see my ridiculous thoughts translated into art, visit my website, or follow me on Facebook and Twitter. Know a caregiver, or someone with dementia, or someone who knows someone with dementia, or someone who knows someone who knows someone else who’s a caregiver? Or heck, do you know a person? Well, you should tell them about my book, Fractured Memories: Because Demented People Need Love, Too. Part memoir and part coffee table art book, I recount my family’s heartbreaking and hilarious journey through my father’s dementia. Available to purchase here (this is my favorite way if you live in the U.S.), here if you’d rather get the eBook than a print copy, and here (especially if you want a hard cover copy).

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More Creepy Trees, Y’All

16 Thursday Feb 2017

Posted by emilypageart in DIY, Haunt, Uncategorized

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carving foam, creepy tree, DIY, Eerieville, foam, halloween, Haunt, haunted attraction, haunted trail, sculpting, sculpting in foam, skeleton tree, skull, skulls, styrofoam, tree

It’s time to reveal another creepy tree for the haunt! Woohoo! Just in case you missed it, here’s the first one. This one was kind of a different process. I used the corners from the first block of foam that I’d trimmed off to shape the original tree. I glued them together, then sculpted a bunch of skulls from some other waste pieces of foam from that first tree. Then I got messy. I adhered the skulls to the core with spray foam, and once that had dried, covered the whole thing with foam coat. Then I slapped a few layers of paint on that bad boy and now we’ve got ourselves another fun set dressing!

Because I love you dearly, I documented the process along the way:

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On the right, you see just the foam core, skulls, and spray. On the left, you see the foam coat that’s applied on top.

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First, I painted the whole thing dark brown.

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Then I added lighter browns and greens on top to make it look more like bark and bring out the skulls.

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