What I’d really like more than anything for my birthday is help getting to Chicago to see my Father’s final performance at Momenta Dance Company on the 15th before he retires after 41 years of modern dancing. Any little bit is much appreciated my Paypal is pei1@cornell.edu If you’d like to buy some art, I’m …
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Photographic Insight Into The Hypermodern Studio 2002
I was finishing up my thesis at Cornell University and taking double loads of classes in art and cognitive psychology in addition to Spanish. Note the lightsaber, Motorola v200 (Awesome for texting, but the speaker broke 3 times and I swapped out for Nokia 3660 the first camera phone in the US) and various cords …
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Connecting The Family: Cousins Living On The West Coast
A wonderful day in Ventura, California spent with my family, going analog with printed photos in a scrap book…Sunshine, no wind, and a walk to the Mission, capped off with a studio tour. Delightful. Come find innovative, contemporary art, right off the 101 at Ventura Avenue and Thompson Boulevard. Visit Pete Ippel Art Studio
My First Recipe: Bacon Seafood Vodka Ziti With Cilantro and Provolone
It’s a challenge for me to cook for a multitude of reasons, so here are a few tips that are helping me move into better cooking/eating habits. Planning: Shop and bundle it with other activities Ask friends for cooking tips Shopping: Ask for help at the deli and meat counter on how to cook what …
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Rapid Eye Movement And Artistic Dreams
I found a piece of paper that I had forgotten about that was written last Friday. On it was the immediate morning scrawlings of a semi-conscious me. Here’s the dream drama: A tall Asian curator female in a silk dress, very kind asked me to redo an older painting, so I cut it up and …
Unpacking Art
Now that I have the majority of my art pieces in my studio in California I’ve been emptying the transportation vessels, hand-built wooden crates, transparent plastic boxes, hole-filled duffle bags. I am pleased to report that there was only one breakage so far, no papers torn, no tubes crushed, no paintings pierced. The most surprising …
Love and Rhetoric Are Still Perplexing Topics As An Adult: Poetry From 1996
I found these pieces while digging through my childhood archives here in Illinois. In the process of packing and sorting. I have to be ready to fly back to California tomorrow morning. Here’s a few introspective gems. Enjoy. A Special Place I have a special place in my head, where only memories dwell. The manila …
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