Issue 7 of the Brookhaven Courier is out!
I wrote an editorial about the death of J.D. Salinger, a subject very close to my heart, and you can read it here:
Salinger: If you really want to hear about it …
I also covered the Visual Communications Faculty Gallery show:
Head over to the Life at OHP blog to read about “A Children’s Book of Necromancy,” Open Heart Publishing’s newest release:
http://debrincase.com/blog4/2009/12/29/a-childrens-book-of-necromancy/
And please also stop by my purchase portal for An Honest Lie, Volume 1:
http://debrincase.com/blog9/erin-marissa-russell-illustrator-jr-editor/
In addition to being junior editor at OHP, I did some of the interior illustrations for An Honest Lie, Volume 1: Encouraging the Delinquency of Your Inner Child.
Would you like to hear them? If you would, you should come to Opening Bell at 7 p.m. on Saturday (the 19th).
Here is a link to directions to Opening Bell: http://www.openingbellcoffee.com/directions1
Here is a link to us singing things that are not Christmas songs: http://www.myspace.com/poorwendy
You should definitely come.
This is but an example of the good times that could occur on Saturday.
“Look at the sky: that is for you. Look at each person’s face as you pass on the street: those faces are for you. And the street itself, and the ground under the street, and the ball of fire underneath the ground: all these things are for you. They are as much for you as they are for other people. Remember this when you wake up in the morning and think you have nothing.”
Miranda July’s book of short stories always makes me feel better. They’re similar in feel to her film, You and Me and Everyone We Know, but they’re more emotional and introspective (which one wouldn’t think to be possible), and also sexier. I could read the story This Person every night before bed, and I probably should.
I did some interior illustrations for An Honest Lie, Volume 1: Encouraging the Delinquency of Your Inner Child, and recently began as junior editor at Open Heart Publishing. Finally, An Honest Lie is available for purchase! It directly benefits me if you either purchase your copy or leave me a comment through the link below:
http://debrincase.com/blog9/2009/11/06/erin-russell-illustrator-jr-editor/
Check out my interview with Lisa Umbarger, of Toadies and TILE fame, here:
Also, my portrait of Walt Whitman is in a show of studio art class work at the Forum Gallery at Brookhaven until Nov. 11. It’s third from the left.
BHC thespians bring Narnia to the spotlight
I’ve just returned from the ACP/TCCJA convention in Austin, and Michael Koretzky’s workshop was so awesome I’m thinking about eventually transferring to Florida Atlantic University Honors College in Jupiter, Florida. It’s next to a billion state parks and wildlife preserves and I bet I wouldn’t have pneumonia all the time.
I just added an interview with An Honest Lie artist Eric Carbrey to the blog. This man has the best bio I’ve ever read. Bios are so hard to write without either sounding boring or like a douchebag, but he’s got it:
http://debrincase.com/blog4/2009/10/26/featured-artist-eric-carbrey/
I just added an interview with senior editor of Open Heart Publishing and author M.E. Johnson to the “An Honest Lie Speaks” blog. Have a look-see!
I’ve been doing a lot of art lately, getting ready for midterm portfolio review. Here’s some of it:
From a photo of my grandparents' friends.
Selfportrait in pencil.
Compilation drawing in charcoal/gesso with a poem by Vasko Popa.
Pencil portrait from black and white photo.
Practice for a giant oil pastel of food.
