pumpkin spice latte copycat recipe

Shhh… don’t tell starbucks.Starting Nov. 1, DanO and I declared zero prepared food purchases (restaurant, fast food, coffee shop, etc.) which means it has been a long couple of weeks without a frothy seasonal latte {can I get an amen?}. Peppermint, chai spice, egg nog, gingerbread, you name it, I love it. But I’ve quit them cold turkey this month for budget reasons.Before the withdrawal set in and I started to go cross-eyed, I looked up copycat starbucks recipes on el interwebo. The one that called my name was pumpkin spice latte, so I read a few people’s recipes, got some general ideas and then went for it.Well, I mean, I actually got out all of the ingredients I wanted to use, placed them in an aesthetically pleasing grouping near a source of natural light, took a picture of them, then went for it.{Obviously.}Here’s what I used:STRONG french press coffee (most recipes I saw call for espresso, but I don’t have espresso beans so I upped the bean to water ratio)1.5 cups milk1/4 cup canned pumpkin1 Tbl Vanilla extract1-2 Tbl Sugarpinches (to taste) of: cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg – I did about 1/4 tsp of each, a little more cinnamon(I used these spices because they are what my favorite pumpkin pie recipe calls for. Another good spice would be cloves, and I also saw recipes online that had “pumpkin pie spice” in them, which would work great, too.)First you heat the pumpkin, milk, sugar and vanilla together in a sauce pan over low heat until the sugar and pumpkin are dissolved.Once the first 4 ingredients are blended, add the spices. They do cool things on the top of the milk – let your toddler watch from a safe distance.Then blend until the milk starts to steam and a little foam forms around the outside of the pan (you can’t see it in the next picture, but the foam was there, swearsies).Put the milk mixture into a mug and pour the coffee/espresso over it. Add coffee to taste.I might have spilled a little bit at first, but I’ll never tell. I may have underestimated how hard it is to pour coffee into a mug with one eye closed and the other one looking through a camera. Also, I’d always been told that if you close one eye you have no depth perception, but now I totally believe it.This whole recipe was a bit of an experiment, but I happily stumbled on something that I loved the first time. I’d encourage you to tweak ingredients, tasting as you go.This recipe makes about 20oz – a Starbucks venti – because mama likes her lattes venti.This took a little more time than my usual coffee or chai routine, so it wouldn’t be an everyday thing for me (unless! ::lightbulb moment:: unless I could make a double or triple batch  of the milk mixture and store it in the fridge for a few days? I think I’ll try this next week.)Pumpkin Spice Latte Copycat Recipe1.5 cups milk1/4 cup canned pumpkin1 Tbl Vanilla extract1-2 Tbl SugarApprox 1/4 tsp cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg – to tasteStrong coffee or espresso to taste (1-2 shots)In a small sauce pan over low heat, blend milk, pumpkin, sugar, and vanilla extract together until homogenous. Add spices to taste, likely more cinnamon than the others. Mix well, raise heat to medium and stir frequently until the milk mixture begins to steam and a foam begins to form around the outside of the surface. Pour into large mug. Pour coffee or espresso over. Enjoy!

anthony lister high speed video in italy..

Speaking of processes, check out this high speed video of Anthony Lister putting up a mural for his show The Pain of Feeling, in Italy.

Thimblewinder's Tiny Party Winner Medals..

A few weeks ago I bumped into Marissa of Thimblewinder at the SF Zine Fest. I had met her briefly in Boston at The Handmade Nation screening I did with Faythe Levine last year, but was unaware of her crafty talent. At her booth at the zine fair I quickly fell in love with her Tiny Party! and her winner medals. Let's get real folks, who isn't down for a party all the time? And I don't know about you, but I'll take a medal anyday for being awesome or hell, just plain okay! Plus being sick for a week...I could really use a tiny little party to spruce up this headache. And! Marissa will hand sew your monograms on a medal of your choice!

cheating on moby

There’s a new wrap in my life.That reminds me, why am I never happy with my hair length?Meet my Hotsling. I remember seeing these $50 pieces of fabric when I was registering for all things baby and thinking “yea, no.” So my $35 Moby and I really hit it off, allowing us to cart OBaby up hiking trails, on walks, and around the state fair for hours, as seen here, here, and here. Thing is though, it takes a while to put on so you kind of have to commit to him hanging out in there for at least an hour for it to be worth it, and OBaby usually conks out asleep within minutes of hopping in. Well, so I’m not necessarily complaining about that, it’s just that sometimes I’d rather him be awake during the day if he’s already napped enough. O how he loves to nap in his snuggly Moby wrap.But yesterday when waltzing through the aisles of Homegoods (West coast translation: a TJMAXX style-store that sells, well, goods for one’s home), giving Auntie A her first discounted-kitchen-and-home-decor-mega-center tour, I found this, crumpled up and hiding in an unorganized place on a shelf in the kids section (although, is there an organized place on a Homegoods shelf? I submit to you that there is not). It was adorably colored, the right size, and, hello, $19.99 price tag! I’m not usually a fate-believing person… but…I had the sling on and was watching the instructional DVD moments after walking through my door (Yes, I said DVD. But don’t be fooled, it’s not that high-tech of a baby wearing aparatus. The live-action tutorial was actually a little odd, what with it’s demonstrations utilizing a plastic baby doll). Unlike my other love, Moby, Hotsling holds OBaby in a way that allows him to sit more upright and outward facing so he can see the world. Also, compared to Moby, Hotsling is a cinch to put on, downside being that it’s not as ergonomic as Moby and has more spots that could get sore after supporting the weight of a baby for a while. Now that I’ve tried it though, I would have paid $50 for it all along.Speaking of the weight of a baby: OBaby’s 2 month pediatric appointment is Friday afternoon.Bets are now being taken for his weight and length. Opening wagers start at one comment. Kthanksbye

date night

I wanted to share about the romantic evening that Dan and I had together last night. So that you can accurately picture it, you should know that Dan was sporting jeans and a sweatshirt, while I had donned the logo-embroidered tee-shirt from my part time job, slightly sticky with fruit juice. It was really classy. Also, we didn’t have a baby-sitter, so Pearl played chaperone. We had a reservation for 5:30 at Ultra Foods Mart. That’s right folks, grocery store dates are the most romantic type. The FDA frowns upon dogs in grocery stores, so Pearl guarded the car while Dan and I tackled the 26 item shopping list (our cupboards looked like Old Mother Hubbard’s).We flirted through the freezer section, canoodled in the canned goods aisle, and played footsie in produce. As the florescent glow reflected off the linoleum floor and into his eyes, I realized we were more in love now than the day we got married.At high class grocery joints like this one, they give you the opportunity to bag your own groceries, which was truly a highlight of the evening. First came the paper or plastic debate, then the “oh! Hunny, don’t put the bread on the bottom!” not to mention the “don’t forget to put an extra plastic bag around the glass things”. We were just smitten by the time we got handed the longest receipt I think I have ever seen.After reuniting with our very excited puppy, we took a starlight drive across the parking lot to this new restaurant in town called MacDo Nald’s. Dan treated me to a two course meal of fried potato strips and breaded chicken tenders with a creamy honey mustard dressing. He had a Big Mac. As a beautiful conclusion to our night together, we returned home and put away the groceries, realizing that the length of time it takes to eat a hamburger is exactly how long it takes for ice cream to melt.

Reader LOVE Erin McCarty..

Erin McCarty recently sent me an email filled to the brims with her awesomely, colorful and detailed work. Currently this little lady is a senior illustration major at the Pacific Northwest College of Art, in PDX. She's got incredible positive mental attitude which comes over load and clear in her work. I look forward to seeing more from her in the future.

belly and hair

Not to be confused with belly hair. Gross.A couple weekends ago, Cindy and I experienced the Juut Aveda Salon in Minneapolis. No Tyra sightings, but it was awfully nice to wait in a lobby not filled with crying children and drink cucumber infused water out of shfancy mod glassware . I went chin-length again, which is still working for me two weeks later. I definitely don’t have the ‘dry-it-and-go’ thing down yet though [read: takes me for.ev.er to get ready]. Today I tried the half-swept-back look so I only had to style/dry half of it:Please disregard the pasty-white pregnant/Minnesotan skin.That being said, it’s time for a snow pile check-in:April 8thMake that a snow pile cum mud pile check-in! IT’S FINALLY SPRING! ‘But the grass isn’t even green.’ you say. Well, true, but the sun is shining and the thermometer reads >35¬∞. I’ll take what I can get.And no, I didn’t win the office poll. ::le sigh::Finally, an attempt at a belly self portrait at 26 weeks:Wow, it really does look like there’s a basketball in your shirt!Thanks. I’m aware of that.

jen renninger..

i get the warm fuzzies a lot. like a lot a lot. to the point that i think it's some weird nerve disorder and i'm just in denial thinking that i am a very "feeling" person. but that's neither here nor there. point being is that i get moved often when i see, hear, read things. i just do. hell, they practically created emo for me. when i first came upon jen renninger's work i got one massive warm fuzzy. not only because her work is amazing but because of the way in which she interprets and transcends images and words so perfectly. she just gets it. jen is also a jenny holzer fan. jenny holzer to me is, strictly my own opinion here: GENIUS. but i'm just sayin. this is what i first read on jen's etsy page the first time i found her. i was instantly sunk. hook. line. sinker.

there is a jenny holzer truism that has been a mantra for me for years.

"all things are delicately interconnected"

i love it.. and i try to think of that, to remember it when somethingwonderous happens...standing in front of the redwoods for the first timein california, or kayaking next to dolphins in my own backyard, ormeeting a stranger that feels like a life long friend...we're allconnected.

We Are All Connected. i promise.

sing it sister. you can see more of jen's work on her website, which will in turn lead you to various other portals of her intra-life like her etsy store, blog and portfolio. p.s. i really want one of her prints for xmas. again, just sayin.

because mondays arent hard enough

I’ve got nothing for y’all today.Whatever I had, I lost it on the bathroom floor this morning.That’s right folks, join me in welcoming back the nausea of early pregnancy. I really thought we had sorted things out between us and decided to go our separate ways somewhere around 11 weeks… you know, a good 26 weeks ago. I don’t remember inviting him back in or telling him where the hide-a-key was, but here he is nonetheless.I only hope he’s a sign of things to come, because if he just kicks back and hangs around for the next 3 weeks, so help me…Plus, who wants to clean out the refrigerator on an already upset stomach? And let me tell you, I MUST CLEAN OUT THE REFRIDGERATOR.

Pugs 4 LIFE..

Gemma Correll's pro-pug anti-drug t-shirt just hit Dehlia's. Hell Yes. I'm a size medium. Thanks. 

You've Got Light In Your Eyes last weekend..

I just wanted to give the show I curated at Needles + Pens, You've Got Light In Your Eyes, a little plug here on the blog, as this is the last weekend to check it out before it comes down. It was such a great show to be a part of and the work was all so dynamic and beautiful. You can view all the art work online, there are some great pieces at super great prices too. If you want something really bad...hit me or Andrew at N+P up, we'd be happy to see the work fall into loving hands! Support the artists you love and have something amazing for your walls! It's worth it.

Weekly Flickr Pool Open Swim!.

Last week I started a flickr pool for enthusiasts of ML4U to upload images of their art, photographs, gallery opening shots, etc. It has been so awesome to see the work and check out reader's other work that maybe they haven't posted in the pool...It's been pretty exciting. I think what's the most exciting for me though, is too see some of my favorite artists mixed in with artists I have yet to meet. I love community. Keep it going! If you haven't joined, please do!

I have chosen some of my favorites that were posted last week and posted them. I have linked each person below the image to their flickr profile. The above image is from RYN TMRW. This will be a weekly feature, so tune in!

Crispy Cooper.

Delaney Allen.

Michelle Fleck.

Mitchell Kehe.

Sarah Joy Brown.

Michael C. Hsiung.

Ghost Patrol.

Elizabeth Weinberg Captures Summer Like No Other..

We don't ever get much of a summer here in SF. At least not like the ones I am used to from growing up in Boston. Photographer Elizabeth Weinberg's spring and summer time photographs always make me salivate, wishing for the hot, hot heat. But truth be told, she has a knack for capturing any kind of beautiful light. Be sure to check out her tumblr where Elizabeth posts a bunch.

paul ryding..

when i first moved to san francisco in 2001 every 'for rent' classified i read on craigslist all specified something to the effect of KILL YOUR TELEVISION now. i could say it was humbling, if it changed me and i in stopped watching tv...but i wasn't and i didn't. look, i'm not gonna lie, televsion practically raised me. i was born into the 70's, grew up in the 80's and had my dreams of being famous dashed in the 90's. *sigh* i like tv and i'm not afraid to admit it, hell i joke that TIVO is my boyfriend. perhaps you'll understand then why paul ryding's illustrations really speak to me. (ummm, i think michael k. williams the actor who plays omar from the wire is hello! finnnnnne). of course not all paul's illustrations are of tv icons check out paul's website to see more of his illustrations.

New print by Erika Somogyi..

Oh Wow. This print reminds me of the day I just had...ahhhh. Oh no, actually that's a big, fat lie as it's been raining for like a month straight here in Boston. Yeah, and these rain drops are no where near chubby droplets of color. But I have no fear because as I build the ark in my back yard I'll have lovely images to hang on it's walls, as Divine Light by Erika Somogyi is now available as a print. Ok, I'm being overdramatic, but let's be real, this print is gorgeous. So stop focusing on such trivial semantics and white lies and hop on over to Erika's shop as there are only one hundred of these bad Larry's.

q a with know hope..

Recently, I was able to chat with the Israeli street artist Know Hope over instant messaging. What follows are highlights from our conversations. I'm truly excited to share this interview with you; Know Hope is a street artist I admire greatly. Not just for his amazing paste ups and rad 3-d lantern pieces but for his no-holds barred earnest and heart felt messages. His solo show the Insecurities of Time, opens tomorrow at Ad Hoc in Brooklyn.  M: Hey! How are you?

KH: Doing good, how you been?

M: Awesome. Where are you right now? Are you in Tel Aviv?

KH: I'm at home in Tel Aviv, yeah.

M: So I first noticed your work a few years ago...I'm not sure where I first saw it. But it's so different than most street art.

KH: Thank you. I think...haha!

M: When did you start putting stuff out?

KH: I think it was right about when i moved to Tel Aviv...so like 4 years ago?

M: What was your work like in the beginning?

KH: Very text based. I used to write much more than I used to draw, so naturally that's what felt more relevant to me at the time. It usually consisted of a short piece of very associative writing and a small image paired to it.

M: Was it poetry you would put out, or free form writing?

KH: I don't know, it was just stuff from my note/sketchbook..I guess maybe a mixture of both..the term poetry is a bit ambiguous and problematic for me..the same way with the term art.

M: Yeah...it's really a personal take. Talk to me about the term art. What do you mean?

KH: It's funny, because the term is used in such an objective way, when the essence of the thing is to document the subjective. I think art serves so many various functions. M: What do you look for in art that you like? For me...I need to be moved, I need to feel and think.

KH: I think accessibility, to know that the person was present when making it. Its very layered, the thought of trying to figure out what it is I need in art, because in a way, I am trying to make what I need. Like, I know which artists I like, and I know if something has an impact on me. But the function and aesthetics of art in my mind is constantly changing and developing as time/life goes by.

M: Who are some of those artists?

KH: I've always loved Raymond Pettibon, I think he was one of the first artists I really liked. Shel Silverstein had an immense impact on me, and I only realized that about 2 years ago! Chris Johanson, Espo, Armsrock, recently I'm really getting into the lyricism of Richard Coleman's work. Yoko Ono and music mainly. And my surroundings, as corny as that may sound.

M: What it is it about Shel Silverstein? I can totally see that reference in your work.

KH: Yeah, about 2 years ago I revisited The Giving Tree and realized how much that influenced my outlook and my art specifically then I thought about all of his books that I had, like The Missing Piece series and was blown away. Children's books are one of the most important mediums that exist if they're done properly, I think.

M: When did it occur to you...that he was a big influence?

KH: Hmmm, after I bought the book, and basically I remembered every little part that composed the book. Whether it be certain details of the drawings, the wording of the text...this had been at least 10 years since I had seen it last. The next week I got a tattoo.

M: Did that open up a lot more inspiration for you? Oh? What was it?

KH: Definitely. It was the last image, the boy as an old man sitting on the tree stump. It was crazy, because all of these images I had been using and still am, were all there in some form or shape; the tree stumps, the complexities of giving, taking, feeling content. M: So when you had this realization...did you start to move in a different direction? Did your work solidify?

KH: I don't know if [it moved] in a different direction. When I found out I didn't feel like I was ripping it off, but had subconsciously taken what I had from the book and it rose to the surface years later. That's when I realized how a vocabulary is made, a visual vocabulary, in this case. So yeah, I think it did solidify my work and general outlook and now I'm still trying.

M: It's interesting...because what I think about Shel Silverstein's work is that he had such a gentle way of delivering very strong messages, which I see very clearly in your work. Which brings me to your character, the main dude that appears in most of your work.

KH: yeah?

M: He seems so earnest and kind of heart broken. Would you say he is?

KH: I don't know if [he's] specifically those things. At least not all the time..I think it varies depending on the situation he's in. He's more of this visual manifestation, a culmination of some sort...an attempt to create an icon, an icon for a feeling. Or for feelings in general. He's more of an observer and lately he's become a bit more active, in reacting to his surroundings, and things that are happening to him and around him.                                                                                                                                              M: So last time we talked...we were talking about your character who lives in most of your work.          

KH: Yeah.

M: You talked about him being a puppet for complexity of giving, taking, feeling content...can you talk a little bit about the complexity of giving and taking specifically.                                                         

KH: I think that actions and gestures are often pushedinto sorts of categories, given names, which can be black andwhite sometimes. One is either a giver or a taker, knowledgeable orignorant etc. etc...though I feel that circumstances can createsituations that are more complex, more textured or layered. We are always changing roles, depending on the motions of where we are. This of course brings us to the gray ares, which I think are the most common and although seen as an ambiguous context, are the most accurate. That is what I am interested in exploring or documenting.

M: Do you think he represents the ambiguity in life? That gray area between giving and receiving?

KH: Based on that sort of mindset is how a certain iconography is starting to develop [for me], through the amputatedarms, the placement of the hearts. These things don't have a definitive meaning, but [rather] depend on the piece and the situation composed in the piece. I'm not sure if its the grayarea between giving and taking as much as it is the idea of an arealike that existing. In a way, I'm finding that [to be] the most common of areas...being in that grayarea. I think that knowing fully where you are, is such an absolutecondition, which is rarely achieved, if ever. We can know where we arenow, and speak of the contemplations, discoveries, conclusions of thosemoments. But time is a tricky thing. Once you figure what is going onat a given time, it becomes the past, automatically. Throwing you into astate of re-adjustment, re-calculation. The same works with conclusionsbased on hind sight recollections from the past. What worked yesterday, isn't relevant today. So we're constantly in between, re-adjusting. Coming to terms and adapting. There is so much to be said about the games of time, but I can get rather scattered if not speaking about something specific. Basically the only place we are surely as present and precise would be now. That gray area.

M: right, which in actuality is as stark as it's going to get, in that moment. M: When did your work evolve into 3d?

KH: The lanterns? That would be about a year and a half ago, but actually full on 3-d in the last year or so...I've always been fascinated by the very present, ephemeral aspect of everything. It is one of my main themes that I deal with. So with the lanterns it was kind of like 'how can I make the piece convey temporarily, not only speak about temporarily?' Physically, the pieces were temporary, as they were only complete for a specific amount of time. Once I realized how I imagined the viewers experience to be; this whole new aspect really changed into something else, I got really excited. M: What is street art like in Tel Aviv?

KH: It's definitely growing, especially when you think about what there was a few years ago.

M: Is it easy for you to put pieces out?

KH: I think that for such a small place, there's some really great stuff coming out of here. Yeah, its pretty easy to do street stuff here. Especially with the installation/lantern pieces.

M: Your pieces are pretty delicate...do they stay up long, or do people grab them.

KH: I don't really know, because I never stick around to see what happens. I put 'em out, and walk away. But I know that they are taken all the time. I've seen pictures of 'em in peoples living rooms...when I was looking for a new apartment, I walked into one and there was a piece of mine hanging on the wall.

M: Ha! Did they know it was you?

KH: It was funny. Nope.

M: Did you tell them?

KH: No way!

M: Hahaha, that is awesome.

KH: I thought it was kinda funny...I wonder what they would've said.

M: They probably would have given you the room!

KH: Nah, it wasn't that good. Pretty bad actually...haha. M: How do you feel about people taking your work?

KH: That'san interesting issue I'mvery glad to see that people like it enough to want it, and I'm happyto give these sort of things away, especially because I don't getattached to anything I make. It's better that things don't lastforever. The only thing that i find problematic is when people startto get borderline greedy about it, taking pieces off the wall rightafter I put them up, following my route and taking each and every pieceout there. These are things that have happened. In that case, I'm gladthat they like it enough, but its out there for everybody. But theseare things that can't be controlled, the natural dynamics ofputting stuff out on the street. Once it's out there, it's far frombeingyour's. That's what I like about it too. Exorcise this stuff and let itbe seen, then seen no more. Know what I mean? Plus, I wouldn't wanteverything that I've ever made to still be out there. [It] would hauntme in a way.

M: Let's talk about your show at Anno, Temporary Residence. There seemed to be a lot of devastation.

KH: Really? That's something I get constantly. People think [the show] was very pessimistic or that I have this really grim outlook on life. I don't really see it as that: devstation, maybe desperation...urgency might be more accurate.

M: Yes, after I typed devastation I wanted to say that is not a negative perspective. But the trees...the ones that were cut...the fires, the people crying.

KH: Yeah, I get what you mean.

M: But urgency seems apt...where was that coming from?

KH: I wouldnt say that it was necessarily mine, though its inevitable for it not be, because it comes from me. But I see these times as being dramatic times, though I find this certain beauty in the term 'dramatic times'. It's real, it's happening. Even when things aren't happening to you, it is impossible to separate yourself from these incidents. I'm not necessarily speaking on the direct political aspect, but on a more basic, human level. M: Right, for sure. How was it having your first solo show?

KH: It was cool. Brian and Cherri from Anno are really great people, and helped it be a very special experience. This show kind of got my head a bit more aired out and eventually more focused, on what it is I want to do, and how I want to do it. It might have been the timing or where I was in my head before and at the time of the show, but I think it got me thinking about what it is I'm doing. It gave me some sort of clarity, I think that's what I mean by aired out.

M: What did you realize? What was the clarity?

KH: Basically how much more there is I want to do and explore, conceptually and technically. I feel that after a long time dealing with a certain vocabulary and character etc, topics and concepts, only now I'm starting to understand with myself what it is I'm talking about. And therefore how much more I have to [go to] communicate those things. But I think I'm getting there, at least in my head.

M:When is your show at Ad Hoc?

KH: It's opening date is January 16th. The Insecurities of Time. I tried to transfer the concept/title of the show almost literally. It deals a lot with the implications of time and how it changes. Mostof the pieces are made up of groups of characters, mainly divided into groups of experienced and non-experienced characters withthe amateur ones, feeling disatisfied with their first encounters withthe 'downsides' of how time works. Whereas the ones who have actuallyfelt the implications of time are basically comforting and directingthem. Experienced and non-experienced characters.

M: Do you find it difficult to translate your work in gallery spaces? Since lots of your work is street based?                                                                                                                                                     

KH: I think that the experience mainly comes into manifestation in thesmaller details, such as the placement of the heart, the amputated arms andwhich of those things the character has in all the different specificframes/pieces. They're usually composed of the communication betweenthose two roles. Ummm, I don't know if it's difficult (the translation to indoors) [or] it's just a different mindset outsideyour reacting to an existing reality, and becoming part of it. Whereasinside your basically creating an environment out of nothing.                                                                                                                        

M: Do you move in two different mindsets? Or do you just pick up and go?                                  

KH: It's weird, I was actually thinking about that earlier. I think that Ido somewhat separate between the two. When I'm working on a show, that'swhere my head is. When I'm working on street stuff, I don't eventhink about indoor stuff. I think where the two meet is in theinstallation part. I think that its impossible to treat the indoor as if it were the street, because it isn't and bringing the outside in, is impossible. Itry to treat each environment for what it is, and react to that. Whether it be a park-full of cut down trees or a blank white room.

M: Can you tell us a little about the work that will be in the Ad hoc show?

KH: I feel that thistime around, the pieces actually hold as a series. Lots of happeningsover the past few months have made me go through variousthought-processes, and consolidated many things. So I feel that thesepieces reflect that, at least in my head. Itsfunny, because lately I'm finding that 'conclusions and insights' that I reach with my character or in my work, I somehow only reach myself afew months later. Coincidentally I guess I'm not that separate from everything that's going on. Like, the process is far from pre-determined in that sense. There is one of the pieces in the show it's titled 'Let a souvenir be a souvenir'. Kind of like 'Yeah, that's where we were. It was good. But let the momenttake its natural course, even if it means deteriorating and onlyexisting as a memory. More are on the way...' [Kind of] like scars etc...I have a piece that is at the moment titled 'Common scarsbrought us together (a safe place)'. Which illustrates some sort ofget-together composed of all the amputees in the series. They'resupposed 'misfortunes' [which] brought them to a common place.

M: What is coming up for you in 2009?

KH: I have something happening here, in Tel Aviv. Possibly Rome. LA in June and some more stuff still hanging. Butthere are some more projects that are in the works, that haven't takenenough form and shape to say anything about yet. But I got my hopes up.

M: Right, because you know hope.

KH: Haha, that's what they say.

***Some images courtesy of Anno Domini. Thanks Cherri!***