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Originally uploaded by Rachel Ariel.

A pink woman with a chainsaw? I think so. I do adore the graffitti art. Perhaps because I'm not quite hardcore enough to actually make my art on the sides of buildings, but rather between the covers of a book which can be conveniently closed and hidden away in a back pocket or a dark corner. I still have trouble believing that I am capable of creating things that other people want to engage in (stories people want to read, pictures people want to look at). Graffitti art screams "You WILL look at me. You have NO CHOICE" and I adore that.

I had an enjoyable, but somewhat tiring visit to New York. I feel like I am still decompressing from it, like the city winds me tightly like a spring, and I'm mostly unwound now, but not quite. That may be some of the emotional baggage from the trip as well.

Dodger has a funny habit of using the litter box and then jumping up on the kitchen counter. I try not to think about it.