Elephante Blanche by Bijou O’Keefe

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  • Please pass the Password

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    Yes, that’s done. I’m thing about what to do for my next art project/performance. Beauty is Truth. The relationship between the two. And Truth is Beauty, the vise-versa. John Keats wrote that in “Ode on a Grecian Urn”. C.G.Jung writes about it. And there is plenty scattered through Greek mythology. And any perception of the…

  • Porte Bandera

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    June 14th is Flag Day. It was also the birthday of a fellow I used to work for, James Maxwell Baldwin. He was of British descent and sort of starchy. Which agrees with a sturdy flag. O’er the ramparts… imagine Betsy Ross making the first flag without a sewing machine. Durable in rain, sleet or…

  • Reboot!

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    My buddy, this iPad, decided to go black. Nothing. Black screen. I tried various things without success. So, a trip to the Apple Store downtown SF. I was there for about four hours. It – the iPad – needed a reboot which took maybe forty minutes. In doing so, everything was erased, or so it…

  • Take my blood, please..

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    It’s a good thing I only have two eyes. Otherwise, I’d have to repeat the pre-op for cataract surgery every six months. To be ready for June 17th, I had blood work done today. Not a big deal, except finding a place that takes my insurance. Today it was Quest Diagnostics. In the waiting room…

  • Water galore

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    Today was going as planned. My to-do list was done and we had another pleasant, weekly Zoom chat with my sisters. I live in a large city block, three story building called Project Artaud after Antonine Artaud, the French revolutionary theater artist. In 1973, what was formerly the American Can Company was converted into artists’…

  • Dick

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    Dick Vivian is my dance partner from the KOFY TV20 days (clip on YouTube) That would be late ‘80s. Trying to import a photo here. It’s a long and happy story with many anecdotes. It began when Dick, who was working at the Alta Plaza restaurant, came into my salon and requested a haircut. While…

  • Dancing with the Famous

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    It was 1987, I was visiting Maureen and Daniel in Manhattan. The Palladium nightclub was happening. Disco was surging and this was the place to be. I hit the dance floor and danced back to back with different partners of any persuasion or color. My only criteria was my rotating partners had to be able…

  • Chat GPT

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    I had to look up what it was. Yuck! You need a computer to write for you? I can see spell check. But sometimes even spell check misses the concept and replaces the word I want with a word that is vaguely spelled the same, but destroys the meaning of the sentence. Now, sometimes when…

  • A new project

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    Here’s the idea. I love reading, I have a background in theater and I need a job where commuting isn’t a part or standing for lengthy periods of time. So, there is at least one company looking for readers to record audio books. I made a new resume that focuses on voice. Looks pretty good.…

  • Paratransit waiting room

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    What’s to be said about waiting rooms? Depends on what you’re waiting for. To audition for a play, at the doctor’s office or, as was today, the Metropolitan Transit’s branch that provides reduced taxi fare to those that qualify. The folks waiting at Paratransit waited with an array of personal mobility equipment. Pretty much what…