Why Do I love PBS? Because it Really is a Window to My World!

Photograph of me 1977 Yes I really was a blond.

Why would anyone love PBS? They say TV is bad for you...blah blah blah. It really can be if you don't choose carefully what you are watching. I feel pretty damn lucky that I didn't get cable tv till I was 11 or 12 years old. I had parents who were always working, sometimes two jobs at a time. I was an only child and really independant. Yet there were times when I would rely on the tv for company. Just turning it on was like having other people with me. Especially as a latch-key kid. New worlds were shown to me through the programming on WTTW Channel Public Broadcasting Station. I learned to count in spanish on Seseme Street. How other people are supposed to be treated on Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. My love of drawing and paintinng was from PBS as well. My first still life was made up of kitchen tiles and some fruit on a counter. It was the first lesson in perspective. This was the 1970s and early 1980s. I was on my own a lot and the tv provided company that took the place of siblings. Even to this day no matter where I have lived, there was always a PBS Station waiting for me. I attribute my love of vegi's and vegitarionism to watching the Victory Garden. Also my love of french cookery to Julia Childs' cooking show, even though I have yet to make a chocolate souffle. It is still on my bucket list. This channel presented me with learning oppurtunities, some pretty eye opening. My mom used to talk about the time we were watching open heart surgery being performed and I was glued to the TV. She talked about that later on in life. I think she had hoped I would work in medicine someday like her cousin. Along the way I developd an overwhelming desire to become an artist. Thanks to public television and my love of learning  It planted a seed that would make me become a very well rounded and caring person today. My love of different cultures, the sciences, dancce, and art is the beautiful result of watching educational television. Make a point with your own children to let them watch tv, but with purpose. Who knows they may learn something from it and find their life's passion or some usefull skills. Give them the desire to learn new things and you may be changing the future for the better. Kids need positive role models. PBS was one of mine. Who were your role models? How do you think television changed your view of the world? Leave me a comment. I would love to hear your thoughts!

Have a great evening and Happy Viewing :)

Stacy Frett

Artist, Photographer, and Wandering Soul.  

Heading Into Fall

Heading into fall, back to modeling for the art department. Still trying to find a job with more hours,. Haven't had much luck as of late. Still it is good to have the jobs that I do have. I will persist! Still in a bit of a fog after writing that grant, I took a risk and made it deeply personal. Oh ya that is right, I have no filter what so ever. That is the story of my life, I say too much or too little, never an inbetween. I have never achieved any sort of balance and that is my flaw! My thoughts are pretty scattered this morning as I am once again in personal upheaval. I have really been letting things that bother out of the bag as it were and I am not to sure how comfortable I am about that. Keeping my everything compartmentalized has served me well over the years...not so good now. Oh well this is my strange life and I will continue to live it. I need to stop feeling ashamed of being me and that is where the road takes a new turn! I will see how it goes.
Cheers,
Stacy Frett
Artist and Photographer

Fall is Here Again and I am Still Out of Paint :)

Welcome to the humble beginnings of Fall! Last year around this time I was just getting my Etsy shop going. Most of the work I started with is nolonger in the shop. This is a good thing! It has been a rough year, but am starting to pick up some momentum with regard to finding jobs on the side and creating new images. I am soo glad to have gone through this shit over the last couple years fairly unscathed. So many wonderful and helpful people here in Murray. Personally, I find myself still waiting for the shoe to drop when I meet people. Some of the choices I have made with regard to trusting and relying on people, were very bad! I learned a very hard lesson and am still leery to this day about opening up about anything going on in my life. Like I said before, this was a tough year, but by trusting my gut and holding back a bit it did get better. My level of commitment to anything has really been demostrated this past year. Typically I tend to live in one place/city for around two years and then I have to move elsewhere. I am so used to being disappointed by people and they of me, that I beat them to the chase and go. I have had several career changes by choice and consider my self to be a renaissance women because of it. In spite of all my different gigs in life, I have remained perpetually rootless and aloof. Out and out poverty was the ultimate gift I received this past year. It may sound ridiculous, but when you don't have the money to move and there are next to no jobs available, creativity really sets in.

 I say this because it really does! If you have bills to pay and such, you either get moving or  die in the process. I prefer the life thing, so I took what little resources I had and started taking photographs again and making earrings to help with the bills. I have often commented that having an arts education is a great luxery. It is, but in my case it gave me the skills to tread water. There is no way I was going to go down without a fight! Currently I have work for sale online and at the Murray Art Guild. I have begun showing my work again and working with a community photography program that I was asked to facilitate, called MAGPix. Good things are happening again all because I have been letting people into my life. To think all this started up because I ran out paint and was in a serious depression over the loss of my mom. Sometimes little things really do make all the difference. So far I am still barely treading water financially, but not emotionally anymore. Have since forgotten about the paint that I wanted and have fully comitted myself to a community and it's people. I still have that urge to move now and again, just not as strongly as before. I have hope, friends, and have put some roots down. Eventually more work/money will follow I just have to trust in the process and show a little more patience. To think of all the chaos of last year, almost losing my father, trying to heal every aspect of my life, and learning to trust the right people. Still a work in progress, but what the hell! I have always loved a challenge in life. 

Thanks for catching up with me and the blog,

Cheers, 

Stacy Frett

Artist, Phhotographer  & Locally Wandering Soul!

Chaise Longue Gallery of Stacy Frett: Check it out! Why I work in the Visual Arts Commen...

Chaise Longue Gallery of Stacy Frett: Check it out! Why I work in the Visual Arts Commen...: Here is the full qoute from the nytimes blog comment. Stacy Frett  Murray, Ky. It was never a choice to become a visual artist. I don't know ...

Patienly Waiting for the publication from the fPOE Collective

I have a photo in here. Can't wait to see it in print :)
http://thefpoecollective.wordpress.com/2013/02/13/volume-05-1300-my-time/

Another blog to peruse....on Wordpress

http://stacyfrett.wordpress.com/

Oh The Perils of Painting...

What a day prepping the walls for the show. It is being shown in an alternative space--bathroom instead of a traditional gallery. The only problem with the space was that it needed a good coat of paint. I cleared it out and started painting it today. I am little behind schedule, but the show will definately hang this week.  The physical act of painting a room with so many niches and corners almost drove me mad today. I prefer a nice big plain wall that I can completely roll out in a half hour or so, but to be able to have this show is a wonderful thing so I really don't mind the work. My back on the other hand feels differently LOL! It is a good feeling however to complete a project like this and know full well that I will be able to drift off to sleep easily. I have such a hard time sleeping these days. I am sure it is the usual stress etc...Tonight I will sleep well. Have a great Sunday evening.

Cheers,

Stacy Frett

Artist, Photographer, and Bathroom Gallery Painter ;)

Stacy Frett Photography: Self-Portrait Show Preview

Stacy Frett Photography: Self-Portrait Show Preview: Just wanted to get the ball rolling with a preview of my self-portrait show that will be hung july 2014 at the Murray Art Guild. I haven&#39...

Something pretty for today!

From this summer so far...

Happy 1st Anniversary to my shop!

Check it out! Chaise Longue Gallery is celebrating its first Anniversary! Save 30% Off till August 31st, 2013 with coupon code: BIRTHDAY30 at check out. :)

Chaise Longue Gallery of Stacy Frett: My Photo Was Used In An Ad

Here is a repost from my other blog. I am pretty pleased with my photography these days.
 Chaise Longue Gallery of Stacy Frett: My Photo Was Used In An Ad: This may be old news for some, but I was pretty proud this month when the company Instacanvas used my flower photo for their new photo print...

It Was A Beautiful Day

It was such a beautiful day! More than just the weather of summer, two people unknown to each other, found out they were cancer free today. That made my day! Each day is such a gift and I for one have taken many of my days of health for granted. I am gonna try and not be soo pessimistic about the future of my life. Things will inevitably get better, at least I hope so anyway...Well not much else to add.

Cheers,
Stacy Frett
Artist :)

Life Is Back In Balance Again

Currently sitting in for our fearless leader of the guild. Not too much going on except that I have a job interview at 1pm for a part time weekend position for a company that I used to work for. Hoping that I get it, as I really could use the money! Turning in a couple more applications today as well.

On the flipside of this, I have developed another monster toothache. Life definately finds a way to balance itself out. I will endure like all the other times I have had monster toothaches. Hell I even  had one the day I got married to. It is kind of weird for someone my age to want dentures, but my mouth is soo acidic that teeth just seem to wear away and breakdown so easy. I easily have had $10,000 worth of dental work done since I first got fillings in my baby teeth....a luxery by todays standards to the restorative work on my adult teeth. People have told me over the years that you want to keep your own teeth as long as you can. I call bullshit. Not many have gone through the agony and pain like I have. I had a tooth get soo bad once that it abcessed and the dentist pulled it out. My boss at the time had only had a filling and wouldn't let me have the rest of the day off from work, so I went back to work woozy and brought the damn thing with me. She gave me a look of horror and aplologized.  My longest toothache lasted two years. I often dream of a day when I nolonger have mouth pain.

I should have taken my favorite dentists advice as a child and married a dentist! 
 

I love old technology!

Here is an edited photograph of an old typewriter I found in Paducah during the Mystery Tour. I have actually used one of these before. They still used them where I worked back in 2002, but they were electric.

New Personal Blog...

Started a new personal blog. Now that I have a decent keyboard, I am more likely to write in my blogs. I assure you this is all about the crazy day to day life that I lead. Not too worried if anyone reads it. Hope you enjoy your visit to anyone of my blogs. Look for more detailed future posts from me. Have a great day :)