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Rainy yet absolutely good to be here…we are tooling around the backstreets of Hauz Khas Village…checking things out…I found a 1.5 foot plastic cast yellow Ganesh Statue…had to buy it…we seem pretty rested…maybe it will hit us later…so glad to be here with Richard…we travel well together…our hotel is comfortable..India is so different than 30 years ago…yet still the same…In a restaurant now…lots of Indian hipsters on Macs nursing Caronas and Lattes…cows in the street…rickshaws everywhere…ahhhhh…India

…I have been in therapy for a number of years.  I have been blessed with a most benevolent and insightful therapist.  He practices what he calls Buddhist Psychology.  Basically what he has emparted to me is that I lovingly revel and struggle in a "Disorder" known as ASD:  Attention Seeking Disorder.  He continues to remind me that when I put myself "out there"  (like now)…many opinions, accusations, adulations and such will be reflected back.  He once jokingly told me that his therapy will be complete when I show up for an appointment in a business suit…Yesterday my friend Carol Jackson brought me back another treasure from her visits to thrift shops in the Deep South of the US…..it is like a major pimp coat taken to the next level…perfect for me:  The Art Pimp…but ya know…even I wondered if I could pull this off in public…so I put on the coat and headed to town…when pulling into the parking lot in San Miguel, who should I spy?  My therapist getting into his car…and after all these years of therapy…I hid..Why?  I don't know…maybe I wanted him to believe that I am on the road to "recovery"…I guess I just have to marvel at the Creature I have created…there are pluses and minuses…I love to adorn…my art and myself…but sometimes the attention is too much and I want to flee to a cave in Tibet…so…ASD has its high points and its perils…..I ride the wave…Life is like a Big Wave…when you catch it…your Sitting on top of the world…if you miss it…time to bury your head in the sand…so the Middle Way is my horizon line…..searching, seeking and questing for the ultimate ride on a perfectly imperfect wave…..

…35 years ago this morning…after a night of dancing….I walked out of 12West on the far west side of Manhattan Island…I felt a confused exhilaration and a lonesome connection while experiencing a descent from some extremely righteous acid…I meandered out to the end of one of the abandoned piers…knelt down above the water…and embraced the dawn…now all these years later I feel so blessed for these extended dawns…all continues to be revealed… I am grateful for this relationship with Richard and my work…still connecting the dots…Blessings on this Year!

The other day San Miguel de Allende was voted the top travel destination by Conde Nast Magazine.  I look at this news with both pride and a heavy heart.  This will bring lots more tourism to the area and tourists mean pesos and dollars to spend.  That is good for everyone….myself included.  This is a beautiful spot…we still marvel at the magic of this vortex.  Special serendipitous energy abounds.  The Mexican Culture is still magnificent as it lumbers into the 21st Century.  Ex-pats have brought all kinds of great restaurants and cultural events to perk up the night life.  My thing about a heavy heart is this…with all this infusion of wealth and interest comes more crime.  Over the last twelve years I have seen more and more crime…some of it quite violent.  As long as there is this extreme have/have not equation it is only going to escalate….there is not enough water in the underground aquafers to sustain rising populations…where is the water going to come from? It seems that there is really no Big Picture in the plan.  And from my line of sight…I just take in a deep breath…have another hit of coffee and watch……this is Life!

…it has been awhile since I last posted.  It has been a busy time with the Opening at the Gallery in early August and commision work which brought us to Puerto Vallarta for two weeks.  I am glad to be home even though Richard is now up in the States for two weeks…I am settling back in to life here at Casa de Las Ranas…reflecting…wondering…doodling and such.  I am reminded lately of my roots and how deep they venture giving me levarage…to experience the wind…to gather in the heights…to follow the Muse…to allow the Mystery…to make breakfast…and feed the animals….these roots are sacred…they should be honored and revered…I just need to remind myself again and again…Rumi once said, "Even though you have broken your vows a thousand times…come come yet come again"…..So it is a time to allow the levarage…activate and soar…and trust in the winds….Glad to be home…..

Chapel of Jimmy Ray Gallery in La Cieneguita, Mexico

We
are happy to announce the next Opening at the Chapel of Jimmy Ray Gallery in La
Cieneguita, near San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.  All are encouraged to attend The Good The Bad and The
Visionary featuring new works by Joseph Arthur, Spencer Tunick and Anado
McLauchlin on Saturday, August 3, 2013 at 1pm.  Brooklyn based Joseph Arthur, a musician and a painter
brings a worldly lyrical vision to his work, which captures the poetic shorthand
of the magician and translates the secrets of color and line to define
archetypal visage and intent. 
Joseph will be collaborating with Photographer and Artist Spencer Tunick
in a collection of nudes gleaned from a rooftop in Brooklyn and at the Chapel
of Jimmy Ray Gallery in Mexico.   Anado McLauchlin is a North American
Artist living in Mexico.  Seven
years ago, Anado began adding the Chapel of Jimmy Ray Gallery Complex to his existing
2.5 acre compound 5  kilometers
from San Miguel de Allende.  The
Gallery features not only Mr. McLauchlin’s assemblages, but also his jewelry,
furnishings and mosaic work.   
Mr. McLauchlin continues to celebrate the “everyday” with his playful
gumbo of a vision.  Be prepared for
some surprises along with some installations and a video collaboration with
Julio Carlos Ramos Zapata of Mexico City.  Mojiganga and Paper Mâché  Artists, Hermes Arroyo and Cindi Olsman  will have a large combustible Paper Mâché Effigy that will truly amaze. The Hierbabuena Cocina Gourmet Food Truck will be on site with their delicious fare. The Chapel of Jimmy Ray Gallery
warmly invites you for an afternoon of revelry and mirth. The previous openings
at the Gallery have been more than a presentation of splendid work but a
celebration of surprise and Visionary wonder.  There is something new around every corner…discovery and
delicious provocation… 

DIRECTIONS

From
Centro Historico in San Miguel de Allende.  Taxis to the Gallery are recommended.  Tell the driver that you wish to go to
La Cieneguita.  Take Canal Street
and head down the hill.  Follow
Canal through the Glorita (Traffic Circle) and head straight to the parking lot
of the Train Station.  Cut a left
diagonal across the parking lot and cross the railroad tracks.

Follow the asphalt road that initially
curves to the right for 5km…when you see the signs for Guanajuato and
Atotonilco..be aware… and 100 meters past that set of signs is a small sign
on the right that says Casa de Las Ranas……go right there…the small lane
comes to a “T”… on your right you will see a sign for Balneario Las Grutas de
Guadalupe…follow that sign….The Gallery is directly across the street from
the Balneario…….Happy Trails!

The Chapel of Jimmy Ray Gallery in La Cieneguita, Mexico

Joseph Arthur Spencer Tunick June 2013

Joseph Arthur Spencer Tunick June 2013

Anado McLauchlin:  The Guru's Light Was Normal Yet Provocative (Partial View) April 2013

Anado McLauchlin giving an invite…….La Cieneguita, Mexico