Celebration of the "Desert Warren" public art by Karen & Tony Barone -- dance performance by Simeon Den and Teresa Di Pietro, cellist Sunday, January 20, 1-2pm at the Atrium in Rancho Mirage
Max hates swimming. #pugs #pugsofinstagram #palmsprings #coachella #palmspringslife #swimming @simeonden
My Daily Haiku for the Old Year: - - “Like a Winter chill Age came to steal my Youth. ‘Fuck you, Age!’ I win!” @simeonden @sdengallery #haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #butoh #dance #photooftheday #photography #dancer #palmsprings #coachella #spokenword
Part Deux—For some context, I was infinitesimally more humbled to meet Martha Graham when I met her, than when I met Stephen Sondheim on that first day of rehearsal. On that first day, in the darkened hallway of the rehearsal studio on W 17th Street, I actually mistook him for the janitor! But I digress. On that evening at Stephen Sondheim’s Turtle Bay townhouse at twilight, cocktail hour in Manhattan, I stood at the third floor window of Stephen Sondheim’s antique games ...room, peering down at the meticulously manicured garden paths, in the center of New York City, and in the waning light of the day, I caught a glimpse of Katherine (fucking) Hepburn pensively strolling through the pathways and trellises of roses outside Stephen Sondheim’s townhouse at Turtle Bay in Manhattan ....in chiaroscuro.
Drawing: pencil on rice paper, Version of “Leaping Into the Abyss” by Sensei @jonhamblin #memoir #memories #stories #newyork #newyorkstories #chorusboy #autobiography #dancer #1970s @stephen_sondheim
See Morefrom The I Remember Files- - Merely a BWAy chorus boy, I never ever characterized myself as “merely.” As an original cast member (albeit of the chorus) of “Pacific Overtures,” I was once invited to Stephen Sondheim’s home in Turtle Bay, the fabled eastside NYC neighborhood. Stephen Sondheim (I feel compelled to call him by both names because addressing him solely as “Sondheim” seems too impersonal and calling him “Stephen” seems more personal than appropr...iate) has a rare collection of antique game toys housed in a room on the third floor of his townhouse. As an appropriately curious party guest, I came upon it quite innocently as I respectfully wandered about. After I viewed the impressive collection, I found myself standing at the window facing the back of the building that faces the backside of the other houses on his block. I peered down into the gardens that seemed to be private pathways shared in common by his neighbors. All the townhouses backsides faced each other as though the back of the properties were shared gardens. That was my perception at the time but in retrospect, it seems highly unlikely that everyone of Stephen Sondheim’s neighbors had access to each other’s backyard garden. New Yorkers, by definition, are guarded. Although confined to relatively compressed living spaces, New Yorkers rejoice in defining and defending the boundaries of private personal spaces with spoken and unspoken rules of non-engagement. But I digress. I did not grow up as one of those theater kids who always dreamed about being on Broadway. Never saw a book show until I was 18, when I saw a touring company of “Man of La Mancha” in Honolulu and did not start dance training until after college when I was 21, after which I trained as a “concert” dancer; not a commercial dancer but a professional concert dancer trained in Modern Dance & classical ballet in New York City. My mentors considered BWAy dance as a step down from concert dance. To be continued... @simeonden
See MoreMy Daily Haiku- - “It steals it’s way in. Pain as the Dark Companion Comes uninvited.” #haiku #poetry #poetryofinstagram #dailyhaiku #dailyart #meditation #transcendental #desertlife #aginggracefully #francisbacon @simeonden @sdengallery #pain
As artists, we learn to trust our Intuition. Much of my own creative practice is to (physically & mentally) center (balance) myself to clear my thoughts for the energy to flow. Not unlike Zen brush painting, the art we create, the products of our physical gestures, are extensions of our spirit. #spirit #art #artistsoninstagram #artists #yoga #meditation #creativity #palmsprings #cathedralcity #art #publicart @simeonden
New Year Resolution- - My Yoga Qi friends & practitioners choose Happiness! Simeon Den Gallery/Fine & Temple Arts @simeonden @theofficialpatrickevans #yoga #meditation #transcendentalism #yogaoninstagram #palmsprings #palmspringslife KESQ News Channel 3 #desertlife #coachella #health #aginggracefully #happiness #energyhealing #energy #newyear #resolution2019
My Daily Haiku- - “Birds of a feather, The ones with the brightest wings Soar simply because.” @simeonden #haiku #poetry #graffiti #art #artistsoninstagram #birdsofafeather #coachella #palmsprings #palmspringslife
A group of us local desert artists have organized a raffle in the lobby of the Mary Pickford Theaters in Cathedral City to support the over 3,000 children who’ve been separated from their families at the Mexican border. Join our local artists to support the efforts to ease their plight with legal aid and buy a $5 raffle ticket to win original art. Today through Jan 2.
Shout out to Michael Weems Mfawk Ewnavarro Yuki Karen Riley Simeon Den Monica Morones Ted Hanes et al #artistsoninstagram #refugees #refugeechildren #artists #arch #donation @dplaceentertainment @scrapgallery @simeonden @lifeworkgallery @michaelweemscollection @cakesthemaniac @monica_morones_
A group of us local desert artists have organized a raffle in the lobby of the Mary Pickford Theaters in Cathedral City to support the over 3,000 children who’ve been separated from their families at the Mexican border. Join our local artists to support the efforts to ease their plight with legal aid and buy a $5 raffle ticket to win original art. Today through Jan 2.
Shout out to Michael Weems Mfawk Ewnavarro Yuki Karen Riley Simeon Den Monica Morones Ted Hanes et al #artistsoninstagram #refugees #refugeechildren #artists #arch #donation @dplaceentertainment @scrapgallery @simeonden @lifeworkgallery @michaelweemscollection
Photo shoot of the “Desert Warren,” @baronestudio metal sculptures installation in Coachella Valley. @simeonden #artistsoninstagram #photooftheday #blackandwhite #photography #photoshoot #sculpture #artists #metalsculpture #coachella #coachellavalley #desertlife #palmsprings #palmspringslife #rabbitsofinstagram
I teach my Yoga Fit class at the Fountain of Life in Cathedral City at 11am @simeonden #yoga #yogafit #yogafitness #meditation #publicart #mindbodyspirit #dance #taichi #chi #qigong #tao #taoenergy #energy #energywork
The 1st Annual Agnes Pelton House Museum Day Sunday, February 24, 2019, 11a-3p, 68680 F Street, Agnes Pelton Way, Cathedral City Cove TKTs at the door and online at www.agnespeltonsociety.com #museum #historic #paintings #palmsprings #palmspringslife #coachellavalley #coachella #modernism #modernismweek #transcendentalart
Guess who’s in another Lichon Coma? Salamat FilAm Oriental Market in Cathedral City for assisting me in my overdose of thrice cooked pork: boiled, fried & roasted to a crisp succulent savory epicurean delight. #filipinofood #lichon #foodaddict #roastpork #epicurian #epicuriandelight @desertboheme @missmyram
Museum Day at the Agnes Pelton House is Sunday after Palm Springs Modernism Week, Feb 24, 11-3pm. Photo: Meditation garden at sunrise; Peter Palladino mosaics. www.agnespeltonsociety.com @simeonden #historichomes #historicpainter #transcendental #agnespelton #painting #mosaic #coachellavalley #coachella #palmsprings #palmspringslife #modernism #modernismweek #desert #desertart
“Chaise” fine art furniture sculpture, @robertereeves Photo: Peter Palladino Model @simeonden #furniture #sculpture #dance #art #artistsoninstagram #figurativeart @sdengallery #coachella #palmsprings #palmspringslife