JOE GOES MIMOSA (!)

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CHANEL 577 NAIL POLISH "MIMOSA", a limited edition for the summer 2011, hit blogs and YouTube like a killer virus.

Millions of women are crazy for a yellow nail paint that makes you look a bit like a nicotine addicted witch from the 30th century.

So, I decided to take a stand on this topic too.
Or rather, I was FORCED to take a stand on this topic too, as you can see in the first video.

I still have no idea who and why it was but I will find out!

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JOE'S CHANEL MIMOSA EXPERIENCE

Episode one:
THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU TALK ABOUT IT ON THE WEB.




Episode two:
HOW A YELLOW NAIL POLISH CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE.


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TO BE CONTINUED. MAYBE.
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Thank you for your wonderful comments on my yesterday's post.

The sun is shining, the birds are singing, Joe is painting, singing, making stupid videos to free her mind from some annoying intelligence and will definitely stay here like this for the next 50 years *LOL*.

I'm still working on Amy Winehouse. She is too special to be drawn easily. And yesterday the third rubber disappeared because of her.
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CUBISM - SCHOOL PIECE

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I'm relieved.
I've found it.
Finally.


When my art teacher forced me, a rebellious and stupid teenager, to do this, I was angry and absolutely unenthusiastic.
I wanted to develop my own style, not to copy others.
I HATED this unit.
He put a guitar, two glasses, a bottle of wine and some sheets in the middle of a table, bored the pants off us with an endless monologue about the theory and history of Cubism and finished with: "Now it's your turn!"
Today I know that it was a good thing. I learned a lot and maybe it influenced me a bit too.


















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JOE'S VERY FIRST EYE MAKE-UP ATTEMPT !!!!!!!

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Painting Amy's eyes gave me the idea to paint mine.
No, I didn't do this with watercolors.
A nice woman at the beauty shop convinced me that when I'm able to do this on paper I'll definitely succeed on my face too.
So I bought some Perfect Definition Mascara and a felt tip pen called Long Lasting Liquid Liner (what a literary-sophisticated name!) and prayed to God to make me look exactly like Amy.
Some of you know that I never, NEVER paint my face, therefore I don't think that it's perfect but I tried really hard.   :-)))

Sorry for the scary pic.
I know, I look like the girlfriend of a vampire.

FLAMENCO.

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Flamenco dance is wonderful.
But damn difficult.
I tried to learn it for about two years and it was a real success!
I didn't look totally ridiculous while dancing and I developed my very own style.
Please, do yourself a favour and don't ask me to dance flamenco for you *LOL*.
















Paco de Lucía is the god of flamenco guitar.
Listen and enjoy.
One of my favourite pieces.

THE CHIN-LINE EXPLANATION

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I'm very often asked, why I divide the chins, or the whole faces, in my paintings with a line.

It started about 20 years ago with the theory (created in my crazy teenage brain) that:

The best key to happyness is to be as schizophrenic as possible.

I live about 4 different lives that are not really compatible with each other.
I mean, for example my stage performances and my main job.
So, I'm somehow 4 different persons in one body and sometimes ask myself:
WHO the hell am I at this moment mainly? *lol*

People say that I'm strange, mysterious, crazy, too versatile... but never boring.
And I'm very happy with this.
I experienced a lot sh** in my life but there was always a person in me that was lucky while one of the others was hurt.
So, I was never completely down. :-)

Here are two pictures to show you the development.

The rest is silence.
Or... your interpretation.

1991 (WITHOUT TITLE I)

































1999 (LIZA)

I'd like to make a confession.

I'm a carnivore.
I  SWEAR, I tried to change it!
Without success...
It's a very long time ago but I was vegetarian for about 7 years.
I lost my hair (and had to cut the rest of it),
I was ill 25 times a year,
I had no muscles,
I was extremely underweight,
I got anemia and my doctor told me that he's sorry to say but being vegetarian isn't good for some people.
 And I seem to be one of these.

When I posted this months ago I disappointed and hurt some vegetarians, vegans, animal welfarists...















I'm DEEPLY SORRY for this.
I love vegetarians, I have a huge PETA-poster above my sleeper and my heart wants to be vegetarian but my body fails.
It took me many weeks to find a proper way to say sorry for my misbehavior and heartlessness.

Finally, here is my excuse...

10 years ago. Learning for exams.

I can't believe it's me.
My hair was black.
It's getting lighter and lighter since then.
And I hated that haircut.
I got it by mistake from a hopeless haircutter.

My very first cell phone!
And floppy disks!

The newest ones aren't, but these photos are all edited.
Superedited.
Very extremely edited.
Because in those times my face was covered with pimples.
All over.
I looked like a pizza with olives.

No, it wasn't the best time in my life.

KID ROCK AND UNIVERSITY.

You surely wonder now: What the f*** have these two in common?!?

I like Kid Rock.
I love his music.
He is a great musician.
Despite the fact that he was married to two big breast.
Or...maybe because he was married to two big breasts?
No...he already was a great musician before being married to these two big...whatever...

When I was studying at the university I was listening to "Wasting Time".
Often.
Very often.
Because the song-title is a perfect description of how being a student felt like sometimes...no, not sometimes...
Often!
Very often!
I didn't drink too much, I didn't smoke but I needed his music and some crazy lyrics regularly to free my mind from a lot of intellectual waste and to find my way back to normal life.

But I still know every damn part of my brain.
And its function.
So, when for example someone is about to smash my head with a baseball bat I know exactly which bodily function would be out of order afterwards, depending on which area he hits.
If he for example hits me somewhere behind my ears I could have problems to recognize that my mother is my mother.
WHO  KNEW ?????????!!!!!!!!!!
I need this knowledge:
NOT often!
Very...NOT often!
But I still need Kid Rock's music.
His new album is great.

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For "Wasting Time" klick HERE.
Headphones + LOUD!
I still know the lyrics by heart.
After my successfull university performance I covered that song even more successfully on stage.
I was dressed up like ... yeah ... I still have the sunnies, the hat, the tank top and the pants.
I wore the pants yesterday while writing that post.
The pants still fit my butt and the music still blows my mind.
I'm a lucky girl.

Janis Joplin. Unfinished.

There were times when I wanted to look like her.

Portia Arthur...Stagenames instead of my real surname. She was born in Port Arthur.

First time I heard her singing I was about 5 and I hated her voice. My mom is the biggest fan. I preferred Joan Baez and at the age of 8 I could sing "Blowin' In The Wind" very similarly to her.

When I was 14 I started to love Janis. I had my voice break (yes, girls have it too, but you can only notice it when you're a passionate singer) and my voice wasn't that clear and silver any more.

In one of the biografies it's written that Janis hated Joan because of her clear voice, that she herself never had.
I can understand this. After my voice break I couldn't stand listening to Baez-songs.

When I was very much younger my mom said about me: "You're somehow like Janis. Born a singing baby, always self-critical, often sad, sometimes too wild, too emotional, too erratic..."

Janis had skin problems. Me too. When I was younger my self-image was: I'm ugly and I'll always be! But I wasn't. Like Janis wasn't. We simply didn't cover our faces with concealers and makeup like all the others.

I'm still very emotional and self-critical but I'm not wild any more. I live a calm and grounded life and I know now that I'm not ugly. It's a pity that we'll never know if Janis would have changed that way with age. She died unfinished.

Because of her sad and early death I never tried drugs, I was never dead drunk and I try to live as healthy as possible.

And my voice developed tremendously. It can sound clear or dirty, whatever is needed...

I don't know if I want to color her. She looks so pretty with the unpainted face.
She died unfinished. I'm sure.

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Es gab Zeiten, da wollte ich aussehen wie sie.

Portia Arthur...Künstlernamen statt meines richtigen Nachnamens. Sie wurde in Port Arthur geboren.

Mit 5 hörte ich sie das erste Mal singen und ich hasste ihre Stimme. Meine Mom ist der größte Fan. Ich habe Joan Baez vorgezogen und mit 8 konnte ich "Blowin' In The Wind" ähnlich gut wie sie singen.

Als ich 14 war begann ich Janis zu lieben. Ich kam in den Stimmbruch (ja, Mädchen haben das auch aber man merkt es nur dann, wenn man eine passionierte Sängerin ist) und meine Stimme war nicht mehr so klar und hell wie vorher.

In einer der Biografien steht geschrieben, dass Janis Joan wegen ihrer klaren Stimme, die sie selbst niemals hatte, gehasst hat. Ich kann das verstehen. Nach meinem Stimmbruch konnte ich Baez-Songs nicht ausstehen.

Als ich sehr viel jünger war sagte meine Mom über mich: "Irgendwie bist du wie Janis. Als singendes Baby geboren, immer selbstkritisch, oft traurig, manchmal zu wild, zu emotional, zu sprunghaft..."

Janis hatte Hautprobleme. Ich auch. Als ich jünger war war mein Selbstbild: Ich bin häßlich und werde es auch immer sein! Aber ich war es nicht. Wie es Janis auch nicht war. Wir haben nur beide niemals mit Concealern oder Makeup unsere Gesichter angemalt wie alle anderen.

Ich bin immer noch sehr emotional und selbstkritisch aber ich bin nicht mehr wild, Ich lebe ein ruhiges, bodenständiges Leben und weiß nun, dass ich nicht häßlich bin. Es ist schade, dass wir niemals wissen werden ob sich Janis in diese Richtung verändert hätte. Sie starb unvollendet.

Wegen ihres traurigen und frühen Todes habe ich niemals Drogen versucht, Ich war niemals total betrunken uns ich versuche so gesund wie möglich zu leben.

Und meine Stimme hat sich enorm entwickelt. Sie kann rein oder dreckig klingen, was auch immer gebraucht wird...

Ich weiß nicht, ob ich sie anmalen möchte. Sie sieht so schön aus mit ihrem nicht angemalten Gesicht.
Sie starb unvollendet. Ich bin mir sicher.

TAGGED!

I like to be tagged.

It forces me to contemplate about myself...how I am, what or who influences me...it's somehow wholesome for the soul...

Thank you Minnja.

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Ich mag es getagged zu werden.
Es zwingt mich, mir über mich selbst Gedanken zu machen...wie ich bin, wer oder was mich beeinflusst...es ist irgendwie heilsam für die Seele...
Danke schön, Minnja.

10 things I love...(click to enlarge the photos)

2. Hamlet.

I always carry this little paperback with me. 

It's very old and was part of a challenge.

Many years ago. 

The challenge was to learn it by heart. 

Completely. 

I succeeded. 

I still know about 60 percent of it by heart and reciting it becalms me...

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2. Hamlet.

Ich trage dieses kleine Taschenbuch immer bei mir.

Es ist sehr alt und war Teil einer Herausforderung.

Vor vielen Jahren.

Die Herausforderung war, es auswendig zu lernen.

Komplett.

Ich war erfolgreich.

Ich kann immer noch etwa 60 Prozent davon auswendig und es zu rezitieren beruhigt mich...

3. The Opera. 

Especially The Met. 

"Il Barbiere di Siviglia" was one of the most wonderful happenings in my life. 

I'll never forget it. 

It still makes me shiver with excitement when I think about it.

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3. Die Oper.

Insbesondere The Met.

"Il Barbiere di Siviglia" war eines der wundervollsten Ereignisse meines Lebens.

Ich werde es niemals vergessen.

Es lässt mich immer noch vor Aufregung zittern, wenn ich daran denke.

4. New York. 

I went there and instantly fell in love. 

I need to go back there soon. 

Photos: The Peninsula, rooftop-bar. One Bailey's on ice = 20 Dollars. 

But the photos were worth it.

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4. New York.

Ich flog hin und verliebte mich sofort.

Ich muss bald dorthin zurück.

Photos: The Peninsula, rooftop-bar. Ein Bailey's auf Eis = 20 Dollar.

Aber die Fotos waren es wert.

5. Classical music. 

Debussy's "Claire de Lune" is one of many pieces I really love. 

David Oistrakh's version arouses feelings that I can't describe...

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5. Klassische Musik.

Debussy's "Claire de Lune" ist eines der vielen Stücke, die ich wirklich liebe.

David Oistrakh's Version weckt Gefühle, die ich nicht beschreiben kann.

6. This film.

I can't help it...I simply love it.

I've shed so many tears watching it.

Again and again.

A thousand times.

And Joe Cocker's version of "Bye bye blackbird" from the soundtrack  is...wonderful...wonderful...wonderful!

(listen here: http://videolog.uol.com.br/video.php?id=458725).

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6. Diesen Film.

Ich kann nichts dafür...ich liebe ihn einfach.

Ich habe so viele Tränen dabei vergossen.

Immer und immer wieder.

Tausendmal.

Und Joe Cocker's Version von "Bye Bye blackbird" vom Soundtrack ist wundervoll...wundervoll...wundervoll!

(hört hier: http://videolog.uol.com.br/video.php?id=458725).

7. Astrophysics. 

At the uni I often "missed" ;-) the art history lectures and went to lectures about Hawking.

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7. Astrophysik.

In der Uni habe ich oft Kunstgeschichte Vorlesungen "verpasst" ;-) und ging zu Vorlesungen über Hawking.

8. Birdland.

It was a fantastic concert.

I want to sing there too. 

Sometime. 

I want it. 

And I will do it. 

Second big challenge. 

I love challenges.

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Birdland.

Es war ein fantastisches Konzert.

Ich möchte auch dort singen.

Irgendwann.

Ich will es.

Und ich werde es tun.

Zweite große Herausforderung.

Ich liebe Herausforderungen.

9. Berlin, Berlin, BERLIN!!!

10.Reading!!!

Books!!!!!

That's about 0,1 percent of what I've read. 

I just took an armful out of my bookshelf.

I started reading when I was 3,5 years old and at the age of 8 I've read mom's "Medical Encyclopedia".

I ended at the child psychologist who stated that I was highly talented.

I've never been proud of it.

Reading Gogol and Tolstoi at elementary school age was...embarrassing. 

And a girl who reads Dostojewskij isn't attractive for teenage boys. 

I'm very happy to realize that I go gaga a bit with age *lol*. 

And finally, at my age it's normal to read good literature.

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10. Lesen!

Bücher!!!!!

Das sind etwa 0,1 Prozent dessen, was ich gelesen habe.

Ich habe einfach einen Arm voll aus meinem Bücherregal genommen.

Ich fing mit 3,5 Jahren an zu lesen und im Alter von 8 las ich Mamas "Medizinische Enzyklopädie".

Ich endete beim Kinderpsychologen der erklärte, dass ich hochbegabt sei.

Ich war niemals stolz darauf.

Gogol und Tolstoi im Grundschulalter zu lesen ist...peinlich.

Und ein Mädchen das Dostojewskij liest wirkt auf Teenie-Jungs nicht anziehend.

Ich bin sehr froh zu erkennen, dass ich mit dem Alter ein wenig verblöde *lol*.

Und in meinem Alter ist es endlich normal gute Literatur zu lesen.

I'm sorry but I have to think some days about whom to tag...it's really not easy...

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Es tut mir leid aber ich muss einige Tage darüber nachdenken, wen ich taggen soll...es ist wirklich nicht einfach...

VERSATILE Blog-Award and 7 private facts about me...

Thank you very much, Minnja, for this wonderful award. I really appreciate it and it's a very nice compliment to be described as a versatile blogger.

I was asked to tell seven facts about me. So, here they are...


1. I'm a thinker.
2. I don't like carnival.
3. I have a 18,5 cm long scar on my belly.
4. I have an orchid named Aurelia.
5. I love the rolls from the Morton Williams Supermarket 225 W 57th St in New York.
6. I'm extremely emotional but also...
7. Clear-headed and a strong personality.

I pass this wonderful award to the following seven very versatile bloggers / artists:

David  (He can think, he can write, he can draw, he's the god of illustration, my hero and artistic motivation.)

Caroline (Photoshop artwork, photography, mashups, clothing...a wonderful, very artistic person.)

William (Doodle of the day! Makes my day when I'm ill-humored! He can doodle everything! I LOVE his doodles!)

Ron (He can draw EVERYTHING! I love his sketches!)

Julia (Abstract paintings, sketches, photography...nice person with nice interests, living in one of my favourite cities - Hamburg.)

Vanessa (Her blog is a wonderful mixture of almost everything that makes us smile.)

The Scott Family (A wonderful family, cooking, photography, crafts, painting, interior design...Follow it!)