winter snow

it's been a totally cold somewhat snowy and extremely grey week here in buffalo. i think there is a statistic written somewhere that this region has about 65 sunny days out of the year... i might have made that amount up-- but it sure feels like that's an accurate count-- i know i'm close.

 today seemed to epitomize the worst of buffalo weather -- with a frigid dampness and snow turning from white to grey brown from traffic on the streets.. i had so much trouble forcing myself out of my warm toasty bed this morning-- the air in our house was cold and unfriendly. i spent the first part of the day filling out forms and paying bills-- yuck. the second part of the day i made my way out on icy streets to my studio. there wasn't enough time left in the day to actually finish anything. just a work table with half finished pieces. anyhow-- i think the post holiday buffalo grey days winter blues have already set in. if it's going to be winter then i want it to snow and fill the sky and block out all the city distractions, and muffle all of the city noise-- the soft quiet that snow brings-- a kind of cleansing and purity that blankets the world for awhile-- so lovely and soothing.  this installation by artist simone decker, makes me feel the way a winter snowfall makes me feel.  these are three images are of her installation called filtre. the work has an almost overwhelming but incredibly beautiful stillness -- much like a white out-- when flakes fill the sky and obliterate the view of almost all other things....