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Month: April 2009

Without Looking

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Varg

I predict since there has been a Swine Flu death in Houston, there will be an article about it on Nola.com and a commenter will say that it is heading this way and either another commenter or that same one will say something about how it hopefully take care of all the “thugs” in the…

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Romy Tonight! (April 28)

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Varg

My torchy jazz chanteuse fiancee Romy Kaye will be singing at Mimi’s in Marigny tonight with Sasha Masakowski and Miss Sophie Lee. Show starts at 9 p.m.!

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Sign Seen In The French Quarter

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Varg

Not an original artistic concept but often effective.

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Palmyra

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Varg

Jolie Holland’s Lower 9 song with the great line, “I’ll dance at your funeral if you dance at mine.”

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This Majestic Thing

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Varg

This majestic thing… …will soon be seen by me.

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Wake Me When He’s Indicted

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Varg

I’ve been watching all the crime camera / Hawaii trip stuff with interest but not intrigue. My lack of enthusiasm partly springs from the fact that a lot of it has been tossed around the blogosphere now for many months and combined with what can be heard from am radio and plain old scuttlebutt, it’s…

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Ken

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Varg

Last I heard Ken’s condition was improving. He has regained consciousness several times. Can see. Can hear. Is off blood pressure medication intended to keep brain swelling down. Probably has along way to go.

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E-mail Circulating

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Varg

I know Ken and he is truly a man who rewards you with his kindness. He’s got a great big smile for everyone. He has a wife and two young children. There should be a way to contribute next weekend at French Quarter Fest. Probably pieces of art donated to the cause by other Jackson…

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Crawfish Berl Burrito

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Varg

Ingredients: peeled Crawfish from recent berl sausage, garlic, onions, potato, corn on the cob grated cheddar cheese large flour tortillas Preparation: – Place crawfish, onions, potatoes, garlic and corn (cut from cob with kitchen knife) in bowl and microwave for 60 seconds. – Remove from microwave and sprinkle with grated cheese. – Place back in…

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Not My Vargi

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Varg

Just in case anyone was wondering, the gentleman who (allegedly) perpetrated this act is not related to me… Metairie man says stranger chewed, swallowed after taking bite out of his arm A Metairie resident is recovering after a stranger bit a chunk of flesh out of his arm and swallowed it Saturday afternoon. Joseph Lancellotti,…

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3 Noble Truths

Know yourself. Know the Universe. Know yourself in the Universe.

Rev. Varg’s Artist Statement

Rejoice!

I say that a lot. I sign many pieces with it. I do this because I believe our lives are a true happenstance. A brilliant occurence from nothingness. We are so rare. We are so unlikely. And simply being born isn’t enough. From there we must survive, endure. So each morning, after our Sun departs and is reborn again. Please, for the sake of your ancestors and the Universe in general, hoist that cup of joe up and say, “Rejoice.”

Ours is a soulful existence. No matter how many McMansions, polyester fabrics, auto-tunes, modified foods and social networks we surround ourselves with, we are all still native, passionate beings made of ancient matter. We are organic and we have soul.

Wood also has a warm, soulful quality. Wood has a memory. It retains smells, traumas, events. It even has a calendar. This is why I have chosen it as my medium, for its old soul. I like to think the wood in my work is in its third incarnation. First a tree, then a home and now art. If you have a room that needs a little soul, get a piece. A room can never have enough soul.

My inspiration and subject matter comes from many sources, among them: Humanism, old ballads, trickster tales, flora and fauna, science, myths and folklore, stringed instruments, brass bands, amber spirits, lady vocalists, general relativity and quantum mechanics. Some of my pieces are there just to make a short, simple statement about what’s important in life. Some are more diffuse and abstract in meaning. A personal drama, an enduring line from a poem or novel, a poignant song lyric, the legacy of an important person, a fleeting thought … these are the subjects of my art.

I use hearts often because they are a very abstract way of depicting the human soul without also employing the very subjective human form. The symbolic heart is an apt representation for a person’s experience and essence. A body can immediatly conjure happiness, sorrow, youth, age, anger, bliss. These emotions can get in the way. Sometimes it’s simply about the experience.

I am the son of a sailor and a social worker, the grandson of a gypsy, a dancer and a nurse. I spent my youth moving from port city to port city, watching a lot of road go by and reading World Book Encyclopedia. After my parents settled down on the Gulf Coast, I was a miscreant youth, destroying cars and taking the wrongs things too seriously and the right things not serious enough. Eventually I began replacing my imagination with experience.

I will use any salvaged wood but prefer swamp cypress and longleaf heartwood pine.

I despise waste. Particularly the waste of organic matter. Trees are magnificent. They were here before we arrived and they’ll be around after we are gone. I’m making an effort to save as much wood as possible. Creating art is fun too. But beyond communicating with folks, but beyond making money ad providing for myself, beyond rescuing flooded parts, beyond reveling in the ethereal aroma of heartpine that hasn’t seen the light of day in 400 years, beyond all that, I am trying to make a simple comment on waste.

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