BALLERINA. Word

Today's Word is BALLERINA. In Honor of my new shoes~ The BALLERINA bunny heelz. Fashionistas can also be called BALLERINAS. It is all about the strut, the stance and the positivity.

Let me know if you wanna buy my shoez. They'll make you feel like a BALLERINA.

Another Opening. Another Shoe.

OMG. OMG. Is that BALLAH MAHLAH in the newspaper!??
IT IS! Whoopie!

This weekend is the opening of Dog and Pony's "As Told by the Vivian Girls." The story itself comes from Chicago Outsider Artist HENRY DARGER's crazy imagination; where little girls are slaves who rebel against anti-Christian soldiers, with the help of dragons and butterflies. Oh yeah... and they have weiners...I told you he was a little coo-koo.

The play takes on a Choose Your Own Adventure approach. They call it PROMENADE THEATRE~ where the tables are turned and the audience wears a mask as they wander the halls of Chicago's Theatre on the Lake. They can follow any character they want, up and down stairs, in and out of rooms for a storytelling experience you will want to see more than once!

I play Angeline, the tomboy Vivian girl who must face horror on the battlefield. The Battles by far are the most BEDANG part. Boi oh boi! People get stabbed! Blood and guts! Only pretend of course.




I took my own stab at being Darger for a Day and made some outsider art of my own. With some scissors, glue and spare things in my room I created BALLERINA Bunny Heelz. (see pic). My first Patented design. Perhaps I will try to sell them to Prada.

So there it is. Unconventional art is taking over Chicago and I want in. I find doing things the unconventional way keeps things fresh and interesting.

No Hate-In '08

HOLLAday: Earth Day. GREEN is the new BLACK

Give it up for Mother Nature!

This is tha day when we celebrate the earth.
The greeness of weed and the browness of dirt
No matter the weather: wind, hail or tornado
Let’s sing to our Mother-Nature-Volcano
Let’s sing our song loud to be sure that she knows
~It goes~

CHORUS
We La La La La La Love you
We Tha Tha Tha Tha Tha Thank you
We will do whatever it takes to make your day.

Re Re Re-Lax~ It’s a Holla Day!
Keep your trash, Reuse it another way
Make it last~ Going Green is here to stay.


V
I do solemnly swear to take part in this process
Without everyone’s help, you lookin’ a hot mess
Go get dressed~ I’ll share whatz in my closet.
Mother Earth quick! needs a remix
Lets sing our song, make sure that she hears it
Blast that beat. Loud and proud. Never fear ~it goes~

Lyrics and Illustration by Ballah MahLah