"My art is an exaggeration of what makes me happy."

-Otis Houston Jr.

Everyone is a teacher if you listen.

Canada opening Spaced Out / On Time
James Kalm Report nyc gallery videoblog
1:00-3:20
Otis 3:10

Wednesday (Sept 16) Otis took me to Francis Naumann's to see this show. Francis is a big fan of Otis' work. Otis and I admitted to each other that we are not great at chess.

Canada Gallery
September 11, 2009

These hands were meat for more then just fighting--JAZZ HANDS
Why I need to do this
Cause nobody else will
What you want me to do- just roll over and play dead
You can't keep people back who refuse to be kept back

Writing is a weapon and it's more powerfull then a fist could ever be

It's nice to have friends

Survival- Means Attracting Attention To What's Critical
It's all coming together
Originals never change
They Just Get Better
The difference is intelligence
It's A First
Crazy
Sexy
Cool

Keep It
Simple
Stupid

I'm gentle. I'm sensitive. I'm strong.
(Men, take note.)

Spaced Out / On Time



Joan Brown

Sadie Laska

Chris Martin

Katherine Bernhardt

Otis Houston Jr.

Dona Nelson

Agathe Snow



September 11 - October 11, 2009

Opening reception: Friday, September 11, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM





"It’s amazing what you can do when you don’t listen to what 'they' say."

Otis Houston Jr.

A.K.A. Black Cherokee



"Baby, I'm not always… Continue

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Otis Houston Jr aka Black Cherokee has a posse and we are assembling. People are in play, talking to each other and working together. Case in point, member Chelsea Spengemann is curating FLOAT, the biennial series of performance and temporary sculpture at… Continue

I don't need no money to do what I got to do
I just do the do

I can sang and dance too but you ain't seen nothing untill you see me do the ouchie coo.

I'm crazy but I don't use drugs, drink alcohol,smoke cigarettes, drink coffee(I prefer tea) or eat meat.
How many sane people I got beat ???????

As beautiful and inspiring as art might be, it can never reach the power of presence naturally expressed in a baby's smile or the sinister glower that can cross an old woman's eyes.Human presence is different from everything else in the world.No concept, image, or symbol can ever gather or hold down a presence.
I'm Here----The MAN ----Black Cherokee

In the practice of medicine there is a differentiation of treatment according to the Yin and Yang of men and women.There is also a difference in pulse. In the last fifty years, however, men's pulse has become the same as women's. Noticing this in treatment of eye disease we applied women's treatment to men and found it suitable. When we observed the application on men's treatmtnt to men, there was no result. Thus we knew that men's spirit had weakened and that they had become the same as… Continue

If a person has a dirty glass of water and thinks it's good, the best way to convince him to get rid of that water is to show him a clean glass of water.(You think you're healthy I'll show you what super healthy looks like) Don't condemn, is the message, just show the best example.I am determined not only to show, but to be the best example.I have the opportunity to use my talents.I will use those talents for the betterment of the American and all people.

No one stands alone in… Continue

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
took the one less traveled by,
And that made all the difference.

-------------------------Robert Frost