I don’t have cable television at my new house and I honestly don’t miss it at all. It is really liberating to be free from the hypnotic clutches of the televisions screen. I’ve wasted countless hours staring at that glowing box. Watching the same shows over and over again. The news is depressing. Nothing but [...]
Archive for the ‘reflections’ Category
DEATH BY TV
Posted in reflections on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in art, reflections on May 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
There are a number of works I’ve seen lately that are totally blowing my mind. They tend to revolve around the idea of deconstructing these common things that are virtually woven into our DNA (not a new idea, I know). Two of the projects take our common notion of what a “house” is [...]
DARK AND LIGHT
Posted in art, reflections, unrealized potential on April 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Recently I’ve been thinking about the power of positive thinking and positive energy.
I believe in law of attraction – the idea that a person’s individual thoughts and emotions both conscious and unconscious, can cause a change in the physical world that attracts positive or negative experiences that correspond to that person’s thoughts. In other [...]
THE HUNT CONTINUES
Posted in reflections on April 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This morning Katie and I spent another 3 hours driving around Wichita looking for the perfect place to call home, and found absolutely NOTHING. It was a total waste of time and gasoline. On my way to work I found a really nice house that showed some real promise but the landlord won’t answer her [...]
Babies Are Creepy Part 1
Posted in Zombies, creepy, eat me, reflections on April 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Did I ever mention that I am severely “PAEDOPHOBIC”
Paedophobia is the fear or infants and young children. I don’t trust them. I’d rather sleep in a pit of venomous snakes than spend 5 minutes alone with a baby.
Babies are evil and must be stopped.
Forget about the threat of suicide bombers and nuclear [...]
Pretty Frank…
Posted in reflections on April 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Is dying a slow death.
My work space (at home).
Posted in art, reflections on April 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Fuel, this is my little corner workspace at home… my computer sits on a small table in my bedroom. It is surrounded by loose change, post-it notes and various other crap.
I have a little garden gnome that lives with me named Willliam… I seem to only see him when a camera is present. [...]
workspace
Posted in art, reflections on April 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
at 11 this morning i stopped concentrating. i kicked what i thought was the edge of a box under my desk but actually unplugged the powerstrip and lost all sorts of shit immediately. the final straw came later when i stabbed my finger on the same staple fragment i’ve been stabbing since 2005 that hides fishhooklike [...]
Into the Wild.
Posted in film/movies, reflections on April 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This is an amazing film that has left me feeling strange inside.
The journey that this young man has taken is a dozen lifetimes compared to my own. it makes me reflect on a lot of different things:
1. Am I living to my potential?
2. Am I taking any chances with my life (am [...]
Graffiti…
Posted in art, mental concepts, reflections on April 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So I stumbled across a web site in which graphics/designer/animator Cassidy Curtis and friends document the ever changing landscape of urban graffiti. From the site:
Graffiti is the chameleon skin of the urban landscape. Equal parts public art and vandalism, virtuosity and subversion, it is among the most ephemeral forms of human expression. Graffiti [...]
Living…
Posted in mental concepts, reflections on April 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I saw this image of a residential development in Copenhagen, and it reminded me of a conversation we had recently on connecting with one another. These angular balconies make for a fascinating facade virtually moving and rotating in on itself while screaming “LET’S ACTUALLY TALK TO ONE ANOTHER!!! What a novel concept…” [...]
art history
Posted in art, reflections on March 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
yesterday i was at KU most of the afternoon shooting footage of linda talleur setting and running letterpress in the art & design building. 20 years later and that place still smells the same and depending on time of year, the smell can resurrect feelings of motivation and change (fall) or fuck-it’s-the-last-nine-weeks-and-i’ve-skipped-so-much-class-i’m-too-afraid-to-go-because-lois-green-scares-the-crap-out-of-me (spring).
the art department [...]
ABSTRACTION
Posted in art, reflections on March 25, 2008 | 5 Comments »
This summer I’m teaching an abstract painting class at the Wichita Center For The Arts. The class is intended to be an exercise in creativity and an ego destroying experience. In other words, I want my students to free themselves from their own preconceived definition of art, and create art without allowing their ego to [...]
Amazing people… or amazing circumstances?
Posted in mental concepts, reflections on March 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
So, a friend of mine was telling me about HBO’s John Adams mini-series, and it got me to thinking. This is by no means a new discussion or line of thought, but I hadn’t really pondered it this hard in my own brain. So, I began to wonder, were these men (our “fore-fathers”) [...]
Great Read
Posted in BOO YAW!, eat me, mental concepts, reflections, unrealized potential on March 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This is probably the best essay/ebook/manifesto/rant/piece of comfort I have read in years. The title is not terribly gripping or inspiring, but the content is awesome. It is called “How to Be Creative.” Written in 2004 by cartoonist Hugh Macleod (I am always the last to know).
For anyone who is creative and has been slapped [...]
THE MONSTER CRIES
Posted in art, frankenstein, reflections on March 20, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The Frankenstein Monster was abandoned by his creator. He was left frightened and alone. He was an outcast. He was completely unaware of who or what he was. He had no name. No home. No identity. He sought affection and understanding but his disfigured appearance inspired revulsion and fear from everyone he encountered. Despite all [...]
CLONES FOR HIRE
Posted in art, reflections on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I Just set up a profile at spraygraphic.com
I really need to hire an assistant. Someone that can manage my myspace profile, and all of the other networking sites I’ve joined over the past two years.
I simply don’t don’t have the time or energy or focus to properly manage all of them.
This is all part of [...]
CREATIVITY IS DEAD PART 1
Posted in art, reflections on March 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m beginning to learn that world domination is not an easy task. It requires a certain level of time and energy and dedication that I simply don’t have.
I’m constantly fighting the urge to become a human vegetable, hypnotized by television and junk food. I could easily become a sheep. Another snowflake in a sea [...]
pf: a journey backwards
Posted in reflections on March 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
35 posts in and i have this to say:
i like big butts and i cannot lie. and group blog space. the other night i typed a long answer to , “what do you think so far?” and then my stupid PC de poche (that’s french, mes petits philistines) fucked me over and lost it. i don’t mind [...]
