Work Scribbles
Wednesday
January 27th, 2010
Kept thinking about this scribble over the weekend so I though I’d record it here.
Recent Posts
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Shooting for Color
After going through my phototblog I realized I base my compositions on form and color pretty equally.
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Nice Surprise
n most cases I do a single pour and leave it at that, but after multiple floods, I see the result has a more layered, intricate and detailed composition.
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State of the Studio
My studio neighbor came in and said “Ah! Meaty.” After looking at it for the past few days, I would agree. The pinning of canvas gives a strung-up-hide look as well.
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State of the Studio
Not much to say except I had just finished looking through a Guston book…
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State of the Studio
Using a line of water and adding ink (that orange and black is waay too Halloween-like)
Blog
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Feb 05
Finally, a review out of the LA Times that does not mince words.
LA needs more writing of the caliber exemplified by Leah Ollman’s review.
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Jan 05
A translation of DJ Kool’s “Let me Clear My Throat”.
Mesmerizing.
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Dec 24
Excellent article on Eve, sin and Jimmy Carter.
To automatically hate and fear anything or anyone different from ourselves and to want to feel smarter and worthier than an entire race or gender are two of the least admirable and most regrettable aspects of human nature.
[via MN]
David Byrne also has a great and somewhat related post, The Limits of Multiculturalism.
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Dec 11
I’ve started a new site to host my web development stuff. If you into that kinda thing you can check it out.
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Dec 10
I really wish they’d start selling the vegetarian rice & beans online. It just isn’t fair.
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Dec 09
I remember learning about Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad (1886) case while in school and how it essentially gave corporations the same rights as citizens. What I didn’t know was that the courts actual opinion had nothing to to with the 14th amendment. It was the court reporter’s summary of the case that connected the amendment:
The court reporter, J.C. Bancroft Davis, wrote the following as part of the headnote for the case:
“The court does not wish to hear argument on the question whether the provision in the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which forbids a State to deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws, applies to these corporations. We are all of the opinion that it does.”
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Dec 07
Me and my mom argue about the subject of 2012 on occasion. Information Is Beautiful has put together and excellent piece on the subject. Take that mom!
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Nov 23
There is something very unnerving and beautiful about this video: Scan Processor Studies excerpts pt.1 by by Woody Vasulka & Brian O’Reilly.
The source materials were generated by Woody using a Rutt-Etra Scan Processor in the 1970s and sat on a shelf for years, having been recently digitized. Woody came into my studio one day and asked me if I would be interested in using them to work on a collaboration, and the project began from there…
[via Today and Tomorrow]
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Nov 19
This correspondence between a Blockbuster customer and manager about late movies put tears in my eyes:
With the possible exception of Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, the movies were not worth watching let alone stealing. In Logan’s Run, for example, the computer crashed at the end when presented with conflicting facts and blew up destroying the entire city. When my computer crashes I carry on a little bit and have a cigarette while it is rebooting.
[via The Morning News]