Things get done at Leaf mentally. I was working in my head, here. More *real* work to come! Continue

what is form

but the building

up of time

& space

around us.

like a string

tied to the balloon

in a child’s hand,

everything seems

connected to,

equal to,

everything else.

What’s your multi? poet, architect, teacher, student, critic, editor, lover

Local? Tallahassee, FL

Where were you born? Charleston

Where should you have been born? things are meant.

Which COLLECTIVE contributor are you afraid of? honestly I’m in awe of Virginia, and awe and fear share so much

Like? I love every damn one of them; Temples is my muse.

Dirtiest job? Wonder Wash Car Wash cashier and gift shop attendant. I wore Dickies. They were navy blue.

Define chaudy font? chalkboard is the new comic sans

What are you wearing? grey shirt, jeans, red mary janes, my mother’s opal ring.

Reading? The Troubadours an Introduction; Beloved; The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

Eating? beer cheese soup, pear & radish salad, red wine

Color penchant? black. & white

Most failed idea? “God’s Thighs”

Software vice? adobe suite, currently acrobat professional. (for highlighting and taking notes on all the PDFed journal articles. yes, I just made pdf a verb. )

Spice Girl of choice? Scary.

Spice? cumin

What did the most beautiful space you’ve ever been in smell like? earth

Sound like? hunger

Feel like to the skin? Early Fall

Worst client? Juan Carlos

Are you a visionary, shape shifter, haphazard, doer, scavenger, or thief? shape shifter thief who does

& grey.

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New collective assignment!

make a video (1-2 mins) of you working on a project in your natural studio habitat. These videos are supposed to be "fly on the wall" type things without a lot of editing. We are going to make them into something for the website :)




if ros and anita could do the cv activity, I will finish the poster and send everyone the file. also brian and temples can you post/ e-mail me your contact info? thanks...

btw, does my voice actually sound this bad in real life? Continue

just for you, dylan!

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my local

This morning I went on a walk through my local.
It was, to borrow a Dylan phrase, "brokedownbeautiful."
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ambar afternoon

Ambar from kelly Pollard on Vimeo.

an afternoon sitting in the ambar window starring my cam, casey hands, and raval characters. complete with an ambar soundtrack. it was too good to edit for the time being. enjoy your 5 minutes back in ambar.

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SPEAKING OF MAYA LIN, LET'S CUT SOME EARTH!

midterm is tomorrow (today), so we're making some images!
the project is a simple cut through the earth, linking up with a previous group's design intervention. the cut is a pathway that inlcudes outdoor markets and nooks for babies (see drawing).

**updated: a perspective of the market chaos + "education" wall for kids/stupid adults
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Browsing through before-after photo retouches in magazines, I just knew that one of us was accidentally perfect for a magazine add.


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the book of longing: collage

My current scenic design project is "The Book of Longing", a book of poetry and song by Leonard Cohen with music by Phillip Glass. Phillip Glass selected the works that were put to his music for the project. From Leonard Cohen's book, he chose a series of pieces that portrayed the range of human emotion and put the final songs in random order. In a sense, he deconstructed the work and emotional life of the poet.

Through research, I discovered that the book is a result of over 20 years of work. Leonard Cohen said in an interview "I can hold in a great deal." My concept is based on this statement, and I created a collage to communicate my initial ideas.

In the foreground is a flower made of translucent fibers overlaying a dandelion. This represents the fragility of revealing emotional experiences, whether tragic, humorous, passionate, etc. The umbrellas in the background are the result of a need for protection. Finally, the overlaying image is an egg exploding in a hand (some of you may recognize it as the cover of the new YYY album). This is the moment when the work is released.

In essence, my scenic piece will be a deconstructed “cocoon”. Zaha and Maya Lin are my main sources for inspiration. Also, I am reading “Architecture and Disjunction” by Bernard Tschumi. More to come.

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