This is a discussion prompt! Please write word-floods in response. I'm working on something and need everyone's thoughts about some of these ideas....
Insanity in sane people. Does stress, sleeplessness, too much caffeine or simply being human ever make you feel crazy? (When you literally doubt your sanity.) If or when you reach that very delicate line between sanity and insanity, what does it feel like? What questions do you ask yourself? What thoughts or actions seem insane to you? What in particular makes you reach this threshold? Have you ever crossed it? If you did, what was that like?
The creative process and sanity/insanity. Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of Eat, Pray, Love mentioned that working in creative professions, or simply being creative, makes other people nervous about our mental health in a way that working in other professions doesn't. Successful writers and artists do have higher rates of suicide and depression or mental disturbances than the average accountant -- is this the cost of creativity, the cause of creativity, or mere coincidence? If it is the cost of creativity, what is about creative endeavors that strains the sanity of the creator? Is it the pressure to be original? The fear of running out of inspiration? Bitchy muses?
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16.3.10
9.3.10
eat beets eat local
In celebration of spring, let's start a multiLocal food project. The first Clemson Farmer's Market of the season is tomorrow and I'll be there, HUNGRY. When and where are your markets? What's selling? and Who's growing it? Create a mini project on your local market and post them throughout the month (or in Dylan and Maddy's case of Siberia, whenever ya'll start grow good stuff). Bio pic a farmer. Brand a local product. Map the activity around the food. etc...
Solutions are about a transference, a change of energy. The solutions to current 'food' problems, of our relationship to the land, are not within this circle/cycle but in all the related (presently devalued) ones.
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4.3.10
sexyCLINIC.
[announcing my collaboration with feng xie, fellow archie student here at syracuse on the spring '10 comprehensive studio project.]
let's see what happens.
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[announcing my collaboration with feng xie, fellow archie student here at syracuse on the spring '10 comprehensive studio project.]
let's see what happens.
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24.2.10
syracuse updatez.
other important information:
SU SOA JUST POSTED THE SPRING LECTURE SERIES.
***p.s., my prof in NYC will be jonathan lott of the PARA PROJECT. hey, a video! [click picture on website] Continue
SU SOA JUST POSTED THE SPRING LECTURE SERIES.
***p.s., my prof in NYC will be jonathan lott of the PARA PROJECT. hey, a video! [click picture on website] Continue
23.2.10
22.2.10
Brainstorming.
Brainstorming now, more developed stuff later...[like later later when I have art materials and working adobe programs again]Continue
hot off the email press...
other important information:
SU SOA JUST POSTED THE SPRING LECTURE SERIES.
***p.s. prof in NYC, jonathan lott. hey, a video! [click picture on website]
apparently, sloan is meant to be a fixture in all of my 'abroad' experiences. ha. Continue
SU SOA JUST POSTED THE SPRING LECTURE SERIES.
***p.s. prof in NYC, jonathan lott. hey, a video! [click picture on website]
apparently, sloan is meant to be a fixture in all of my 'abroad' experiences. ha. Continue
[pic links to website]
with the slight break in snowage comes a glorious new period in biking EVERYWHERE. this included the locally infamous carousel mall, central new york's biggest supposed "green" effort. this effort is apparently limited to painting various architectural elements green, as naida and i could not find bike racks. we also became interested in the breakdown of pedestrian fabric in route to the mall.
but i digress. i finally checked out SPARK contemporary art space, an art gallery/performance venue approximately 3 blocks away from me. it's sort of in the middle of no where, so you feel a little like mother teresa when you show up. there were plenty of people, though, and the place was selling pbrs for a dollar. i saw about 4 live sets and a couple artists' work for $6 bucks to charity.
this guy paulsen's paintings are more striking on the web than in person, and that's because he chose to paint what i think would be best in collage/a hi-res photo. he does a good job of getting meticulous details done, but the content risks being seen as immature if it's not executed flawlessly. anyway, i really love the ballsy tackiness, and think it is a fun commentary on something serious. Continue
19.2.10
[not so] exquisite corpse house.
full blogging on this later.
the challenge: convert a mega suburban mansion into a home that houses a parent + child, a bachelor, and a couple. Continue
17.2.10
ITS CONTEST TIME
Southeast Review, the lit magazine for which I'm the production editor is in contest season! So submit people!!!! Short stories, poems, creative non-fiction! You all have interesting lives...turn those blogs into short shorts!!! CHECK IT OUT :)
deep end, off the.
in process of making wallpaper out of sketchbook pages.
[i don't think my school has yet seen such an acid-esque intervention]
my finger hurts. craving samosas. deadline tuesday. madrid tonight.
final documents to come - -
ya lo sabéisss.
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16.2.10
hey guys, just checking in to let you know i just got done with a fancy web-conference with THESE GUYS. more to come later on this year's d n t workshop at su.
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Vellum Op 1_Filters 1 & 54
Each edition will have a different pair of filters for the back and front overlay. First up; 1 & 54. Vellum over Via Felt in offWhite. (The Title and back time stamp will not be printed on the vellum, but on the page behind.) Continue
14.2.10
note-to-self
vibrato: a slightly tremulous effect imparted or inherent to the voice, the human hand, the hand-drawn line, and the ridge of an egg crack created from slight, rapid, variation; producing a stronger, richer tone.
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13.2.10
M.A.C. party celebrating their line of body paint. a bunch of naked models standing, lying, sitting... all covered in the new products.
11.2.10
9.2.10
8.2.10
a folio revisit
As a couple of you may know, I have decided to reapply to the AFI Conservatory in LA. I was accepted last year but I still need to send everything in again...and now I get to re-do my portfolio. What a joy. Continue
Moorsea 2.0
7.2.10
Tom Ford goes director - talk with GQ
So, Tom Ford has gone writer and director with "A Single Man." He sees design as opportunity and his visions are not limited to the world of fashion. GQ recently did an interview with the former Parsons Architecture student. See what he has to say.
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These gals got class.
Collage "class" in the Born. Women only, and we spoke English to communicate. 2 Canadians, 2 Americans, 1 South African, 1 German, 1 Norwegian, 1 Irishwoman, 1 Spaniard, 1 Frenchwomen, 1 Brit, and 1 Ukrainian. Glue, paper, gesso, paper, laughter, and more paper.Afterward: coffee, chocolate brownies, and a 2-hour chat.
"What are you doing after this?"
Yeah, I could live in Barcelona forever.
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