6.30.2007

I'm waiting...

So earlier I was under the impression that one had to be a blogger to post blogs on my blog, but while I was blogging I noticed an option in the blog settings menu that allows nonbloggers to post comments on my blog. Needless to say, I am waiting for you.

6.29.2007

Ungulation

This is the last catalogued evidence of a breif stickeraid through downtown Theattle. The theme was obviously Ungulates, The victims were mostly Stranger distribution Boxes, and the witnesses were not the cops. A post op recon showed that a few of the herd have already been buffed but i feel that a few others may roam for a little while longer. As I am working on finding work, I had better get back to work. Take Care.

6.23.2007

Moth Man

I am not certain wether or not this is an original concept... but I kind of like the character. this and another character have been on my mind lately. I will soon post the other one...

6.21.2007

Get Up

So the end came and went. Now... Its for reals.

6.11.2007

Meta-Force


An ass in the night. Without a master and bearing burdens anonymous, it wanders. Outside of the city, the vibrant moon sheds light on flora-delicious.

I have 121 hours left in my undergraduate career. My stomach hurts and I need to shave.

6.07.2007

Marx on Paper


Elevating the proletariat to a higher form of existence. Maybe its a marxist notion or maybe it parallels the hopes of 99% of the global population. Since Marx wasn't a Marxist... its hard to say what is. I think it has something to do with the development of a social conscious but what do I know. I don't even have a college degree. Yet.

PS- The paper on sustainability is only 14 pages but I will post it soon.

In short it is a critical comparison of the fundamental ethical principles underlying the indvidual based movement towards low impact life styles exemplified by the international permaculture community, and the industry based movement towards better ethical practice exemplified by the United States Green Building Council. The two movements are compared in respect to the parallel ethical foundations which are defined as... The Planet, The People and The Process. (see top of page for more relevence.)

PPS- Thanks for the interest William. Let me know if you have any other Questions.

6.01.2007

Porcelain


This morning I woke up and drew. Elements of this piece aren't quite as random. In fact, half of the picture is based on a dream that I recently had and the other half is a song lyric. If you can name that tune... you may receive a prize.

PS- The light at the end of the tunnel is clearly visible... however it is a long way off.

5.30.2007

Randomerican


This is another random composition pieced together during an art history lesson. The owl was from the print off of a girls shirt. I wanted to add a person without a head because I do too many faces lately. The flag was from the slide show about Jasper Johns and other American Dada. The bomb came up from my prior class discussion and consideration of the Military Industrial Congressional Complex. The mickey mouse was from a Lichtenstein image and the statement was a sort of random selection from the lecture. I would sure enjoy some type of poetic dialogue, if any writers get inspired...

it might go something like this...

Fighting (for) Their Dream
What does it mean to export
ideals to the point of extinction
and still sell the same false
idols with all the fervor
of our grandfathers;
to talk in foreign tongues
of building new worlds that will
somehow always resemble
those they knew so well?
That we are more critical and yet
still more apathetic is due less to
a paralyzing inquisitiveness then to
a frightening subservience
to the same internalizations
that led them to their poisoned
graves.
So now, as the virginal specter
spreads its feathered wings and flys
over the homogenous chameleons
of our hegemenoy, we are here to
bear witness, to catch a fleeting glimpse
with the same view which we thought
we were fighting to supress.

For Mickey


Here you go buddy...

This was drawn and placed here for my poetry buddy Mickey. We worked last night on designing the cover. It took a bit of doin' but we got through fog and found this design. I learned a lot not working with a designer. How to collaborate efficiently was a cool new idea. The final piece should integrate nicely and if any one wants to see a copy I'll talk to mickey about printing. Thanks for the help.

5.28.2007

Collaborat


So a friend of mine had a fantastic idea. He is a poet he asked me to illustrate a few of the pieces that he was looking to publish. We had a few beers and I drew some pictures. The next morning I drew a little more. This piece came out during a bus ride and phone convo with me mom. In all seriousness I have no idea what it "means" or where it came from. On that notion I gave Mickey a copy and asked him to come up with some poetry that might supplement this image. Now we wait... and when then two finally come together, I'll let it free onto the world wide web.

To be continued.

5.22.2007

This is for my brother. (Happy Birthday DAN!!!!)

So I have been doing a lot of discussion lately... as a means of reconsidering the content of the aforementioned presentations (See lower writing) I would like to say that the people I have spoken with have some really good things to say. They have very different approaches, like my fellow facilitators in the Human Ecology course or bible Jim who stands in red square and presents his concerns on a yellow vinyl sign. It's really funny because the more I look the more I see. I see that a lot of people are arriving at the exact same points... (we are very indifferent to the suffering of others, certain institutions are acting with malicious intent, we are all in this together, we need to look into ourselves to find opportunity for change) but we are so conscious of the path that was taken that it is hard to see all of our similarities. I don't know how this relates to Horse racing but it makes me think that we are all moving in the same direction. Maybe we should reconsider our competitive tendencies and try to better understand all of the numerous elements that we do agree upon. (I think I will post a 15 page paper on one example before June 14th.)

Man this blogging thing is silly.

Thanks for the feedback Kelly and as a response:
The current situation of corndogs is very unsustainable. We first need to consider the entire concept of battered meat on sticks and how this impacts our community, our planet and the processes necessary to support our existence. After this consideration is quantified into a matrix expressing the variable impact of different types of Corndog production, we need to decide whether or not our pursuit of the corndog concept is an ethically viable use of resources. (Time, Energy, Matter) It may be that the corndog is impractical but if it is determined to be a worthwhile endeavor, how might we efficiently produce a maximum corndog yield per unit of input into our high performance corndog development system.