"I aim to have the life of my time."
-Mr. S, Bunny Prole, Keith Miller
if you're aiming lower, think again.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The Cultural inclination Principle #1
Cultural Inclination (Definition Attempt #1):
The inclination, or disinclination, of any individual, toward or from, the norms of the society to which he or she is a part of. With the Inclination producing an individual generally at an advantage to others in the same society. The Disinclination produces an individual generally at a disadvantage (alienation).
[Afterthoughts on the same page:
The advantage/disadvantage applies to:
income (inclination to 'norms of occupation')
amount of friends/colleagues
relationships
political views
health (non-culture specific)]
In real afterthought, tonight, I remember that this leads down some very murky paths. If it can be said that some people, due to their DNA and, to a lesser extent, their upbringing, are at a disadvantage to others, it would be similar to a physical disability and therefore need social support in the form of government aid.
Talk amongst yourselves....
The inclination, or disinclination, of any individual, toward or from, the norms of the society to which he or she is a part of. With the Inclination producing an individual generally at an advantage to others in the same society. The Disinclination produces an individual generally at a disadvantage (alienation).
[Afterthoughts on the same page:
The advantage/disadvantage applies to:
income (inclination to 'norms of occupation')
amount of friends/colleagues
relationships
political views
health (non-culture specific)]
In real afterthought, tonight, I remember that this leads down some very murky paths. If it can be said that some people, due to their DNA and, to a lesser extent, their upbringing, are at a disadvantage to others, it would be similar to a physical disability and therefore need social support in the form of government aid.
Talk amongst yourselves....
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Photos of Dogwood Trees, As Samples for Direction on Dying Cover
To whoever may have stumbled on this post:
These are not intended as a normal post for general viewing. It's really only of interest in respect to a drawing I'm going to do for the band Dying. Just so you know.
To Dying:
So I've kind of picked some different "styles" of trees here and was thinking you could pick one or two so that I have a really general idea of which way to head. If you can't decide or don't want to or whatever, I'll do it. I'm kinda leaning to #2 (graveyard tree) and #8 (by old fence). I thought you might be interested in the syle of fence that's in #8, too, even if you don't like the tree. Unless you guys just particularly like one of these trees as is, I will probably rearrange the photo that gets picked in Photoshop somewhat.
Anyway, get back to me on that FriendFace thing.
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
These are not intended as a normal post for general viewing. It's really only of interest in respect to a drawing I'm going to do for the band Dying. Just so you know.
To Dying:
So I've kind of picked some different "styles" of trees here and was thinking you could pick one or two so that I have a really general idea of which way to head. If you can't decide or don't want to or whatever, I'll do it. I'm kinda leaning to #2 (graveyard tree) and #8 (by old fence). I thought you might be interested in the syle of fence that's in #8, too, even if you don't like the tree. Unless you guys just particularly like one of these trees as is, I will probably rearrange the photo that gets picked in Photoshop somewhat.
Anyway, get back to me on that FriendFace thing.
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
Monday, April 22, 2013
"The Wheel of Time" Videogame (Just a Thought)
I want a new, updated, next-gen "Wheel of Time" video-game! I loved that old one, from 2002, or whatever it was.
God, I loved that game. And I miss it...
Bring it back!!!
God, I loved that game. And I miss it...
Bring it back!!!
What's Up With "The Stars Are Out Tonight" by David Bowie?
Let me say, first of all, that I have a long history with Mr. B. It's not a history like some people I have known. For fuck-sakes, I was born the year Ziggy Stardust came out. But, it's a long history nonetheless.
Today, I really, really wanted to make a Facebook post saying, "It's official, 'The Stars Are Out Tonight' is now one of my favorite songs, ever."
But, I stopped.
Why? Because last night, or the night before (I can't remember which), I read the lyrics.
I have a bad habit of not comprehending lyrics by listening alone. I am, always, most moved by music. But, I hear a certain line or word, here or there, in conjunction with the music, and I am completely struck. I heard the words that begin the song. "Stars are never sleeping. The dead ones and the living."
I, very naively, was reading this as a line about real stars; not famous "stars." I'm kind of always thinking about human life in terms of cosmology and billions of years. But, I heard, [interpretation] "The real stars are never sleeping." It made me think of how, when a star dies, it becomes something else; a white dwarf or a black hole. It's still there but in a different form. Stars, it seems from our limited perspective, never really die. They keep on in some different form. (I also misinterpreted some other lyrics to my own chagrin, I later noted.)
Getting back to the original point somewhat, my favorite songs of the past decade-ish have been "Time to Pretend" and "Common People." Two, solidly, populist songs, with pretty clear, very solid lyrics. If you read them, you understand them, pretty much instantly.
"The Stars Are Out Tonight," is strange to me. The lyrics make me think of the "everyman," or the "everyhuman." I got so moved by this song, that I looked up the lyrics; an act that is uncommon to me. I was confronted by words that were not what my lizard brain had heard. I assume it was my lizard brain. David is singing about stars like they're other people. He is watching them. He is following them. I read things I was not expecting at all. I went back to the recording. It moved me still; even more, actually.
I returned to the lyrics. What am I not seeing here? Something is moving me like the mythical block of Sisyphus being moved. What IS IT?
"But I hope they live forever." I can't get that line out of my head.
This song reminded me from the start of the two songs I mentioned earlier. Musically, I can make it fit. Lyrically, I am lost. [I just hit the back button for the third time in a row this sitting. This is still after listening to this song several times only a few hours ago. This song is literally keeping me up at night. I can't go to sleep because all I want to do is listen to it.]
{I would like to interject here. I don't think I can mentally, or physically, finish this post right now. I don't have the answer. But, I hope someone does; let me know, please. I will continue this post tomorrow, when I am a little less tired, etc. But, long ago, I wrote the following bits, so I wouldn't forget where I wanted to end this. I will still, I think, end this with these words.}
I still don't know the answer to this puzzle. But,
Today, I really, really wanted to make a Facebook post saying, "It's official, 'The Stars Are Out Tonight' is now one of my favorite songs, ever."
But, I stopped.
Why? Because last night, or the night before (I can't remember which), I read the lyrics.
I have a bad habit of not comprehending lyrics by listening alone. I am, always, most moved by music. But, I hear a certain line or word, here or there, in conjunction with the music, and I am completely struck. I heard the words that begin the song. "Stars are never sleeping. The dead ones and the living."
I, very naively, was reading this as a line about real stars; not famous "stars." I'm kind of always thinking about human life in terms of cosmology and billions of years. But, I heard, [interpretation] "The real stars are never sleeping." It made me think of how, when a star dies, it becomes something else; a white dwarf or a black hole. It's still there but in a different form. Stars, it seems from our limited perspective, never really die. They keep on in some different form. (I also misinterpreted some other lyrics to my own chagrin, I later noted.)
Getting back to the original point somewhat, my favorite songs of the past decade-ish have been "Time to Pretend" and "Common People." Two, solidly, populist songs, with pretty clear, very solid lyrics. If you read them, you understand them, pretty much instantly.
"The Stars Are Out Tonight," is strange to me. The lyrics make me think of the "everyman," or the "everyhuman." I got so moved by this song, that I looked up the lyrics; an act that is uncommon to me. I was confronted by words that were not what my lizard brain had heard. I assume it was my lizard brain. David is singing about stars like they're other people. He is watching them. He is following them. I read things I was not expecting at all. I went back to the recording. It moved me still; even more, actually.
I returned to the lyrics. What am I not seeing here? Something is moving me like the mythical block of Sisyphus being moved. What IS IT?
"But I hope they live forever." I can't get that line out of my head.
This song reminded me from the start of the two songs I mentioned earlier. Musically, I can make it fit. Lyrically, I am lost. [I just hit the back button for the third time in a row this sitting. This is still after listening to this song several times only a few hours ago. This song is literally keeping me up at night. I can't go to sleep because all I want to do is listen to it.]
{I would like to interject here. I don't think I can mentally, or physically, finish this post right now. I don't have the answer. But, I hope someone does; let me know, please. I will continue this post tomorrow, when I am a little less tired, etc. But, long ago, I wrote the following bits, so I wouldn't forget where I wanted to end this. I will still, I think, end this with these words.}
I still don't know the answer to this puzzle. But,
Thursday, April 18, 2013
A DEVO Doodle by Mark
Hey DEVO fans! If you haven't already, you should really check out this!
Mark would apparently doodle on the boxes of the reel-to-reel tapes they were recording on. This is the box containing the tape for "Working In A Coal Mine."
DEVO! I salute you!!!
I would do a lot for one of those shirts. They sold some sort-of like em fairly recently and I did want one of those but they had print on em. I want one just like that! Think I need to make one....
Mark would apparently doodle on the boxes of the reel-to-reel tapes they were recording on. This is the box containing the tape for "Working In A Coal Mine."
DEVO! I salute you!!!
I would do a lot for one of those shirts. They sold some sort-of like em fairly recently and I did want one of those but they had print on em. I want one just like that! Think I need to make one....
Saturday, April 13, 2013
New Drawing #3: Beginnings
Progress! I have two more drawings started. I started really working on the one tentatively known as "#3." And here's a photo timeline so far.
FIRST! You must play this while reading:
Step 1: Stare at blank page until eyeballs turn red and pop out of skull. It seems this is a very real problem for lots of budding artists; no ideas. I seem to have too many, a problem that, while being a problem, is a much better problem to have. I need a team of college art-student interns.
[Nota bene: The process I'm showing here starts after all the setting up lights, photographing, posing, rethinking, photographing, putting the lights back up that fell for the third time, posing, photographing, importing, looking, black-and-whitelizing, cropping, looking, comparing, re-cropping, level adjusting, editing, looking again, flipping, re-comparing, deciding that I picked the wrong photo completely and starting over.... Which leads to the following.]
Step 2: Printing. And then reprinting because the printer I bought for thirty dollars is a piece of crap. Damn you Canon! You always do me right, except with printers.
Step 3:
Step 4: Start with the parts of the drawing that are completely black and big.
Step 5: More dark areas, some less so.
We'll pick up with step 6, I think.
Czech out more of my art at Burning City Studios Facebook page!
FIRST! You must play this while reading:
Step 1: Stare at blank page until eyeballs turn red and pop out of skull. It seems this is a very real problem for lots of budding artists; no ideas. I seem to have too many, a problem that, while being a problem, is a much better problem to have. I need a team of college art-student interns.
[Nota bene: The process I'm showing here starts after all the setting up lights, photographing, posing, rethinking, photographing, putting the lights back up that fell for the third time, posing, photographing, importing, looking, black-and-whitelizing, cropping, looking, comparing, re-cropping, level adjusting, editing, looking again, flipping, re-comparing, deciding that I picked the wrong photo completely and starting over.... Which leads to the following.]
Step 2: Printing. And then reprinting because the printer I bought for thirty dollars is a piece of crap. Damn you Canon! You always do me right, except with printers.
Step 3:
Step 4: Start with the parts of the drawing that are completely black and big.
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| Detail showing tracing.Yes, I said tracing. |
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| Detail showing earliest defined areas and a bit of.... tracing. |
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| Detail of Step 5 |
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| Detail of Step 5 |
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| Detail of Step 5 |
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| Detail of Step 5 |
Czech out more of my art at Burning City Studios Facebook page!
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