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7.26.2007
7.25.2007
Modes of Transpo
And we're back!
For now.
Posts will be less frequent in the coming weeks.
Doesn't mean I ain't thinkin' bout ya, tho'.
Reality aside for a moment, I'd like to get a bike...
For now.
Posts will be less frequent in the coming weeks.
Doesn't mean I ain't thinkin' bout ya, tho'.
Reality aside for a moment, I'd like to get a bike...
...and a skateboard.
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7.11.2007
7.09.2007
7.08.2007
The Black Factory
Lots going on in craland, busy on the real, but wanted to post info about William Pope. L's latest adventure, The Black Factory. It's a cross-country tour that displays, swaps, and sales two-times over objects that represent Blackness. The three-person krew also performs artistic installations at each stop. Some gigs are planned, some are impromptu pit stops.
If I'm understanding the concept, the object can be anything as long as it reps Blackness for some one. It's all interesting, and I hope a documentary will come out of it.
Because I'm on the "how the hell do they do that?" bandwagon, I'm wondering how does one fund such an adventure??? Hmmm.
If I'm understanding the concept, the object can be anything as long as it reps Blackness for some one. It's all interesting, and I hope a documentary will come out of it.
Because I'm on the "how the hell do they do that?" bandwagon, I'm wondering how does one fund such an adventure??? Hmmm.
I first heard about Pope.L a few years ago when he was doing The Great White Way: 22 Miles, 5 Years, 1 Street. Dressed in a Superman costume and a skateboard strapped to his back, brothaman crawled from the Statue of Liberty to the Bronx. Wild stuff.
As for me, I'm maintaining, pushing, dreaming, hustling. Realizing money is often a deal breaker, sigh.
7.04.2007
forty hour work week
40 hour work week for "the man" vs. 40(+) hour work week for my studio.
i have to modify what i think i know about time and how to spend it.
after years of selling my time to employers, i have to learn how to spend time on my work. that can be a difficult task to master. last night, i realized i've basically let others dictate how i spend my time for a long time. someone else has required i be somewhere at a certain time from primary school all the way to present day. while it's not impossible to take charge of my time, it'll be a challenge. and it isn't so difficult for me to spend the time creating, it's more about the other stuff. the business part, the research.
i guess i have to figure out the differences and the similarities between forty hours at the day job and forty hours at my studio. what's my attitude towards the two? what skills have i acquired through the day job that can now be applied to the studio? what are my assumptions re: studio time? what are my fears? stuff like that. the time factor is a HUGE part of making this studio thing happen. if i have a poopy relationship with time, it will make this process more difficult, right?
i have to modify what i think i know about time and how to spend it.
after years of selling my time to employers, i have to learn how to spend time on my work. that can be a difficult task to master. last night, i realized i've basically let others dictate how i spend my time for a long time. someone else has required i be somewhere at a certain time from primary school all the way to present day. while it's not impossible to take charge of my time, it'll be a challenge. and it isn't so difficult for me to spend the time creating, it's more about the other stuff. the business part, the research.
i guess i have to figure out the differences and the similarities between forty hours at the day job and forty hours at my studio. what's my attitude towards the two? what skills have i acquired through the day job that can now be applied to the studio? what are my assumptions re: studio time? what are my fears? stuff like that. the time factor is a HUGE part of making this studio thing happen. if i have a poopy relationship with time, it will make this process more difficult, right?
7.03.2007
Kansas Cohort
Being from Kansas, I'm always excited when I find a fellow native doing awesome stuff. Photographer Lori Nix, based in Brooklyn, builds and photographs dioramas. Cool Hunting did a video feature, and I found these cool shots at Nix's site.
7.02.2007
Zip, zap, pow!
July, August, and September will consist of luck, will power, faith, a sense of humor, and drive. I have lots to do: getting my $ together, finding a place to live in Providence, getting rid of 70-80 percent of my crap, and hauling the remainder to my new habitat. I'm excited and pray the housing, money, and moving gods will smile on me.
I had a great time working on 365 plays/365 days production. The show was short: 27 minutes. Five performances. There were two dance numbers performed by a krew of fierce senior citizens. And I had a chance to perfect my I've-been-on-long-journey-and-I'm-tired face. I'm not an actor; I'm really a person who likes to get on stage and have a good time doing the thespian deed.
I'm pushing through my reading list. Recently picked up a few books about starting a design firm. I think I can apply a few tactics to what I'm doing.
From my point of view, things are on the up & up.
(knock on wood)
I had a great time working on 365 plays/365 days production. The show was short: 27 minutes. Five performances. There were two dance numbers performed by a krew of fierce senior citizens. And I had a chance to perfect my I've-been-on-long-journey-and-I'm-tired face. I'm not an actor; I'm really a person who likes to get on stage and have a good time doing the thespian deed.
I'm pushing through my reading list. Recently picked up a few books about starting a design firm. I think I can apply a few tactics to what I'm doing.
From my point of view, things are on the up & up.
(knock on wood)
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