My first class in the Symposium this week is “Wood Engraving”. We’ve been having a grand old time with our teacher. He is, quite frankly, a bit of a flake. But he’s also a genius and a brilliant artist. He just doesn’t have a lesson … Read More →
Yearly Archives: 2005
Vacation: Day One
Yes, indeedy-doody, Leora is on vacation. I’ve been working in my current job for a little over a year now, and have only taken 3 days of vacation. This seemed so wrong, considering how much vacation I earn a year (a little over two weeks). … Read More →
A new CD from a great band
And I’m not just saying that because it’s my brother’s band. Believe me, if his music were shit, I’d be more than willing to tell him. Dead Influence has a new CD, this time available at Electric Fetus (and a few other local stores) and … Read More →
Happy Birthday
J: It’s been so long since I’ve talked to you that I’m not sure I still know how. But I still care about you, love you and hope you have a happy birthday. I guess I just have to figure out what to say when … Read More →
Know where to look
You really can find art in the strangest of places. Like my commute home after work. I can’t count how many times I have actually wished for “stop and go” traffic on 394 so that I could take a shot of the lone abandoned shoe … Read More →
They say it’s her birthday….
“Her” being my Dearest Love, Eli! So far, the day has been less than perfect. I forgot part of my lunch this morning. One of her presents from me was delivered to the wrong address. A goodly number of her co-workers are out of the … Read More →
25 Nations
Oh, Bob… how do you do it? How do you write such great pieces so consistently? How do you know how to make me both pissed off at the state of this nation (okay, not that hard) and want to keep up with the news … Read More →
Exquisite…
I got myself into exquisite corpses about a month ago, at An Exquisite Corpse. It’s a great site, with lots of fun, distrubing and skillful work on it. For those of you who don’t know what an exquisite corpse is, they have a good description … Read More →
Vacation: Days Four & Five (& Six?)
On Thursday, the Wood Engraving class finished up. We spent a good portion of the day printing. In fact, we decided to print an edition of 20 of each of our blocks, so that we could share prints with everyone in the class (including our … Read More →