September 28th, 2006
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assignment for the day.
while on a stroll collect ten versions (or more) of a chosen object. document them in some way.
September 26th, 2006
thought i’m having while walking to DeFazio’s to get dinner…
what if everything in the world was one inch smaller?
think about that for a moment.
the air is cooler now.
i try to not step on leaves as i walk.
it gets harder every day.
September 21st, 2006
…the braille trail, what an amazing idea.
…psychogeoraphy, a form of guerilla art based on random walking tours, and using techniques to change the way we look at our space. a site that I am enjoying immensely glowlab. I’m sorry I could not attend the recent conference.
…on a related theme i simply must try experimental travel.
…I just ordered a couple of these for myself. (link via camilla.)
…a trip to the ocean via dosa, I wish this site had more pages.
…some wonderful sounds here. (thank you nina)
…caroline woodward does some clever things.
…david byrne discovers a hidden puppet library in brooklyn. (actually his friend kenny did.)
September 13th, 2006
I’m writing this from my class. It’s called “deep listening” taught by Pauline Oliveros. She was a contemporary of John Cage.
you can understand my excitement.
she is like a zen monk. calm and centered.
today we were asked to bring a found sound.
I brought my bike wheel.
I’m going to go play it now. Maybe I will let you hear a recording here later.
here it is:
I like the idea of ‘found sound’.
the possibilities are endless.
what can you hear right now?
right where you are sitting.
September 5th, 2006
I wrote to friends recently that I find myself without comfort right now (referring to life comforts of the kind that we all crave after a long day, a comfy bed, a hot bath, a sense of organization). But afterwards I realized that this is not true. The comforts are smaller for the time being, but have just as much impact (if not more), and they are all around me if I choose to see them.
- anti-advertising
- create a thing a day month
- drawings
- fortunes
- inspirations
- journal
- links
- projects
- quotes
- sketchbook
- ecstatic flailing
- Ways to Reduce our Reliance on Corporations (and exposure to ads)
- How I Discovered my Secret Powers (redux)
- Secrets shared
- How to be a Guerilla Artist
- How to Start as an Illustrator
- Seven Steps to Getting Published
- 100 Ideas
- The Artist’s Survival Kit
- drawing faq
- 10 ways to infuse your work with your personality
