"I don’t think that the value of art is determined by money at all. I think [the respect of other artists] is what determines the value in art.
-Chuck Close
-Chuck Close
Monday, July 5, 2010
God Bless Maya Deren
and that's it.
bye,
xo
bye,
xo
P.S. "she placed a foot in the sand,the next one in vegetation. the next one on a cement sidewalk, andin the last on the floor of her own apartment(one assumes). She crossed time & collapsed it in a few shots." - BARBARA HAMMER quote on Deren's MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON
P.S.S. "I was absolutely blown away when I watched MeSHES for the 1st time and I then projected it two more times; I felt I couldn't get enough of it. It has a structure like hardened steel and at the same time uses all of the formal devices at hand to describe the convoluted workings of the mind."- SU FRIEDRICH quote
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Lookin' for Woolfs
drove up to AMHERST. lookin' for Virginia Woolf in Dickinson stomping grounds.found her. soft enuff. and compact enuff to hang out with me at my beaten up typewriter.
with an idea. or without an idea. she's coming home wit me despite that writers matter.
me
xo
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Hunting down ideas for new film posterart
He (i.e. ME) is on the prowl and huntdown for ideaz for the poster art for the film trilogy.
lookin' into a combination of NANCY DREW novels meets mannequin set-upz
STAY TUNED !!!!
luv,
me
xoxo
Monday, June 21, 2010
Sunday, June 20, 2010
When all else fails...
When ur "strapped" for a wandering internet signal/connection, and all else fails- don"t TRY TRY AGAIN. Hell naw.....GO TO THE APPLE STORE!!! FREE INTERNET!!! YOU CAN PLUG A THUMB DRIVE AND TRANSFER FILES SUPER FAST! AND YOU DON't PAY TAXES FOR THIS GRAND LUXURY.
DYI DYI DYI
me
xo
p.a STARBUCKS has FREE WiFI beginning JULY 1st. GOD BLESS AMERICA ooops i meant GOD BLESS COFFEE.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
Woolf's aesthetic.
As an essayist Virginia Woolf was prolific. She published some 500essays in periodicals and collections, beginning 1905. Characteristic for Woolf's essays are dialogic nature of style – her reader is oftendirectly addressed, in a conversational tone. A number of her writingsare autobiographical (like Jane). When Virginia published To the Lighthouse and The Waves in 1927 and1931 respectively, she had turned a corner and could now be consideredmore than simply avant-garde; she was now, by most critic's accounts, aliterary genius. However, until the end, she remained insecure and fearful of thepublic's reaction to her work.A Room of One's Own was a compilation of lectures Virginia gave atCambridge on the topic of women and fiction, and in this slender volumeshe argues that talented female writers face the two impediments tofully realizing their potentials: social inferiority and lack ofeconomic independence. Virginia proposed five hundred pounds a year anda private room for female writers with talent. She also publishedcriticism, including two volumes of The Common Reader. Woolf, who was educated at home by her father, grew up at the familyhome at Hyde Park Gate. In middle age she described this period in aletter to Vita Sackville-West: "Think how I was brought up! No school;mooning about alone among my father's books; never any chance to pick upall that goes on in schools—throwing balls; ragging; slang;vulgarities; scenes; jealousies!" After the final attack of mental illness, Woolf loaded her pockets fullof stones and drowned herself in the River Ouse near her Sussex home onMarch 28, 1941. On her note to her husband she wrote: "I have a feelingI shall go mad. I cannot go on longer in these terrible times. I hearvoices and cannot concentrate on my work. I have fought against it butcannot fight any longer. I owe all my happiness to you but cannot go onand spoil your life." Woolf's suicide, like Sylvia Plath's, have muchcolored the interpretation of both of their work. Virginia Woolf's concern with feminist thematics are dominant in A ROOMOF ONE'S OWN (1929). In it she made her famous statement: "A woman musthave money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction." The bookoriginated from two expanded and revised lectures the author presentedat Cambridge University's Newnham and Girton Colleges in October 1928.Woolf examined the obstacles and prejudices that have hindered womenwriters. She separated women as objects of representation and women asauthors of representation, and argued that a change in the forms ofliterature was necessary because most literature had been "made by menout of their own needs for their own uses." In the last chapter Woolftouched the possibility of an androgynous mind.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Bikes dat i likes !
i have been strolling around looking for ideas, inspirations, as i gather thoughts for my next film story. and what does he (i.e. JANE) find ??? FREAKIN' BIKES! I luv them! NYC bikes make me want to keep being creative. against all odds. i will keep trying to get RUST all over everything that i do :)
enjoy my first batch!
me
xoxo
Friday, June 11, 2010
Karen meets Dionne meet Janey.
The "foreword" written in this book (delivered by Dionne Warwick) is a one helluva prose thang to swallow. Rarely is something written so bluntly, concise, and with such true friendship/compassion for another person. The book is called, "LITTLE GIRL BLUE: The Life of Karen Carpenter".
I highly recommend it. Karen Carpenter rules. A voice you can treasure inside an elevator, or inside of a cage (mental cage that is).
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Whiz Kids and Nice People
I wanna see the film WHIZ KIDS so badly. I luv those kind of films. The whole passion for Higher Learning is just too cool.
p.s. and here are some pics from last nites successful bigscreen showing of Nice People. So weird, and an abstract experience to work so hard on something and then be able to sit back in a movie theatre with air conditioners and "enjoy" stressfree. Wait a second, erase the "stressfree" part of that last sentence. Trust me...
bye.
me
xo
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Inspiring Artist.
Marina just never stops.
She remains an inspiration to all artists (regardless of gender).
Her new book is incredible.
Thank God for Marina.
She remains an inspiration to all artists (regardless of gender).
Her new book is incredible.
Thank God for Marina.
She surrounds herself completely with positive energy.
2 gr8 links! ...
2 gr8 links! ...
Monday, May 31, 2010
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Sound-design on piano...
How did Jane do it?
Jane scraped. Jane scratched. Jane tried to perform. Jane applauded after recording.
And then what? then WHAT did Janey do???
Jane LEFT.
luv,
me
xox
Jane scraped. Jane scratched. Jane tried to perform. Jane applauded after recording.
And then what? then WHAT did Janey do???
Jane LEFT.
luv,
me
xox
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Fun Healthy Water
There is just "sumthin" about the FUJI logo, bottle shape and general packaging that seems to "tickle my fancy". so, luc kily that means, he's (i.e. ME) drinking more water :)me
xo
Monday, May 17, 2010
the Theatre.
i recently attended a theatre performance that truly blew me away. by invitation i (me)went. he watched. i left. and he then pondered.
-i liked it a lot.
the sound quality (aCTUALLY) the acoustics of the space wazzzz perfection.
the performances were moving (particularly Claire)
i was reminded of the how film was called the "bastard childof the theatre". and i now understood why.
with that said, the theatre does seem to be adapting some "cinematic" qualities only linked to the experience of cinema. and i am proud to say that i am one Happy Bastard because of that.
luv,
mexo
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Gotta luv Dawn
CLICK ON THIS LINK TO HEAR AN ETHICAL AND INTELLIGENT HUMAN BEING http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8-FrzhHT_w
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