breathing and eating

i am inspired by all things.

the air around  me

as well as the art around me.

here is a photo that really captures the essence of breathing out

and the fog in the air.

the quality of color i love, and ironically enough, the picture i took

is a subdued picture of pigment,

i think it's rather appropriate in my inspiration.

next, this is a paintig i'm working on

i'm giving it a go with the pallete knife

and i have to say i'm rather pleased with how comfortable i am with it.

it's very freeing.

in which for this whole semester thus far, ... well.. prior to this painting

i was holding my breath

feeling like i lost the talent to paint

so.. here i am

back in the swing of things.

it's great to be back

its great to feel alive again.

so hopefully i can start adapting

my technique into something

maybe more like this?

but.. in the mean time, some *food* for thought..



linear

i chased the sky today

and i caught up

and hugged it

long sigh

yes, indeed, that's so
it's a heavy sigh
and in small intervals.

why?
why on earth am i panting
and complaining and moaning and groaning?

because we keep trying to reinvent the wheel, folks.

yes.  a  lot of times in art, go for it.
keep it fresh
liven things up
put a new twist on things.

but if something works
keep it!
don't migrate to a different continent
pick up the who's and what's over there
and mold it into a frustrating experience.

what on earth am i mumbling about anyway?
printing.
stupid printer.

i'm house sitting, for a dear family friend.
and in the process, thought i'd catch up on some school work.
i am in college you know, so having access to a printer
is key.

file>print.
print print print print print print
stop.
load the paper!
walk over.
load it to the normal  'load-er-in' area.
'sorry. that's not it! try again!'
err.
load it in again.
'sorry. that's not it! try again'

maybe if i look at the printer icon its flashing
on my computer screen that will help with where the paper belongs.
'load it into the cassete'
oh. alright. now we're talking about music.
perfect.

looking
looking
looking

10 minutes later
frustration has seeped into my blood stream
and i have successfully dismanteled every section
of said printer.
still no luck.

manual download time.
'load it into the cassette.'
'it's in the bottom'
'way bottom'

ahhh.
thats right.
no printer on the face of this earth
works that way.

congradulations mankind
you have officially angered me
in your attempt to create a 'nice design'


i'm not sure if i'm more frustrated at the reinventing of the wheel
and the awful design of this printer
or if im more frustrated with myself
and how impatient
our society has made me.

hollow

a cedar swaying in the wind
singing with the forest
standing with her friends

the storm came in with the night
and this cedar sang with a hollow voice
and an echo in her core

she wasn't all that she was cracked up
to be.

sky and sand

sometimes the sky gets confused
and thinks its the ocean.
what's a little identity crisis here and there?

inbetweens

one of my favorite things
in photography
is this thing i like to call
"the inbetweens".
its something i stumbled upon one day
within my thoughts
and time and time again, the inbetweens make me feel like
a photo is really, and truly beautiful.


its my weakness
and its my obsession.
hope you enjoy some of these
and can try to grasp what an inbetween
holds for me.

i just got home

i just pulled into the parking lot
to stumble upon the mixture of snow above.
it landed on my car, my head, and my everywhere around me.
surprisingly, i wasn't angered
i wasnt pissed that the snow was falling, preceding this beautiful weather
the past few days.
so i stood in the parking lot
alone
in the silence
because, afterall, snowfall is my favorite sound
this world has to offer
and in the moment of me thinking about "why the snow now?"
i thought
its just hugging me goodbye
until next winter
so i stood there
and hugged the snow back