Hi, are you the same as you were?
Cause i'm not. But i kind of am.
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
i love this kind of day
kind of overcast, sometimes rainy. i'm all by myself, nowhere to go (for awhile at least), listening to the cool jazz music, having a cup of coffee and just relaxing, being creative...
i can grab a little bit of time.
i can grab a little bit of time.
a rainy day
i began to imagine that life had no meaning unless it were recorded in some way, either through art or media.
And how horrible that would be.
Because memory is faulty.
but subjective.
And how horrible that would be.
Because memory is faulty.
but subjective.
the master plan
Organized religion is a scheme concocted by evil martians & impressed on our culture from outside to divert our resources into wasteful, stagnant assets instead of...
nah, you know, greed just explains it better.
nah, you know, greed just explains it better.
You know, that one
That clip where they pour on the sauce in commercials? It's common, so common that they gave a name to it. In ad-industry jargon, it's the 'money shot.'
Kitschy Cuisine
That's making food that appears to be another kind of food. Something it's not.
"It's a fluffy mousse... of chicken!"
"It's a fluffy mousse... of chicken!"
the taste of chicken in the Matrix
i don't get why people say that chicken has no taste. "Everything tastes like chicken." It's got a taste. i can taste it now. The taste of chicken.
that was one of the great things about the Matrix. the first movie. Funny things about everyday life, things that everyone noticed- it had an explanation for. Everything tastes like chicken? That's because the machines couldn't decide what to make chicken taste like. Ever have deja vu? (remember the scene with the two black cats?) That means the machines have changed something in the world.
It had an 'entry point' for ordinary people. And that's kind of what i think was missing from the other two films in the series. (Though i love them.) i guess maybe they thought that the 'entry points' in the first film would last through the other two movies. But it seems maybe we need a new entry point for each movie.
The ironic thing about the Matrix (the concept) is that most interesting parts of the movie (the scenes in the Matrix) are fake. They are derided by the freedom fighters as evil. But, in movie terms, they're the best parts, what you're waiting for.
that was one of the great things about the Matrix. the first movie. Funny things about everyday life, things that everyone noticed- it had an explanation for. Everything tastes like chicken? That's because the machines couldn't decide what to make chicken taste like. Ever have deja vu? (remember the scene with the two black cats?) That means the machines have changed something in the world.
It had an 'entry point' for ordinary people. And that's kind of what i think was missing from the other two films in the series. (Though i love them.) i guess maybe they thought that the 'entry points' in the first film would last through the other two movies. But it seems maybe we need a new entry point for each movie.
The ironic thing about the Matrix (the concept) is that most interesting parts of the movie (the scenes in the Matrix) are fake. They are derided by the freedom fighters as evil. But, in movie terms, they're the best parts, what you're waiting for.
Slanting the News, vol. XVI
Short cameramen make your subject appear taller, more charismatic. Taller cameramen can minimize people, make them appear less important. Use the appropriate camera crew for the bias you wish to assign.
Monday, January 26, 2004
straight time
Q: What does Andy Goldsworthy's country house look like? You know, if he has one. it's a hypothetical question. To make you think.
A: Like a totally wild acre or so of land, untouched by humans. BUT- every tree, plant, and stone has been pantakingly placed by the artist. It's an ongoing project- to make it appear as natural as possible
This isn't a very visual idea. maybe it'd work in a book, but definitely not a movie
A: Like a totally wild acre or so of land, untouched by humans. BUT- every tree, plant, and stone has been pantakingly placed by the artist. It's an ongoing project- to make it appear as natural as possible
This isn't a very visual idea. maybe it'd work in a book, but definitely not a movie
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
money is evil, unless you have some
The last post seems like a real downer, but i'm really pretty excited about my classes. i only wish i had money. its a pain trying to choose between getting art supplies and paying bills. i kind of miss work that way. Also, when you're working, your free time is your own. At school, there's always homework and projects that need to be done.
Oh well, you can have time or money but not both.
Oh well, you can have time or money but not both.
sfumato
no mental explorations today. School has started and with it responsibility.
i'm excited about my classes. i'm taking an intro to film/video class where i'm hoping i can learn the editing software. i think editing might be really really fun. i'm very excited by the possibilities of editing. it might just be my thing, but i won't know till i do it.
and Barron Storey's sequential illustration class. Comics! yay!
no Illustration classes. (except that one) i'm thinking of changing my major, so i'm holding off taking any more in that sequence. Illustration is quite dull in my school. Illustration 1, then Illustration 2, then Illustration 3 and so on. No interesting class titles like the other majors get. i'm getting more turned off of the whole thing.It seems too limited now to me. i'm just not interested in editorial illustration, for magazines and the like.
Plus i got tired of teachers telling us illustration is dying, threatened by photography and clip art, the golden age was back in the twentieth century, pay scales haven't gone up in years, you have to aggressively market yourself, blah blah blah. i decided maybe to take them at their word and get the fuck out. Last couple of illustration teachers i had made the process of making art seem so... joyless. i don't know.
i'm excited about my classes. i'm taking an intro to film/video class where i'm hoping i can learn the editing software. i think editing might be really really fun. i'm very excited by the possibilities of editing. it might just be my thing, but i won't know till i do it.
and Barron Storey's sequential illustration class. Comics! yay!
no Illustration classes. (except that one) i'm thinking of changing my major, so i'm holding off taking any more in that sequence. Illustration is quite dull in my school. Illustration 1, then Illustration 2, then Illustration 3 and so on. No interesting class titles like the other majors get. i'm getting more turned off of the whole thing.It seems too limited now to me. i'm just not interested in editorial illustration, for magazines and the like.
Plus i got tired of teachers telling us illustration is dying, threatened by photography and clip art, the golden age was back in the twentieth century, pay scales haven't gone up in years, you have to aggressively market yourself, blah blah blah. i decided maybe to take them at their word and get the fuck out. Last couple of illustration teachers i had made the process of making art seem so... joyless. i don't know.
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