Saturday, June 28, 2008

Random magic

I find this hard to explain. There's a set of boards that seem like they used to support the roof above, but are now just dangling in air. Now an extra post was wedged in between the wall and a dangler to do the supporting.  Some how it works.

Whereistand

SamRich - whereIstand.com

Friday, June 27, 2008

The monotonous as beautiful.

One circle, one line, two dots, and a triangle make up the markings of this drawing. Sometimes your stuck in these tight conditions where freedom to say and do what you want isn't allowed. But you know you have to make the best of it, you have to try and find a way to make the tiresome, inspired. I remember when i was once completing a project in a high school art class, using a tiny pencil eraser to make miniature prints. Halfway through the drawing i was tired, and i loathed the little star i printed over a thousand times on this piece of paper. But at the end of the drawing i didn't care much of what i created. I cared more about the troubling time it took to render that silly leopard. 

un-daily random

When drawing becomes exciting again. This is what i search for. I spend a lot of time looking at the items lying on my desk wondering how they can teach me something new. For the longest time i used to think -- and still do from time to time-- that the most amazing things are so far from my reach. But every now and again that pile of pencil shavings or discarded magazine clippings reveal something new. These things that don't have any resolution, or don't create a revolution, but just make seeing enjoyable again. Not a masterpiece or a well articulated story, but things that just happen to fall into place. 

Thursday, June 26, 2008

un-daily random

One of the many worn tools that live in my grandfathers garage.