I hate to admit I've allowed myself to lose some (a lot) training since my September half marathon. But I'm hangin' in there! So I headed to the clubhouse treadmill, entering at the same time as another healthy-minded individual. But this guy was arrogant - you know how you can just tell?
I did a quick stretch and started. Actually, tried something I had just read in Prevention Magazine about trying to walk sideways and backwards to get more overall leg workout. I tried. I felt silly and know I looked silly. I glanced downward and saw the arrogant guy, on the floor doing crunches, looking up at me with a "good luck, broad" smirk. (Whatever)
Forward facing, increase treadmill speed. Here I go. Three minutes into my steady pace, Smirk Boy gets on the treadmill next to me. His pace a little quicker than mine but not much. Not quite fifteen minutes later, he gets off to get a drink. He walks around a bit, gets another drink, jumps back on. Me...steady. This time, I don't know why, but I took it on as a challenge - I'm not stopping before he does. Well, piece of cake. He stopped again maybe ten minutes later. Me...steady. Third time, same thing. And then I saw him leaving. Woohoo, I won, you jerk! I still had a good few minutes in me so gradually punched up the speed to a sprint. Vindicated!
Put your arrogance away, that's all I'm sayin'.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Saturday, October 24, 2009
I will wear my heart upon my sleeve
I opted to veer away from traditional and intended imagery with these words uttered by Iago in William Shakespeare’s play, Othello. Iago is the deceitful, revenge-seeking antagonist in this tragic story, and I didn’t want to give weight to the negativity. I did continue with the intended meaning of the words of outwardly showing emotion but portrayed something
more genuine.
According to the original plan, this file would have had sixteen layers, instead, I ended up with eight. The three colored panels have an applied distort filter overlaying a reduce-transparency heart image.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Van Morrison CD Design
Better than dust bunnies, I found an old CD design project I completed. The problem is I need to also find the digital files to properly upload. Poor resolution results after scanning and uploading printed piece.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Artist Statement
Me and Toni, we're like this (crossed index and middle fingers). Okay, I am referring to artist, Toni Dove, but I may have exaggerated on the connection. I did, however, have some email communication with her as she was kind enough to pass on her most current artist statement. (See previous post for full report.)
"A thread runs through all my work, - how do we make ourselves up? How do we think up who we are? How do the institutions around us shape how we think of ourselves? I'm interested in the history of automatons, robots and cyborgs, which are really dopplegangers, or doubles. They show us our deepest anxieties, what frightens us, what we love. The technologies around us affect us in ways we don't yet understand. What is the boundary between the computer and human touch, where does the body end? Our edges are blurry. I’m interested in the current mutations of cinema and how we inhabit media in a responsive or interactive sense. Can we occupy a character's point of view, see through someone else's eyes; walk around in the movie, be "in" the movie in a simulated physical sense? I always sit in the third row, so that tells you a lot.
Artists working with new technologies have the potential to make a fluctuating and confusing cultural landscape accessible to an audience. Emerging technologies that might otherwise be frightening because of the speed and scope of change they generate can be made coherent. Art that experiments with new technological syntax can help audiences make the shift from bystanders to participants in their own culture. I like working with something that is shaping the world I live in at this moment. It lets me participate in some small way in my own culture – and gives me some insight into forces changing my world. It’s also really fun to make these things and I work with a great team of people – it’s both a pleasure and an education."
"A thread runs through all my work, - how do we make ourselves up? How do we think up who we are? How do the institutions around us shape how we think of ourselves? I'm interested in the history of automatons, robots and cyborgs, which are really dopplegangers, or doubles. They show us our deepest anxieties, what frightens us, what we love. The technologies around us affect us in ways we don't yet understand. What is the boundary between the computer and human touch, where does the body end? Our edges are blurry. I’m interested in the current mutations of cinema and how we inhabit media in a responsive or interactive sense. Can we occupy a character's point of view, see through someone else's eyes; walk around in the movie, be "in" the movie in a simulated physical sense? I always sit in the third row, so that tells you a lot.
Artists working with new technologies have the potential to make a fluctuating and confusing cultural landscape accessible to an audience. Emerging technologies that might otherwise be frightening because of the speed and scope of change they generate can be made coherent. Art that experiments with new technological syntax can help audiences make the shift from bystanders to participants in their own culture. I like working with something that is shaping the world I live in at this moment. It lets me participate in some small way in my own culture – and gives me some insight into forces changing my world. It’s also really fun to make these things and I work with a great team of people – it’s both a pleasure and an education."
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
