Awesome pun aside, everyone click the link to listen to the new Puscifer album...full review coming when I get my copy (already pre-ordered) so keep an eye out, but until then, grooveshark will have to do....
So you know all that stuff that got pushed miles and miles inland during the massive Japan tsunami a while back? Well not all of it stayed inland. In fact, literal TONS of random stuff is floating around on the currents of the Pacific Ocean, scheduled to hit the west coast of the US in the next three years. The article reports that up to 20 MILLION TONS of debris is currently floating toward Hawaii, some of which was found by a russian training ship 2,000 miles off Japan's coast last month. Among the debris was a twenty foot boat with the word "Fukushima" (the name of the damaged nuclear power plant) scrawled on the side proving the effects of the Tsunami are still to be felt outside of Japan... http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/envoy/20-million-tons-debris-japan-tsunami-moving-toward-143640503.html
First note of business, this piece is not quite done and has a time-lapse video in the making. Unfortunately I painted the piece at night and the lighting is bad and need some extra time to get all the slides somewhat accurate and relatively close to each other before I release the video, but either way I'm excited with the piece and the video.
The Crystal Ships takes its name from the Doors song of the same-ish title (The Crystal Ship) and stems from the idea of what a "crystal ship" might be. Fragmented, reflective, undefined...when looking at a crystal it is easy to see a much more magnificent, a much more "impactful" object. The shine and the reflection depict something stupendous that simply isn't quite there...The crystal ship, therefore, would refer to a "ship" which may not be exactly what it seems.
A ship can mean the actual object, the actual vessel...or it could also refer to the act of moving, new surroundings, the act of change. The question of what is real and what has that "new-feel" glow to it, that crystal sheen that masks the actual object. It's the symbol of change, the path to get there, and the idea that it isn't set in stone...the idea of uncertainty...
All at once...it's a very confident and powerful piece, urging you to take the step toward something different, but also showing that what looks good may also be cloaked. A warning not to spend too long focused on the "sheen."
The Crystal Ships is about opportunity, trust, confidence and possibly, deception. The opportunity to make a change, the trust that that change is right, the confidence to take the first step, and the understanding that what you see may not be what lies before you.
not to mention it's a good excuse to listen to the Doors...
And check out my previous "God Is In The Radio" timelapse from a few months ago...new timelapse should be released soon so keep an eye out!
This is a pretty funny quick read about the Charger's and their God-awfully pathetic 2-minute drill to end the losing effort against the Jets yesterday...Quick stage-setting. Rivers v. Sanchez, Jets come from 21-10 down to take the lead, leaving the Chargers with 90 seconds to drive 80 yards and no timeouts...not exactly a guaranteed win for SD, but continue reading and you'll see what made this stand out to me...
Philip Rivers is the worst two-minute quarterback I've ever seen in my entire life. Like, Donovan McNabb is John Elway compared to him. What Rivers showed against the Jets made me realize why he chokes in the playoffs every year. I still can't believe what I saw. Down six with about 90 seconds and no timeouts, Rivers had the ball on his own 24-yard line. He converted a first down, but wasted 17 seconds lining everyone up instead of spiking the ball. When he finally got the play off, he fired a 3-yard pass to a receiver who was tackled inbounds. After another lengthy delay, Rivers completed a similar pass to another target who once again couldn't get out of bounds. After an incompletion, it was suddenly fourth down with about 20 seconds remaining. Rivers heaved a pass downfield that fell incomplete out of bounds. It looked like he wanted to call another play, but had to be told that his team turned it over on downs. Like I said, McNabb's eight-minute drill in the Super Bowl was an upgrade over this. The only thing the Chargers can hang their hat on is that Rivers didn't vomit all over the field. www.walterfootball.com
After this game ended, I sat and thought how pissed I'd be as a SD fan. Not that we lost the game, but that Rivers looked like A. he didn't know what he was supposed to be doing (get out of bounds) and B. it was such a lackluster effort and reaction that I didn't think Rivers even looked like he cared.
the game ended with a feeling much like that of the GB/NE game last year when we wasted a good 30 sec on what could have been a game winning drive against the Pats with Matt Flynn...we had a good shot and wasted it because we weren't prepared for the situation and didn't execute greatly. The difference? Philip Rivers is supposed to be and should be better than Matt Flynn, and for a guy seven or so years in an offense with plenty of fourth quarter and PO experience, that drive was pathetic...
Hey Yall,
Finally retired by two-year old business cards and made some new ones, at least for the time being for my blog and my personal self...
So those are the fronts...the backs are just full bleed close-ups of art and, while they are pretty simple, I like them. Bold, simple and to the point which i suppose is the point of a good BC.
LAST REMINDER to come out to gallery night tonight. There are a TON of great shows, a bunch of great artists and a bunch of great venues, showing anything and everything you can think of. Well...maybe not everything. Anyways, I have 20 pieces up at the MIAD Alumni Show, a few up at Gallery 218 on the second floor of the Marshall Building, and don't even have enough freetime to finish writing a
