Like-Love

2011-08-30T17:59:00.001-04:00

Like-Love has moved!
come visit the new location

A Tree Falls in Brooklyn

2011-08-28T16:33:00.002-04:00

Hurricane Irene was a smash. Well... actually though this is not something to scoff at, especially for the car owner, Irene was otherwise pretty uneventful for Brooklyn. Crown Heights off of St. Marks and Bedford

Warmed Home

2011-08-27T15:57:00.003-04:00

I'll tell you once more, that I indeed have wonderful friends. I had a house warming party last night with a raucous game of charades. Friends brought flowers, plants, wine and coffee-my favorite things.
Now just waiting around for hurricane Irene

Fully Oriented

2011-08-23T13:46:00.004-04:00

Yesterday was orientation. I will be assigned a studio on Thursday but won't get the key till the first day of class. I still need to get a new bike and laptop and finish reading about 1500 pages of art criticism but otherwise I am ready.

France: Les Vans Market

2011-08-16T20:08:00.002-04:00

Aphrodite's Child

2011-08-15T17:46:00.001-04:00

Frace: A Little Village Called Naves

2011-08-14T21:54:00.009-04:00

Carry me away to a dreamy little town where I awoke in my dream.
This is Naves. A sweet little town nestled in the mountains just outside of Les Vans
But had you told me that I would have been treated such grace and kindness that I experienced here, I'da laughed This is the lovely family that graciously welcomed me along on their vacation. We swam in a river, climbed a mountain and roamed the country sides. I have never eaten so well in all my life.

4'33"

2011-07-27T12:17:00.005-04:00

John Cage's performance of 4 Minutes and 33 Seconds is on sale in the iTunes store for only 99¢

Crystalline

2011-07-26T13:13:00.002-04:00

by Björk & Michele Gondry. Ty Jeannie

A Self Portrait

2011-07-24T17:32:00.006-04:00

I've been talking about going back to school for 6 years now. I guess I've been procrastinating do to the fear of failure, but also because I wasn't sure of what I wanted to do. I've been working as aa designer/art director in advertising for the past 10 years. Putting together my portfolio for application was a wonderfully excruciating process. It took me 4 years find my voice and then another 2 years to create the pieces. Long-story-short. I'm going to Pratt Institute for a MFA in sculpture with the objective to focus on public art.And I won't be coy, I am totally psyched. So I will be blogging about this journey for the next two years.

Apt 2R: A Virtual Tour: 3

2011-07-23T18:51:00.003-04:00

I finally(!) bought a letterpress drawer. Got it in the garage off 26th near 6th

And found a kitchen table. Getting a piece of glass soon.

Flea market's been good to me.

Tosca on Enlightenment & Other Pondering Moments

2011-07-23T16:12:00.003-04:00

Sure Shot

2011-07-19T17:51:00.001-04:00

Sesame Street breaks it down from Wonderful Creative on Vimeo.

Two things dear to my heart come together. Thanks J
aaaand....

Apt 2R: A Virtual Tour: 2

2011-07-15T14:32:00.003-04:00

As you walk in
And then to the left is my room.

This area is still under construction but I was dying to show you the old window that Will gave me as a house warming present. Best gift ever!

Overall, I need a bit more color. I am not sure what that color is yet. I am digging the peacefulness of the neutrals though. Maybe something in the way of throw pillows for accents.

My parents in the 70s

2011-07-14T16:02:00.004-04:00

Their apartment in Little Rock, Arkansas My mom looking as Lolita as ever
Mom and her mother aka Granny
This is from their 3rd anniversary

Apt 2R: A Virtual Tour

2011-07-14T15:38:00.004-04:00

I moved! to cozy studio with a real kitchen and walk in closet in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. I am now familiar with every single thing that I posses. Kinda feels good. Moving is a royal pain but I do love unpacking and arranging my space. First up on the tour is my bathroom.

Covered in Girdles & Bras

2011-07-12T11:43:00.003-04:00

I adore the photos of Karen & Avril's home in the latest Selby post. It's like a series surreal vignettes where Sweet Vally High girls go post punk. But I'm especially partial to the girdle bedspread, bra shams and chandelier made of hosiery.

This is how I feel today

2011-07-08T14:38:00.002-04:00

I forget the artist... bummer. I'll find out and post a link to his work

The World of 100

2011-06-24T14:22:00.002-04:00

Go see Toby Ng's demographic posters

Shea Hembrey: How I became 100 artists | Video on TED.com

2011-06-20T14:45:00.001-04:00

MTA.ME

2011-06-15T00:59:00.002-04:00

This is so much more soothing than the actual subway. Thanks Amber.

Wim Crouwel

2011-06-14T14:30:00.002-04:00

Household items via

Design Inspiration

2011-06-02T15:03:00.002-04:00

Check it out

Pink Playground

2011-05-26T13:25:00.001-04:00

Summer

2011-05-25T19:33:00.002-04:00

Good things to come this summer. Its been a long time since I've looked forward to so much.
Vacations, getaways, moving & a secret that I will tell you in late July.

Home

2011-05-19T21:19:00.006-04:00

I'll be moving in a month and a half. If you know of a cheap cozy apartment near Pratt, let me know.

I'm Curious

2011-05-18T16:00:00.001-04:00

In Heavan Everything Is Fine

2011-05-10T13:45:00.001-04:00

In Heaven Everything Is Fine from David Lynch on Vimeo.

ty bean

Currently

2011-05-05T17:49:00.001-04:00

There's a giant British flag in the lobby

2011-04-29T14:30:00.000-04:00

Oil'd

2011-04-21T14:35:00.000-04:00

Oil'd from Chris Harmon on Vimeo.

Animated and written by Chris Harmon

Square One

2011-04-19T23:38:00.002-04:00

Its tough to figure out how to talk to you sometimes...you...you target audience you.
Hable con Ella de Almodovar.

Touch Wood

2011-04-18T12:40:00.001-04:00

happy friday folks!

2011-03-04T13:19:00.001-05:00

ty bean

Something to rally around

2011-02-28T11:13:00.002-05:00

2011-02-11T19:01:00.000-05:00

2011-02-10T14:00:00.001-05:00

found these characters at Brooklyn Flea Market

Construction is complete

2011-02-08T22:21:00.003-05:00

I have finished up some personal art work and posted on line here

R.I.P. Trish Keenan

2011-01-14T12:39:00.002-05:00

Christmas Gift to Me

2010-12-23T13:32:00.005-05:00

I think I've mentioned this before, I sincerely feel that I have the best friends a person could ever want or need. And there are numerous reasons for my feeling this way but that is another post. To name the most recent act of selfless kindness, my ever so talented, public artist and photographer, friend Jordan just spent 8 hours tediously shooting my portfolio.
We cleared out my living room and shot everything there. I'll follow up with the results shortly.
Thank you, Jordan.

Yacht Rock Christmas Karaoke

2010-12-15T16:44:00.004-05:00

The most amazing combination party ever. Thank you Mel & Kevin. I will sing until someone's ears bleed.

Latest Drawings

2010-11-27T17:53:00.002-05:00

Most of these are appx 22" x 29"

The Psychological Study of Drawings

2010-11-21T15:10:00.007-05:00

Controlled Variable: Adult debauchery
I invited the subjects over, providing the necessary laxative to explore the inner working of the adult psyche. The subjects were all New York urbanites, ages 30-40, with focuses ranging from the research sciences to commercial arts.The subjects displayed immediate enthusiasm
readily admitting an anxiety about verbally communicating their thoughtswhich I was able to understand better as the study unfolded.I found that the subjects felt more comfortable explaining their behavior with the use of surrogates.
This study is ongoing.

Radical Spirits

2010-10-18T21:26:00.004-04:00

Personal photos from the rapturing exhibit by James Case-Leal in a church in Greenpoint.Spires jutted from the pews at all angles.
There was animated videos projected onto the ceiling of people floating into the sky from an urban landscape.
The artist was hidden away upstairs making scrolls with current periodicals. This process was recorded and broadcast on a public station playing on the tv at the back of the church.

2010-10-15T02:04:00.002-04:00

What I've been working on.

Act da fool

2010-10-01T16:30:00.006-04:00

Hot shit from Proenza.

where the talented Ms. Kim works.

Radical Spirits

2010-09-29T18:20:00.004-04:00

James Case-Leal's exhibition at the Lutheran Church of the Messiah in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. I'm going tomorrow after work!

Film Socialisme

2010-09-29T06:24:00.001-04:00

In the second week of the New York Film Festival

I'd Like to Make Eggs for You

2010-09-28T20:17:00.006-04:00

Börk Debut Speaking of post feminism Harper's recently published.

Opus

2010-09-26T15:43:00.005-04:00

Excuse the phone pics. Opus is a vintage shop off of Union Ave in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. I love seeing the new ways in which the owner arranges all of the lovely furnishings.

I can't sleep: part : parte dos

2010-09-09T04:12:00.004-04:00

Kelvyn Smith and Jeremy Tankard, Tata Awareness Study for Wolff Olins, UK 1997 c/o Letter Press/ The Allure of the Handmade by David Jury

I can't sleep

2010-09-09T03:25:00.001-04:00

but I got this album upon INT's reco and that's good

Kid with a Camera

2010-09-05T17:03:00.004-04:00

Taken by my cousin Abigail, age 8.

Shelves

2010-09-05T16:50:00.004-04:00

Mushroom from Vermont. Manganese from Apia, Colombia. Moss from Vermont & Ashland, Oregon. Cucumber rock from Brooklyn. Medicinal cups from France, Concrete from Berlin. Woodblock printing number from college.

The Big Idea

2010-09-02T16:06:00.002-04:00

Georgia Lois is on The Selby

Carl DeTorres

2010-09-02T12:54:00.003-04:00

18.09 from Carl DeTorres on Vimeo.

Talented and extremely pleasant freelance designer I work with. This is a piece he did for WIRED iPad mag Sept issue. Its a motion magic eye! ... I never got those things.

Anthony Lister

2010-09-02T10:28:00.003-04:00

I like this montage, specifically the glimpses you get of his gonzo style in 3-D format.

Lister's site via Fecal Face

Copulation & Infestation

2010-08-26T09:50:00.002-04:00

Bed bugs have penises like knives

from Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno series.

Monday, sometimes.

2010-08-16T23:46:00.003-04:00

from Punch Drunk Love

2010-08-16T13:17:00.002-04:00

I think I remember the guy in the middle from one of Warhol's screen tests in '64. He's got a focus that you don't find in most gerbils.

The new Daniel Ellsberg

2010-08-13T23:50:00.003-04:00

The revolution will not be televised

Worth the wait

2010-08-13T15:18:00.002-04:00

Rinus Van de Velde

Weekend: Biking through Brooklyn

2010-08-09T11:29:00.005-04:00

Biked out to beach, Ft. Tilden State Park, the weekend before last. More people than in previous years but still pretty empty.
Then up from the Manhattan bridge to Newtown Creek Sewage Treatment Plant that has a "nature path".

On the way back I stopped by the new Brooklyn Kitchen location (Meeker and Withers). The store now includes The Meat Hook butchery. Very happy bunch of butchers they are.

Time Line Chart Clock!

2010-08-06T12:59:00.004-04:00

from boing boing

Smart Illustrations

2010-08-06T10:20:00.006-04:00

Ogilvy(Paris) worked with illustrator, Noma Bar, to produce posters for IBM's Smarter Planet campaign.I think good poster design rarely meets big agency advertising, but it does here.
see more here

Dune Premonitions: BP oil spill mascot

2010-08-02T22:38:00.003-04:00

bloated & leaking

Tom Sachs

2010-07-31T08:59:00.004-04:00

is on the Selby. Thanks Jeannie
I'd go on about him but you have wiki & his site which you should check out cause there is a fun video.

Inchoate

2010-07-30T10:47:00.004-04:00

My Merriam-Webster word of the day. Explains so much.
Abstract art by Jeremy Blake used in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch-Drunk_Love

Dune Week: The Three-Wise-Monk

2010-07-29T23:52:00.003-04:00

From Dune

Programmed Belief: The Musical

2010-07-28T13:42:00.008-04:00

Thanks Jeannie

Dune Week

2010-07-28T00:13:00.006-04:00

I watch it. I won't lie—I wasn't always sure what was going on in the story line. There was some domineering matriarchal parts, sometimes sexual, of which I couldn't make sense. However, I accepted these along with a giant brain with a vahayhay mouth and a pug being carried off to battle with ease due to outrageous visual presentation.

We're all here because of you

2010-07-26T12:53:00.004-04:00

Peggy's from the future. - STU
The Premiere of season 4 of Mad Men was incredible.

Bindery

2010-07-12T15:52:00.005-04:00

Still life photoshoot today. Sorry forest.

Color

2010-06-30T11:26:00.003-04:00

I love the part of my job involving color selection.Eye Colour Test/Gay by Daniel Eatock
I just got Contemporary Graphic Design by Taschen which has a terrible cover design and seems to be perfect bound via glue stick but whatevs, its a good reference of designers and was only 15 bucks.

Haw-lin

2010-06-25T14:17:00.004-04:00

visually pleasing

Went to see Joan River: A Piece of Work last night. Its good, not great. Not as funny as I thought it would be but she def a character.

DEVO Listening Party for Cats

2010-06-18T14:19:00.001-04:00

As you probably already heard:

You're welcome

Typography Humor

2010-06-17T15:02:00.010-04:00

aaaahaha good stuff.
Read it here at McSweeney's
"Enough of this bullshit. I'm gonna go get hammered with Papyrus. " -Comic Sans

Half way through the year

2010-06-15T11:07:00.004-04:00

hilarious. thanks miles

Byrne on TED

2010-06-11T12:37:00.003-04:00

That's right. David Byrne's talk on how architecture helped music evolve from last February was posted on TED today

Rematerial

2010-06-11T10:25:00.003-04:00

: From Waste to Architecture. via Design Observer

2010-06-09T12:21:00.002-04:00

via Rad Summer

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

2010-06-07T12:11:00.004-04:00

Based on the life and work of the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima (pen name)

Directed by Paul Schrader and written by Paul and his brother Leonard Schrader. The film features original music by Philip Glass and performances by the Kronos Quartet. (1985) You can watch it instantly on Netflix. More stills here

Friday Jam

2010-06-04T10:38:00.001-04:00

Noot d' Noot - Fingers Like Steeples from Petrichor Inc on Vimeo.

World Science Festival

2010-06-02T11:38:00.005-04:00

I am going to Eye Candy: Science, Sight & Art at the World Science Festival tomorrow which will examine biological principles that drive art appeal.I also might try to go to Icarus at the Edge of Time which is a 40 min film accompanied by a 62 piece orchestral work (one original piece by Philip Glass). Narrated by Liev Schreiber

RIP Louise Bourgeois

2010-06-01T14:50:00.003-04:00

Infuential Sculptor Dies at 98 -NYT

Why to believe in others

2010-05-26T12:30:00.000-04:00

via TED

2010-05-25T15:17:00.002-04:00

ffffound via

2010-05-24T17:48:00.003-04:00

They're dreamy.

Goldenfiddler posted this video recently.

New Chairs

2010-05-23T14:40:00.007-04:00

New for me at least. And some gratuitous cat shots. I've been trying to spruce up the joint. Its been fun. More photos here

Weekend: Old School

2010-05-22T12:17:00.005-04:00

Got together with friends from college.

Better than talking through a fan

2010-05-21T11:14:00.001-04:00

yuri suzuki via INT

Free Music, Darling

2010-05-20T11:39:00.006-04:00

Last Weeks Interestings recently posted about Lucky Me Mixtapes. Go download the podcast. Its funky.
Speaking of funky, I am reading Kill All Your Darlings by Luc Sante. In a short story called I Thought I Heard Buddy Boldon Say, Sante describes how the word funky came to be popular - eventually leading to a type of music. Highly recommend. The way he uses words describes more than the words themselves or maybe its just his command of the language....
INT also posted about The Mixtape Club

Vermont & Some Thoughts

2010-05-19T22:58:00.007-04:00

The past year has been a little hectic, hence the lack of posts. I am currently doing some much needed recharging. There is so much that I want to talk to you about but we're going to take some baby steps. I recently went up near Montpelier, Vermont to visit a friend who is building a self-sustainable home. He has built an outhouse, revitalized an old cabin you'll see below, made gorgeous wooden lawn chairs, planted an orchard, preserved a bog.... you get the point. After my own year of balls-out work to rebrand a somewhat massive computer company(obvious not alone), this visit really put things in perspective. I don't really know what this means but I hope the impact will be significant.
4 of us stayed in this wonderful little cabin
This last photo is sadly out of focus but I didn't feel like taking it again. These are various mosses and fungi I collected from the trip. They will nicely compliment the collection from my visit to Ashland, Oregon.

Beans

2010-05-19T22:35:00.004-04:00

Biked around Boston with an old, dear friend this past week Ray and Maria Sata Center at MIT by Frank Gehry

This looks good

2010-04-12T18:23:00.002-04:00

Watch the trailer

Ad that sees you

2010-04-09T12:17:00.000-04:00

Some talented people that I work with made this:

Color Sensitive Interactive Billboard from milton cj on Vimeo.

Jason Endres

2010-03-18T21:33:00.001-04:00

2010-03-15T23:47:00.000-04:00

Esben & the Witch via Pitchfork

Armory

2010-03-14T22:56:00.004-04:00

: the International Exhibition of Modern Art
Reporting a week late but from my estimate there was not a lot to report on. Regardless, I enjoy going to see what people have made. Sister Corita Kent (November 20, 1918 – September 18, 1986), the progressive silkscreen poster making nun from L.A. had work there and that was nice to see. Below are just some pieces of hers that I grabbed of the web.And then there were these:

Dreamt

2010-03-08T23:36:00.004-05:00

I was reading. So the dream was watching myself read, but I, the dreamer, was not privy to what I was reading. And the dream was me reading on the couch the whole time. Very boring.

Woken up by an electric flash of light.

Dreaming about sleeping. I started floating. Woke up in my dream and watched lightening flash against the walls.