March 2011
16 posts
Me and Pollack.
Last night I dreamt that I was like Pollack, drizzling and dripping photographs on the floor.
Roland Barthes is not a Photographer
not.
In his well-known text, “Camera Obscura,” the famed French theorist Roland Barthes wrote:
I am not a photographer, not even an amateur photographer: too impatient for that: I must see right away what I have produced (Polaroid? Fun, but disappointing, except when a great photographer is involved). I might suppose that the Operator’s emotion (and consequently the essence of...
In Process of Becoming
I am in the process of becoming.
Look Softly
I’d like to look softly at the world.
NYTimes Mythology Section
mythology.
While scrolling too quickly through the NYTimes in my email inbox just now I could’ve sworn I saw a new section labeled, “Mythology.” Of course, when I slowed down and went back to check again it was gone. Wouldn’t it be nice to have some modern day myths? It’s a funny time to be alive when those we used to rely on for trustworthy news now rely on us to...
Artender, poor me another.
Artender.
Art-tender.
Art ender.
I came up with the idea of playing the role of artender this afternoon while on my way to the bottom of a glass. Bartenders have played a unique role in the history of the world.
more on this soon.
