Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: art, growth, high school, opinion, photographs, teaching, tucson
today i had my first day of teaching at the museum school for the visual arts. i was pretty convinced that it wasn’t going to happen, as our equipment situation was a total mess. but it all came together, and is fully functioning.
after a mini-freakout at about 920 when i realized that i’d only bought film developer and no paper developer, and had to make a mad dash to jones it went well. the kids are awesome, and are totally into everything we’re doing.
i think that half the battle of being a teacher is having a group of students who don’t care and aren’t even willing to meet you half way. so, it’s nice that i can check that off my lists of worries.
i would really like to see you all [or some...or even just one] here. there is a lecture beforehand at 530 in the center for creative photography auditorium. you should go to that too.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: butter, change, colorado, hot dogs, love, observations, photographs, popcorn, weird
went to colorado last weekend. weird place.
but i got to do a project through maxed art while i was there, which was really fun. people in different cities took 27 images with disposable cameras which will soon be available for all to see. i’ll keep you posted. but for now, here are my favorites and some more highlights can be found here.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: cone, kitty, love, mulder, photographs
mulder got fixed on thursday. he currently has a cone on his head. something he was not pleased about, but has kind of become ok with..
..kind of.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: art, faces, fairies, fun, photographs, school
only in art school would it be ok to spend $12 (plus shipping) on a disposable camera that superimposes fairies into the frame with you. 
the plan is to make my own kind of cameras that do the same thing. minus the fairies. we’ll see how it goes. but these are my ‘artists proofs.’
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: american, eat, food, hot dogs, love, observations, photographs, summer, tucson
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: colors, food, holga, photographs, the thing
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: american, candles, concern, dead, music, observations, opinion, photographs, public, tucson, vigil
there was a candle light vigil in the rose garden of reid park tonight in honor of michael jackson. we went to check it out and the whole time i had the same two thoughts running through my head.
- how is it that we can rally for shit like this, but the stuff that actually matters we just sit on our asses and do nothing?
- these people are totally serious about this.
within the first 5 minutes of being there, we heard michael jackson get compared to the dali lama, louis farrakhan, and martin luther king. and apparently he had a greater affect on the world then any of them. why? because his music brought people together.
seriously?? how is he even on the same level as those guys??
i mean, yeah it sucks that he’s dead but personally i’m more bummed out about farrah fawcett. the burning bed was like my favorite movie when i was little. and as far as i know, he never had a lifetime movie…not yet anyways.
rip farrah fawcett
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: clouds, colors, flowers, line, observation, photographs, phx, sight, sky, summer
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: art, frederick sommer, james turrell, love, observations, opinion, photographs, phx, sight, sky
today i fell in love with someone i’ve known for quite some time now. i’ve always appreciated him, but never really understood what made him so special.
until today.
there was something about seeing him in a different, unfamiliar space that made me look closer. or maybe it was just that it was seeing a new side of him, that i’d never really explored.
i think it was the juxtaposition between that image [circumnavigation of the blood] and this text taken from a lecture he gave:
i know now [and should have known earlier] that we are incapable of ever seeing anything new. consequently, we would never photograph anything unless we have become attentive to it because we already have a part of it within ourselves. as we go around we are only paying attention to those things which already have occupied us, or, better still, are so much a part of us that we lean into the next situation finding that we are already there.
oh, frederick sommer. where have you been all my life? you’re so much more then cut up pieces of butcher paper. how could i have neglected you for so long? and will you ever forgive me? i like to think he’ll let it slide.
i went to the scottsdale museum of contemporary art today and had a lovely evening with mr. sommer, and a new somebody i’ve been looking into, james turrell. his piece, knight rise, looks like this:
the photo doesn’t do it justice. i laid down on the bench that circles around the room and started up at the sky for 20 minutes. and it was amazing. the subtle color shifts of blues and whites was beautiful. and i can’t wait for his piece in the crater to open.
maybe phoenix isn’t all bad after all…
