April 16

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Site Specific

I am amazed at much site effects a work. I’ve never thought about it. I’ve never been taught it. When you make a piece of art, whether it be a painting or a sculpture, you generally plan for it to be in one of two places: on the wall of a gallery or out in the middle of a field or lake. It makes me want to go back to all the work that I have ever had in the past and reexamine the subject matter. Maybe I was accidentally on to something that I never saw in my work before. Maybe the mediocre sculptures I’ve created in the past would be hardcore conceptual pieces if I would just put place it upside down under a highway bridge or put it in a catamaran and pushed it out to sea…

Souls?

This man has no soul. I don't see why he thinks he gave me anything.


I own 49% of Debbie Archer's soul. Not 50%. She said that as long as she controlled the majority, then she was fine with that. She also believes in rounding up. I incidentally own 50% of her vagina. She gave that to me as a Birthday gift.

Beth - 2%

NoDa

Will was super-uber nice, a gentleman, a scholar, and a wonderful host. But, I have to say, I was very disappointed. Will, if you’re reading this, it’s not your fault. It’s mine. I had one idea in my head of how your work would look and make me feel and I was incredible mistaken. And I know that you can take a beating, so here I go.

I think that most of the work in his home was interesting. I loved how he envisioned his work and depicted his characters in their various poses on the doors. It’s an unusual depiction of a life I never see, and I’m glad that he takes the time to pay homage to these few, ‘marginalize’ people. But I have to say I hated his floor piece. I know I don’t know the situation very well, but I thought the floor plan was poorly designed. The piece didn’t flow and his subject matter was varied too extremely. It was hard to recognize how the pieces related to each one another. I think everybody hyped it up a little too much because of it’s sheer size, but I’m a firm believer in quality over quantity. Size doesn’t matter; it’s all in how you use it.

He did teach me a lot about how to live and work and achieve my dreams. I appreciate his will to express himself. Just because I don’t like his most important piece doesn’t mean I don’t think I can’t learn a lot from him.

April 7

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Racking in the souls...

My father. I started thinking about how souls are created and distributed. Are they like kinetic energy, that can neither be created nor destroyed? Is a new born baby a brand new soul or has it been recycled from the deceased, similar to Hindu or Jain beliefs? Is my own soul 2 parts of my parents? Can a soul really regenerate or are you given what you're given?

My 32 year old brother John. He sleeps with his eyes opened. It makes me wonder if this is a defensive mechanism or if he has mastered some kind of awareness meditation.

I currently have 22 soul pieces and 1.681943 whole souls.

Instigation and Time Pieces

I really loved Nicole’s piece. I wasn’t crazy about the outcome, but I feel that the idea was dynamite. The piece to me wasn’t so much about wasting time, but more about taking advantage of the social constructs within a culture or manipulation to create profitable experience. She took something positive, these gifts from strangers and turned the tables against them. She critiqued their work by destroying it. I love power struggles and find a subtle beauty in unkempt relationships.

Also I enjoyed the lesson on instigation. I appreciate the fucked up artist who plagues our societies. This lesson kind of showed me how different I perceive most art. I have always been very accepting of differing viewpoints and ideas. Most of the artists that I know or are affiliated with have a definite idea in their head as to what they consider art and what their limits are. I don’t think I have any limits. You can shit on my chest and call it art. I probably will call it art too.