Beautiful 'Stuff'

I am now clanking around with rusty stuff, drinking beer.
—Judy Pfaff





To motivate my freelance work today, I have been watching and listening to Art: 21 tv on Hulu. Full episodes of Play and Romance have influenced my labor in creating playful logos for a thoughtful nonprofit and peaceful Minnesota resort. I've found today that my process demands making with my hands to ignite the best workings. Judy Pfaff offers the insight that she perhaps received too much romance, love, emotion and affection throughout her life and has shifted to now create almost macabre installations that destruct a notion of what is decorative. As I have transitioned into working in a studio based in my childhood bedroom, I too reflect on my sometimes saccahrine upbringing. In escape, I take joy in building with paper, slicing cardboard, rolling on the adhesive wax and combining crude brush strokes to command that a chaos of disparate items do become whole afterall.

Going Big

Great Camp

While on the Lake Bemidji State Park Trail between two parts of Big Bass Lake, I noticed the similarities of Northern Minnesota and New England. Particularly New Hampshire. The history of Adirondack architecture has always fascinated me and I am sorry to have not explored it when I was living in Vermont. Today I saw an island with a house perched on it and I wondered about its quality. Its livability, or current habitation. The thought of boarding up a house for the winter is saddening to me. The value I have for Place is perhaps stronger than most. To not have taken part in the unique New England architecture is perhaps a saving grace for me. For I may have never departed. One reckoning I have is the varying sacrifice it requires to build a beautiful rustic home in different regions of the country. Breathtaking historic architecture is scarce in Northern Minnesota. Overall, it seems that excessive design is not welcomed here. Its exciting to imagine living in an era where famous movie stars can hire construction of marvelous rustic cabins, Great Camps, as their temporary vistas. Knowing that I thrive in sharing my time with a multiplicity of Places, near and far, that lifestyle appeals to me. But here, it seems there is a greater reward for modesty. Owning a practical home in a beautiful land, that was built by your friends and neighbors with all the money you could spare, is unique if not for its simplicity and is a dream my fellow Minnesotans can admire.

Animaterese

Talking Deer, at "The Ol' Farm", courtesy of David Elhard.



Kevin Wade Shaw and Rob Matthews at Mass. MOCA.



Anton Pearson and Michael Aberman, Slanguage; A Portmanshow at MCAD.

Xpression

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There is such charm in this safety video for skateboard riders, who refer to skateboarding as a sport and an expression. I'm also really keen on their hand crafted pads!

Giant Stinson Beach Bubbles

BOOK HANDS

Art of McSweenys by Chronicle Books

Don't you wish there were a video like this for every book design you enjoyed? I'm always fascinated by the stories and hands involved in art, design, film, politics, marketing, crafting, sailing, yoga, farming, etc. Looking out for video tutorials of all!

IN FILM

A weekend with MCAD friends in North Adams, Massachusetts

I love how my new camera provides image stills for each video I capture. It makes my friends look like famous actors in an indie film. And makes me feel like a professional documentary videographer! Dreams!

SK8 NOTE

This book cover/notebook is incredibly inventive! Would be my perfect companion!
It reminds me of these skateboard deck earnings made in Portland by Lindsay Jo. She started her project as she saw a need to recycle her and her boyfriend's old decks. They are both rippers. As a guest there, with some friends as they were both coaching at Woodward skatecamp for the summer, I noticed their home filled with skateboard lore including a collection of Buzzy's rutted-out trucks. Ahhh Portland pool coping. Slash!
Buzzy

AGAINST THE GRAIN. AGAINST THE STIGMA.

They’re quitting because they’re discouraged and bored, not because they’re dark, depressed, anxious, or neurotic. It’s a myth that creative people have these traits. (Those traits actually shut down creativity; they make people less open to experience and less interested in novelty.) Rather, creative people, for the most part, exhibit active moods and positive affect. They’re not particularly happy—contentment is a kind of complacency creative people rarely have. But they’re engaged, motivated, and open to the world.

Excerpt from the Newsweek article The Creativity Crisis.

NYC Maloof Money Cup

Despite the clashing candor of its title, The Maloof Money Cup is breaking new ground for the playful progression of this inherently limitless passion called skateboarding (read; sport). By re-appropriating urban skate features from around its home city—as well as reclaiming a space that once showcased artists such as Andy Warhol—this event is distinguishing skateboarding with high-class appeal.

I'm thankful for this candid look at the development behind New York City's latest monument.

Ms⋱Everything

Mysterese misses everything. There is a long way.
Here is my March archives, from my work computer. Enjoy, please!

broadcasting out

been dealing with homesickness for my past lives and would like to share a very typical taste of portland with you here

An AEPDX Meeting from Juliet Zulu on Vimeo.

at times it is very difficult for me to put into words why i love portland so much. there is beauty everywhere. not just outward. beauty is in the energy there. this video is no exception.

MARCH 2010

THIS HERE

IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR ME TO SAMPLE FROM MY MONTHLY DIGITAL ARCHIVES: (as a disclaimer, I always retitle my saved images to include as much credit and info about image as possible)






I've peacefully arrived in Burlington, Vermont to work at Rome SDS, which suites me very well and makes me super excited! Can't wait to get back to work, and to influence the snowboarding culture visually--and to strap in again finally. Hope there is some powder still this spring at Stowe!