that's dandy.

hamburger haven.

(photo by beki mcelvain.)

yeah, that's definitely rusty orange mirco-tile climbing the wall in the picture. less than five cash dollars equals pancakes, eggs and bacon in this most 1970's of diners. i tend to take myself on dates here sunday mornings, with oscar wilde or the new york times for company. the servers tease me about my capacity for coffee (i really can't stop once i start) and i secretly love that they know me in this crappy little gem. i typically sit in a window at one of the two-seater booths, but if i happen to be at the bar for breakfast, i get a direct view of the most meticulous cook on clement street fast at work. he's rumored to be on an outrageous 11 year contract, this henry ford of hashbrowns. and his perfectly portioned and positioned multi-tasking mastery of that flatgrill is an obvious testament to his worth. another reason to love the richmond district, i suppose.

who wants to go to breakfast with me?

banksy hearts anti-capitalist d.i.y.

(and i heart banksy.)

it occurred to me today that banksy is a real person with a real address and a real who-knows-what-else in the world just like every other person. so, after about 12 seconds of intense research i discovered that however elusive banksy may be, he's got a website. a real one. with pictures. on the internet. i scoffed as i began to click through the anti-conformist artist's webspace and found a section labled "shop" and prepared myself to realize banksy really is just like everyone else. and then, magically, instead of being confronted with a bright orange "your shopping cart is empty" button amid a a sea of pixelated merchandise, i discovered a sense of renewed faith. i feel relieved that someone out there actually stands for something and sticks to it. and i'm happy to report that i remain humbly impressed by the ghost himself:

http://www.banksy.co.uk/shop/index.html

"opposites"

This song by Friska Viljor makes me feel the opposite of this sign in the ladies room at my work.

zSHARE - 08 Early Morning.mp3

fortune cookie series.

some of my favorite stuff (oldies but goodies) from 2005. "wedding picture" (last) was a commission and one of the first pieces i sold.


red.



piano wire.



wedding picture.

today.

i read that thich nhat hanh says: "it's a mistake to say that the wind is blowing or the rain is falling. what is wind if it is not blowing? what is rain if it is not falling?" the falling is the rain, the blowing is the wind.

also, on a totally unrelated note, who the hell is the guy below? an author? a musician? your grandfather? such a familiar face, and none of us can seem to place it.

hija.

i was playing with a new style and found:
florida?
femininity?
destruction?

i love.

rub me down at sunset

Sunset Rubdown (hee) is the break-off project of Spencer Krug from Wolf Parade. Although, once you hear them you won't need me to tell you this since his voice is so damned distinctive (and wonderful). Their new-ish album, Dragonslayer, is fantastic and engaging all the way through. Idiot Heart (below) is my favorite song so far. Listening to this song you feel like you just experienced a full relationship in 6 minutes. It flirts with you, it makes love to you, you fall for it, it pulls away, it comes back, it brings a girl into the mix, and then it tries to let you down slowly, but somehow you still are left wanting more.

And oh man, the bridge! "i hope that you die... in a decent pair of shoes." amazing.

Sunset Rubdown - Idiot Heart

more china.

chalk and charcoal.

china.

this was a series of horses i did during a two week long obsession with ming and han dynasty horse sculptures. i seriously sat in front of the television watching documentaries surrounded by library books on imperial art.

here i am, internet.

this is my blog. and although it's been a long time coming, i admit i haven't done anything so publicly self-indulgent since live journal (remember live journal?) and hope that this is a much more productive experience than that one. the idea is to keep myself motivated by posting my art and things as they happen, instead of creating things i'm proud of and promising to display them on a website later. i've set this up so that some of my friends can promote their work and ideas, as well.

fun? fun.