Month: July 2009

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Yesterday I did a sort of knee-jerk post about an artist that I found and didn’t like. As so often happens I forget that this thing is public. I get used to thinking of the blog as more of a private email between friends, so I’m always surprised when something comes in from …out there. […]

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bad art

   I’ve always known that one way to win fame and fortune in the art world is to produce bad art.  Not unbelievably terrible art, but just stuff that looks perhaps childish or unfinished.  Often this will be praised as “abstract genius” when it is little more than lack of skill and/or imagination. It pains […]

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bruises

On Saturday afternoon I went to a friend’s birthday party.  He assembled a nine person crew to race a mini grand prix at K1 Kart Racing in Gardena.  This friend I met in class at Pepperdine.  This was his third birthday race so of course most of the other attendees had racing experience.  One of […]

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ouch! that didn’t hurt

On Friday morning I went into Wilshire Center Dental to get my perio graft surgery.  I didn’t realize until that morning that I was actually going to be awake for the procedure.  That was a weird experience.  First the doctor swabs you with anesthetic, then comes back later with needles.  Some I felt and some […]

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art walk July 2009

Art Walk July started off with a hodgepodge of arty things in the old bank (?) building.  Everything was pretty mediocre (combo drawings of cartoon women with playboy centerfolds…what a brilliant idea…) but I happened to look at the name on a few “interesting” photos. Mark Mothersbaugh. Can’t say I liked these photos (after all, […]

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remember the positive

I forgot to mention while I was complaining in the last post that it has actually been a full year since I’ve come down with any sort of serious illness.  I’ve felt like I was coming down with the sniffles a few times, but I beat it into submission quickly with lots of water and […]

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