My admiration for the street art of graffiti came out of a natural curiosity. While transporting back and forth to my high school far from my house passing by over head bridges. I would see the graffiti and would be curious as to who did that and how did they do it? I started to get interested in learning more about the culture and art of graffiti. As well, learning how shapes, lines and colors formed into letters and signs. I remember checking out the magazines at Tower Records and looking at them with amazement. While on my trips to Miami and New York City when I was fifteen getting a first hand look at it. As I tried my self to emulate what I saw in the magazines and walls. Except, I was never that good at it just mostly admired for what I considered art while others considered vandalism. From there led me into my interest in graphic design, photography and other forms of art. On occasion, when I do find an interesting piece that amazes me I will photograph it. For example, here is a photograph I took at the D.C. graffiti hall of fame in July 2006. If you would like to see more please go check out my photography here.
Check out this cool Akira inspired video. Definitely has a lot of Japanese pop culture influences in it. Check out my favorite videos under 'my links' or click here for more. Even though you might have your opinions on Kanye West or his music. You cannot deny the fact that this is one of the hottest songs out there. He's just bringing his own unique style to the world to enjoy no matter the size of his ego. Kanye even has is own blog you can check out here. Just like a lot of artists are doing nowadays as a another avenue to reach their fans.
If you have never seen a human version of a Tetris game, check this out! This is a hilarious idea and I wish we had something like this in the U.S. You can view more of these videos under 'my videos' or click here for my favorites. Also, I've been a bit lazy on posting anything lately. So I've decided to post this video for your amusement.
This photo was selected as the photo of the day on a blog for Reston, VA. I was quite surprised today to find this discovery and appreciation for this photograph. My photo titled "A Visitor?" can be found on the blog Reston Citizen (http://restoncitizen.com) for Sept. 7, 2007. This was some good news to keep me inspired on taking more photos. Despite not being a professional and still developing my skills. A big thanks goes out to Joshua Davis for posting my photo.
A shot of the reflection from a pond filled with koi fish. It gave it an interesting swirl effect from this direction. It also kind of reminds me of a Monet painting, with an abstract feel to it. Taken in Glide, Oregon in August 2007 using a Canon S3 IS digital camera.
Today I discovered this talented artist named Phil Hansen and his unusual and creative way of making art. Using his own contemporary approach of "pointillism" and presenting them on the Internet. He uses different objects such as cups, pine cones and even himself and turns them into awesome pieces of art. For example, the (Bruce Lee) picture you see was done by karate chopping the side of his hand with paint. To watch a video of how it was done, click here. To see more of Phil Hansen's art, you can check out his official site at: http://philinthecircle.com. Also, be sure to check out his "Goodbye Art" monthly projects blog here. Where Phil Hansen creates a piece that eventually becomes non-existent after sometime.
Check out this live performance of the band Mute Math. No, Mute Math is not some kind of puzzle game. They are an elctro-rock outfit from New Orleans. Their music is amazing and I hope to catch them live one day. Until then, I wanted to share this with everyone. This is a video for their song "Chaos" taped from the Craig Furgeson show.
Welcome to my renewed and improved blog! Enter the matrix people, follow the white rabbit, just kidding. I had been thinking for a while to start this I just never got around to it until now. Or more like I was too busy wasting time on other things, oh well...here it is folks, enjoy! There was just a lot of other things I had to get organized in my life first. First off, was getting my computer upgraded to increase my productivity. I had too many MP3's, photos, documents, etc. taking up space, so I needed a new hard drive badly. In addition, I had to get my car fixed (dying battery), my Ibanez electric guitar fixed (finally) and so on. So, what will this blog comprise of? It will consist of my random thoughts and stories to help keep you entertained. Or at least I will try to, that's all I can promise you.
