these are my thoughts for a chapter in the long book.these might end up being illustrations or paintings, however.
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28.9.08
creation sketches
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these are my thoughts for a chapter in the long book.
these might end up being illustrations or paintings, however.
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these are my thoughts for a chapter in the long book.these might end up being illustrations or paintings, however.
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26.9.08
READING - Litquake at the SF Main Library
i will be giving a reading with other cartoonists down at the San Francisco Main Library this coming weekend for the Litquake festival (very excited that George Saunders is coming this year).
it will be held in the Koret Auditorium, located downstairs at San Francisco's Main Public Library 100 Larkin Street. the Library is located half a block from the intersection of Market and 9th streets, with easy access to MUNI and BART (civic center stop).
for maps and additional directions, click here.
for the "Show and Tell" hour on Saturday, October 4th, in the order of appearance will be:
11:00 a.m. - noon
Neil Babra
Stanford Graphic Novel Project
MariNaomi
Erich Origen
Lark Pien
Paul Madonna
Lisa Brown
i'll be reading two shorts - "Beautiful Girl" and "Blomp!"
afterwards, we'll be signing books at Books Inc.
at the Opera Plaza, 601 V. Ness Avenue, just three blocks away from the library
actually, i don't know if i'll be signing anything, they don't allow minis or self-published material, but there will probably be copies of Flight #4 available. Neil Babra also partakes in this vivid anthology.
if you like stories, Litquake is a great opportunity to get out and be a part of the creative community.
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21.9.08
the long goodbye
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finally picked up a book and read right through. the kind of blatant prose that laughs at you a little, ands still manages to hit kah-thump in the chest.
my favorite monologue in the story is by Mr. Potter, a rich and somewhat untouchable, reclusive figure:
"He was frowning at his own thoughts.
"There's a peculiar thing about money... In large quantities it tends to have a life of its own, even a conscience of its own. The power of money becomes very difficult to control. Man has always been a venal animal. The growth of populations, the huge costs of war, the incessant pressure of confiscatory taxation -- all these things make him more and more venal. The average man is tired and scared, and a tired, scared man can't afford ideals. He has to buy food for his family. In our time we have seen a shocking decline in both public and private morals. You can't expect quality from people whose lives are a subjection to a lack of quality. You can't have quality with mass production. You don't want it because it lasts too long. So you substitute styling, which is a commercial swindle intended to produce artificial obsolescence. Mass production couldn't sell its goods next year unless it made what it sold this year look unfashionable a year from now. We have the whitest kitchens and the most shining bathrooms in the world. But in the lovely white kitchen the average American housewife can't produce a meal fit to eat, and the lovely shining bathroom is mostly a receptacle for deodorants, laxatives, sleeping pills, and the products of that confidence racket called the cosmetic industry. We make the finest packages in the world, Mr. Marlowe. The stuff inside is mostly junk."
raymond chandler's novel the long goodbye was first published in 1953. i'll have to read everything he ever wrote now.
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finally picked up a book and read right through. the kind of blatant prose that laughs at you a little, ands still manages to hit kah-thump in the chest.
my favorite monologue in the story is by Mr. Potter, a rich and somewhat untouchable, reclusive figure:
"He was frowning at his own thoughts.
"There's a peculiar thing about money... In large quantities it tends to have a life of its own, even a conscience of its own. The power of money becomes very difficult to control. Man has always been a venal animal. The growth of populations, the huge costs of war, the incessant pressure of confiscatory taxation -- all these things make him more and more venal. The average man is tired and scared, and a tired, scared man can't afford ideals. He has to buy food for his family. In our time we have seen a shocking decline in both public and private morals. You can't expect quality from people whose lives are a subjection to a lack of quality. You can't have quality with mass production. You don't want it because it lasts too long. So you substitute styling, which is a commercial swindle intended to produce artificial obsolescence. Mass production couldn't sell its goods next year unless it made what it sold this year look unfashionable a year from now. We have the whitest kitchens and the most shining bathrooms in the world. But in the lovely white kitchen the average American housewife can't produce a meal fit to eat, and the lovely shining bathroom is mostly a receptacle for deodorants, laxatives, sleeping pills, and the products of that confidence racket called the cosmetic industry. We make the finest packages in the world, Mr. Marlowe. The stuff inside is mostly junk."
raymond chandler's novel the long goodbye was first published in 1953. i'll have to read everything he ever wrote now.
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16.9.08
mural is going up
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a mural i designed is being installed in the new Marine Polis : Sushiland restaurant, located in tualatin, oregon. interiors are by Hiromi Ogawa Architects, and building by InSpec Design, LLC. the mural is approximately 13' tall and 40' long. looking forward to seeing the whole facility when it is completed. special thanks to hiromi and robert for thinking of my work for this project.
this mural is part of my ongoing exploration in the Nature Series
a mural i designed is being installed in the new Marine Polis : Sushiland restaurant, located in tualatin, oregon. interiors are by Hiromi Ogawa Architects, and building by InSpec Design, LLC. the mural is approximately 13' tall and 40' long. looking forward to seeing the whole facility when it is completed. special thanks to hiromi and robert for thinking of my work for this project.
this mural is part of my ongoing exploration in the Nature Series***
4.9.08
small lament
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in keeping a blog, i'm surprised to see what i wrote a year ago, and a year even before that. how totally kid-like! it's embarrassing, but also kind of neat. it's been so busy and grown up lately that nothing has been much fun. need to slow down and remember how to like art again.
what i drew earlier this summer, brainless stuff
what i drew in the spring, i like it when the brush pen is almost out of ink
what i drew two years ago, in trying to figure out the benefits of 'style'
it doesn't seem to change much, the doodling. but i'll dig around my old sketchbooks and see if i can find anything more entertaining. i haven't sketched in over 2 months, it's ridiculous! rather unlike me, but it's been hellish since july. make that may. i'm glad this year is finally rounding the bend, it's been really kind of miserable. okay, complaining done. over and out.
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in keeping a blog, i'm surprised to see what i wrote a year ago, and a year even before that. how totally kid-like! it's embarrassing, but also kind of neat. it's been so busy and grown up lately that nothing has been much fun. need to slow down and remember how to like art again.
what i drew earlier this summer, brainless stuff
what i drew in the spring, i like it when the brush pen is almost out of ink
what i drew two years ago, in trying to figure out the benefits of 'style'it doesn't seem to change much, the doodling. but i'll dig around my old sketchbooks and see if i can find anything more entertaining. i haven't sketched in over 2 months, it's ridiculous! rather unlike me, but it's been hellish since july. make that may. i'm glad this year is finally rounding the bend, it's been really kind of miserable. okay, complaining done. over and out.
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