Sophie Blackall

Sophie Blackall is a talented and kinda quirky (check out her apartment decor) illustrator who I think is living in New York.  I’m really loving her work.

Yuken Teruya

The first bit of Teruya’s work that I came across was a series entitled “Corner Forest,” in which the artist cut detailed trees out of toilet paper rolls and meticulously arranged them to create beautiful forests.

After taking some time to look over his website, I saw that Teruya’s featured projects all seem to center around taking everyday objects and transforming them into items of whimsy or socially provocative pieces.  Aside from “Corner Forest,” my favorite series was definitely “Notice- Forest Series.”  Basically I really love when an artist can make you look twice at something that would normally be cast away without a moment’s hesitation.

Take a look at Teruya’s projects yourself to get a sense of the meticulous beauty that this artist creates!

Tom Otterness

Before I bothered to look up his work, Tom Otterness was all around me here in New York City.  From his cute (and often times, kinda creepy) Life Underground series in the 14th Street A/C/E station to the piece he has in my neighborhood up in Harlem, Otterness’ work has been a part of my experience here.  Be sure to check him out.

Happy Holidays!

Flying home tomorrow for Christmas with the family, so this is me officially wishing you all a happy holiday season.  Have fun and be safe wherever you are, whoever you’re with and whatever you do/don’t celebrate.

Wrongsized

After I got laid off (this dang economy) I did lots of things, including writing little bits and pieces about what I was going through and how I felt. Here is a tidbit of that, from right after “the incident,” which- coincidentally- is described below:

“Your position no longer exists.  Effective immediately.”

Just like that, as though he were talking about a clerical error, or the fact that we could no longer expense business lunches our Vice President effectively kicked me in the metaphorical a** and changed my entire world.  Although, in retrospect I saw it coming- the moment I walked into that small dark office and noticed that nobody but me had a notebook and pen.  As soon as he started speaking in that smug, matter-of-fact voice I knew that my time there had come to and end.

A tinge of materialism

My Christmas wish list:

1.) Real running shoes.
2.) Blu-ray Disc player
3.) My BSB performance/concert/behind-the-scenes tapes on DVD

And of course world peace and all that. OH and a puppy!

Gimme a Sign

I know I mostly use this as a place to share things I find interesting and little bits of things I’ve worked on, but when I decided to post what is currently my favorite short film, it made me do a little thinking and I just wanted to say a few things.

And those things center around the idea of modern love.  Like.. where IS it?  Sometimes I feel like it’s some elusive myth.  With the huge surge in technology and social networks it feels like people, though as connected as we could be, are more distant than ever.  Dates are surprising and courtships are altogether shocking… and while I don’t think that the idea of traditional Christian courtship in its original sense is for me, the current state of heterosexual female/male relations is disheartening (to say the least).

Even so, I soldier on in my faith that whatever is supposed to happen with me will happen for me.  And even though I could argue that my ideas about romantic love have been ingrained into my psyche through a great deal of problematic socialization- things like this still make me happy…

And there you have it.  A sweet, short movie that encapsulates a lot of what I feel living in a city like this, and beautifully shows that all hope isn’t lost.  Let’s hope it’s right about that.