making art...

this has been edited ....!
all of these actually have been.
i've taken all of these with my iphone
photographed around me during work
or when i see something i like while just hanging out.
i have added photos together,
added effects to them,
i am addicted to photography
and think i may need an intervention.
ALSO- not blogging much cause i have
been making other types of art like crazy!
sculpture,
fiber,
wood,
video,

random rockets...

on a story for the dreaded budget cuts. my third that week, i was going out of my mind. i came across this tric and played with it since the gym was empty where the meeting was gonna be.

who doesn't like a water tower shot? you don't! well suffer anyway dingdong. cause i like em! and i have plenty, seems every small town has a couple!

rocket at the carnie! why yes, i am the clown!

a FABULOUS laundry mat. i was two hours away doing a school budget cut story (same week as above shot of the tric) and on my way back to the station i came across this laundry mat. i spun a pretty quick u-turn and took about fifty photos in various filters, films, positions.... i LOVED this laundry!

meet: TEAM rocket...

i did it,
i entered the 48hour film festival.
i was asked to be a part of a great group but i decided to do one on my own.
i realized last fall i like to work on my own. if i have a vision i want to plan and execute it myself.

i also think it would be a serious challenge.
my BFA degree artsy fartsy self is ready, maybe...

the categories are;
you pull one of these out of a hat,

Buddy Film

Comedy

Drama

Fantasy

Film de Femme

Film Noir

Horror

Mockumentary

Musical or Western

Road Movie

Romance

Sci Fi

Silent Film

Thriller/Suspense

OR if you like you can try for a redo by selecting one of the wild cards, problem is if you do pull one of the wild cards you have to do that wild card. you can't go back to the regular one you picked first.

2010 Wild Card Genres

• Adventure Serial
• Dark Comedy
• Foreign Film
• Heist
• Historical Fiction/Period Piece
• Mystery
• Surprise Ending
• Time Travel Movie or Doppelganger Movie

WHAT WOULD YOU WANT???? i am totally at a loss for what i want. this might be a good thing since it will leave me open for anything. i still have to google a couple since i don't even know what they are... i kinda think the mokumentary would be GREAT fun! i can't wait for june!!! bring it! i may shoot the entire thing on my iphone... since alas i have no camcorder... but that may make things fun.

ramble...

so i watched "the box"

"hit a button on a box,
it kills a person you don't know,
you get 1million dollars."

my wife did not watch this so i relayed to her the idea
and asked her what she would do?...

i say i could not push it.
i would want to but know i couldn't.
my wife would push it.
zero hesitation.
i don't fault her for this either.
she is practical and logical.
i am emotional and sentimental.
i said what if it's a baby,
she says stop over analyzing it,
i say how could i not?
she argued people die all the time.
irrelevant i say.
both are lives that i have no hand in creating
or taking.
i don't even believe in god or an afterlife?
yet i couldn't do it?
couldn't decide someone's fate by pushing a button.
is a life worth 1million dollars?
2million?
i still don't fault her since i see her logic.
people DO die all the time.
i have been there when some have died,
to see those last minutes,
the last time they will know the love of someone they hold close...
i couldn't do it since i am too damn emotional.


this movie has messed with my psyche and i can't stop thinking about it.
tell me what you would do?
the truth.
no judging any such way on this,
for you or my wife.

tada....!

here are the "pull toys"...

the first is a rocket, undecided about the base still... this may change by friday...

and second is the "pull toy 1" complete with windshield! any ideas on a price i should charge for either?

new short...

this isn't one from my head, just a convenient find from work today...
i.heart.carnivals.

go ahead click on this title, you know you wanna...

i saw a shooting star tonight,

i sold another print from my etsy store... this makes me crazy excited! it sold to a person in Tampa Florida, my dream city to live in. so even if i can't live there my art is gonna!!!

also one of the three art pieces i donated to the Humane Society Auction Dinner sold to a cool older lady whom i saw with it. i went over to her and told her i took the photo in Chicago. (i was walking around randomly by myself while it was sprinkling and took a shot of a bicycle. it was then framed &matted". we start talking and she drops this bomb... ok get this..... dummm dumm dummmmm.... are you holding your breath and sitting down...she says she has an original "ORIGINAL" picasso, yes i said picasso..... the guy who is an artistic genius.. yeah that guy. p.i.c.a.s.s.o. best part, she is hanging her rocket original RIGHT NEXT TO HER ORIGINAL PICASSO!!!!!! holy shitballs. i am hanging next to a picasso! and then she asked me to sign the print for her, could have blown me over with a feather...

i also have a sculpture show that i was asked to be in on April 2. this is exciting since i made two really cool sculptures for it!!! i will share when they are completely finished. just think old toys..... they are soooo fun! i need to price them so they don't sell.... shhhh don't tell "g". lol