roni horn

one of the first things roni stated in this video really stood out to me. She said that it hard to balance self, work, and audience which everyday i'm finding to be more and more of a challenge. It's difficult to reflect yourself clearly in your work as you as the artist see it, but then adding what an outsider will see while still trying to reflect yourself is increasingly difficult. this is at least something i struggle with in this class. i know what i want to say and how i want my work to reflect it, but am afraid that more misinterpretation that not will occur. That no one will get it and that my message will be ruined. so i try and clarify my point, which i find only makes it clearer to me. but maybe thats as good as its gonna get.

adventures in brushing

sagmeister

the most important idea that i got from stefan was that the image is more important than the words because ultimately the image is what the artist is going to be remembered as. It is their best representation of who they are as a person and as an artist.

david carson...again

so here we are with some more david carson wisdom. so in the video tid bit that was shown second, he showed what could be made of so little. There are many interesting things that are common "accidentals." Things that aren't ever really meant to be seen but it takes one person's good eye and creative mind to make a masterpiece. i particularly liked the whole lyle lovette spread. The way that the picture was a persona and not a person and that the text really jumped out at you. It really made the subject seem so much more interesting.

david carson

i can appreciate the views that come from a person like david carson. I like the fact that he puts more emphasis on what is being said without words rather than what text is on the page. i like that while his ideas are not always simple, he has a very simplistic way of presenting them. One of his examples was a paper saying "explosion." He wanted to see an explosion...not the actual word. I think that an idea is better translated without words but this can be very hard to do. It is cool when you can get someone to look at your art piece or picture and just get what you meant. its powerful.

accordian card

some work in progress

My hometown in the middle of the desert. If it was really this vibrant and colorful, more people would live there.

Dusk in the San Marcos Hills

This is Brian. He is a 6 month old cutie with a twin. More pictures coming soon.

sunset over CSUSM