Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Interesting Add-For Arkansas Senate Seat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oilbWlKu360&feature=player_embedded
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Continuation of Ranting from Precis
I am going to quote myself here--
"Just because you play with dead bodies doesn't mean you are ok with death" -- In this cause I am reacting to Heartney's interpretation of Joel-Peter Witkin's work.
I make the argument that he is exploiting the disturbing nature of death to make a name for himself.
Granted -- what makes death so disturbing? Which is what Heartney was talking about in this particular chapter from "Postmodern Heretics"-- Legitimate Point --
He says that he prays over the bodies but in these still-lives does he respect the vessel that once held a human. Is he really questioning our ideals of beauty?
I don't think so -- they are surreal and dark and disturbing
I think this incident from his childhood with the tragic car accident where he recalls seeing the little girl's head roll towards him has a MAJOR thing to do with his fascination with the morbid.
Does a fascination and obsession on death lead to something healthy?
I sure hope so--
Where am I going with this? I am not sure rants really go anywhere, but in the end I try
Still not sure if I succeeded.
well, now that I have vented -- I can say -- it was just his way of dealing with death and his experiences but if you havent seen his work you should check it out -- I don't like to look at it--but that's just me
there is something about the body -- even if it isn't being inhabited anymore -- I still feel that it is necessary to treat it with respect-- to show respect to the person who once lived -- is that as silly as respecting a book ...
"Just because you play with dead bodies doesn't mean you are ok with death" -- In this cause I am reacting to Heartney's interpretation of Joel-Peter Witkin's work.
I make the argument that he is exploiting the disturbing nature of death to make a name for himself.
Granted -- what makes death so disturbing? Which is what Heartney was talking about in this particular chapter from "Postmodern Heretics"-- Legitimate Point --
He says that he prays over the bodies but in these still-lives does he respect the vessel that once held a human. Is he really questioning our ideals of beauty?
I don't think so -- they are surreal and dark and disturbing
I think this incident from his childhood with the tragic car accident where he recalls seeing the little girl's head roll towards him has a MAJOR thing to do with his fascination with the morbid.
Does a fascination and obsession on death lead to something healthy?
I sure hope so--
Where am I going with this? I am not sure rants really go anywhere, but in the end I try
Still not sure if I succeeded.
well, now that I have vented -- I can say -- it was just his way of dealing with death and his experiences but if you havent seen his work you should check it out -- I don't like to look at it--but that's just me
there is something about the body -- even if it isn't being inhabited anymore -- I still feel that it is necessary to treat it with respect-- to show respect to the person who once lived -- is that as silly as respecting a book ...
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Terrifying and Enraging
A couple of Saturdays ago, a friend told me that she has a friend that has a ritual of going to Fox&Hound every Thanksgiving because she can't spend it with her family. She said that this friend went to Fox&Hound with her group of her guy friends and her boyfriend. While they were there, her former boyfriend showed up and started to try to pick a fight with her current boyfriend. Apparently the former is Huge! So the current was doing everything to try not to get in a fight. But at some point, the former pushed her! And none of her friends nor her current defended her. They did nothing. My friend was as appalled as I was and she said to her friend -- if she had been there-- she would have slapped him for her! She said that it didn't matter how big he was, she wasn't going to let him push her around! DAMN RIGHT! Haven't these guys heard the saying "Strength in Numbers"?
Why did he do it?
Cause he knew he could.
When ever there is any kind of violence or aggression, the owners should step in as well. Are they the kind of establishment that allows this kind of behavior to go on?
Why did he do it?
Cause he knew he could.
When ever there is any kind of violence or aggression, the owners should step in as well. Are they the kind of establishment that allows this kind of behavior to go on?
Dealing with loss
So-for the last couple of weeks-it has been Fine Arts Graduate Studio lectures where they present their thesis about their work, defend their work, and answer questions. I LOVE THESE!! I love to hear about other's work and their process. I love that they open the floor for questions too. I have gotten to go to 3 lectures this semester and I would have gone to more but they conflicted with my work schedule.
Anywho--
In 2 out of 3 lectures, the individuals were dealing with the loss of a close family member.
The first lecture was a ceramicist who was doing a lot of work based on parts of cars and working on cars--he talked about the open road of his drive home from Lubbock Texas to Tennessee--he used a lot of repetition in his work--told us he was talking about production--i say that like i dont believe him but that's not the case -- I just think there was more to it and that was when he said it-- 10 years ago his older brother died in a car crash--I was struck. I knew that he had lost a brother because he had gotten a tattoo of his name but I was trying to figure out if it was a older or younger brother and I had no idea it was in a car crash--i immediately thought about how horrible it would be to loose one of my brothers--I couldnt imagine
Then he told us that he NEVER keeps any of this work--he either destroys it or just discards it in the dumpster! In my mind- I made the connection that he was just reliving his brother's death over and over again--maybe not consciously--but he would make many beautiful pieces and then demise!
In the last lecture, a metalsmith started her talk with a fragmented childhood memory of her mother's death when she was just 6 years old. Her mother died of breast cancer and immediately she connected that with her feels of isolation and fear. And I felt her work did portray these feelings. She is about the same age as my older brother and they even know each other. I began to think about the loss of a parent and I dont know where I'd be if I didn't have my mom. My brother's and I have a father but not through illness. Well maybe a mental illness but nothing I think that could have been fixed with medication. And I begun to think about how my brother and I don't do work about loss. Are we ignoring it? Am I ignoring it? I feel as though we are better off but being with out both parents (and I'm not just talking about heterosexual parents) is always going to be the hardest option. Is it better to have no relationship than a sick one? I think so
Dealing with loss
So many factors are in play when it comes to behavior and reaction and interpretation.
Personalities
Gender Expectations
Racial Expectations
Family dynamic
Social Learning theories...
They were very emotional walks across campus to my car.
Anywho--
In 2 out of 3 lectures, the individuals were dealing with the loss of a close family member.
The first lecture was a ceramicist who was doing a lot of work based on parts of cars and working on cars--he talked about the open road of his drive home from Lubbock Texas to Tennessee--he used a lot of repetition in his work--told us he was talking about production--i say that like i dont believe him but that's not the case -- I just think there was more to it and that was when he said it-- 10 years ago his older brother died in a car crash--I was struck. I knew that he had lost a brother because he had gotten a tattoo of his name but I was trying to figure out if it was a older or younger brother and I had no idea it was in a car crash--i immediately thought about how horrible it would be to loose one of my brothers--I couldnt imagine
Then he told us that he NEVER keeps any of this work--he either destroys it or just discards it in the dumpster! In my mind- I made the connection that he was just reliving his brother's death over and over again--maybe not consciously--but he would make many beautiful pieces and then demise!
In the last lecture, a metalsmith started her talk with a fragmented childhood memory of her mother's death when she was just 6 years old. Her mother died of breast cancer and immediately she connected that with her feels of isolation and fear. And I felt her work did portray these feelings. She is about the same age as my older brother and they even know each other. I began to think about the loss of a parent and I dont know where I'd be if I didn't have my mom. My brother's and I have a father but not through illness. Well maybe a mental illness but nothing I think that could have been fixed with medication. And I begun to think about how my brother and I don't do work about loss. Are we ignoring it? Am I ignoring it? I feel as though we are better off but being with out both parents (and I'm not just talking about heterosexual parents) is always going to be the hardest option. Is it better to have no relationship than a sick one? I think so
Dealing with loss
So many factors are in play when it comes to behavior and reaction and interpretation.
Personalities
Gender Expectations
Racial Expectations
Family dynamic
Social Learning theories...
They were very emotional walks across campus to my car.
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