Just got off the phone with my cousin Alex who's currently on a nation-wide tour with his band, The Paper Raincoat. This is a guy who's always been an inspiration for me growing up -one of the few people that I can look back on who have helped point me to where I am today. After our talk, I started thinking about not only his, but how the creative ( Read more... )

The other day, I felt disheartened, a bit betrayed, and somewhat empathetic towards someone I once (still) admire as a great inspiration. It all stemmed from 5 words: Its all about the money ( Read more... )

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• 11:12 I'm in Sylmar. Just woke up in another motel 6. bit groggy. i think the lack of food is driving me nutso. plan on going to san deigo today #
• 12:25 getting brunch/lunch at this restaurant called 'egg plantation' in santa clarita. i don't know what i would do without yelp! maybe denny's? #
• 12:29 The ( Read more... )

Up until this point, I don't remember being afraid of sacrificing integrity. When it came to design, it was always well thought out and discussed. Decisions were made based on smart design thinking. Attention to detail was appreciated. We had the time, we could afford to argue our points and to get things done right. Picking your battles meant a ( Read more... )

I still can't get over the magnitude of the site I've just designed. It's one of the biggest products (backed by torrent downloads) that all design firms/designers view -and now it's officially world-wide! Sure, there's been a few changes through the production part, but overall, I still can't believe it. The team at Adobe has been great, and this ( Read more... )

The skeleton of the building. Scraps of metal which are bent, deformed, useless. Evening takes away the shadows from the bundles of individual parts which daylight had provided definition to. Beams stretch out to some unknown security found above. Freedom from gravity, freedom from certainty, from the inevitable. Rust grows as a thin veil of death ( Read more... )

Every experience, every pursuit, endeavor, relationship formed, values honed through the maturity of time, all worry, fear, happiness, accomplishments, popularity gained, respect granted, knowledge of ourselves -everything is blown away by Death. So what does it all mean? What does it matter? In this sense Death makes a cruel joke out of Life. ( Read more... )