This is Yayoi Kusama, a favorite artist of myself and many others.


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I just put up a new graphic design portfolio site; it is at www.1timepad.com. Nothing like a new internet domain to get the adrenaline pumping! Ha I'm such a dork... There're only five actual design pieces on it right now, but more are coming soon. If anyone has any suggestions or criticisms, let me know; I want to use this site to get work, after ( Read more... )

One of those funny internet things that I didn't know about till now - Jessica Hagy's "Indexed."


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In 2001, artist Bryan Crockett created a suite of marble sculptures of infant lab mice. Each of these sculptures are based on actual conditions which have been produced in mice through genetic engineering. Images stolen from Lehmann Maupin gallery.


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There's an interesting NYTimes article today about "Truman Syndrome:"

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/fashion/28truman.htmlThat is, the delusional belief that your whole life is a conspiratorial reality show a la Jim Carrey in "The Truman Show ( Read more... )

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7558129.stm

I love art! Don't you?

(I guess these have been around online for a while but I just found out about them.)

Photographer James Mollison has been doing this series called "The Disciples" - composite images of concert-goers which highlight the ways music and fashion generate ad hoc tribal loyalties. Like so:


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Going through some old stuff, I found this note I wrote to myself probably about five years ago:

Today I will work on art and apply to jobs and listen to Patti Smith and Helium and shower and shave, so help me God.

I wonder how much of that I made good on.