tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103648004707450662024-02-08T02:37:30.326-08:00call into beingshannon skyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529135414376943529noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10364800470745066.post-44274873857360989582010-01-16T21:27:00.000-08:002010-01-16T21:32:43.767-08:00old frienddisappointment- ego reliance dreaming forsaken<div><br /></div><div>* * * </div><div><br /></div><div>next- ownership responsibility creativity community sufficient </div>shannon skyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529135414376943529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10364800470745066.post-36574500165770470152009-12-26T09:23:00.000-08:002009-12-26T10:24:43.095-08:00admiration"the approval, together with that wise half-smile, granted him a grandeur he did not have to earn; a blind admiration would have been precarious; a deserved admiration would have been a responsibility; an undeserved admiration was precious." <div>-ayn rand, the fountainhead </div><div> </div><div>read this passage about a week ago in the midst of my own understanding of such precarious things; some i was aware of, some i have just gotten to know.</div><div><br /></div><div>admiration is something that manifests itself in many ways, since its origins are as diverse as those who harbor it. i've realized that an admiration too great becomes noxious for both it's owner and the recipient once it surpasses a casual level. in many ways it becomes a destructive force, especially as noted above; when it is deserved since this carries the implication that it did not happen by chance. does <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">deserved </span>mean that you have worked for it? or to maintain it? i'm not sure, but when it is deserved, there might always be a power imbalance and that is the source of it's adverse effects. i don't think admiration ever ceases to be, either, rather it transforms into other similarly potent methods of perception once it has had reason to react.</div><div><br /></div><div>in the case of an authentically shared love there may be an exception. </div>shannon skyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529135414376943529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10364800470745066.post-51018030762467950472009-12-20T13:41:00.000-08:002009-12-20T13:43:45.075-08:00street artshared with me by jack:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/214xrr/www.youtube.com/watch%253Fv%253DPH6xCT2aTS"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"> street art</span></a></span><div><br /></div><div><div><div>thank you.</div></div></div>shannon skyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529135414376943529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10364800470745066.post-49937563570993689422009-12-04T13:56:00.000-08:002009-12-20T14:00:10.301-08:00london art- 2012 olympics<span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">found</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://vimeo.com/7180393"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6666;"><strong>this</strong></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> 'Artists Taking the Lead' </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">project today while working on my/sinead's zine. </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">wonderous</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span> </span>shannon skyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529135414376943529noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10364800470745066.post-76827601689940627682009-11-28T20:01:00.000-08:002009-11-28T20:19:35.629-08:00sunsetenergy heavy <div>we ride in mechanical beasts</div><div>seared to cement with precision reign-techniques </div><div>to hold cameras in front of our faces </div><div>grainy zoomed interpretations</div><div>corralled by eternally exchanged consistencies</div><div>but constituted of</div><div>matter molded, wholesale</div><div>shadowless egos maneuver</div><div>streamlined, adjusted, delivered</div><div>determines the bundle of rays traversing</div><div>admitted, admonished </div><div>expressing some unit of the </div><div>su(n)m</div>shannon skyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529135414376943529noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10364800470745066.post-28798920565285704252009-11-24T13:47:00.000-08:002009-11-24T14:14:01.201-08:00the Holland alternativeso according to this <a href="http://www.dwell.com/articles/run-by-the-sun.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Dwell</span></span></span></a> article, the government requires a certain level of energy efficiency in all new construction in Holland; going green is the law! Sustainability concerns are taken seriously and worked with proactively, a far cry from what we're up to here in the good ol' USofA.<div><br /></div><div>a recent technological development in aiding eco-friendly design are thin film solar panels, which are less efficient than crystalline solar panels but are much more cost effective and are aesthetically more appealing.</div><div><br /></div><div>maybe we can take a hint from the Dutch's emphasis on conservation of space and resources (and OF COURSE... innovative architecture) and in turn their more sensible, alternative (to US) lifestyle?!</div><div><br /></div><div>a great quote, "In the U.S. we have a culture that celebrates size and consumption for their own sakes- and on some level, the more resources we use, the more successful we feel." - architect Gregory Kiss</div><div><br /></div><div>ah, consumption, our sure-fire demise. </div>shannon skyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529135414376943529noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10364800470745066.post-74521457793151710362009-11-23T18:12:00.000-08:002009-11-23T18:26:54.312-08:00Recession for Artists<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/24/arts/design/24study.html?_r=1&8dpc"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">A Survey Shows Pain of Recession for Artists</span></span></span></a><div>This article notes that while a majority of artists have a college degree only 6% reported earning $80,000 a year or more. Of the 5,300 artists surveyed most said very little of their overall income came from their artwork. </div><div><br /></div><div>Architects were mentioned several times in the article- hadn't anticipated their inclusion under the "artist" umbrella. </div>shannon skyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529135414376943529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10364800470745066.post-28432675293018871132009-11-22T19:11:00.000-08:002009-11-23T18:52:59.151-08:00MoMAwent to the MoMA with sinead and sabina to swim in the abundance of work by Tim Burton (and the lurid beauty of monsters) and was completely taken away by the creative GENIUS of his prolific work. runs until the end of april and should <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">not </span>be missed! <div><br /></div><div>also saw the first part of Jenny Holzer's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Truisms </span>(1978-87). </div><div>>> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/holzer/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Jenny Holzer</span></span></span></a> has done major installations all over the world, like her <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.jennyholzer.com/list.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Projections</span></span></a></span> project. </div><div><br /></div><div>Truisms is a large collection of short statements. A few notable phrases from the piece seen yesterday -definitely worthy of some lingering attention:</div><div>a sincere effort is all you can ask for</div><div>a strong sense of duty imprisons you </div><div>alienation produces eccentrics or revolutionaries </div><div>all things are delicately interconnected </div><div>any surplus is immoral </div><div>artificial desires are despoiling the earth </div><div>being judgemental is a sign of life </div><div>believing in rebirth is the same as admitting defeat </div><div>disgust is the appropriate response to most situations </div><div>dreaming while awake is a frightening contradiction </div><div>every achievement requires a sacrifice </div><div>everyones work is equally important </div><div>extreme self consciousness leads to perversion </div><div>giving free reign to your emotions is an honest way to live </div><div>government is a burden on the people </div><div>grass roots agitation is the only hope<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>jean michal-basquiat's <a href="http://mediainart.blogspot.com/2009/07/jean-michel-basquiat-rammelzee-beat-bop.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">album artwork</span></span></span></a> collaboration with rammellzee and k-rob, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I56Kkxh_os&feature=PlayList&p=188FEA543D1E848B&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Beat-Bop</span></span></span></a> is also definitely worth checking out. </div>shannon skyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10529135414376943529noreply@blogger.com0