JO$HUA WITTEN

exactly why I'll be voting for him again:

2012-02-02T18:13:00.002-10:00

Stormy the Rabbit - Andrew Jackson Jihad

2011-10-19T15:21:00.000-10:00

magic

2011-09-15T08:57:00.004-10:00

Come see the magic happen this Saturday at Oranje 2011...

http://www.oranjeindy.com/

KANYE WEST LYRICS

2011-09-15T08:30:00.000-10:00

"Lift Off"

(with Jay-Z)
(feat. Beyonce)

(All engines running)

[Beyonce:]
We gon’ take it to the moon, take it to the stars
How many people you know can take it this far?
I’m supercharged
I’m ’bout to take this whole thing to Mars

Now we gon’ take it to the moon, take it to the stars
You don’t know what we been through to make it this far
So many scars
‘Bout to take this whole thing to Mars

[Kanye West:]
Lift off
Lift off, takin’ my coat off
Showin’ my tattoos, I’m such a showoff (Huh?)
I feel the pain and then rolled off
I got the whole city, they about to go off
How many niggas wit’ me up in this bitch?
How many people wanna roll with me now?
Like you know na na na, you know me by now
Know me, know me by now

[Beyonce:]
We gon’ take it to the moon, take it to the stars
How many people you know can take it this far?
I’m supercharged
I’m ’bout to take this whole thing to Mars

Now we gon’ take it to the moon, take it to the stars
You don’t know what we been through to make it this far
So many scars
‘Bout to take this whole thing to Mars
(Lift off, ahh, ahh)

[Kanye West:]
Like you know na na na, you know me by now
Know me, know me by now
You know me know me by now
Know me, know me by now…

[Jay-Z:]
Lift off
Rappers hear watch the throne
They gon be pissed off
Earth is boring to em
Shit is making my dick soft
When you Earnhart as me eventually you hit a big wall
5-4-3-2 we need fuel
Lift off

[Beyonce:]
We gon’ take it to the moon, take it to the stars
How many people you know can take it this far?
I’m supercharged
I’m ’bout to take this whole thing to Mars

Now we gon’ take it to the moon, take it to the stars
You don’t know what we been through to make it this far
So many scars
‘Bout to take this whole thing to Mars

(20 seconds and counting)
(T-minus 15 seconds, guidance is internal)
(12, 11, 10, 9)
(Ignition sequence start)
(6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1)
(Zero, all engine running)
(Lift off, we have a liftoff)

(We gon’ take it to the moon, take it to the stars)
(We gon’ take it to the moon, take it to the stars)
(How many people you know can take it this far?)
(Take it to the stars)
(How many people you know can take it this far?)
(Now we gon’, now we gon’, now we gon’…)

OMJ

2011-08-23T11:19:00.002-10:00

my space for oranje 2011

2011-08-15T18:02:00.004-10:00

This is where the magic will happen...

http://www.oranjeindy.com/

Fly pelican fly...

2011-08-13T18:33:00.003-10:00

The Art of Kyle Ragsdale

2011-08-04T14:19:00.003-10:00

I recently discovered this artist, Kyle Ragsdale who keeps a studio behind my Apt. building on Delaware. His studio kinda blew my mind a little bit...it's filled with all kinds of stuff and paint and things and amazing art...and the smell of oils was thick. It was beautiful. He's got a show tomorrow night. I'm stoked:

BOUND

Friday, August 5, 6 to 9pm

The Harrison Center and the Herron Art Library of the IUPUI University Library present the 4th annual group book art show, Bound. Also that night, in Gallery No. 2: paintings by Lon Hall; in Hank & Dolly's Gallery: A Day in the Life of a Very Bad Person, book signing and reading by Tim Harmon; City Gallery grand opening with paintings by Kyle Ragsdale; in the Gymnasium: Bicycle Polo. Bring a book to donate for reuse/recycling.

http://www.kyleragsdale.com/

http://www.harrisoncenter.org/home.php

inviction

2011-08-01T18:20:00.002-10:00

out of the black that covers me,

black as the pit from pole to pole.

i thank whatever gods may be

for my unconquerable soul

but i forgot what day it was,

and i forgot the time on my watch

i'm too bohemian to care

i'm lightning in a bottle

Lost my shape, trying to act casual...

2011-04-20T08:33:00.001-10:00

occam's razor sketchbook page 38 (the last page)

2011-04-04T12:12:00.004-10:00

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occam's razor sketchbook page 37

2011-04-04T05:30:00.001-10:00

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William S. Burroughs : A Man Within

2011-03-23T06:23:00.004-10:00

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within investigates the life of the legendary beat author and American icon. Born the heir of the Burroughs Adding Machine estate, he struggled throughout his life with addiction, control systems, and self. He was forced to deal with the tragedy of killing his wife and the repercussions of neglecting his son. His novel, Naked Lunch, was one of the last books to be banned by the U.S. government. Allen Ginsberg and Norman Mailer testified on behalf of the book. The courts eventually overturned the 1966 decision, ruling that the book had important social value. It remains one of the most recognized literary works of the 20th century.

The film features never-before-seen footage of William S. Burroughs, as well as exclusive interviews with his closest friends and colleagues including John Waters, Genesis P-Orridge, Laurie Anderson, Peter Weller, David Cronenberg, Iggy Pop, Gus Van Sant, Sonic Youth, Anne Waldman, Hal Willner, James Grauerholz, Amiri Baraka, Jello Biafra, V. Vale, Wayne Propst, Diane DiPrima, Dean Ripa (the world's largest poisonous snake collector), and many others, with narration by actor Peter Weller, and soundtrack by Sonic Youth.

William Burroughs was one of the first to cross the dangerous boundaries of queer and drug culture in the 1950s, and write about his experiences. Eventually he was hailed the godfather of the beat generation and influenced artists for generations to come. But his friends were left wondering if he had ever found contentment or happiness. This extremely personal documentary pierces the surface of the troubled and brilliant world of one of the greatest authors of all time.

Yony Leyser is a 25-year-old filmmaker living in Chicago, Illinois. He has directed several short films. After being kicked out of film school, he moved to Lawrence, Kansas, and began shooting William S. Burroughs: A Man Within, his first feature film.

Valentino: The Last Emperor (2008)

2011-03-12T19:39:00.003-10:00

Short, majestically coiffed, with hooded eyes, an orange-tinted tan and the peevish impatience of an absolute monarch: that is Valentino Garavani, the Italian couturier known simply as Valentino, as he appears in Matt Tyrnauer’s documentary portrait, “Valentino: The Last Emperor.” Watching the movie is a little like gorging on chocolate and Champagne until that queasy moment arrives when you realize you’ve consumed far too much.

STEPHEN HOLDEN

In 1907, Schiele sought out Gustav Klimt.

2011-03-01T18:59:00.002-10:00

Egon Schiele (German pronunciation: [ˈʃiːlə], approximately SHEE-leh; June 12, 1890 – October 31, 1918) was an Austrian painter. A protégé of Gustav Klimt, Schiele was a major figurative painter of the early 20th century.

Schiele's work is noted for its intensity, and the many self-portraits the artist produced. The twisted body shapes and the expressive line that characterize Schiele's paintings and drawings mark the artist as an early exponent of Expressionism, although still strongly associated with the art nouveau movement (Jugendstil).

File:Non Interactive Gandhi.jpg

2011-03-01T17:35:00.001-10:00

Mohandas K. and Kasturba Gandhi at Eternal Gandhi Multimedia Museum, Gandhi Smriti (Birla House), Tees January Marg, New Delhi.

fight the power

2011-02-24T14:38:00.001-10:00

solidarności z Libią

The Art of Jeff Sonhouse

2011-02-22T07:50:00.002-10:00

Jeff Sonhouse’s latest exhibition, “Pawnography,” at the Tilton Gallery in New York explores the role of the black male in today’s shifting socio-political climate. His vivid portraits, rendered as mixed media paintings or drawings, depict a variety of political and anonymous figures, their faces sometimes masked or completely obscured. In the case of the latter (examples below), the effect is reminiscent of Francis Bacon’s harrowing representations of authoritarian politicos. These often colorful works ask the viewer to consider the dark undercurrents of our cultural and political landscapes. As the exhibition title suggests, both we and the subjects in Sonhouse’s paintings are instruments in a game we may never fully comprehend. (Source: www.coolhunting.com)

Filed under: African American, The Americas & The Caribbean by Akuaigar

solidarności z Libią

2011-02-22T06:01:00.002-10:00

in the studio

2011-02-09T18:14:00.000-10:00

Jung on Art

2011-02-08T13:32:00.003-10:00

Finally Jung summarizes his view of art and the artist--and cocks yet another snoop at Freud in the process:

"This re-immersion in the state of participation mystique is the secret of artistic creation and of the effect which great art has upon us, for at that level of experience it is no longer the weal or woe of the individual that counts, but the life of the collective. That is why every great work of art is objective and impersonal, and yet profoundly moving. And that is also why the personal life of the artist is at most a help or a hindrance, but is never essential to his creative task. He may go the way of the Philistine, a good citizen, a fool, or a criminal. His personal career may be interesting and inevitable, but it does not explain his art".

TARA Stiles

2011-01-28T15:33:00.005-10:00

TARA Stiles does not talk about sacred Hindu texts, personal intentions or chakras. She does not ask her yoga classes to chant. Her language is plainly Main Street: chaturangas are push-ups, the “sacrum” the lower back. She dismisses the ubiquitous yoga teacher-training certificates as rubber stamps, preferring to observe job candidates in action.

In her classes, videos and how-to book, “Slim Calm Sexy,” Ms. Stiles, a 29-year-old former model with skyscraper limbs and a goofball sensibility, focuses on the physical and health aspects of yoga, not the spiritual or the philosophical. For traditionalists, this is heresy, reducing what they see as a way of life to just another gym class.

But if she has deviated from the conventional path, it has not slowed her down. Ms. Stiles, a native of rural Illinois who owns Strala Yoga in NoHo, has built a powerful yoga brand, with no less than Jane Fonda and Deepak Chopraamong her devotees.

read the entire article at : http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/23/nyregion/23stretch.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=general

mao tse tung ferver in his petty glance

2011-01-12T06:54:00.003-10:00

– Wed Jan 12, 2:40 am ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Andy Warhol portrait of Mao Zedong that actor Dennis Hopper shot two bullets through sold for $302,500 (193,400 pounds) at Christie's on Tuesday, more than 10 times its high estimate.

The 1972 screenprint from Hopper's art collection is done in hues of mostly blues and greens, including a deep blue face for Mao, the founder of the modern communist state.

It had been had been estimated to sell for $20,000 to $30,000 at the two-day auction of hundreds of works from the actor's collection and personal memorabilia from his California home.

Mao was among Warhol's iconic subjects. Hopper's painting was unique because it included bullet holes fired after the notoriously wild actor got spooked and "mistook the portrait on his wall for Mao himself and shot at it," according to Christie's.

Hopper, who died of cancer last year aged 74, later showed Warhol the bullet holes, and the pair agreed to consider the work a collaboration. Warhol drew circles around the holes, labelling the one over Mao's right shoulder "warning shot" and the one at his upper left eyelid "bullet hole."

Another iconic Warhol screenprint from 1967 of Marilyn Monroe fetched $206,500, or about four times the pre-sale estimate.

Much of Hopper's most valuable art was sold in November during Christie's contemporary and post-war auction, raising more than $10 million for his estate.

The sale, which also included works by Annie Leibovitz, Marcel Duchamp, Helmut Newton as well as more Warhols, wraps up on Wednesday.

The Art of Fernando Vicente

2011-01-07T08:39:00.002-10:00

About Fernando:

Fernando Vicente was born in Madrid, Spain, where he started working as illustrator and painter during the eighties. He creates very beautiful artworks mainly painted or mixing paint and photo. His illustration work can be seen in dozens of publications.

a day in the life : oh look...an opossum

2010-12-25T10:25:00.002-10:00