doychtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-5227702013-05-07T12:04:42-04:00musings. influences. perceptions. considerations. by a creative director. fine artist. image maker. wine drinker. writer. TypePadtypepad/doychhttp://feedburner.google.comNo, it's NOT called "digital"–Ideas beyond traditionaltag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834522bcb69e2019101de15e1970c2013-05-07T12:04:42-04:002013-05-07T12:04:42-04:00HubSpot's new publication reimagines 5 iconic ad campaigns from the past into today's culture and complicated marketplace. These classic ads are presented in today's world of various channels, social networks and devices. All stuff that I teach at NYU. And...jbhttp://www.doych.com/2013/05/no-its-not-called-digital-ideas-beyond-traditional.htmlFirst day at NYU SCPS...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834522bcb69e2017c365853c3970b2013-01-28T12:00:34-05:002013-05-07T19:19:39-04:00“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear” –Buddhist Proverb Let's hope they're ready (for me) ;)jbhttp://www.doych.com/2013/01/first-day-at-nyu-scps.htmlDark side of genius - Bukowski's Factotumtag:typepad.com,2003:post-142190252012-11-30T20:31:00-05:002013-01-29T12:42:50-05:00Charles Bukowski once said "Genius is the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way" - and that he did, with frank, street-level language that put his readers into his moment, in sometimes less than two lines. This...jbhttp://www.doych.com/2012/11/bukowski-factotum.htmlWhy all the SOPA fuss?? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834522bcb69e20168e5c1064e970c2012-01-18T12:48:44-05:002012-01-18T12:48:44-05:00As someone who creates content for the web, earns a living from it, and has had her content pirated numerous times, I do feel that we need protection against online piracy. I do not, however, think that SOPA or PIPA...jbhttp://www.doych.com/2012/01/why-all-the-sopa-fuss-.htmlWhen the need to destroy precedes the need to createtag:typepad.com,2003:post-131895422011-10-04T16:44:00-04:002013-01-29T13:15:45-05:00On his 80th birthday, photographic artist Brett Weston fed sixty years worth of his negatives into the large fireplace in his home in Hawaii. Some of the negatives didn't burn immediately. So Weston doused them with kerosene. Surrealist author Franz...jbhttp://www.doych.com/2011/10/the_need_to_cre_1.htmlSunday in the studio with Felipetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834522bcb69e20133f2be6f4a970b2010-07-30T23:27:34-04:002013-01-29T12:54:42-05:00Felipe from doych on Vimeo. Here is what I wrote to accompany the video–written December 21, 2005: On an early Sunday morning, December 4, 2005, I woke up to fluffy falling snow. The streets were fairly quiet since they had...jbhttp://www.doych.com/2010/07/sunday-in-the-studio-with-felipe.htmlSomeone else's opinion of a beautiful viewtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834522bcb69e2013483197f1a970c2010-06-03T20:52:03-04:002013-01-29T13:24:09-05:00Someone else's opinion of a beautiful view Originally uploaded by doychI bike almost every day on this sunny hilltop (captured here with my iPhone). I don't know why today's excursion reminded me of a post I wrote in October of...jbhttp://www.doych.com/2010/06/someone-elses-opinion-of-a-beautiful-view.htmlThings to do when you don’t own a TVtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834522bcb69e201310f9141a3970c2010-03-12T00:28:39-05:002013-01-29T12:35:19-05:00The ex moved out, and took his 3 TVs. You don’t care. But if one day you’re in my situation–home with no TV and 5 cats, just keep in mind the following things you could be doing… Buy epoxy. It’s...jbhttp://www.doych.com/2010/03/things-to-do-when-you-dont-own-a-tv.htmlMom doesn't know my name * weeping *tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834522bcb69e20120a8b3cb83970b2010-02-18T18:37:24-05:002013-01-29T12:15:09-05:00If you're one of my 3 friends reading this, you know I own iPawz.com, essentially a blog for all things pet. My good friend with an active blog on all things brand often complains about PR companies sending non-personalized releases....jbhttp://www.doych.com/2010/02/mom-doesnt-know-my-name-weeping-.htmlNew Video: Experience and Arttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834522bcb69e2012877970952970c2010-02-12T17:55:20-05:002013-01-29T12:26:05-05:00Experience and Art from doych on Vimeo. One of my mobile phone videos, shot on 36th street, accompanied by an except from Joseph Wood Krutch's Experience and Art (1932)jbhttp://www.doych.com/2010/02/new-video-experience-and-art.htmlFireflies as approach to realitytag:typepad.com,2003:post-132264802010-01-01T14:16:00-05:002013-01-29T13:18:25-05:00It's now my favorite dog-walking time of year when fireflies are screaming in their loudest illumination. What is usually a dark, rock-tripping stutter through an empty field late at night with my greyhound is temporarily lit by what looks to...jbhttp://www.doych.com/2010/01/fireflies_as_ap.html"Let's just be friends"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834522bcb69e20120a67657ca970c2009-10-25T22:09:05-04:002010-08-16T21:12:28-04:00It's not every day I'm compelled to take a picture at the Shop Rite. But now I know what to serve for breakfast if I ever wake up (with bed head) next to a strange Asian man. Never mind a...jbhttp://www.doych.com/2009/10/lets-just-be-friends.htmlBicycle as an art tooltag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834522bcb69e20120a5260a91970b2009-08-27T12:34:12-04:002013-01-29T12:23:06-05:00I was telling a colleague the other day that I have to keep my mountain bike in fine tune, as it has been an imperative tool with my work lately. I've been shooting with "mobile media" for over 4 years–partly...jbhttp://www.doych.com/2009/08/bicycle-as-an-art-tool.htmlSonata for a good mantag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834522bcb69e20120a4fa1958970b2009-08-16T02:36:09-04:002013-01-29T12:07:21-05:00During its years as a Soviet satellite, East Germany created and maintained an organization called the Stasi. Their mission: "to know everything." Henckel von Donnersmarck's The Lives of Others (winner of the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film)...jbhttp://www.doych.com/2009/08/sonata-for-a-good-man.htmlAndrei Tarkovsky's The Sacrificetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834522bcb69e20120a550eeba970c2009-08-15T23:49:27-04:002013-01-29T12:14:15-05:00It figures – A man saves the world by fucking a young woman. That's essentially how our professor summed up a sneered comment made to him after viewing Andrei Tarkovsky's The Sacrifice (1986). He proceeded that with the question "so...jbhttp://www.doych.com/2009/08/andrei-tarkovskys-the-sacrifice.html