Archive for December, 2008
Carlos Casteneda – Figures in Front of a Mirror
Years before, while I was studying sculpture in a fine arts school in Italy, I had a close friend, a Scotsman who was studying art in order to become an art critic. What stood out most vividly in my mind about him, and had to do with the story I was telling don Juan, was [...]
Sukiho Screensaver
Heres the new Sukiho Screensaver. Its from a painting of Guess that I did. Hope you like it.
Brian Eno
I love Brian Eno’s ambient music. Spent many happy hours in my garden listening to it. One of my favourite albums is Music for Airports done in 1978. Heres one of the tracks off it.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Rossetti was a great find for me. At the time I was painting abstracts but I was beginning to realize that that wasnt what I wanted to do. Im more of the Salvador Dali school. The surreal I guess. I dont want reality but the abstract is too vague. I want photographic images of things [...]
Antonio Gaudi
Perhaps the greatest architect of all time. He was very fortunate to find a wealthy patron which freed him up to follow his fantasies. Its not only the architectural details that interest me but his amazing feats of engineering and building which I think have been underrated, or at least under observed. Also I think [...]
Annie Leibovitz
Altho Im very familiar with her name Im not too familiar with her work. This image seems to have stirred some people up tho. Mostly it seems people are rather repulsed by it, or at least consider it an artistic nemesis. Personally I like it, if I had a wall I might even put it [...]
Bob Dylan
Bob goes commercial and goes straight for the jugular. But it belongs to an angel so dont think twice thats ok ma, shes only bleeding. Strangely enough in a 1965 interview he was asked “If you were to sell out to commercial interests what would they be?” to which he replied “ladies garments”
Later that Day
So yeah, he paid me, can you fucken believe it, out of all the arseholes out there I met one that keeps to his word. I have some money, you know, Ive met many boasters but I have yet to meet the man that doesnt get stressed when the money runs out. Theres an old [...]
Henry Miller
Just noticed that quote in my heading. I dont know if I can read a whole Henry Miller book, but he is funny at times. A scenario just popped into my brain that I thought I would share. I dont know why but I find it incredibly funny. His wife is very sick, this is [...]
City of Angels
Venice of the East, crumbling into the future, forgotten under the glare of modernism.
