its amazing what the lead of a pencil can decide.
i liked this girl way back in 9th grade who had a boyfriend, but one of those girls that had some strange allurance about them that made you fall for her. i wanted to impress her, adn show her what i could do...
fuck... this is going to be terribly written.
that sketch was done for her because she made me start practicing drawing. i mean, its more because i had a huge crush on her freshman year than anything, but i wanted to impress her, and the only real talent i had was drawing. but up to that point in life id never been any good... i sorta just did art because i liked it and it was fun... but you made me get better. it sounds dumb now, but when i handed it to you and you said you loved it, id found a passion. i kept with drawing and started learning more, and after a while i moved on from you and lost the crush i held, but i kept what you gave to me. and now im majoring in the field... hah. im glad i had that crush on you in the end.
that sketch of a simple rose that i could barely trace out onto the paper... i almost gave up doing it taht night, and i tremble to wonder how different things would be if i had... it looked terrible. i know that much, but you love it for some reason. you loved it before i even told you the tremendous impact that it had on my life.
i didnt even realize taht it was so important until recently either. i thought back one day in art history about it...and it knocked the wind out of me for a bit. it was amazing to realize that. people wonder why i like her... and i do too, sometimes, but shes one of those girls you adore for her mind, but shes still gorgeous.
i want her to get over this breakup. i want so much, but i know so little will probably happen... unless i want it to happen,
Monday, September 21, 2009
apah
readysetgo!
In keeping with the collection of a world-class museum, the Kimbell art museum of Ft. Worth makes it a point to mix in classical and timeless works with new and fresh ideas from our own age. Museums such as the Kimbell cherish the learning and discovery that classical paintings convey to thier viewers. The social conflicts, personal struggles, and epic feats sometimes displayed in such paintings will forever strike a chord in humanity's heart, but these intimate themes often elude viewers. Phillip Haas has done a wonderful job of teaching viewers about a small selection of the works on display at the Kimbell through the use of video installations and interpretive storytelling, and with the museum at its back, it will remain a powerful teaching tool for everyone who enjoys a showing.
The first piece to be completed (and also the first piece to be shown publicly) was The Butcher's Shop by Caracci, which contrasted the artist's classical knowlege and both the two butchers and Caracci's assistant's congenial laughter and their mocking of their macabre profession. As the butchers chopped and rended their animal carcasses, Haas made it quite evident how Caracci saw semblance between the two trades of butchery and painting. Panning over a rack of ribs and a palette of oil paints like a helicopter over the gaping chasm of the Grand Canyon, the artist took the liberty of two screens to display the effect of his artistic vision correctly and in the most simple way, rather than using one screen and cutting back adn forth between the two elements. It is this enthralling display coupled with the static statement that only the genuine piece can make that brings such a rich quality to The Butchers Shop. The quality of this display is so pristine in its' teaching that there is no doubt in my support to install more works like those of Haas' at the Kimbell in museums world-wide in order to help educate, enthuse, and promote the preservation of often overlooked works like those of Caracci and ancient asian orgin.
The importance of pieces like these is that it educates the people. education about history keeps the future in a linear path. without it, we would be lost, stuck in the present, and never looking forward or backwards. Imagine what you could do with a tube of neosporin and a time machine. If you could travel back in time and save just one person from death in the dark ages, and with them save all of their knowlege and aquisitions of thoughts that theyd gathered through the years, the world would be in a completely different place then where it is now. it would be an unbeliveable gain for the human race. that is why its so important to educate the people about art and about the sciences so closely related to it.
In keeping with the collection of a world-class museum, the Kimbell art museum of Ft. Worth makes it a point to mix in classical and timeless works with new and fresh ideas from our own age. Museums such as the Kimbell cherish the learning and discovery that classical paintings convey to thier viewers. The social conflicts, personal struggles, and epic feats sometimes displayed in such paintings will forever strike a chord in humanity's heart, but these intimate themes often elude viewers. Phillip Haas has done a wonderful job of teaching viewers about a small selection of the works on display at the Kimbell through the use of video installations and interpretive storytelling, and with the museum at its back, it will remain a powerful teaching tool for everyone who enjoys a showing.
The first piece to be completed (and also the first piece to be shown publicly) was The Butcher's Shop by Caracci, which contrasted the artist's classical knowlege and both the two butchers and Caracci's assistant's congenial laughter and their mocking of their macabre profession. As the butchers chopped and rended their animal carcasses, Haas made it quite evident how Caracci saw semblance between the two trades of butchery and painting. Panning over a rack of ribs and a palette of oil paints like a helicopter over the gaping chasm of the Grand Canyon, the artist took the liberty of two screens to display the effect of his artistic vision correctly and in the most simple way, rather than using one screen and cutting back adn forth between the two elements. It is this enthralling display coupled with the static statement that only the genuine piece can make that brings such a rich quality to The Butchers Shop. The quality of this display is so pristine in its' teaching that there is no doubt in my support to install more works like those of Haas' at the Kimbell in museums world-wide in order to help educate, enthuse, and promote the preservation of often overlooked works like those of Caracci and ancient asian orgin.
The importance of pieces like these is that it educates the people. education about history keeps the future in a linear path. without it, we would be lost, stuck in the present, and never looking forward or backwards. Imagine what you could do with a tube of neosporin and a time machine. If you could travel back in time and save just one person from death in the dark ages, and with them save all of their knowlege and aquisitions of thoughts that theyd gathered through the years, the world would be in a completely different place then where it is now. it would be an unbeliveable gain for the human race. that is why its so important to educate the people about art and about the sciences so closely related to it.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Sunday, September 6, 2009
baloooooons
we really need to wrap that truck up...
i thought if i told my father that id be out late tonight filling a friend-of-a-friends truck with baloons, hed be cool with it. instead he got worried that id somehow wind up in jail because of it. now he wants us to call his parents and make sure to set a date about it. i mean yeah, theres plenty of merit there to be concerned once you think about how suspicious wed look doing it, but i really dont see that much danger. he doesnt have dogs or anything, and anyways, when was the last time you really cared what your dogs barked at when youre trying to sleep? And even if we were to get caught, the police would make his parents wake up, and shes really close with his dad anyways, so hed know we werent up to anything too terrible.
i dont know why he decided to stop me like he did. isnt it he who said to live life? id much rather take the risk and get caught red fucking handed than to never have done it at all.
in fact...
"A poor plan carried out violently today is better than a wise one tomorrow" - General George S. Patton
-bradley
i thought if i told my father that id be out late tonight filling a friend-of-a-friends truck with baloons, hed be cool with it. instead he got worried that id somehow wind up in jail because of it. now he wants us to call his parents and make sure to set a date about it. i mean yeah, theres plenty of merit there to be concerned once you think about how suspicious wed look doing it, but i really dont see that much danger. he doesnt have dogs or anything, and anyways, when was the last time you really cared what your dogs barked at when youre trying to sleep? And even if we were to get caught, the police would make his parents wake up, and shes really close with his dad anyways, so hed know we werent up to anything too terrible.
i dont know why he decided to stop me like he did. isnt it he who said to live life? id much rather take the risk and get caught red fucking handed than to never have done it at all.
in fact...
"A poor plan carried out violently today is better than a wise one tomorrow" - General George S. Patton
-bradley
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