Archive of 2008 June

Twitter and artists

Twitter and artists

As Twitter gains popularity, there have been suggestions that artists should embrace it as a way of promoting themselves. But I’ve decided that it doesn’t make sense for me. When…  read more

June 25, 2008  |  15 Comments    

failing in order to succeed

failing in order to succeed

Mark Graf found some videos of Ira Glass of This American Life giving advice to people who want to create stories. He’s good some very down-to-earth advice that I think…  read more

June 13, 2008  |  4 Comments    

Volcano – abstraction of peeling bark

Volcano – abstraction of peeling bark

I’ve spent the last few days continuing to work on a piece of peeling bark I found in my yard this winter. I pretty pleased with the direction it’s been…  read more

June 09, 2008  |  4 Comments    

the camera changed the way we behaved, part 2

the camera changed the way we behaved, part 2

A couple weeks ago I wrote about some schoolkids who made cardboard video cameras, and got lost in their world seen through their ‘lenses’. I wrote that photography “is a…  read more

June 06, 2008  |  3 Comments    

back to making new art

back to making new art

This morning I started work on some new photographs. This is the first time in months that I’ve worked on anything new, and it feels good. The past few months…  read more

June 05, 2008  |  2 Comments