Keeping true to the blog's name.

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Disregarding the poor lighting and composition, this picture is pretty badass. I'm probably just hardcore jocking the Lambos (It's three fucking Murcielagos). Even the helicopter pilot's in it.

I was supposed to be reasoning as to how Hung Liu, a Chinese painter who immigrated to the US in the 1980s, is an example of the highly experienced dancer, Twyla Tharp's, theory of creativity. But, pressing the Stumble! button on my tool bar was much easier!

And, I saw this clip, yesterday: the artist's name is Blu, and he was able to produce an animation by seaming together his paintings on public walls. It's a trip considering the vision, and his success in executing it. Check it out, it's entertaining to say the least:

Muto

Anyone else craving some Chutney's?

Iron Man: Holding it down [A Spoiler-free Review]

I caught a later showing of Iron Man last night at the AMC in Emeryville, and left the theater with dry contacts, an Icee-filled gut, and a re-enlivened desire to examine the comic book universe.

First impressions of the movie as a whole: Memorable, and of "I-would-buy-that-as-soon-as-it-releases-on-DVD" caliber. The movie successfully adapts the comic book to the big screen as the film is able to give a sense of realness to the fantastic story.

Iron Man succeeds in drawing the audience into the story from the beginning as the opening scene gets viewers to ask themselves, "How did it get to this point?" The cause of the initial problem is cleverly revealed and the loop is closed, creating a segweigh(sp?) into another conflict that is able to come full circle, itself--the movie does a good job at tying up ends that are opened up, and is as mindful as possible to real world limitations and possibilities.

The effects are incredible. Industrial Light & Magic maintain their reputation of producing, might as well be pissing, excellence and are able to make the cutting edge technology within the movie's world come to life. Forget about the explosions, the more subtle effects that involve Tony Stark's use of design tools elicit just as many "aw, shit" moments, if not more.

Besides the effects, the use of pretty people, exotic cars, and the latest gadgetry keep the audience clinging on to their seat with one hand, and wiping the drool off the sides of their mouths with the other. I found myself practically raping Tony Stark's workspace with my eyes; Stark dabbled (at least, the movie made Stark's work seem like play) with his projects in a designer/engineer's wet-dream of workspaces: artificially intelligent bots and computer programs that aid Stark's implementation and troubleshooting, seemingly limitless amounts of the highest quality materials, and the sweetest 3D drafting process ever (!!!!!!!!).

Iron Man even tickles the comic book savvy viewers pink with a couple lines that hint at possibilities of future film developments from the Marvel Universe.

Iron Man is worth your time and a non-matinée price. It is engaging (my Icee was doomed to last no longer than 2 minutes, I was so engaged)and entertaining (so much so that I probably didn't blink often enough to keep my contacts adequately lubricated), and will probably have you sifting through your old comic books wishing you could have that much more Iron Man in your life.

Welcome to the fellas

A mini-shout out for you fellas, Actual and Peculiar! I know the song isn't completely a fitting welcome, but I feel like the energy and the song title should suffice, for now. I had a 90s jones I had to satisfy just now, dig?

Looking forward to hearing from you and collaborating with your minds, you evil geniuses.



This is more of a joke than anything else. Half-joke.

This Blog is not ADD compliant, is it?

Some images for the MTV-kid in you:





Just a little fan boy-ing of my brother's photography. Straight skills.

Check him out here.

"Art changes people. People change the world."

"Art changes people. People change the world."

I find this quote to be one of many motivating factors in my life. As with most people, Art has been very prevalent throughout my life in the form of music, album covers, architectural design...you name it: just about everything that we are surrounded by was designed by somebody not only for function, but for aesthetic. By creating things, people create the world around themselves and around others. And, so when people create works of art, whether it is a painting, innovating a style of clothing, a photograph, or any other expression through some media, these creative agents are not only creating some work that exemplifies some depiction of their experience, but also creates a thing that others will learn from (whether consciously or unconsciously), thus creating change in a person. Having recognized that my tastes have been formed through an intricate complex of relationships and experiences, I am motivated to create my own works of art that increase the chances that positive, productive changes occur in the populous.

Increase the chances of positive change to increase the likelihood of a positive world--this is what I would like to one day achieve.

Now, just what exactly is "positive change"?

Do you believe in advertising?

I was browsing the net a couple weeks ago, as I often do in between checking my various e-mails and online networks, and I somehow ended up on a blog I Believe in Advertising. The blog updates regularly with novel advertising ideas that stretch from advertising agencies all over the world.

It's interesting to see what ad campaigns some of these people have come up with. Many of the advertising ideas that I've seen seem to be following a trend of innovating advertising by refining the materials used as the display medium: forget about billboards, or spending money on whole posters--several ads that I have seen go right on the sidewalk, or on top of other ads. I like the idea of making ads more diffuse in our environment since it introduces a new way of thinking for the ad producers. I may not, however, be in as much agreement with the what the ad producers are trying to advertise--but, that's a whole different batch of bananas.

As I wait for my french onion soup to finish in the oven...

It's been a minute since I've taken the time to put up another post. My job, academic adventure, and basketball interests have kept me from being at a computer long enough to empty out the cognitive build up that I withhold throughout the week:

1. My job, which requires I triple as a daycare assistant, recreational leader, and faux older brother, is not always as physically taxing as it can be spiritually draining. I understand the effect that the world has on 12-13 year olds, and I am torn between the reality that my site leader is not as organized as I would hope she could be and wanting to organize exceptionally enriching activities that would require the other leaders at the site to "put their foots down" to a greater extent than everyone has assumed responsibility for. I digress...

2. My class load is not too heavy unit-wise nor material-wise. I am taking three classes spread over the weak (I know it's a typo, but I decided to combo the modifier with the noun) and have been studying with less intensity compared to previous semesters. It could also be that I am simply more organized, and thus more efficiently deal with my scholastic necessities more responsibly. The biggest load that sources from any of my classes comes from my Media of Creativity class--like many humanity classes, the shit's deeper than the sulfur-rich environments of the Atlantic Ocean. This class makes me THINK. With a fucking "G". THINGK.

3. My weekends are basketball prone. I'll usually end up at 24, or some gym working on my game. I'll be joining the adult league in Benicia that begins in April. So, I'm giving myself ample time to prepare.

I intend on diversifying the material of this post by finding friends and relatives who enjoy typing out their experiences, or simply sharing material they think should be dispersed. Hopefully, this will happen sooner than later. But, it will happen.

Cheers