The British Are Coming!

Schoolhouse Rock is one of the greatest collections of anything ever made.

My favorite part of this one is the map of the US at the end. It's so accurate.

Times-a-Changin'

I've figured out a lot of the logistical problems with my project recently. I finally have a good idea of what I am doing and why I want to do it...which is definitely a step up. I wrote up my grant proposal tonight...well last night and this morning (notice the time). It's back to weird sleeping patterns again for me. Overall my project is progressing even though I haven't painted for a while.

I registered for classes today, for the final time. It's a bit odd, but oddly relieving. Next semester I am taking IP, our weekly lecture series, a one credit minicourse that ends in the middle of February on Planets and Moons, and Ancient Egyptian Religion and Culture, where the required course reading is the Book of the Dead. I may actually read for this class (which will be a first). I am not taking a studio course so that I will be able to work solely on IP and then be able to do little projects on the side. I also realized today that I won't have Friday classes or even morning classes. The earliest class I have is at like 10. This is going to be a good semester.

Ohio State Game sucked. That's all I got to say.

Thanksgiving rocked. That's all I got to say.

I am now a frame building, canvas stretching, gesso priming master. Be proud.

I still think I may be Buddhist.

Tryptophan

I'm ready for my turkey coma. It's almost time. Happy Thanksgiving (a bit early).

Did you just spit?

I stole this from Zac but only because it's amazing.


Shameless plug:
All Student Exhibition opens today at 6 and runs until December 15th. There is work in the Robbins and the Slusser galleries in the art school and in the Work gallery on State St.

One more shameless plug:
My work's at the Work, downstairs. Go look at it.

Love You

Ha.

My number 4

This is my reaction to the number 4. I don't think it's done yet. I have to do some mock ups and or models.



Each of the canvases are 4inx4in. There are 16 of them all together (4x4). There are 4 squares in each of them. And the symbol that each individual grid makes is the original glyph for the number. Also I used the colors CMYK which are colors that printers use to print (if you've ever had to change ink cartridges you should know this). It's all about the number 4.

Do you think I'm done? Do you have any suggestions? Please help!!!

4

When I say the number 4, what do you think of?

Here's something to think about: 4 is the natural number following 3 and preceeding 5.

Have you ever tried to define a number? I find it interesting because I never have thought about the definition of a number before. I have always just had the understanding of them. Numbers are the same as symbols. No matter how much we think the letters of the alphabet are letters, they are really just symbols, abstract and don't mean anything. ABSTRACT!



That's the evolution of the number 4 as a glyph. I am completely boggled by the fact that none of the glyphs mean anything to me until I reach the end, and then it seems to be instinct of numbers that kicks in. It's so embedded in our brains that 4 means a number to us, it's a representation of a number, that's all.

It's weird to question something you think you have such a grasp on.

I'm gonna go back to thinking about numbers.

Blech

I feel kind of sick, and I think it has something to do with all of this stupid technology. My stomach hurts because I spend so much time in front of my computer. I want to go out into the world and forget about this so-called interweb. It just makes things more complicated, most people think it makes things easier, but that's a lie. I liked it better when I had to look words up in the dictionary and read my encyclopedias. Why is the world moving at 5,000 miles per second? I am going to slow down. Kthnxbye.

I don't know what this means...

I had a conversation with my mother the other day.

"Mom, I think I'm Buddhist."
"Yeah, I've always wondered about you."

This makes me feel funny, but kinda special.