Scatterbrained.

I tried to post this on Vine, but it didn’t work. Here you...

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:11:59 -0400

I tried to post this on Vine, but it didn’t work. Here you go:

Vine is a really interesting medium because the required brevity really inspires creativity. A large number of users are stepping up to the challenge of creating something new and exciting within the 6-second time limit. I find it interesting that this app has, in some ways, made viewers reevaluate what it means to them to dedicate six seconds of their lives to watching something online. The concept of time is both precious and worthless. Time flies by and stands still all at once. One day you will be too old to function, and the atoms in your body will break apart and form something new, but (hopefully) not before you have time to look back on all your many years and wonder, briefly, where all the time went. I like to post videos of my cat and King of the Hill. Before my time is over, I want to be remembered as someone who lived well.

kirimh: Alexander Cozens (1717-1786)A Blot: Tigersca....

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:34:05 -0500

kirimh:

Alexander Cozens (1717-1786)
A Blot: Tigers
ca. 1770-80
Watercolor on paper
Tate Britain, London

Cozens was one of the forerunners of the “Golden Age” of British watercolor, which initiated in the mid-18th century. Greatly admired by Turner and Girtin, he was one one of the first watercolorists to demonstrate its possibilities as a truly expressive medium. As drawing master at Eton, he had his students practice an exercise wherein paper was blotted with a random application of brown wash. Dark brushstrokes were then applied over it in a way that described the forms suggested by the blots. The exercise was intended to develop his students’ imaginative capabilities with respect to drawing and composition-building. His primary subject was landscape; paintings including figures or animals, like this one, are rare.

These “blot paintings” were fairly trendy in London and Cozens produced many of them over the course of his career. They demonstrate a playful, flexible attitude towards painting and draftsmanship that was atypical amongst successful academic painters. His lyrical brushstrokes almost seem inspired more by East Asian techniques than anything else. Even his highly representational landscapes are imbued with an uncommon, intangible poetry.

blameaspartame: “jesus christ is my n****” Well, I’m...

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:45:05 -0500

blameaspartame:

“jesus christ is my n****”

Well, I’m convinced!

Hi! This is a Public Service Announcement I made for school. It...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:45:00 -0500

Hi!

This is a Public Service Announcement I made for school. It had to be about some kind of charity, and it had to be exactly one minute. The rest was up to us. This is what I came up with.

I love my major.

jenkirkman: Someone posted this on my Facebook like page and I...

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:51:37 -0500

jenkirkman:

Someone posted this on my Facebook like page and I LIKE THIS A LOT. (And never knew this…..)

Awesome moments in history — In 1967, Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to run the Boston marathon. After realizing that a woman was running, race organizer Jock Semple went after Switzer shouting, “Get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers.” However, Switzer’s boyfriend and other male runners provided a protective shield during the entire marathon.The photographs taken of the incident made world headlines, and Kathrine later won the NYC marathon with a time of 3:07:29. [Wiki] / ~

Anime cat.

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:18:00 -0500

Anime cat.

With Christmas eve upon us, I figure I'll repost this. I recorded two Christmas tunes last year and posted them here. You can download them for free, or you can pay whatever you want for them, if you're feeling festive.

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 13:45:46 -0500

With Christmas eve upon us, I figure I'll repost this. I recorded two Christmas tunes last year and posted them here. You can download them for free, or you can pay whatever you want for them, if you're feeling festive.

I made a Tumblr where I am writing a song a week. Please follow and tell people about it.

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 15:30:16 -0500

I made a Tumblr where I am writing a song a week. Please follow and tell people about it.

Seat’s taken.

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 19:30:27 -0500

Seat’s taken.

"My goodness, I am made from planets and wood, diamonds and orange peels, now and then, here and..."

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:01:58 -0400

““My goodness, I am made from planets and wood, diamonds and orange peels, now and then, here and there; the iron in my blood was once the blade of a Roman plow; peel back my scalp and you will see my cranium covered in the scrimshaw carved by an ancient sailor who never suspected he was whittling at my skull — no, my blood is a Roman plow, my bones are being etched by men with names that mean sea wrestler and ocean rider and the pictures they are making are pictures of northern stars at different seasons, and the man keeping my blood straight as it splits the soil is named Lucian and he will plant wheat, and I cannot concentrate on this apple, this apple, and the only thing common to all of this is that I feel sorrow so deep, it must be love, and they are upset because while they are carving and plowing they are troubled by visions of trying to pick apples from barrels.””

"Your cold mornings are filled with the heartache about the fact that although we are not at ease in..."

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:57:27 -0400

““Your cold mornings are filled with the heartache about the fact that although we are not at ease in this world, it is all we have, that it is ours but that it is full of strife, so that all we can call our own is strife; but even that is better than nothing at all, isn’t it? And as you split the frost-laced wood with numb hands, rejoice that your uncertainty is God’s will and His grace toward you that that is beautiful, and a part of a greater certainty, as your own father always said in his sermons and to you at home. And as the ax bites into the wood, be comforted in the fact that the ache in your heart and the confusion in your soul means that you are still alive, still human, and still open to the beauty of the world, even though you have done nothing to deserve it. And when you resent the ache in your heart, remember: You will be dead and buried soon enough.””

blameaspartame: same

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:17:23 -0400

blameaspartame:

same

kirious: This big stupid head needs a big stupid haircut. Her...

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 20:46:15 -0400

kirious:

This big stupid head needs a big stupid haircut.

Her first picture in our new apartment!

Isn’t my girlfriend the most beautiful person you ever did see?

gpoy

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:10:45 -0400

gpoy

One of my favorites.

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 01:54:48 -0400

One of my favorites.

Photo

Sat, 05 May 2012 22:18:29 -0400

davidseger: Harvey Danger“Pike St. / Park Slope”King James...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:25:16 -0400

davidseger:

Harvey Danger
“Pike St. / Park Slope”
King James Version (2000)

Have we had a conversation recently about how underrated Harvey Danger were?

This song is just incredible.

thedailywhat: Heartwarming Tearjerker of the Day: Hope for Paws...

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:48:24 -0400

thedailywhat:

Heartwarming Tearjerker of the Day: Hope for Paws (previously) rescues a blind, abandoned dog found living in squalor, cleans her up, partially restores her eyesight, and finds her a new home.

Caution: Not safe for mascara.

[thanks alec!]

Well, I wasn’t planning on crying all the water out of my body today, but.

Tonight.

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:06:40 -0400

Tonight.

Photo

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:53:47 -0400