The Perfect Human

Display of Properties

by Leslie Shows
(in Wallworks at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts)
(found here)

Looking for creatures that only appear when you aren't looking? Look no further.

(One of the amazing displays at Portland's Cryptozoology Museum)

p.s.

I love living in small towns where all the stoplights start flashing after midnight.

I got a puppy. His name is rudy.

an accurate depiction of "today"

drawing by Julieta Aranda
(found here)

"Go up the hill and down the hill and you are there."

I am about to leave for a long weekend in the woods on Saranac Lake, and these are the last bits of the directions I was given. So perfect. I'll see you in a few days, civilization...

pictures of words

Top image is mine. Sad Note is by Bas Jan Ader (found here).

I like the idea of writing notes, and instead of sending them, taking pictures of them...

Small write-up on Art&Education's Daily Digest

It looks like the people at Art&Education read The Bowdoin Orient... they did a small write-up about my recent appointment:

About Art&Education:

"Established in New York in January 2006, Art&Education reaches an international network of more than 70,000 visual-art professionals and academics on a daily basis through its website and e-mail list. Its news digest—Art&Education announcements—distributes information about some of the world’s most important contemporary art exhibitions, publications, and symposia taking place within educational contexts, as well as academic employment positions available in the visual arts."

My video made the Vimeo Awards shortlist!

The Ecstasy of Influence made it on the shortlist in the "Captured" category of this year's Vimeo Festival + Awards! That means it's in the top 20 out of over 6500 submissions! And David Lynch is one of the judges!!!

New Dr. Dog video by Ted Passon!

(If you live in New Jersey or Philly, you should totally check out the adult skate night that happens every Tuesday at the Holiday Skating Center in Jersey...you will be able see/meet all the people in this video there, including the cute old man with the bow tie!)

To Live in the Space of a Moment, and To Understand Eternity.

This is the title of a lecture I am going to give to faculty at Bowdoin about my work on October 20th.
(it's another quote from the book The Tracker, which is blowing my mind...)

A lost trail always extends beyond the evidence, and even trails we find are only fragments of the trails that lie beyond our comprehension.

(title is a quote from The Tracker, by Tom Brown)

thank heavens

I don't really believe in astrology, so to speak. And I guess by believe in, I mean rely on. But I like to read my horoscope sometimes, usually when I'm looking for confirmation about something that I already know in my gut. And that's the case with this week's horoscope from Free Will Astrology, for sure:

"Last May, riots in Santa Cruz, California trashed 18 buildings in the downtown area. But for one store owner, the mayhem brought unexpected blessings. She was able to tap into a city fund that not only paid for her broken front window, but also allowed her to make several improvements, like adding fresh paint, a new awning, and better lighting. "I never would have thought when I got that call at 1 in the morning that this was going to turn into such a wonderful thing for us," Diane Towns told the Santa Cruz Sentinel. I predict a similar progression for you, Aquarius. An event that seemed like bad luck at the time will ultimately lead to good luck."

Thank you, universe!

"New art professor added to Bowdoin community"

Bowdoin's school newspaper, The Bowdoin Orient, wrote a great little article about me! You can read it here.

A Thousand Tiny Deaths

a time-based installation by
Jeanne Quinn

Junknails with Jam and Mexican Cookie

I LOVE this picture!

(made by Helen Maureen Cooper, exhibited in This Is Not A Photo Show, and found here)

Is an object just something that's in the way?

"When you let go of my hand, it's as if we were 1,000 miles apart."

(title from The Land of Silence and Darkness)