February 2012
166 posts
“This is my way of saying goodbye
Because I can’t do it face to face
No...”
– Thom Yorke
Trying to get tickets to Mutemath and Radiohead today.
Fairly certain I’ll get Mutemath — but Radiohead…I’m not so sure. Fingers crossed for Radiohead, I used to listen to In Rainbows on repeat all night through high school.
Ok. It's over
The period of being unproductive is over. Back to reality.
On the plus side, I’ve gotten more sleep and I’m getting healthier, eating vegetables, going jogging etc. All that crap.
I find that the more work I do, the worse my health becomes and last year was shocking in terms of how much sleep I was getting. Hopefully I get the balance right this year.
The biggest photo of the night sky ever taken. →
Oh my goodness, that’s AH-MAZING!
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Art Purity & Advertising
The art world is a funny thing. It praises, mocks with such passion and wit but is honestly more confused with itself than the general public. Ask anyone off the street what art is and they’ll give you a simple, straight to the point answer.
This is what I think: Art is pure, art is something you should enjoy, if you enjoy it, if you think it’s art. Then it’s art! Simple, no?
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Bon Iver — Blood Bank
I was going to do a design journal of previous work I’ve done but it seems like a waste of time when I could be creating more instead of talking about old stuff. I have a feeling that all my previous work is going to be utter crap compared to what I’ll be creating in the next few years anyway.
V for Vendetta is simply an amazing work of art
Welp. I’ve had a few drinks, stared at my notebook for the last few hours, read a book on advertising. The amount of work I have *sigh*, I just want to work on my t-shirt label…
“I’m appalled by those who judge advertising exclusively on the basis of sales. That isn’t enough. Of course, advertising must sell. By any definition it is lousy advertising if it doesn’t. But if sales are achieved with work which is in bad taste or is intellectual garbage, it shouldn’t be applauded no matter how much it sells. Offensive, dull, abrasive, stupid advertising is bad for the entire...
Drinking & designing • I am living my dream job :P