corner forest, yuken teruya
animation block party commissioned this psa by arjun rihan to open their seventh annual film festival here in brooklyn. please double clickto watch directly on you tube, as i am still at a loss when it comes to embedding properly. sigh.
http://www.arjunrihan.com/
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these funny little skulls were originally excersise during moments of 'block'.
i began bottling them as curiosities after an aquaintance questioned the cost of my work; only twice have i priced so that my compensation would rise above minimum wage (there was immeasurable sentimental value to those works).
given this acquaintance's place in the contemporary art world, i found myself contemplating the ways in which our culture assigns value to art and labour; an engaging personality, the luxury of higher education, and the knowledge & resources to connect oneself with those who steer any industry has as much to do with ones success as does talent & timeliness.
how is the essence of the individual honored or conversely distorted by the choice of vocation(calling) verses career(from the latin carrera-race, as in rat race)? how is the collective health of the human family altered by the propulsion of individualism, acquisition, and celebrity?
when i am long gone, will my actions speak louder than the analysis of those actions by my critics?
does a rose by any other name really smell as sweet?
how different would the world look if we were all engaged in right livelihood and compensated for our contributions?
i miss your comments. tell me...
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images from alexander mcqueen's savage beauty
oh to place an open palm on each and every wounded heart
who has met a moment
where the enormity of hopelessness
was greater than their ability to navigate
their way on this earth.
to console the essence of those who,
could not be contained in the dualities of life.
-rebecca brooks, recuerda mi corazon
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i have recently had cause to plow through my old posts, even reading the entirety of a blog i had 'deleted' two years ago; it was the opening of a four-chambered pandora's box.
in revisiting those days when the outer picture of my life was so very different, i realised that my once-upon-a-time was not only about the glory days of my mother and father's loving presence, a salient career, a beautiful home, or a passionate love.
my once-upon-a-time was also about how i really enjoyed writing. i shared the details of my days and the meditations of my heart with friends old and new, then with self-protective caprice i locked it all away.
after a gentle nudge, i have unlocked my old blog.
i dedicate the post below to a dear friend, because it's never too late for a happy ending(and i don't mean a massage).
mother's day, 2009
hope you had a very happy mother's day...
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i create organic forms with thrift store plastics...japanese Shinto beliefs are such that all objects and organisms have spirits, and objects that are discarded before their time weep at night inside the trash bin...this became a vivid image in my mind. i grew up moving to several different countries and the constant need to adjust to a new environment also gave me a strong desire to fit in, and to make people and objects surrounding me fit together to create harmony- sayaka ganz
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i can't help smiling as i listen to jessi arrington talk about saving money & lessening her carbon footprint, one fabulous ensemble at a time. truth be told it's taking far too long to finish this post because i keep going back to this video...
she's a charmer.
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my post yesterday was a bit, uh, intense.
truth be told, i am no a technological genius. i intended to post a trailer for naiade, which is all light and beauty and much more of an 'all-audiences' kind of experience. instead i posted the whole film, which is a bit gruesome. i apologise to those who are faint of heart or prone to nightmares.
today i'm making it up to you.
a friend posted this to her facebook page, and i must admit that i began to well up at the sheer ingenuity, the brilliance of this production. the twists and turns tickled my high art funny bone, and the lyrics touched my heart.
please go to the youtube page to see it in its fullness.
many thanks to melina, who positively drips with beauty, and consistently brings a smile to my face. you'll know what i mean when you check out her work. i owe you one, lady.
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double click to link to youtube, and behold lorenzo nanni and nadia micault's naiade:
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