Monthly Archive: April, 2011

Self-Portrait in Google Image Search Numbers 1 – 5

Images from a theme I have been exploring lately: This intersection of art and technology. Above are some of the results of the series, Self-Portrait in Google Image Search. Interesting is the ability… Continue reading

Various Proofs on the Theory of Ice-Nine (Stacking): Sketchbook Today

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I don’t want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did. – Henry James

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I am not a nine to five animal. I cannot swallow the myths which say that nine to five is a Good Thing because that’s the way nearly everybody else gets stuck. I cannot be an orderly consumer with 2.3 kids and .7 new cars a year… -Travis McGee (via John D. MacDonald in The Quick Red Fox)

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Frozen Bugs: Sketchbook Today

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Alternate Currency and Fletcher Flynn: Sketchbook Today

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The $64,000 Challenge: Sketchbook Today

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Today, I thought up a plot for a novel which I hope one day to get around to doing. Meanwhile it’s swell having a new novel not to do: I was getting pretty bored with just not working on that half a dozen or so old ones… -Dashiell Hammett

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The Demented Telephone: Sketchbook Today

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Dashiell Hammett at Ashland Federal Prison: Sketchbook Today

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Larry (Rivers) entered the scene like a demented telephone. Nobody knew whether to put it in the library, the kitchen or the toilet, but it was electric. -Frank O’Hara

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Candlelight Dinner with Darth Vader: Sketchbook Today

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Reading: The Quick Red Fox by John D. MacDonald

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Lisa and the Minefield: Sketchbook Today

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Bed is the simplest thing two people can do. It it goes with a lot of other things, it can be important, and if it goes with nothing else, it isn’t worth the time it takes. – Travis McGee (via John D. MacDonald in The Quick Red Fox)

Reading: Dashiell Hammett, A Life by Diane Johnson

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The New Landscapes: Sketchbook Today

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The Polite Pink Lady: Sketchbook Today

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Getting into Iva Gueorguieva

It’s probably no surprise to anyone who knows my work, but I’m more and more interested in Iva Gueroguieva lately. Love what she does to space, and that marvelous push and pull. Image… Continue reading

Saint Tomato

“Andy realized very early on that in a totally secular society that no longer believed in God, we needed new saints. And the saints were Marilyn, Elvis, Jackie, and Campbell’s soup.” -Bob Colacello… Continue reading

When I did a Google search today for “He owns a collection of Monets,” it suggested instead, “He owns a collection of moments.” -Arthur Fischel

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