photography, getting paid for my photography, fashion magazines, graphic novels, movies, staying warm, talented artists, great graphic design, having staring contests with unsuspecting strangers, being socially awkward, creativity, games (video, board, card, etc.), learning old photographic processes, antique/vintage jewelry, visiting large metropolitan areas, discovering small and nearly abandoned towns, the uncomfortable process of trying to connect with people, sleeping, watching my fish, eating really great ethnic foods and trying new ones, being naked, creating something, collecting old books with line drawings of children/insects/anatomy/guns/animals/machines/exercises, keeping my hands moistened throughout the day, music, the concept of death, quirky books, people who have intelligent opinions, playing tennis, visiting art galleries, chai tea, comfortable silence, rivers, travelling, making to-do lists, weight lifting, looking at all the fish in pet stores, dark humor, being outside, vanilla-scented candles, lightning storms, decay, using my bedroom light as little as possible, obsessively reading product labels, homemade bread, drawing robots
Not in any particular order:
Kind Hearts and Coronets, Amarcord, Midnight Cowboy, Borat, Fargo, Invisible Children, A Clockwork Orange, Scoop, Buffalo 66, Straw Dogs, The Constant Gardener, Funky Forest: The First Contact, Trainspotting, The Squid and the Whale, Silence of the Lambs, Easy Rider, The Science of Sleep, Syriana, Dogville, Brokeback Mountain, Jarhead, Match Point, Shock Corridor, The Conversation, Little Caesar, Public Enemy, The Usual Suspects, Tremors, Evil Dead & Evil Dead 2, Children of Heaven, Grave of the Fireflies, Election, American Beauty, Basquiat, Wedding Crashers, House of Flying Daggers, Trekkies, La Dolce Vita, 'Me and You and Everyone We Know', Kill Bill, In The Mood For Love, Tod Browning's 'Freaks', Strangers On A Train, Asphalt Jungle, Gun Crazy (the film noir genre in general), Batman Begins, Blackhawk Down, Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, Traffic, 28 Days Later, Born Into Brothels, Shawn Of The Dead, Triplettes of Belleville, Resevoir Dogs, Dirty Pretty Things, Divorce Italian Style, The Saddest Music In The World, Sin City, Memento, Hotel Rwanda, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Amelie, Lost In Translation, Raise The Red Lantern, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Punch Drunk Love, Coffee and Cigarettes, High Fidelity, Goodbye Lenin, Army of Darkness, Garden State, Snatch, Royal Tennebaums, The God Father trilogy, Moulin Rouge, Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Big Fish (just tim burton films in general, i suppose), Hero, Fight Club, Requiem For a Dream, Anchorman, American Splendor, Pulp Fiction, Dodgeball, Earth Girls Are Easy (haha) lots and lots and lots more...
Television
a television is just a fancy box to store poo in... dirty, sticky poo.
Books
Ender's Game, Me Talk Pretty One Day... definitely anything by Kurt Vonnegut.. I really like graphic novels such as 100 Bullets, Fables, DMZ, Loveless, basically anything on Vertigo... stuff by charles burns or chris ware.. and Art & Fear: Observations On The Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking.. My favorite publisher is probably Fantagraphics
"The highest possible form of treason is to say that Americans aren't loved wherever they go, whatever they do. American foreign policy should recognize hate rather than imagine love."
Heroes
doseone... he's a creative genius. I dream of reaching similar heights in creativity.
PEOPLE WHOSE WORK INSPIRES ME RIGHT NOW:
David Lynch
Richard Burbridge
Michael Thompson
Steven Klein
So remember how I use to go to shows with the drummer from that photo shoot!??!? And my ex took pictures of them too! Have I been sent to some sort of universe where you are my god who connects me to everyone? AWWW your my Caprejus
If you guys want we are going to see Mo Rocca speak at UVSC or UVU, whatever its called now. Its Feb. 6th next wednsday. let us know so we can get tickets.
Hey! We were wondering if you needed help with anything for park city? If you needed a larger vehicle to transport works of art? If so let us know. We would be more than happy to help
Ok, I'm really dumb. It's Joel Peter Witkin. He's really bizarre photographer. I just framed some of his stuff at my new job in Mesa. How are you, by the way??
Im glad your doing ok. Been forever. We have this little gift for you guys we got forever ago. Maybe we can get together soon. Let us know if you have any free time.
Ha! I just looked at your website to see if you had done any new shoots and I saw the picture on your opening page, and I didn't realize it was me, I was bummed that you took me off the main screen. Ha ha ha, I love the other ones, they look cool. Let me know how things are going for you! Peace.