Living as independently as possible, Family, Youtube, Making art all the time and selling it some of the time, frisbee, bowling, and pool, learning archery, cultural skepticism, noticing what kind of marks different social constructs leave on texts, images, and products, rhetorical theory, holistics, honesty, absolutes, culture Jamming and juvenile graffiti, technical manual illustrations, religion, cultivating devotion,
Selling products bearing designs of my own devising
Supporting cool people like my homey Marisa
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Music
The Avalanches, DJ Shadow, Mates of State, Elvis Costello, Talking Heads, Devo, David Bowie, Cornershop, Alan Lomax, Brian Eno, Norma Jean, Slayer, Courtney Grangier, Cake, Beck, Regina Spektor, Bob Dylan, Belle and Sebastian, Interpol, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Kid Koala, Dntel, Caetano Veloso, Os Mutantes, Buena Vista Social Club, David Byrne, REM, Neutral Milk Hotel, Of Montreal, Bobby Scrumptious, I Hate You When You're Pregnant, The Lion Versus, Martha and Lauren, Skantron, MC Rumchug, Camera Obscura, Cocorosie, Pretenders, Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn, Gillian Welch, PJ Harvey, Tom Waits, Otis Redding, a little bit of Crime Mob, the Everly Brothers, the Carter Family
Movies
Raising Arizona, Love and Death, Annie Hall, Sleeper, Blade Runner, Bedazzled (1960's version), Two for the Road, No Country for Old Men, Jacob's Ladder, Slacker
Make no mistake about it, Raising Arizona is my favorite movie ever.
Television
MXC, 12 oz. Mouse, Wonder Showzen, Night Court, Kids in the Hall, the State, Liquid Television, Youtube, The Venture Brothers, Law and Order whenever I'm home
Books
American Psycho, Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting, A Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Ecclisiastes, the occasional issue of Spin or Vainty Fair
Heroes
Accomplished folk like Bob Dylan, David Byrne, Chuck Close, Henry Darger, Mr. Picasso, Ray Schmuckles, Tim Hawkinson, Shigeru Miyamoto, The Brothers Quay, & Nikola Tesla.
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA
Graduated: 2005
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Painting
Minor: Philosophy
Clubs: Bell Honors Program, Gallery Crew, Student Advisor to the Dean
About me: If you'd like to get to know me looking through my sketchpads is pretty beneficial too. There's a lot that doesn't seem to really show itself in conversation that comes out clearer in my notebook.
A page from the ol' sketchpad, circa May 2007:
Older explananation:
"Uh, I draw. And then I take those drawings and scan them. And then I take those drawings after I've scanned them and then I put the scanned images (not the real, on-paper ones) in the computer, specifically in this free program called Mojave Photolab. And then I take the finished versions of the electronic (meaning "still in the computer") images and put them on Cafepress.com, where you buy them, provided you are cool enough and have money, both of which are the same thing."
The internet is not a suitable medium for expressing yourself.
I want to make art as often and as much as possible.
Who I'd like to meet: Other people who still prefer concrete living and feel badly about trying to meet people using the internet.
Solid folks.
I wouldn't exactly like to meet these kinds of folks, but I am certainly intrigued by what they're doing:
Ryan Tecantin's "I-Be Area" video art
Jeremy Blake's moving paintings
Run Wrake's animation "Anyway", which scared the hell out of me in 7th grade:
Sweet. What's Deerhoof? And man I just saw the coolest concert on the 13th.. Me and Nate went to see Children Of Bodom at the Masquerade. It was wicked awesome. And yeah the painting was sold in a silent auction.
hi ashley! thought you'd like to know that i have your picture of seamus heaney hanging in my new apartment, it's awesome :) wish you were here to make me laugh when i'm waaay grumpy and don't want to, but i'm sure i'll see you in atlanta sooner or later. if y'all don't run out of gas for-eva...
haha, i'm glad you liked my picture. i thought it was amusing but to know it has the power to freak people out...now i'm unstoppable! join me at my side and your life will be spared, wench.
Man, life is what's up with me. I am going through a divorce now. Please don't feel sorry because I don't...Got a new crib and it is awesome!!!!!!! I'm just taking it one day at time and pursuing happiness.......
They do have a new director,THANK GOD!!!! He is cool so far, very family oriented and that is a plus for us blue collars. Man, I pray everything work out for you. Good luck with everything.....
I paint a good bit (lately I haven't had a lot of time) but I'm going through sketchbooks pretty fast too. I'm in Vaudeville, by the way, so you should come see it.
