We got's nutin' ta fear 'cept fear itself.

http://seven-eighths.blogspot.com/2011/03/day-of-two-emotions.html

That was where I talked about fear.

Oh, I think I have grown.

In fact, I think I have taken my potted plant of a self and flipped it turnways.

Replanted into some fresh fucking tilled earth.


And am now ready to expand my root systems to the motherfucking core.


That metaphor may have gotten a little out of hand.

I think the best advice that I got from Des was to "stop holding back."

That was very good advice.


I've been working throughout the year to apply that to basically everything.

I think I have mentioned before that I see most of humanity as lonely scared human beings who want nothing more out of life than to be loved and accepted. And by realizing this I can push past the paralytic feelings that the loneliness and fear cause. My father warned me to make sure that it would not cause my ego to swell.

I take that to heart. I never want that to happen. Ego is a dangerous and fuck thing.

Hubris hurts and all that roit.


Thanks for the experiences.

I really appreciate 'em.

Still pissed I missed that flashmob, but olive.

Haha pun.


Yeah, Good times guys. Really feel a great deal more confident thanks to this class and this year.


And that's it.

FRIDAY FRIDAY GOTTA GET DOWN ON

I hope you get hired! That would be cool.

And with all the convenient coincidences of your free wireless and shit, it would be just that damn convenient.

But that is useless information.


Let's talk 'bout your proposed courses.

Of the three, I would be most excited to take "Beyond the Studio".


As much as I like the formal art setting (fucking white walls and fancy rigged lighting that is a pain in the bitch and a half to make work properly) I would love to get a better handle on art in other settings.

Hopefully, settings that would allow for some more/different/exponentially better meanings and topics to be explored.

In particular, I would hope that my personal favorite medium of ceramics could be utilized to an even more interesting extent. It has a very unique bond with the outdoors (being raw earth and all) and I would do my best to abused that relationship.

It also, if properly constructed, is durable as fuck. Woooooooo!


I had an idea for a piece that would just involve thousands of cups, coating an area. In a place with significant rainfall.


I'd like to do that oneday.

Oneday.


But I'm also not continuing my education at UCSB so I can't take this course, even if it were to be offered.

I can only wish Des the best in her luck. And jot down my own project idea for future use.


And that's it.

Fisticuffs.

Yep.

Went to Desiree's "ART IN ATHLETICISM: THE FORM AND PHYSICALITY OF BOXING"

I say! Jolly good show.


Let's talk about the first fight.

Desiree vs. Cholle

Ding!















Desiree has a foot of height on Cholle, so I figure that she would use her reach to rack up damage.

However, it seems that Desiree also was more suited to move more than her opponent.

Cholle's styled seemed to be more rock-ish, going for solid blows when the opportunity presented itself and letting Desiree spend her energy.

Her footwork was not as fast as Des's

Fuck this I'm just going to use Des for Desiree and Cho for Cholle.

Anyways, Des seemed to be having much more fun with the fight. The taunting for more body blows certainly shows that.

Only seems appropriate, considering this is her thesis work show.

Ramp up that excitement with a little showmanship.

After all, boxing matches aren't just about the fight. It's about the crowd (or drawing one in anyways.)

The duality of the fight draws up interesting questions. Is one more important than the other? Or is it that fusion that enhances the potency of both?

Is a fighter who can put on a show a better fighter? Is showman who can really fight a better performer?

Hopefully.

Because becoming better at all these things gives the audience one hell of a time to enjoy.


Keep on tempering those fists Des.


And that's it.

SHAME.

Mapping, fascinating.

Here is a neat map that you should peruse at your leisure.

Moving on, I like how these lectures don't state a point.

I.E.: There is a wealth of information presented. And that is it.

There is no concrete lesson to learn.

There is a great deal to learn, but just to learn it.

What is taken away from this information is different for each individual. I guess you can only do that with really large volumes of information.

And that makes it fun?

Hehe.

Still pissed that the communications department hasn't told people that a dark room and a bright projector makes people fall asleep.



This should be common knowledge guys.



I have been up at all fuck hours of the night for a convoluted number of reasons and this shit isn't helping me get what I paid for.

And you, TA who called me out. My headphones were not on, one was in my ear to stop it from falling out of my shirt/dangling in front of me. The left one was broken anyways. I know what you were thinking in that moment, in that condescending look.

But thanks for waking me up, being pissed allowed some adrenalin to get into my system, and overcome that god damn hypnotic haze.

I appreciate you protecting my investments.

Especially due to my limited infesting funds.


Really, thank you.

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Onto the lecture.

Maps help us to understand incomprehensible things.

Space, vision, sound, language, physicality, social activity, time, etc etc etc etc etc.

That's great.

I love how the older glyph was easier to understand (and more aesthetically pleasing; that thing was just cool looking) than the current mapping of farmlands.



The terms for gentrification and metonymy were revealed.

The first one (what I will call "Interest-Leeching"; because that is what it fucking is) is freaky. Not that I disbelieve it at all.

No no no no no.

I've seen it happen and I know it happens.

It just freaks me out.


Corpratization of things is... just bad. Corporations are immortal and immortality is just not a good thing to put with a human intelligence. That kind of mind will break under the stress. And do bad things.



But that is getting away form... whatever I'm talking about.

Metonymy, associative chain, switching of Gatorade for... augh fuck what was the thing.

Dammit dammit dammit I know this.

Fffffffffffff-

Oh right Colgate.

Hehe, that made me have a humor.


Natural car alarms were fun.



Time to go think of some anonymous random acts of kindness and/or beauty to commit.

Fucking youtube has disabled embedding so here is Smooth Criminal in a link.

Open it in a new tab and play it in the background.

Go ahead do it.

I can wait.



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The twins were cool and interesting to hear/watch about. Really wish that this interesting bit of situation (the idoglosia) didn't arise from a poor parenting environment.

That mom... ugh.

I can't even textualize how I feel about that.


Kinda want to know what they are up to now.


And that's it.