Ju Ming.

Who is this?

Ju Ming is this badass motherfuc-

"Shut yo mouth!"

But I'm just talkin' 'bout Ming!

"Then we can dig it."














Ahem.

Anyways, I love his work.

I'll show ya some images.

I love tai-chi. And I love this guy's work. The forms that are wrought by his designs enrapture my senses.

They hold a bold power (stemming from the stone and the subject) and seem to flow (just as the greatest masters of the tai-chi art themselves do) like water.

These are huge massive chunks of cold stone.

And he brings out a life in them that connects with me.


And god dammit they are just so fucking cool!

Just look at 'em!


And that's it.

Put some jelly on that hot god.

Comics.

I like them. Especially web comics. For their accessibility and funny features.

Especially this one: http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6

Read this and be better off for it.

Note: It is long. And read the previous adventure too for even more distilled badasserawesomery.

Onto the readings.


I like how this bookcomic is organized.

It is a good read.

The term sequential art is an interesting label for them.

Incidentally, I also read a webcomic called: http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=1

Also very funny.

And long.

(This blog bears no responsibility for lost afternoons due to aforementioned links.)


But something that is not long is the assigned reading that I keep getting away from

Focus time.

Really.

HOLYSHITASQUIRRELGOTTACHASEITGOTTACHASEITGOTTA-

Ahem.




I've been reading a large number of web comics for a while now. I'm pretty familiar with the space = time aspect of their use. Webcomics, interestingly enough, reintroduce the time aspect. Due to their daily, semi daily, etc etc schedule of updating.

Reading about ancient examples of comics (Bayeux tapestry, egyptian painting, greek painting, japanese scrolls, etc etc.) was also quite stimulating.

I hope the debate continuqes for as long as it can.

I like debates.

And I know human beings are stubborn as fuck, so it won't end for a long time.

Yay!

Second chapter was equally interesting, discussing icons (along similar veins that the first 7A lecture traversed.)

I like the concept of how abstraction leads to amplification of meaning.

Makes sense to me.

B|


The map of comics is also fun to see where different comics arrange themselves in the huge arse world of comic-ery.

The atoms > molecules > life metaphor also was very poetic. But that is just the sciency part of me speaking.


We sure are selfish fucks aren't we?

Yeah.

But we're our selfish fucks.

:3


And that's it.