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curious conduct log: Artist Statement_Aug2010

2010-08-29T10:43:00.000-07:00

curious conduct log: Artist Statement_Aug2010

Artist Statement_Aug2010

2010-08-29T10:31:00.000-07:00

ANTJUAN ODEN

ARTIST STATEMENT

“The cure for boredom is curiosity, there is no cure for curiosity”
Dorothy Parker

I explore creativity through the utilization of various media, methods, styles and techniques. Spontaneity and randomness play a significant role in my creative process in that much of the material in my work is found or recycled. I find that offers an opportunity to develop bodies of work that are varied in context, composition, and construction. I attempt to analyze the complex, misunderstood, and unsung through universal themes, shape, colors, actions, symbols, words and ideas.
My work makes an effort at healing and understanding experience, and how it relates to our current, past and potential paths and how they connect and bind us all as participant and observer, catalyst and end result.
Another significant themes that inform my work is my own multi-cultural experience and how that experience impacts my existence and relation to world around me. It also makes me curious about other people’s experiences of how their own culture interacts with the world in which they live.
As Dorothy Parker says, “there is no cure for curiosity”, and curiosity is the prevailing stance I take towards my creative efforts.

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2010-04-16T10:19:00.001-07:00

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Co-exist
2003
Mixed media
A. Oden

http://kunstradio.blogspot.com/

2009-07-05T00:31:00.000-07:00

check....it...out.

4 color cherry pops!

2009-06-23T17:46:00.000-07:00

BULLY BEATDOWN.

2009-03-30T10:37:00.000-07:00

MY NEW FAVORITE SHOW: BULLY BEATDOWN
( I DONT ADVOCATE FOR,ENCOURAGE, APPROVE, NOR RECOMMEND TV. I STILL CONSIDER IT A PLAGUE...MIND-FUCKER IF YOU WILL.)
I confess i was bored late,really, really, late last night. I turned on the TV...who can resist hotel TV in the wee hours?
anyway there i was flipping through channel after channel of mindless ridiculousness...
until i came across a this show. in initially i stopped on this channel because of a glance on kim kardashians...um.... pretty smile, or a flashy music video...wait mtv doesn't do that anymore. Well anyway this show is called is called
'Bully Beatdown" it takes bullies and gives them a lesson in manners...
I loved it! i know a couple i would love to nominate...here is one to start with.

bully of the day:
robert powell of Dallas, Texas needs to have his next tv debut on this show, id love to see this a-hole get what he surely deserves....

"IF I DONT NEED SERVICE, NOR PROTECTION THEN I DONT NEED YOU..."

The Gestapo chief wanna be:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQFGzaYZV2A

http://blog.beliefnet.com/crunchycon/2009/03/robert-powell-worst-person-in.html

The Show:

http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/bully_beatdown/series.jhtml

GREENER GRASS EATERS OF THE WORLD...UNITE AND TAKE OVER.

2009-02-27T11:31:00.001-08:00

HOP.
ON.
DOWN

HERE

.
UP

THIS WAY.

GENIUS IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION.

2009-02-27T11:05:00.001-08:00

IF YOU HEAR ME BEFORE YOU SEE ME CALL THIS NUMBER:-

2009-02-24T23:06:00.000-08:00

COLLABORATIONS: SAFETY FIRST

2009-02-17T09:07:00.000-08:00

ANTJUAN ODEN AND SAFETY FIRST
ART EXHIBITION OF COLLABORATIVE WORK.
STATEMENT OF INTENT:
THIS IS MY FIRST COLLABORATIVE EFFORT OFFICIALLY WITH SAFETY FIRST.
I HAVE BEEN A LONG TIME ADMIRER OF HIS TENACITY AND PROLIFIC NATION WIDE OUTPUT OF SOME SERIOUSLY AMAZING AND THOUGHT PROVOKING WORK.
THE WORK WE DO OVER THE NEXT 9 MONTHS WILL CULMINATE WITH AN EXHIBITION.
OUR GOAL IS TO DEVELOP A BODY OF WORK THAT REFLECTS NOT ONLY OUR PHILOSOPHIES.BUT, WILL ALSO REFLECT OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CURRENT PAST AND FUTURE STATE OF COLONIALISED PEOPLES OF THE WORLD. WE ALSO INTEND TO EXPLORE POP CULTURE THEMES, CURRENT EVENTS, AND ECONOMICS.
ONE OF THE UNDERLYING THEMES THAT WILL BECOME APPARENT WILL BE THE IMPACT ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLES, THOUGHT, RELIGION AND PURSUITS ON RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MEMEBERS OF ETHNIC AND CULTURAL GROUPS.
OUR METHODS USED TO COMPLETE THIS BODY OF WORK WILL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO,
INTERNET, STANDARD POST, TELEPHONE, AND VISITING EACH OTHERS STUDIOS NO LESS THAN ONCE A WEEK TO COMPARE NOTES, SHARE IDEAS, AND WORK ON VARIOUS PAINTINGS, SCULPTURE, MUSIC AND WRITING FOR THE EXHIBITION.
IT IS OUR INTENTION TO FOCUS ON PROPSING THE EXHIBITION LOCALLY IN SAN FRANCISCO TO GALLERIES AND OTHER GALLIERIES IN THE USA, JAPAN, EUROPE, AND SOUTH AMERICA.
APPROPRIATELY THE NEXT NINE MONTHS WILL SEE THE GESTATION OF THE ANTJUAN ODEN AND SAFETY FIRST EXTRAVAGANZA! STAY TUNED!

FEB 2009

**THE FOLLOWING IMAGES ARE THE INITIAL 13 PAINTINGS OF THE TAG TEAM EFFORT.THE IMAGES REPRESENT WORK ON VARIOUS MEDIA THAT I BEGAN (FROM 3YEARS AGO TO NOW) AND "TRADED" OFF TO SAFETY FIRST FOR HIS DYNAMIC INPUT.AND, WHEN HE IS DONE HE WILL DO THE SAME FOR ME UNTIL WE FEEL THEY ARE COMPLETE. THIS IS ONE OF THE METHODS WE WILL BE USING TO CARRY OUT AND COMPLETE THIS PROCESS.
THESE ARE 13 INITIAL PAINTINGS
(FOTOS TAKEN USING 2.0 MEGA PIXEL CAMERA PHONE
FEB.13.2009 OAKLAND,CA)

DIGGING APPLES IN THE OCEAN EAST

2008-11-08T18:14:00.001-08:00

DAMN LOSE WEIGHT AND CHANGE COMPLEXIONS
THIS IS SOME REAL POST COLONIAL APOCALYPTIC MINDFUCKISM

WAXING MOONISH

mirror.

2008-09-14T08:31:00.002-07:00

EL CAPITAN: STILL FLOATING IN GLACIAL POOLS AT SUNSET .
I FOUND MOSS IN MY POCKET.
"Its Paint on my hands", said the voice on the phone.
.tyrants deserve...

YOU SEE MY THING IS...LOOK AT ALL THE COVERS, THE ONE MAGAZINE THAT SEEKS OUT AND CATERS TO "BLACK" MALES HAS BOOTY ON THE COVER...THIS WAS AT THE AIRPORT IN DENVER..
IT HELPS NOT TO HELP SOMETIMES.
YOU SEE?

THIS LITE NEVER GOES OUT.

2008-09-11T15:55:00.000-07:00

2008-09-05T08:38:00.000-07:00

Ïîëó-ìèëîðä, ïîëó-êóïåö, Ïîëó-ìóäðåö, ïîëó-íåâåæäà, Ïîëó-ïîäëåö, íî åñòü íàäåæäà, ×òî áóäåò ïîëíûì íàêîíåö.
GOING ON HOLIDAY.

Le drapeau va au paysage immonde, et notre patois etouffe le tambour

2008-09-04T09:42:00.000-07:00

Le drapeau va au paysage immonde, et notre patois etouffe le tambour

FREAK-NICKED AS IT NEARED 2am.

2008-09-03T01:35:00.000-07:00

THIS WAS A SCHOOL. THE POINT WAS GOOD PIZZA NEXT TO JERK CHICKEN, I WAS A MINUS PLUSSED THERE,
5 POINTING TO THIS AND THERE I REMEMBER.
373 MORELAND
OFF HIGHWAY..HEAR COPULATION BLACK CREAMED,
BUMP AND BUMPS.
THE OWNER WAS A WHITE BEARDED WHITMAN WANNBE DEVIANT
POINTS TO NOW THIS WAY TO BIG BEER AND KRUSTY PINK DROWNING StICKS NOIR.
POINT WELL TAKEN NOW.
ADD+GLAD=DANKE

HER HEART IS A FLOATATION DEVICE WITH LEAD WINGS ON ITS HEAD.

2008-08-31T20:39:00.000-07:00

bird?

JUST SAY IT...ALASKA, HOCKEY AND THE WOOL OVER YOUR EYES.

2008-08-29T10:44:00.000-07:00

(BE GRATEFUL AND ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PEERS. BUBBLES BURST. ASK ICARUS...)

BUBE PARIS WHERE HAVE WE GONE, ART IS FORGIVING WE ARE NOT.

2008-08-20T22:04:00.001-07:00

ANTJUANODEN.COM. shAdows bend shamelessly under pigments impudent weight.

2008-08-18T03:41:00.000-07:00

THE POINT IS..

2008-08-09T13:06:00.000-07:00

SOOOO DEEP IS THE WELL.

2008-08-09T12:09:00.000-07:00

THIS FOR THE PERSON WHO ASKED ME IF I KNEW MY FATHER AND WAS SHOCKED THAT NOT ONLY DO I KNOW HIM, BUT WE ARE VERY CLOSE, I EVEN KNEW HIS FATHER AND THE FATHERS BEFORE HIM ARE LEGEND.
THIS SAME PERSON ALSO WANTED TO APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT HER PEOPLE, (I THINK SHE WAS JEWISH) DID TO MY PEOPLE.

(IDIOTS ABOUND)
P.S.
I HAVE A DIFFERENT LAST NAME BECAUSE MY MOM IS DEMANDING, (AS A WOMAN OF HER CALIBER SHOULD BE.)AND WILL FIRE A HUSBAND WITHOUT HESITATING, MY DAD WAS NOT FIRED BUT HE AS OFTEN HAPPENS WITH YOUNG LOVERS, THINGS DON'T WORK OUT. VIETNAM DIDNT HELP, SO HE REMARRIED AND MY MOM REMARRIED, THUS MY LAST NAME.

MEET LIEUTENANT A. LONG III AND THE LATE GREAT A. "BUDDY" LONG JR.
I WAS ABOUT 12 WHEN THIS WAS TAKEN.

2008-08-09T10:14:00.000-07:00

Im thinking right now, as i write of a to sink into this post.
why dont i just post some photos, i cant seem to put words together to convey what i feel. I will say this, WHEN YOU HERE ON THE NEWS THAT YET ANOTHER HUMAN BEING HAS BEEN KILLED BY POLICE, HELL ONE CASE WHERE IT WAS THE KILLING COPS SECOND MURDER IN 15 MONTHS! AND NOT ONE VALD SHOUT OF FOUL, WHEN YOU HEAR THIS AND THEN HEAR A STORY OF BRAVE, CARING , LOVING, PEACEFUL HUMANS RISKING THEIR LIVES AND FREEDOM TO SAVE TREES, T MAKES YOU QUESTION HUMAN NATURE. I HAVE NOT YET HEARD ANYONE RISKING LIFE AND LIMB, CHAINING THEMSELVES TO THE DOOR OF THE POLICE PRECIENT TO DEMAND ANSWERS FOR THESE DEATHS OF OTHER HUMAN BEINGS. I DO NOT HEAR CRIES OF PROTESET ABOUT THE CONDITION OF SCHOOLS IN THE POORER AND NON-WHITE COMMUNITIES IN AMERICA. I DO NOT SEE CROWDS GATHERING OUTSIDE THE EMBASSIES OF COUNTRIES INVOLVED IN ALL SORTS OF MAYHAM AGAINST HUMAN BEINGS. I DO NOT SEE ANYONE CHAINING THEMELVES TO A HOMELESS PERSON DEMANDING
THEY BE FEED AND HOUSED..I CAN GO ON BUT I WANT OFFER PICTURES. LOOK AT THEM AND THINK.
ONE CONCLUSION THAT SEEMS OBVIOUS IS,THE WORLD IS FULL OF PEOPLE WHO ARE FULL OF SHIT, AND PEOPLE WHO DONT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT SAVING ANYONE BUT "THEMSELVES" OR A TREE.
WHICH ONE ARE YOU?
I CAN RESPECT SOMEONE MORE WHO SAYS OUT RIGHT: "I DONT CARE ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF ANYONE BUT A CHOOSEN FEW" THATS BEING HONEST, AND THAT DESERVES MORE RESPECT THAN SOMEONE HANGING UPSIDE DOWN TO SAVE A TREE, BUT QUICKLY RETREATING FROM REAL BRUTALITY AGAINST HUMAN BEINGS" FUCK YOU AND YOUR TREE!
(PROTESTNG IS COOL DUDE!)
(PROTESTING IS A GOOD WAY TO GET LAID!)
(PROTESTING IS FUN!)
(PROTESTING IS WASTE OF TIME UNLESS IT IS TIME NOT WASTED.)

OR COULD IT BE:
KEEP THE POOR, POOR UNDER-EDUCATED, OPPRESSED AND BRUTALIZED BY THE CRIMINAL
IN- JUSTICE SYSTEM, PRETEND YOU CARE UNLESS IT MAKES LIFE FAIR FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO EAT THE SAME GOOD FOOD YOU DO, DRIVE THE NICE CARS YOU DO, LIVE IN SAFE COMMUNITIES, LIKE YOU DO, HAVE HAPPY STABLE FAMILIES LIKE YOU DO, COMPETE, YOU KNOW SURVIVE...

THE COST TO THE TAX PAYERS (AS YOU READ THIS THINK ABOUT THOSE KIDS IN NEARBY OAKLAND WHO HAVE NO ART PROGRAMS OR SCHOOL BOOKS, OR TEACHERS LIVING IN SQAULOR)
UC Berkeley-ites take to the trees, protest campus connections to British Petroleum - others are in the trees re saving the historic oak trees , still others have diffrent reasons. How come no one ever sits in trees over the border issue? This is the kind of thing that should appear on that “Stuff White People Like” that I linked to last month. Or is protesting in trees about “Things White People Dislike” ? I emailed this to some less ‘privileged’ at a state school, who have bigger, more awful things to protest about- they laughed.

UC Berkeley officials say the tree-sitters have cost the school $367,000 since the protest began one year ago:

$100,000

Police staffing

$125,000

Private security

$37,000

First fence around protest site

$80,000

Second fence around protest site

$25,000

Equipment, cleanup and other costs

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/02/BAONTM4SC.DTL

CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHY?

2008-08-08T15:07:00.001-07:00

Number 10
Life is sexually transmitted.

Number 9
Good health is merely the
slowest possible rate at
which one can die.

Number 8 (love this one!)
Men have two emotions:
Hungry & Horny. If you see him
without an erection, make him
a sandwich.

Number 7
Give a person a fish & you feed
them for a day; teach a person
to use the Internet & they
won't bother you
for weeks.

Number 6
Some people are like a Slinky..........
not really good for anything, but
you still can't help but smile
when you shove them
down the stairs.

Number 5
Health nuts are going to feel
stupid someday, lying in
hospitals dying of
nothing.

Number 4
All of us could take a lesson from
the weather. It pays no attention
to criticism.

Number 3
Why does a slight tax increase cost
you two hundred dollars and a
substantial tax cut saves
you thirty cents?

Number 2
In the 60s, people took acid to make
the world weird. Now The world is
weird and people take Prozac
to make it normal.

AND THE NUMBER 1
THOUGHT FOR 2007:

We know exactly where one cow with
Mad-cow-disease is located among
the millions of cows in America, but
we haven't got a clue as to where
thousands of illegal immigrants
& terrorists are located.

Maybe we should put the
Department of Agriculture
in charge of immigration.....?

tAKEN FROM SCRUVZ (I WISH I HAD COME UP WITH THESE JEWELS)

AFFIRMATION ABOUT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

2008-08-05T11:43:00.000-07:00

TODAY WE HAD STRANGERS COME INTO OUR HOME. IT WAS FOR AN INSPECTION FOR CONDO-CONVERSION. IF YOU LIVE IN THE BAY AREA YOU KNOW WHAT HELL THIS CAN BE. SO HERE WE ARE HOUSE IN UTTER CHAOS, ME WITH DAY THREE OF 2 HOURS OF UNSOUND SLEEP. FOUR GUYS WITH NOTEPADS AND CLIPBOARDS INVADED MY MY MORNING. AS I PROCEEDED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO THE STRANGERS IN GET THIS OUR HOUSE...I NOTICED A COUPLE OF THEM SEEMED TO HAVE MISTAKEN ME FOR THE HELP,OR MAYBE THEY WERE AS OVER THIS HIDEOUS DAYLIGHT THING AS I WAS,(LONG HARD NIGHT) OR MAYBE THEY WERE SOME CLOSET BIGOT ASSHOLES, OR MAYBE THEY WERE JUST ASSHOLES WHO KNOWS? (BEING AF-AMER WE HAVE A HARD TIME TELLING SOMETIMES, WE GET IT FROM SO MANY DIRECTIONS IN THIS WAY, YOU KNOW POST JIM CROW TRAUMA)
THE POINT BEING EXACTLY THAT, AS THE BIG GORGEOUS BROWN HUNK OF MAN MEAT THAT I AM ITS HARD TO DISTINGUISH DISDAIN FROM APATHY FROM BIGOTRY FROM LACK OF SLEEP FROM A GENERAL SHITTY DISPOSITION.
HOW DO I KNOW IF SOMEONE IS BEING RUDE AND CALLOUS BECAUSE SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE PRONE TO BE A DICK, OR MAYBE THEY HAD TO REFER TO THE HAND ONCE TO OFTEN OR THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT BILLS, OR HAVE A HEMORRHOID THAT IS A MONSTER...WHO CAN TELL.
WELL WHEN YOU COME INTO SOME ONES HOME...FOR WHAT EVER REASON, GENERALLY SAYING HELLO IS A GOOD IDEA, LEAST YOU BE MISTAKEN FOR A THIEF, JEHOVAH'S WITNESS, INSURANCE SALESPERSON,OR THE MOST FRIGHTENING OF ALL AN IN LAW (MY PARTNER IS A WHITE CHICK)
SO THIS ONE GUY GIVES ME THIS
"HEY BOY" KIND OF LOOK. I KNOW THIS LOOK I'M FROM THE SOUTH AND IVE SEEN ROOTS AT LEAST 20 TIMES..
I'M LIKE HI, WELCOME! HI, WELCOME! I HAD TO SAY IT A COUPLE TIMES...FINALLY HE REACHED OUT WITH HIS LIMP HAND SHAKE TO MEET MY MEAT HOOKS. WOW THE NERVE I THOUGHT, THEN I SAID TO MYSELF, SELF REMEMBER ALL WHITE PEOPLE ARE NOT CLOSET KLANSMAN, RELAX...SO I MOVE THE CHIP FROM MY SHOULDER TO MY BELLY ( I WAS HUNGRY). AS THE CHATTER WENT ON ABOUT THIS CODE AND THAT CODE...PRIMARILY REFERRING TO MY PARTNER, THE WHITE CHICK,
AS I'M STRUGGLING WITH A LADDER TO REACH THE CEILING WHICH HAPPENS TO BE 20 FEET ABOVE, HE CREEPS BEHIND ME AND SAYS..."I NEED TO GET THROUGH HERE BOY!" OKAY HE DID NT SAY BOY BUT HIS TONE SURE DID. NOW WHERE I'M FROM, YOU FIRST OF ALL SAY HELLO WHEN ENTERING SOMEONES HOME, YOU LOOK THEM IN THE EYE INTRODUCE YOURSELF, YOU SAY EXCUSE ME IF YOU WANT TO PASS THEM..ESP. IF THEY ARE 3 FEET TALLER THAN YOU AND 40 LBS HEAVIER AND YOU NEVER KNOW...(IT COULD BE ANGRY BLACK MAN OVER REACT AND FREAK OUT DAY)
WELL I LOOKED THIS JERK IN THE EYE AND SAID, YEAH IN A SECOND...
(REALIZING THIS WAS AN OFFICIAL WHOSE REPORT DEALT WITH OUR CONDO CONVERSION)
HE DECLINED TO WAIT , I DECLINED TO PUT MY FOOT IN HIS YOU KNOW WHAT( YEAH, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL) BUT I AT LAST HAD ENOUGH. I TOLD THE WHITE CHICK, WHITE CHICK LOVE, I'M GOING FOR A FAG BEFORE I IMPLODE.SO I HOP IN THE CAR AND HEAD TO WHERE I GO TO SMOKE FAGS AND RELAX...THE CAR WASH STALL TWO BLOCKS AWAY.
AS I'M LISTENING TO THE RADIO SOME GUY, THE HEAD OF THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY IS RANTING ABOUT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION. HERE I AM IN A STATE OF BLACK ANGER AND HUMILIATED CONFUSION, AND THIS GUY IS CRYING ABOUT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, WELL I WAS STEAMING NOW.
FOLKS WE HAVE SO MUCH HEALING TO DO IN THIS COUNTRY. I WILL ADMIT TO HAVING A CHIP ON MY SHOULDER TO HAVE BIGOTED,CHUAVANISTIC, TENDENCIES, TO BE HOMOPHOBIC, XENOPHOBIC,HATE SMALL ANIMALS, AND CRYING BABIES,$20 CARS WITH $2000 RIMS,CHURCH, SOGGY SANDWICHES, HELL SOMETIMES I SIMPLY HATE EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY, BUT I AM AWARE THAT THIS IS NOT HOW I WANT TO BE. BUT OH BOY, SOME TIMES ...LIFE JUST HANDS YOU HATE ON A SILVER PLATTER.
LISTEN I HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT THIS I WANT TO CLARIFY IT. FOR ME AND ANYONE WHO GOT SUFFERED THE BAD GRAMMAR AND SPELLING TO GET THIS FAR (EMAIL I HAVE A PRIZE FOR YOU, REALLY!)
BASICALLY I WANT TO OFFER THIS AS A THOUGHT: RESPECT WORKS TWO WAYS.
AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION?
WELL LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING PICTURES AND THINK ABOUT IT. IT AIN'T NEW ITS JUST SHIFTING ITS FOCUS...WHAT DO YOU THINK?
(PS MY WHITE CHICK POWER FRAU PARTNER LOVER, FRIEND, NEMESIS TRENCH-PAL ROCKS SO HARD SHE IS TRANSLUCENT.)

P.S
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS RACE!!!

The Eagle has taken off.

2008-08-04T16:39:00.000-07:00

BUSY ISNT BUSY ENOUGH. TAKE A PICTURE SWEETIE I AINT GOT TIME TO WASTE.

2008-08-01T02:44:00.000-07:00

THIS IS SOMETHING I AM ALSO PASSIONATE ABOUT, RECYCLING OLD FURNITURE, AND OTHER FUNCTIONAL OBJECTS. I ACTUALLY WANTED TO OPEN A SHOP WHERE I SOLD THINGS I RESCUED FROM THE REALM OF THE UNWANTED. GIVEN SOME IMAGINATION AND SWEET EFFORT..THESE THINGS COULD COME BACK FROM THE THRIFT STORE DEATH POOL. WELL HERE IS SOMETHING , NOT QUITE THRIFTY IT WAS A COMMISSION FROM A JOINT IN THE MISSION CALLED EL RINCON.
THIS PLACE IS GREAT, RUN BY MIKE A NIGERIAN WHO IS A MASTER FRENCH/INDIAN CHEF WHO RUN A CUBAN/MEXICAN RESTAURANT BY DAY, BUT WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN YOU CAN FIND ANYTHING THERE FROM JAPANESE GOTH ROCK TO VOODOO CABARET TO RUMBA, SAMBA, SALSA, TRANCE, DRUM AND BASS HOUSE, GANGSTA RAP, OLD SCHOOL PUNK OR ANYTHING YOU CANT IMAGINE, ITS AMAZING.
THE GREEN ROOM..THE GREEN ROOM.
THERE ARE ALSO SOME SHOTS OF A MURAL I DID THERE, THE ENTIRE ENTRANCE WAY..EXCUSE ME, ves·ti·bule OH, AND THE FOOT TALL WOODEN ANGEL CUTOUT WITH THE 7 FOOT WINGSPAN.
(I WILL HAVE BETTER DOCUMENTATION OF THIS ON MY WEBSITE SOON.)

JUST FOR SHITS AND GIGGLES

2008-08-01T01:40:00.000-07:00

History of the Dozens

The term "the Dozens" is believed to refer to the devaluing on the auction block of slaves who were past their prime, who were deformed, aged or who, after years of back-breaking toil, no longer were capable of hard labor. These enslaved human beings often were sold by the dozen. In "Still Laughing to Keep from Crying: Black Humor," African-American author and professor Mona Lisa Saloy writes:

The dozens has its origins in the slave trade of New Orleans where deformed slaves--generally slaves punished with dismemberment for disobedience--were grouped in lots of a 'cheap dozen' for sale to slave owners. For a Black to be sold as part of the 'dozens' was the lowest blow possible.".[1]

HEE.HEE.

SIDE SPLITING AINT IT?

THEY KEEP US UNDER-EDUCATED SICK AND DEPRESSED

2008-07-31T04:17:00.000-07:00

OH HONOR WHERE ART THOU?

Blackbird: Omens and mysticism, color of fear and promise
Bluebird: Happiness and fulfillment, color of north or east
Blue jay: teaches you the ability to develop great talent through the proper use of power and tenacity.
Bobwhite Quail: Brings the ability to be mindful of danger and know when to go to safety and not to hesitate in times of crises
Canary: Healing power of sound, heightened sensitivity
Cardinal: brings colour to your life and reminds you that all you do is important, you are someone who brightens others lives
Catbird: Communication potential, new lessons or opportunities
Chickadee: Sacred number is seven, seeker of truth and knowledge
Crow: Intelligence, watchfulness, magical, past-life connections
Ducks: Teaches us to respect and revel in all that life has to offer from the water to the earth to the sky Maternal, graceful and comforting, protective
Eagle: Capable of reaching zenith, great perception, bridging worlds
Finch: New experiences and encounters, wide range summer solstice
Goldfinch: Increase opportunities to experience a variety of activities- you are awakening to your nature spirit
Golden Eagle: messenger to the great spirit, having the knowledge to create bridges
Goose: Story telling, fertility and fidelity, symbol of eight and infinity
Great Horned Owl: Brings the power to see into the darkness, including things that are trying to be hidden
Grosbeak: Heals old wounds, family values, past loves significance
Hawk (Red-tailed): carries message from the creator, you should listen to what it is saying
Hawks: Primal life force, fulfillment, spring and fall equinoxes
Kestrel Falcon: The ability to be quick minded, graceful and agile
Kingfisher: Halcyon days, peace and prosperity, linked to north, blue
Loon: Realizing dreams, haunting and eerie song, imagination
Love Bird: By sharing love, you can bring brightness and colour into others lives
Magpie: Occult knowledge, doorway to new realms. wily and willful
Meadowlark: Cheerfulness, sublimation, inner journey, linked to moon
Merlin Hawk: brings message that your visionary powers are awakening
Mourning Dove: The ability to mourn the past, but look forward to the future, able to bring new things into your life
Nuthatch: Applying wisdom to natural world, grounding, ethereal
Oriole: Positive energy, reconnecting with inner sunshine, nature spirits
Owl: Silent wisdom and nocturnal vision, healing powers, magical
Peacock: Wisdom and vision, ostentatious, protective and powerful
Pelican: Self-sacrificing, non-competitive, buoyant, rising above trials
Pigeon: Love and security of home, fertility, archetypal energies
Raven: Shapeshifting, messenger or omen, blending human and animal
Robin: New growth, territorial, color link to throat center
Ruff Grouse: Brings a natural rhythm into your life and tells you to give time and space to your creator
Snowy Owl: Brings into your life the wisdom to unlock the true secrets of nature
Starling: Sociable, communicating diversity, forceful
Stork: Related to humanity, connected to emotions, water, birth process
Swan: Sensitive, emotional, dreamer and mystic, longevity
Swift: Feminine and psychic energies, speed and agility
Turkey: Spiritual connection to Earth Mother, shared blessings
Vulture: Purification, never-ending vigilance, guardian of mysteries
White Tail Hawk: Brings message to take advantage of the opportunity entering into your life
Woodpecker: Weather prophet, drumbeats into other dimension

SEEING IS BETTER THAN BELIEVING.

2008-07-29T10:37:00.000-07:00

2008-07-27T18:00:00.000-07:00

BLACKPEOPLEHAVEAIDSBLACKMENHAVETAILSBLACKPEOPLEARELAZYBLACKPEOPLELIKETOSTEALBLACKPEOPLEARELOUDBLACKPEOPLEARERAPISTSBLACKPEOPLEGOBUMPINTHENIGHT...

SOMEONEISTELLINGUSALLLIES

BOO

ESCAPE THE PLANTATION

2008-07-13T06:31:00.001-07:00

P.S.
SOME NOTHING PIRES .
(you know who you are)
control.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ7mmMe4klQ

F.I.R.E

2007-12-19T20:19:00.000-08:00

AIR

2007-11-29T12:46:00.001-08:00

SEA

2007-11-29T11:54:00.000-08:00

BOTTLED MESSAGE

FIRE ON THE HEMISPHERE BELOW.

2007-07-05T22:53:00.000-07:00

THE HOUSE I SPENT MOST OF MY EARLY LIFE IN....
burned down today...july 5th, any other day
after celebrating fictional independance
dancing with peusdo stars..boom bastic chatter
red glare of rockets betrayed the dark as it became a cinder
burned by celebrations
and moments lived
and moments endured
and moments toletrated
shivering beneath the weight of weakness
and it burns...
burned me once and twice and then some
yet i came back
again again again...
driven, droved
did, doing and done...
my time in reduced to nieghbors long left behind
calling my name in honor of my place in their life...
i know him,
his mom ...im

where is he, who is he...damn
that shit is on fire
its on fire....
save her
save it
save the trinkets boxes..
filled with things only worthy of being fuel
flame food...
food for flame
She was about to be consumed by that house, by that house, by that loss
this loss,
this lie said by this man
a lie i belived until i got burned....
give it up for reality and dad as a simple gesture and wish
Fire.

hmmmm....

2007-06-15T00:46:00.000-07:00

> "Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your
actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it
becomes your destiny.

Theory 13 in the womb

2007-05-24T14:11:00.000-07:00

BLAKE CARROLL AND ANTJUAN ODEN IN THE WEE HOURS PREPARING FOR THEORY 13.

THAT.

2007-04-05T19:28:00.000-07:00

This.

2007-04-05T19:17:00.000-07:00

Back in the day...then, men now, traveled roads about three times and mutiplied...man now...so far so fast ....so on..

2007-02-23T16:15:00.000-08:00

2007-02-09T11:05:00.000-08:00

i was going through my fotos and found some images of paintings dating as far back in time as 1994....imagine...
These painitings are in some very good collections.
I kind of miss them, and the approach to painiting i had at the time. The innocence in the motivations, action, and the surprise and resolution of the results....
Where has painting gone?

This is A piece i finished friday......

2007-02-03T23:09:00.000-08:00

Berlin.

2007-02-02T09:04:00.000-08:00

This first foto was an installation near Cafe Zapata, Thats Le Le Behind the lens.. on the one of the id (me)"
The rest are the next edition of random memories from our Deutschland intermission.

PAINTING AT GAWD-SPEED

2007-01-12T17:44:00.000-08:00

Id is what id is.

2007-01-07T10:24:00.000-08:00

id
1) In Freudian theory, the division of the psyche that is totally unconscious and serves as the source of instinctual impulses and demands for immediate satisfaction of primitive needs.

BERLIN WALLS

2007-01-04T16:30:00.000-08:00

First Of all....a moment for the God father of motha fuckin soul.....
Rest in super bad peace....

Never will there be another.

BURNERS!

OMT, HEIDELBERG, 12/A NOW

2006-12-23T04:48:00.000-08:00

Heidelberg.

v dfes

2006-12-22T17:04:00.000-08:00

Draw A Thon

2006-12-11T17:04:00.000-08:00

November 11 2006
Speakeasy Gallery San Francisco
24 hours

RETRO

2006-12-05T09:55:00.000-08:00

SUNSET ON THE THAMES...
TRAFALGAR SQUARE...
SOME DARK CAFE IN PARIS...
DESERT PRE-PARENTAL...
SMARTS..
MY MUSE...PLUS ONE

5280.

2006-11-30T23:34:00.000-08:00

Moss Rock Art Festival

2006-11-10T10:58:00.000-08:00

Great Event of course, anything involving Mrs.Kunzman or JMW will be a smash!

BEEN SO LONG...

2006-10-27T18:04:00.000-07:00

LONG STORY: DIAL UP BACK UP DOES NOT INSPIRE LINGERING IN LEW OF LOGGING GENERICS AND COMPREHENSIVES.
SHORT STORY: POWER BOOK HARD DRIVE POOF, BOOM, POW, ZOW. REPLACED.
TIP: TURN OFF YOUR COMPUTERS BEFORE YOU GO ROCK CLIMBING BACKWARDS WITH IT IN YOUR BACK PACK.
SO HERES SOME NEWNESS! AND SOME VINTAGE VISUALS JUST BECAUSE!

ME: i was born by the river. hello, YOU: we still swim there.

2006-10-27T00:58:00.000-07:00

Bonding over effigies...

2006-09-16T15:20:00.000-07:00

Effigy

Thinking of thunk: Lonnie Holley is a god.

2006-09-13T00:11:00.000-07:00

LEARN:http://www.marciaweberartobjects.com/holley.html

SUN RA GARDE .

2006-09-10T20:57:00.001-07:00

BROTHA FROM ANOTHA PLANET.

RELAX...DONT DO IT.

2006-09-09T18:15:00.000-07:00

THIS IS A SYPMTOM.

100 Jack Johnsons Vs. A BIRD

2006-09-06T16:48:00.000-07:00

The Curious Project.
The first official event in the space went beyond all expectations.
It was a wonderful, inspiring evening. I would like to thank everyone who came out.
We had no idea what would happen but we just knew that what ever would happen it had to be NOW!
Thank You.
D&M ( My Loves)
Chris Zimmerman
BLACK FUTURIST MOVEMENT
Pete And Isabel
And everyone who helpled to make it a Success
Keep your eyes open for more events to come...
Experimental film night,
One act play Night.
More paintings...
ETC!
Check out a few fotos....
(There were More Fotos, but somehow they got lost.)

This time yesterday was tommorow.

2006-08-31T13:04:00.001-07:00

Some visual aides, retro-like.

Careful i Might inhale...

2006-08-30T23:23:00.000-07:00

Almost cut my hair.

2006-08-29T15:41:00.000-07:00

"Liberties Plunge"
48'x24'
Acrylic on canvas
2006

Joe Leland

2006-08-28T23:39:00.000-07:00

RETRO.
AND .
A.
MEAN.
CUP.
OF.
JAVA.
DANKA MR. RUSSEL MORINE AND MARC PINATE!

PROGRESSION

2006-08-28T16:14:00.000-07:00

HEY OUT THERE IN VIRTUAL REALITY LAND!
Listen my ego needs stroking, my self esteem needs a bath, the chin of my desire has been punched by the Ali of boredom, and damn what a K.O.
I would like to believe that i am as brilliant, and beautiful as i pretend to be. This constant need to be validated has caused me to question my sincerity, as an "artist" I have a hard time calling myself an "Artist", what the hell does that mean any way?
you can turn taking a shit into an artform, or waging war, or making love, or stealing, killing, even sleeping even making Noise.
I can only justify surrendering to this creative urge by, looking at all the "things" in my life because of this affliction..The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The things ill never talk about...The beautiful...Little 7 month old wonder and her mother...That amaze me and keep me in awe.
Be well assured that insecurity is only the assumption that security always a work in progress.
NEXT STAGE:

You Tube confessional: IN DEFENSE OF NOT KEEPING IT REAL.

2006-08-28T01:16:00.000-07:00

Here it is:
I admit that i am wowed at times by the infinite windows and doors on the web.
Yes i am one of those silly people who follows some trends, or gets sucked in by the "hip" factor
so this is what brings me to this post.
I was looking for the newest post from Outkast and This beautifully strange brother who IM sure ill talk more about later.
T.I. had a link on the outkast page...blah blah blah..
Here it is..CHECK OUT THIS LINK...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ_XqclQb-o&mode=related&search=
watch the video then come back and read the following.

Hello welcome back..

Now i wanted to respond to the responses. But my rambling was cut off...
YOU TUBE SAYS
"You have recently posted several comments.
Please wait some time before posting another."

So ill just post what i wanted to say here...
HERE
I thought T.I. Was as respectful and decent, to himself as any real Man would be. He has an innate and seasoned understanding.
The situation, if it were a real situation that involved law enforcement, He knows as most of us do in reality land that; The Police are not your friends, you do not argue with the cops,(resistance is futile, and could be hazardous to your freedom and health) that's what courts and attorneys are for, *Most (not all) cops are either closet racists, full out,on and raging racists, bullies, malajusted, angry, nasty, brutes etc.. Or all of the above.

* There are actually, some cops who have good intentions, are honorable, and do not have a bully complex.
I grew up around cops, my mother worked for juvenile services, and the chief of police in Birmingham, and ironically, i received a "citizenship award for saving a cops life in 1990. So no, IM not a cop hater...i just hate racists, bullies, and injustice.

And in a situation where the largest, most well equipped, well-trained gang has you in a corner...Sometimes being an O.G. seems moot. If you have any idea about American prisons Inc. You would understand the dread of the cage. It seems to me that T.I. has found a backdoor into legitimacy, success, respect, and the American dream...
Who wouldnt want to hold on to that?

The system could not break his spirit obviously he is driven by something stronger than statistical woes that befall many Af-AMER men. I celebrate him not "keeping" it real. I hear stories all the time about "keeping it real". The only realness about this is that funeral homes and prisons stay busy.
No matter what you do someone is always looking for what you didnÂt do or the worst thing you did. Did he run? no. Did he rat out others or point the finger at his boys? no. He didnÂt implicate anyone, he just kept his cool stated that, they were fucking with his money (nicely so)
And that he didnt know what the fuck they were smoking.
I am willing to bet T.I has put in some work in the dirty south and beyond...Im sure he aint shit to fuck wit' But.but when you are clocking the kind of dollars he is now...you dont have to continue to live like some desperate Brother in the ghetto...
He gained my respect as a human with his attitude. And before that as an actor.the music is on an outkastilistic growth spurt. Keep your eyes on this one son!
TV on the Radio says:" You are staring at the SUN."

ANTJUAN ODEN EXHIBITION @ PIE HOLE

2006-08-25T02:45:00.000-07:00

EXHIBITION

Phases.

2006-08-21T18:41:00.000-07:00

This time, right then, right now.
this ongoing work...is here now... But first, Is brute a good thing?

(A Painting REpost...STiLL Fresh!)

Smoke at the prom.

2006-08-13T15:39:00.000-07:00

Progressive WORK : Attention cravings: NEW NEWNESS

2006-08-13T11:29:00.000-07:00

Work(s) in progress.
I have this near phobic timidness. And yes, surely one of many phobic type concerns/issues/inclinations.
This one in-per-tick- cue-lar, concerns , art doings. Going to museums, even on the free half price, buy one get one free days.
Or Art openings, even if the latest stankless D.J/ hipster projects will all be there, looking as artsy as only a sexy artist can.
Its not that i do not fit into any of the categories, that would allow me a Moses spreading the social sea entrance. Hell IM so COY- COOL -AVANT GARDE like I could freeze linseed oil with one art signification, or dissolve a Duchamp with sun RA reference.
IM coooooolllllllllllll.....So damn coooooololllllllllll...
Back to the, the. I went to the De Young, with the FAB Fam, and Rolf.
I saw something that made me understand, again that this urge and dictation of feeling, images, sound, color, breath...
has nothing to do with me, IM not a special one, IM one of the special. And one is connected to two to three and so on.
It all adds, up...
A receptacle, vessel, conduit. This Urge And curiosity has nothing to do with, impressing anyone, being known as a name.
A name whose work is left on the opposite side of CUL de sac, watching you look for who you are, in mirrors of style and mis- leading verbatim.
A Name is not a verb.
And originality is not given nor is it replaceable. I have been busing myself. Concerning the why with the now's objective.

Walking around in awe of endeavors discourse. For whatever reason, someone took the time and effort to expose them selves. In my mind exposure means exhibition. And I get cold easily when naked...

I NEED TO BE WARMED BY :

LOOK AND WATCH THESE PAINTINGS, LOOK FOR SMOKE...

And yeah Man. (Know what Im saying?)

2006-08-06T00:45:00.000-07:00

today, isaw a happy face.
It poked and proded my inside, my outside.

Dread feeds the hope of consequence,
They like you better when they dont know you at all.

happy faces upside down.

i see thru fog
my thoughts quick and keen.

some dash
some get dashed
a world filled with dashing dashers
dashing the dashed

Am i afro punk?
a punk with no afro
punkless afro.

i was talking about a face i saw, right?
I get lost in here sometimes,
enough head space only for you and your selves..Right?

About that face
the one that saw me too..
the one facing backwards behind me.

THE TRYING IS WORTH THE TRIALS.

SONG FROM HERE.

2006-08-03T01:19:00.000-07:00

I WENT TO THE WATER, I LOOKED IN ITS COOL.
IN THE DISTANCE WAS A VELVET MOON,BEHIND GLASS SHIMMERING WITH DELIGHT.

I SAW MY FACE , IT WAS SLOWLY WARM AND IT LOOKED TO ME, LIKE IT HAD SEEN IT ALL.
BUT WHAT IS ALL IN THIS FINAL PLACE .

ISAW MY NFACE STARING BACK AT ME.
ASKING QUESTIONS , ASKING QUESTIONS....

THEY SAY WHO YOU KNOW DICTATES YOUR FATES PATH.

HOW MANY TIMES WILL I NAVIGATE THIS ROAD?
THE PATH THRU MY SOUL....I STILL GET LOST.

WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO FEEL AT EASE...
TO KILL THE FEAR, THAT IS KILLING ME?
I SEE MY FACE AND IT GETTING OLD..
TIRED OF SINGING A MUTED SONG.
I HAVE QUESTIONS
I AM CURIOUS..
I SEE YOUR FACE
THE MIRROR OF ME
AFRAID TO SMILE, AFRIAD TO SPEAK...
TO WRAPPED UP IN YOUR REFLECTION
TO NOTICE ME.

He once fell asleep while taking a nap.

2006-07-25T23:43:00.000-07:00

GIVE A MONKEY A BRAIN...

2006-07-12T16:43:00.000-07:00

I went to see Fishbone @ The Independant In SAN FRAN, I havent seen them since they were on lolapoolooza (sp?)
In 93... They always put on a good show and i leave inspired...I hope they are doing their thing in 50 years..
Skankin out !
Some of the best bands are so underestimated. Fish bone has talent to spare and then some!

2006-07-08T23:41:00.000-07:00

2006-07-08T01:28:00.000-07:00

The fourth of July.

2006-07-04T23:59:00.000-07:00

What is the significance of Freedom?
What does the word mean?
The relevance of freedom...
DO YOU FEEL FREE?

THANKS FOR THE EFFORT ABE, BUT SOME OF US DIDNT HEAR YOU...

2006-06-19T01:15:00.001-07:00

HAPPY JUNETEENTH NOW GO OUT THERE AND BE FREE!!!!

http://www.juneteenth.com/welcome.htm

HERE SAY

2006-06-17T18:22:00.000-07:00

I MADE THE MOST SPINE TWISTINGLY WONDERFUL DISCOVERY TODAY.
I can add audio clips very easily to the "Bli-zog" and i am so thrilled. So the first two were test
of some kind. "Boy with a thorn in his side" By The Smiths. One of my favorite songs in the world, of which i have many. But nevertheles...Check out my version...Im sure the grammy folks wont be calling.
Speaking of The Smiths, do you know how hold I was when i figured out what Morrissey was singing about?
REEL AROUND THE FOUNTAIN BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE REEL REEL REEL!

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/REEL-AROUND-THE-FOUNTAIN-TATE-lyrics-The-Smiths/BE882CF8A7DD2C27482568AB002C7165

2006-06-17T18:20:00.000-07:00

2006-06-17T09:06:00.000-07:00

AMERICAN HERO SERIES: JACK JOHNSON

2006-06-13T01:40:00.000-07:00

This is a stencil, I am using stencils lately.
They have an immediacy about, and utilitarian aspect that dissolves any pretense about fine touches.
I mean they are a quick way to deliver a message anywhere and in mass. The thing I don't appreciate about them is when they are used strictly for maximizing the profits from selling "Art" meant to be product, but is served up on a nice platter as sincere effort.
YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!

When I saw this

2006-06-12T00:57:00.000-07:00

I saw this, and i thought about you America, what do you have to say for yourself?

What is more important making memories or remembering?

2006-05-15T03:26:00.000-07:00

Ive been extremly busy...

Some-bunny is hippity? even vertical it seems.....

2006-04-17T01:59:00.000-07:00

Mythoughsinthestopsstopmissionweehourfotostreetartfromwho?

2006-04-14T02:49:00.000-07:00

SoMebOt
anecronomic
autonemic
autonomic
Inertia-cratic

Im not trying to be Poetic....

2006-04-12T03:41:00.001-07:00

Dub Selector: Echo Chamber

absolute supreme way of pretending not to be resisting.
my revolt, is as nimble as drunk elephants
My revolt is underwhelmed
I consist of echoes and hide in the shadows

whose in control hear?

My ,my , my

We have issues and subscrtions are readily available,
back issues are a specialty

you make me sick, and i love you for that.

my resistance is a metaphor for circumstance...
its the fault of an objective reeking with hate

and at the edge of my finger blame takes a leap
landing at your stumbling feet..
my revolt is measured by theories, estimations, assumptions, libations
my revolt speaks ill of its ill- education ill, i-l ill Ian
my revolt wakes after long wars after short tedious disco naps
it is looking for a fight
not wanting confrontation
physically able to break even wind
emotionally so delicate it weeps for turbulence
potentially, willing to do the opposite of both.

2006-04-08T18:56:00.001-07:00

Untitled
2003
12"x15"
Acrylic on board
(Private collection)

Untitled
2004
65x65
Acrylic on board
(Sale Pending)

More favorites from recent bodies of my paintings.

2006-04-06T19:49:00.000-07:00

This is one of my favorite paintings from the paintings of 2003. It is in a private collection.
@ THE MAGIC CITY ART CONNECTION
I won the "BellSouth Artist of Distinction Award" in 2005 for this body of work.

"Untitled"
Mixed Media on Canvas and Leather.
68'' x 70''

2006-04-03T03:31:00.000-07:00

The Original Post was deleted....
But here is an updated version.
I worked on the space all day...The night was capped off when x arrived with x
vibes and fire-water...
We decided that a spontaneous street installation was in order....

2006-03-26T22:13:00.000-08:00

Ive done well over 3000 paintings. Paintings on every scale, as small as a stamp to the hallways,and gymnasium-wall mural collaborations I did with the Nu-Tribes Crew at Meany School in Seattle, Wa. Which is co-incidentally Jimi Hendrix's old school...how lovely is that truth?)
{ SHOUT OUT REAL DAMN LOUD! TO BECKY LAIRD,ROGER MITCHELL,THEASTER GATES, EDDIE HILL, LAUREN HOLLOWAY, MULGETTA,TRANCE ARTIST 1 AND THE REST OF THE OLD NU-TRIBES CREW }

paintings, Here are a select few...

CLICK THE GALLERY LINK FOR MORE.

This Painting was the cover for "The Stranger" - a Seattle Weekly. in march 0f 2003. Which included a feature story. The details and the correct and truthful version of all the events surrounding it, will be the subject of a future documentary. And it will set the record straight!
stay tuned for that ..

2006-03-23T22:56:00.000-08:00

SOMETIMES IT SNOWS IN APRIL.

2006-03-23T05:24:00.001-08:00

The price of
curiousity
is
sleeping.

2006-03-22T19:30:00.000-08:00

Here I am at this cafe called Revolution in the mission district....
I walk in feeling a bit anxious, now this nothing new at all. As a matter of fact IM anxious most of the time, even when IM sleeping. I am conscious that it even borders on being paranoid. But I received confirmation today that IM not to far gone..
I haven't started talking to myself, out loud...Yet...
I only do that while IM alone and the blinds are shut tightly...
So as I was "pontificating" I walk in and the place is mellow and dimly lit..Supreme...
The walls were adorned with whispers of An African displaced...Or misplaced or replaced...Relative/subjective..You choose.
but I liked the feeling of feeling like I am relevant, not as if I did the work myself. Or as if anyone said anything or did anything in particular to make me feel special or even less anxious. But the work made reference to my distinct cultural illusion...You know African-American etc...

This artist is well acquainted with the SAMO Mojo...And believe it or not history, racism, sociology, the boundless cultural roller-coasters of it...it being the illusion of race and its impact on you...And me...And them and we...

to be cont'd.....

2006-03-22T14:42:00.000-08:00

The Curious Project.
AT THIS MOMENT:

It has been a long time since its conception.
Not immaculate, but a cumbersome gestational period. The idea was simple enough, at least in theory. But, as life is, it is. Believe me that vagueness is not an attempt at being clever or poetic at all, it just is.

CURRENT BEHAVIOR:
The experimental space.
Not really a gallery, theatre, nor darkroom, frankly, it will be a place for paintings to be born...a studio-ish cavum.
the experimental part?
well, we will see...