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December 5, 2008

Mixed Bag v.2

I recently had a photoshoot to at Old School (which houses Timbre and yes, I’ll admit it, I have never been there before) but since it was my first time and I had a camera, I took a couple of shots of the name, which is really kinda cool. Side note: The cabbie that took me home asked if I was a teacher at the “Old School”.

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I also wanted to add some pictures of the Bubby – 3 of her many “ear” looks.

Here’s a shot of her little feet, when she naps on the sofa, I have no idea why she needs to support herself like that:

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November 27, 2008

I long to paint again.

I have been living back home for a little more than 6 months now – how time flies. Needless to say, it’s been hard fitting my life from a whole apartment into one room. My personality has been boxed and stored. I miss having the freedom of the easel constantly sitting the living room, waiting to be used. Well, the desire is far too big to constrain now. I’m going to have to bust it out this weekend – where I have no clue, maybe the stairwell.

I wanted to remember my 2 favourite artists.

Pablo Picasso

I love so much of Picasso’s work – his breadth of work always amazes me and I especially love the way he depicts the women in his life and his openness towards his current feelings towards them. He was notoriously quirky with conspiracy theories but which great artist isn’t marginally loony? My favourite painting from him heralds from the “cubism” era – The Guitar Player. I love the analytical nature of the art which blends deconstruction with art. I also appreciate the monochromatic appeal – the inflexibility of using only one colour – forcing creativity to present itself in other ways.

Wassily Kandinsky

I think it’s only logical for me to enjoy Kandinsky’s work once he moved into the Bauhaus era – given my design passion for good grid design – I love the simple notion of shapes being completely distorted and reshaped into art. There is so much power and emotion coming from simple lines and shapes – it’s amazing.

Lord, I need to put some time aside for art. Even though I’m positively crap at it and the only piece I’ve ever truly loved was “The Blue Piece” that is now sitting in the store-room. I was planning to give it to Sim and Sam but Dad has expressed an interest in hanging it in the TV room. Usually, I sulk throughout painting, berate myself at the end of it and almost have a complete nervous breakdown. A day later, I may or may not like it. But “The Blue Piece” (which I hated and thought was completely stupid once I was done) completely grew on me and as a result, didn’t suffer the fate of getting painted over.

November 24, 2008

A Mixed Bag.

Quite a couple of things going on in this one – firstly, I would like to refer to an earlier post Of Designers and Art Directors and fine print that my beloved Weicong was never included in my description of anti-establishment designers.

I praise myself for having a salad today for lunch. I reproach myself for having a whole Crunchie bar after.

I am ridiculously excited that an old movie, Only You is on HBO. It stars Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey Jr. and is as hilarious now as it was before.

I was listening to Mary J. Blige’s “Just Fine“, basically to break the Aimee Mann playlist that has been plaguing me with pits of depression. So, I blasted Just Fine and danced around like a buffoon. It also got me thinking of what a nice cover “Growing Pains” is and so added a few more covers I like.

I love the way the J forms the B in her name – smart, simple typography.

I love that the title of the album is followed with, “by Modest Mouse” – it makes it seem more than just a music album, almost a narrative and a story. And once you get in it, it is just that. I love Modest Mouse and I love the clean typography on this album.

I have always loved Pearl Jam covers and experimental CD formats but this is one of my favourites cos it’s so random and came with this series of cards.

The Shins – I prefer this album to their others which had more a vector feel, which dated quickly. This one factors in a quirk value that definitely spans time.

Added: Ben Lee’s “Awake Is The New Sleep” – I love organic design; design that has been conceptualised and realised without the use of the computer.

Within this year, I have pushed ideas aside that would require tedious photography in favour of quick fixes as time is of the essence. Time always seems to be of the essence, how wonderful it would be when design is of the essence.