Optical Atlas

 

While I was searching for David Barnes’ artwork, I surfed upon a different David Barnes than I was looking for. However, this David turns out to be equally imaginative-

    

Quite whimsical

 

 

 

 

~ Dave Barnes (1975 ~ .) Artistic approach involves the practice of transforming modern concept to reveal nostalgic mood, sometimes refered to as “Oldification”. Recycled elements, faded colours, layered/collaged backgrounds, and sand~papered imagery all play a part in this process, along with the use of bold observational line and memory dissolved Rockwellian imagery. Often disregarding conventional rectangular canvases for manipulated wooden shapes to help emphasize theme and subject, I try to use art as a translation of experience and observation that derives inspiration from environment and memory.

 

http://www.davebarnes.ca/NEWS_02.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Still on my search for David Barnes, I found a blog that features album artwork from various indie bands.

 

http://opticalatlas.com/gallery/

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then I found what I was actually looking for, notably, the album artwork for Of Montreal, done by the David Barnes I am familiar with, the one who is Kevin’s brother.

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On an adventure to Old Montreal, on the other side of Chinatown, we meandered into Galerie Saint Dizier, where I found, among other masterful creations, large flowers on the wall.

 

  

Natalie Sicard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just an excerpt from my philosophy book-

 

“He (Bishop Berkeley)) shows that all we know immediately when we ‘perceive’ the tree consists of ideas (senses), and he argues that there is not the slightest ground for supposing that there is anything real about the tree except what is perceived. Its being, he says, consists in being perceived [by someone]…He fully admits that the tree must continue to exist even when we shut our eyes or when no human being is near it. But this continued existence, he says, is due to the fact that God continues to perceive it; the ‘real’ tree…consists of ideas in the mind of God. All our perceptions consist in a partial participation in God’s perceptions, and it is because of this participation that different people see more or less the same tree.” (Russell p.39)

 

 

Feed your head/food for thought/whichever way you look at it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This Is Manifest

 

Last week I met Starfucker at a quaint bar called Casa del Popolo, a venue that fit roughly 40 people. Since it was a rather small show, the band rocked especially hard, at times interacting and dancing with the guests. At the end of the show, they stayed at the bar and hung out with everyone, as if they were just your average hipster. For those of you who know them, their supposed new name “Pyramiddd” was simply a joke, and the lead singer found it hilarious that people in Chicago were actually concerned with that.

I believe the singer has an obsession with duct tape, seeing as he was wrapping it around himself, the keyboard, and the microphone during the performance. I wonder what this might allude to metaphorically. One can only ponder that it potentially signifies being stuck to something, someone…or maybe it's some sort of pretentious art form that we are not supposed to ever understand, because he does not understand it himself…

 

 

 

 

I think I’m gonna run for dictator of the world. My campaign is as follows:

1. Implement recycling laws that tax you if you do not meet recycling requirements.

2. Replace every billboard with a tree.

3. Limit the amount of money that corporations can spend on advertising.

4. Make international law prohibiting city-wide zoning laws against treehouses over a certain square footage.

5. Make bottled water as illegal as America’s current marijuana laws

6. Limit outsourcing by requiring companies to use renewable resources within their own proximity

7. Encourage people, through extreme propaganda comparable to that of Mao’s dynasty, to be comfortable and happy with what they have.

8. New ideology- no lines drawn between animate and inanimate objects, aka stones can have feelings too, and regard dreams just as much a part of reality as waking experience.

9. Everyone has one of these mossy bath mats:

Perks:

-mold resistant

-cool-looking

-alive

-loves humidity of bathrooms, so you don’t have to feed it

-non-slip grip

-feels good on feet

(http://green.yahoo.com/blog/environmentalgraffiti/169/living-bath-mat-feeds-off-you-and-your-bath-water.html)

This short video always makes me LOL:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Love “fat music”?

http://www.chubbybeavers.com/?m=201006

A good resource to find new house, dubstep, and other DJ-type music. Lots of free downloads as well!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A mid-evening walk through downtown Montreal:

Rue Peel

 

Rue Maiseneuve

 

Rue Crescent

 

Rue Crescent

 

Rue Sherbrooke- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

 

Rue Mctavish

 

Rutherford Resevoir- Mcgill

 

 

And this dude I was following and taking pictures of:

“Black is My Heart”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday, 4:20pm: In this moment, I am using my new stump friend as a comfortable way to sit. I’m holding my coffee between my legs, its warmth seeping through the complex network of fabric that is my pair of jeans. My bracelets knock against the paper every now and again, reminding me that I exist and I am Katy. Around me are sun-splashed trees, their vibrant fall colors meshing with a melon color of trees yet to metamorphosize…

 

Is there anything I would rather do than reflect on this moment, alone?

This is manifest,

I suppose…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Update: Larpers still meet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My favorite view of the city, behind the Rutherford Reservoir--

 

At least I’m trying.

The Friendly Sound

Read instructions below the Alice in Wonderland featuring Grateful Dead Van

 

 

 

 

While you scroll down, play this song to it:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cool cencept turns bikes into hipster furniture:

http://www.bikefurniture.com/?utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Live&utm_campaign=TTP+%7C+Wheeeee%21+Look+at+Me%21+%28Tall+Bikers%29

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This weekend my friends Eric & Dash made an astonishing philosophical revelation, that I believe deserves utmost credit:

“I know everything I need to know,

I just can’t do anything about it.”

I applaud their creativity in coming to their finally logical conclusion, which is the above quote. The more you think about it, the more true it becomes!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I recently realized that black light tattoos are possible. 

So now I can show the world my eternal dedication to Lord Voldemort.*

 

*in specific light situations

 

 

 

 

 

 

But seriously. I might get one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Puedes encontrarme en el bosque

 

You can find me in the forest

 

 

La naturaleza hice un pupitre perfecto

 

Nature made a perfect desk!

 

 

 

 

Katy the Explorer!

The bilingual adventurer with a purple backpack.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By the way, this sound is friendly, oui?