Bursting

“One starts to feel that everything in existence—whether people or things—breathes and exhales the subtle light of energy…”

Bassnectar and Buckethead- Bursting

 

When I have enough money

I’m going to hire an architect to design me a house with dozens of secret passageways that I don’t even know about.

LED hallways in between the walls,

library books that unlock doors into mirrored rooms,

elevators found in closets throughout the house,

and small trapdoors camouflaged in the floors which all lead,

of course, to an underground lair.

Playing hide and seek in this house would surpass any prior hide and seek experience.

When I come home each night, the adventure will only have just begun… the possibilities would be endless…

The story would always continue to unfold, as if the house had a life of its own, its own personal narrative.

The house would be bursting with unconquered energy, the unknown..

its secret passageways not unlike the hidden paths of our own subconscious.

In any case, it would be THE perfect house for a live action game of Clue

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Just bursting, bursting

“In a state of grace, one sometimes perceives the deep beauty, hitherto unattainable, of another person.

And everything acquires a kind of halo which is not imaginary: it comes from the splendor of the almost mathematical light emanating from people and things.

One starts to feel that everything in existence—whether people or things—breathes and exhales the subtle light of energy.

The world’s truth is impalpable.”

~Clarice Lispector

Amon Tobin 'ISAM' Live (Extended Trailer) from Ninja Tune on Vimeo.

la joie de vivre

“The mind cannot foresee its own advance.”

~Friedrich Hayek

Hit that Jive by Gramatik, who totally surprised and impressed me on Saturday night!

When did the world get so…

modern?

Every generation probably thinks of themselves as being “modern” ever since the word was invented.

Every generation feels that at their progressive day and age, they must be at the pinnacle of humanity, the best generation that has come yet. What more could we possibly learn and invent? What’s left out there for us to discover?

Modernity in some cases is moving towards rationality, organization.

Modernity is technology.

It’s about repetition, like the wheels of a train or the reel of a camera.

Modernity is conformity, regulation.

Everything in numbers.

Kicklines. Tapdancing. Anxiety.

At the same time, modernity is also about irrationality,

our dreams,

a mass movement towards a surreal world.

Modernity is the age where “anything is possible”,

for there has never been a better time to prove it than now.

The modern age is about creating spectacles and thrills,

trying to best capture our imaginations,

to excite our senses

The Joy of Living/La Joie de Vivre from 1934. Start from :40 w/o sound.

Modernity is about individualism,

eccentricity,

freedom to progress…

It’s pushing boundaries, changing perception, looking for what’s not yet there.

It’s about creating your own flavor of soda pop,

choosing the song you’re listening to, making plans to explore the world.

Modernity is a state of mind more than a time period, an optimistic account of moving forward,

and constant adaptation. Modernity doesn’t only create a rational world,

modernity changes what we once thought was irrational.

Modernity is, was, and always will be,

now.

(featured artist Wayne White agrees)

“Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible”

~Paul Klee

(artists include: Wayne White, Louise Bourgeois and Andrey Ev)

Not Forgotten

Having trouble uploading music, but here is this post's song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xka7-CBoTM

Depth Affect’s Not Forgotten

Back in the Windy City and thinking about the definition of the word “home”. Can you have more than one home?

Is home a temporary thing,

or can your true home never change?

I want to understand what home means to me,

since by no means is the definition of home universal.

Do you feel at home simply being with someone you love?

Or do you feel more at home inside your own head?

Can it be both?

Can one have an infinite number of homes?

It’s also a question of one’s origins, source…

I don’t know if we could ever separate that from who we are today.

The patterns and assumptions set in place by one’s origins are often so silent, so subconscious that we sometimes don’t realize they’re there.

Home is always with us it seems, holding us up,

or keeping us rooted. One can have many ideas of home, but what is universal is that it is with us constantly.

Home is where people you learn from are. It’s where you grow.

Home feels natural and comfortable,

but because we grow, what’s natural and comfortable evolves.

Especially because home isn’t just a physical place.

Home is a multi-dimensional object of our imagination, an idea we created to embody the feeling of somewhere, anywhere that our mind is at ease, temporarily protected from the outside world.

I’m lucky I can be at home almost anywhere,

but it’s the one I miss most when I think of the word “home”.

In any case, I’m glad I’m back in Wilmette. All of these prints have been featured from the Chicago Printmaker’s Collaborative where my grandpa has a studio. Below is his contribution to this month’s show. Pop etched this print of Wacker Drive and Michigan Ave in downtown Chicago. You can check out his other work on his blog.

I got a kick out of the fact that the one below is called “Perception”. I don’t really know why.

Also impressed by an out-of-the-box find, Sanya Glisic:

This year in particular has been a fulfilling Christmas break!

It must have something to do with this adorable dog, who my family decided to babysit for a woman indefinitely. His name is Gordie and I didn’t quite understand why people liked dogs till now. It seemed like all anyone else’s dog did was bark, bite, or jump on me (I suppose it would be comparable to how mothers like their own children but can’t stand others).

Gordie brings our family together and likes to spoon.

He doesn’t bite and his activities include finding new places to lay down and wagging his tail when I come home. He even gets excited when I wake up, almost more excited than me! It’s like I have a personal welcoming committee!!

I love the holidays, because everyone works extra hard to make it feel like home.