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Self-debating…

So my buddy Jeff drops by a couple of weeks ago and we get to talking over a case of beer.

Jeff is a writer and loves a great argument. We tend to go off on strange tangents, and this time was no different.

We were discussing the word masturbation, as it relates to the concept of self-gratification, and all the ways that applies to life.

As the conversation went on, we stumbled onto the topic of talking to oneself, as we both practice that habit regularly. We decided that talking to yourself is a form of masterbation, or self gratification, and after some more exploration, I came up with the term self-debating.

Later he mentioned he saw an image created using some compositing techniques and challenged me to make something for him to post to a forum he talks on. Using the theme of self-debating, and knowing him as well as I do, I came up with the image at the top of this entry…

Jeff, self-debating.

Here is an animation I constructed showing all the images from that shoot:

Check out the LOGO UPGRADE!!!

The FYI mediaworld logo has been upgraded to align with my signature on my fine art salon prints.

I LOVE IT!, and I know you will too! It’s cleaner, simpler, more recognizable, easier to see and remember.

I have been working on this for awhile, and I am really pleased with the results. It keeps the same basic graphic elements to maintain a continuity and connection with the previous logo, but it looks like an evolution, which is really cool.

Jazz print series debut…

So, I debuted my jazz print series to the public this weekend at the Rainbows End Natural Foods Restaurant 1100 E. Sahara Ave
http://www.rainbowsendlv.com

I’ve been working on this series of prints since I got to Las Vegas last year.

I love jazz and this is a series of stylized, intimate photographs taken in the current underground jazz scene here in Vegas.

I’ve had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with some of the great players that worked here backing up some of the most famous names in music.

If you live in town, or even just visiting, drop into the restaurant, they have great food, and have a look at the pieces. You may just end up buying one or two.

Eyes.

I have had to put this photo project on hiatus this past year while I settled in to Las Vegas, but it’s time now to dust off and continue building this.

We are all voyeurs; not just us here in the U.S., but all of us as a species. We are obsessed with looking. We like to – we need to – watch.

 Here’s the thing, though… most of us hate being watched. We hate being labelled as watchers, and generally, we won’t ever get involved in what we are watching. This is our greatest hypocrisy.

I am building this project as a 100 piece installation of life-sized images.

I want to know what it feels like to enter a room and be surrounded by an army of unblinking, unmoving and anonymous eyes staring relentlessly at me as I stare back at them.

I also want to know how others will react when they enter this room.

Grow or Die…

These are the only two options given to us in life. Real and metaphoric.

I see around me always the struggle of those that desperately need to hang on to the familiar, the same – so much so that they will do all they can to destroy anyone and anything that represents change. This is the vast barren desert of humanity. It is a struggle of futility.

I rage against this!

Yet, at times I find myself inadvertently succumbing to it as well. It is cold and lonely and fearful and I despise myself at these times!

My tears well up as I write this. They are the manifestation of the quiet desperation within me to break out of the fear and begin to grow anew.

It is painful and terrifying – and it must be. My cocoon has served its purpose, and I must reach for the light. I will not be buried by that desert. That is not who I am.

I am an explorer, an adventurer, a warrior. I desire change. I crave growth. The doing of ‘that which has always been done’ for its own sake is the way of the mundane leading to despair. It rapes the great achievements attained by innovators and risk-takers.

Those like me are the lush oasis’ of humanity. We battle for the smallest of change, because we know it will make the greatest difference. I seek you and invite you to grow with me. Welcome! Let our total energy move humanity forward.

I am vulnerable,

but I am not fragile!

Perception is Reality…

So now, the task of setting up – I don’t want no ugly blog!

I didn’t think much of blogging when I first heard about it. But now that I find myself staring down the bloggers’ path, I gotta say it’s exciting thinking out loud for the public record. I like it. I wonder what kind of crap I’ll spew over time.

You probably won’t notice because my blog will be so fine looking!

And so it begins…

So I have finally decided to enter the blogosphere. You know, sometimes it’s the same as being too hungry. The menu comes and you just can’t decide what to order.