poetics

Posted in Uncategorized on December 18, 2009 by J

Ukulele Poetics
Invitational Poetics
Pajama Poetics
Pansy Poetics
Companion Species Poetics
Grandma Poetics
Trauma Poetics
Hyperlocal Poetics
Hyper-competitive Poetics
Tree-ring Poetics
Cough Syrup Poetics
Viral Poetics
Immune-deficiency Poetics
Extreme Poetics
Subversive Realpolitik of Linguistic Slippage Poetics
Truly Wicked Poetics
Highly Influential Poetics
Critical Social Spatiality Poetics
Zen Melancholy Poetics
Propellant Praxis Poetics
Slavoj Zizek Tulip Poetics
Vaudeville Poetics
Team Player Poetics
A Very Very Personal Poetics
Ice Cream Poetics
Self-Flagellation Poetics
“Lost-look” Poetics
Hooker Poetics
Inuendo Poetics
Covert Poetics
Huge event Poetics
Penal Poetics
Aroma Therapy Poetics
Highlighted Specialized Works of Invention Poetics

nellie mckay

Posted in Uncategorized on December 18, 2009 by J

9th annual

Posted in Uncategorized on December 18, 2009 by J

interview

Posted in Uncategorized on December 17, 2009 by J

moss landing beach

Posted in Uncategorized on December 15, 2009 by J

Two views of Moss Landing Beach, which I filmed when I want for a walk today…

Mt. Mayon

Posted in Uncategorized on December 15, 2009 by J

Oh crap. Mt. Mayon is erupting. As if the Philippines hasn’t had enough natural disasters, lately.

Cadence reading postponed

Posted in Uncategorized on December 12, 2009 by J

For those of you planning to attend tonight’s reading at Cadence in Santa Cruz – it has been postponed due to flu.

invisibility etc.

Posted in Uncategorized on December 12, 2009 by J

what good is obscurity;

slipping out from under

the nail? abstracted or

not. out of sight out

of mind? or changing mind

midstream to notice how

dark th dark is. or not fini-

shing a word because that

s how you say it. don’t give

me that shit. Invisibility is

a comfort. As is being

known. One day light,

then, next day — out. Just

like that. Once I nearly

drowned. But didn’t.

Like that.

(—written in Okir, Dec., 2006)

invisible man

Posted in Uncategorized on December 11, 2009 by J

Art Installation by Liu Bolin

From the flickr collection of 56minus1.

A lot of blogs are commenting on the “amusing” optical illusions and “exploration of human nature” in Bolin’s art installations, created and photographed in China. But if you look at all of the pieces in the camouflage exhibit, surely there is a more serious and political undertone, which not many websites (including gallery sites where Bolin is exhibiting) are mentioning–perhaps for good reason. The Chinese government has shut down his studio.

In The WebUrbanist (“Urban Camouflage,” by Steph) Bolin states, “I am expressing the desire to break through these structures. I portray subjects that seem to disappear into these structures and become transparent. The subject is released from social constructs and he is free.”

Kirkus Reviews Closes

Posted in Uncategorized on December 10, 2009 by J

animate

Posted in Uncategorized on December 10, 2009 by J

Seems that you can now animate your own films via xtranormal.com

Example: Martin Amis on violence in film.

dull design era

Posted in Uncategorized on December 9, 2009 by J

I realize that the economy has had an effect on design lately, and that younger folks are adapting a lot of vintage 70s–80s stuff because they see it with new eyes, and well, it’s affordable. But, ya know…it just reminds me of all that I couldn’t stand about design during that period (especially the 1970s) — dull, leftover modernism, indifferent mixing of styles, the frequent use of the colors avocado and orange disguising a certain coldness…