Lets get crackin Originally uploaded by angrypirate. I’m on my was to my chiropractor in the north bay to get my neck fixed up. It was ok yesterday but I didn’t ice and today it feels all jacked up. After the doc, I have a midterm in the east bay. Wish me luck. Tomorrow I…

Free at last Originally uploaded by angrypirate. We are at the doc, getting tom’s cast removed finally. The frankenstein arm is free at last. We are now waiting for the verdict from his doc. Physical therapy time, here we come. I’m going to be doing a lot of arm milking for the next couple months.

I have a pinched nerve or something in my neck. It’s not that bad. It’s just bad enough that the thought of 6 hours of painting was unbareable. So I didn’t go to class today. I have been studying at Tom’s work all day. They have blankies there and it’s warm. There is even a…

Tom found this stop motion app that helps you capture stop motion movies really easily. Here’s my quick test movie! I’m so excited! Right click to download : Lampie Quicktime movie Great Race Quicktime movie

Assignment from my narrative drawing class. Make a list of drawing constraints. These constrainst should be practiced daily for x amount of days. In this case, it’s 1 week. I’ve always wanted to do this so I had a fun time coming up with my list. – Draw everything you eat each day. Describe how…

I ended up getting a little break this week. I do have a midterm next wednesday but I only have one paper due. I also have light homework in both drawing classes. So I feel a little relieved. I’m going to go see some art today. Probably the SF Moma. Bruce Marden opens today. I…

Alanna Spence Minimalism Seminar CCA 2007 Marcia Tucker Phenaumanology, Yvonne Rainer A Quasi Survey of some Minimalist tendencies…, Michael Fried Art and Objecthood This weeks reading is about process art or art made by an interaction between the artists body and the audience. The three articles discuss the work of Rainer, Morris, and Nauman. It…

Wow, what a crappy week I ended up having. I think I’m over the worst of it now. This painting is an attempt at oil painting the machines series, which has been all in encaustic. I actually tried this last semester and ended up painting over it. I am very happy with where this is…

Wedding cake collage Originally uploaded by angrypirate. 30×40 collage on matte board. Made from images cut out of wedding magazines. Embellished with paint, decease lots of glitter and pretty pink ribbon. Pretty!

I sometimes write things down in random files on my hard drive. Things I, for whatever reason, can’t write down in this blog, or don’t make it to my paper journal. I found this entry from two years ago January. It sorta touched me that I’ve gotten this far and I’m still going. Here goes:…

Two days in a row. Originally uploaded by angrypirate. That’s right. I’m a california girl. I go to the beach ALL the time.

Beach day Originally uploaded by angrypirate. I’ve been so exhausted. Sleeping doesn’t help. I decided to take myself to the beach for a walk today. Even getting myself motivated to do that was a chore. But sure enough, some sea air did me wonders. I think art school is a little like marathon training. It…

I’m drunk on champagne. I made Tom a nice book. I posted it on my Flickr account which you can access by clicking on the rat pirates. Hope you are having a good night. And if you are not, I don’t want to know. Ok, I do, just not til tomorrow. Kiss kiss.

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Alanna Spence Minimalism Seminar CCA 2007 Process I (Anti-Object) Robert Morris Anti-Form, Lucy Lippard Eccentric Abstraction This weeks readings take a nearly 180° turn from the beginnings of Minimalism while still building on it’s principles of simplification of form and content in order to emote an instant response from the viewer. The same premises exist:…