I’ve been banished to the Pointless Forest for not having a point. My paper swirls and spirals our of control like a big bowl of fussili noodles and there’s no hope for a recovery. Who needs a point anyway. Just hit “Print” and go to sleep. It’ll all be over soon enough.

Giving it away – Seeking Relief in a Money-mad World. Since the 1960s and the birth of minimalism, see land art and conceptualism, drugs artists have been involved in creating works never intended to be shown in a gallery/museum setting. In two manifestations of this idea: street art, and mail art, the artist simply gives…

Hurray! Glitter! Jamie Vastaâ??s latest series â??Mustnâ??tâ? is absolutely stunning. Some of the pieces in the show made me experience a funny fluttery feeling inside. Before seeing this show in the flesh, I wouldnâ??t believe it was possible to make sophisticated, rich, virtuosic paintings in nothing more than craft glitter and wood stains. The nine…

OK yeah, I’m procrastinating up a storm today! But just wanted to share my new saying. I bet no one in the history of the English language has ever come up with this one: “Grateful as a pig in a mud puddle” back to work.

About a month ago, Anna L. Conti decided to start up a community blog about art in the Bay Area. Lucky for me, she asked if I would contribute. We’ve been giving it a test run over the last month and it looks like this project is actually going to stick! In just one month…

My teachers are making me do stuff… all kinds of stuff, and I keep getting deadlines wrong. I thought I had a week and a half to write a particular paper but got an email today informing me it’s due tomorrow. And I had convinced myself that my research paper was due on the 13th…

I weighed myself today and I lost 2.5 pounds last week. On the way to the scale I was giving myself a pep talk because I thought I had gained! I am liking my weight watchers. We’ve been comparing the weekly progress to various levels of pit bosses in video games. Each two pounds I…

Guy Kawasaki wrote an article in February 2006 about building communities, he’s mainly speaking about companies in the computer/internet industry, but his sage advice could certainly pertain to an artist’s life and community as well. Read the blog post. If I didn’t have a paper due, I’d like to take a stab at my interpretation…

Spend one day doing absolutely nothing. Re-read all the great articles I’ve collected over the last five years. Make a whole bunch of messy, directionless, and haphazzard drawings and collages. Sift through my notes and combine all the important ideas into one document. Go to some bee keeping lectures/demos.

A short paper I wrote on their work. A show that they curated “Apocalypse Now” is currently on display at the Wattis Institute on the San Francisco CCA Campus through January 26th. They gave a lecture at CCA last week that I was unable to attend. Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla have been working as…

Jesse’s tree house Originally uploaded by angrypirate I love this thing. I want one.

Goodbye painting Originally uploaded by angrypirate I can’t stand to look at you any more.

Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla have been working as a team since 1995. Their work takes many forms, see but is mainly exhibited as either video or sculptural installations. Using a blend of pathos and humor, sovaldi sale they investigate political subject matter such as social injustices of war, medical oppression, and problems with colonialization.…

I’ve got lots of homework and there are so many interesting things I’d rather be doing right now. Here are a few: Writing Tom a love letter or poem Making graphite drawings Making a print pattern for homemade Christmas cards Sewing some beach bags Making a new quilt Watching the Little Prince video I found…

I joined Weight Watchers one week ago. Despite Thanksgiving I lost 1 pound and I’m feeling really good about going back on Weight Watchers. Tom is being a sport too, eating meals heavy in veggies and light in starches and fat. I try to make things just as tasty and add other things like salami…