simple and sincere
“I insist upon the equal existence of the world engendered by the mind and the world engendered by god outside of it – Mark Rothko”
08-05-07 art and audience Rothko said that the last brushstorke was only the end of the beginning meaning that the stage to have the idea communicated to the viewer was just begun.
“When a crowd of people looks at a painting, it think of blasphemy, i believe that a painting can only communicate to a rare individual who happens to be in tune with it and the artist – Mark Rothko”
11-25-07 out of great suffering comes great art um, can you pass the gauze? it seems that i’ve cut off my own ears.
07-23-07 jwm turner the [haunting] slave ship
03-20-07 furious hair on the importance of having furious hair
“Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash”
-Leonard Cohen
04-12-07 green eyed chink
06-25-08 middle aged woman the silent crush of sagging boobs
06-25-08 a sutra to silence use as directed: when tormented by haunting images, repeat ad infinitum. ps. apologies to the authors of the “heart sutra” 
“They were resurrected by love; the heart of each held infinite sources of life for the heart of the other”
-Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment
Story 1: Desparation makes for constant companions
Story 4: Elevator Chronicles
08-30-08 The fragility of hope
07-26-06 On science and engineering a lifetime ago, i pursued a degree in cognitive science–this was after graduating from an engineering program. i thought that the science would complement my engineering ways–and it did. but midway through the program i realized that i was reaching the limit of what cognitive science could teach me. so i stopped.
Blood Work 