Recent aquiring

Posted by Jona8than | | Posted On Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 12:06 a.m.

Christmas was very good. I always enjoy Christmas, and while the title of this post may seem slightly blase and only focused on acquisitions, but it untrue. I just enjoy being home. But this blog is suppose to be more work related, so titled it so.

I received the Phaidon book, Ice Cream , which shows contemporary art of the world choose by 10 different curators. Only started reading today, but very interesting so far.

I have also received from a friend of mine, a set of sumi ink brushes, traditionally used for Asian calligraphy and painting. It seems like a very nice set, and I was looking at ordering some the other day on a website. I am hoping to use them for some drawing this year for my said fourth year.

I have been reading up on Asian ink painting lately, trying to get a hold of the aesthetics of it. Not trying tot totally appropriate it, bt rather understand it. I feel a slight connection to it. But more on that later
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Recent activity

Posted by Jona8than | Labels: , | Posted On Sunday, December 23, 2007 at 1:45 a.m.

So I peruse this writers website often, and he has a blog. The writer is Warren Ellis, an interesting chap, does comic, novels, screenplays, etc. He might just be more connected in to the internet than me.

In a recent post, he brings up a quote by Frederik Pohl, another writer of some fame.

“Science fiction is a way of thinking about things.”
Frederik Pohl.

Ellis says this quote "Which may seem like a small notion. But it’s possibly the best working definition of sf I’ve yet come across, insofar as it does the crucial business of inviting the body in front of you to consider sf as a tool with which to understand the contemporary world."

That is an interesting idea for sci fiction, and I have to say my art is influenced by science fiction and fanasty, and I wonder if it applies to my "rocket" drawings. They do seem of a different world, but anchored in this one. Am I using them to make sense of this world at the present time?I can only that question of course, and I suppose that question can be said about a lot of art in general.

Recent activity:
I have been reading a lot, reread Frank Herbert's Dune, Dune: Messiah, Children of Dune, David Edding's The Ruby Knight, and a bunch of magazines. Been trying to do some drawing as of late, amongest getting ready for xmas and other distractions.
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