Empire

Empire is a film produced and directed by Andy Warhol in 1964. The film is 485 minutes of real-time coverage of the Empire State building in New York City.

Pop goes the weasel

Both Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein are classified as "pop" artists, but their individual artworks are very different while both having the same playful colorings. Both artists recreate images that are from photographs or comic books or everyday objects. Roy Lichtenstein draws inspiration from comics, recreating them in full size paintings on canvas. He uses Benday Dots to recreate certain colors in the image as though it were a photographic reproduction. However, from far away it seems as though he uses flat color. Warhol often recreated everyday objects and photographs into paintings. He played with color, using a silk screen to reproduce the image onto canvas and then he painted over it with the color(s) that he wanted.

The Car of My Dreams

This car was designed by Blake More, a dancer/writer/artist from the Los Angeles area. The car's name is Eartha Karr, a 1978 Mercedes 300CD running on Bio diesel.

I also thought that this car was interesting. A wrought-iron company owner, Joe Gomez of San Antonio, TX, built it. His reasoning behind it: "One day when I was in bed, I dreamt that I was building a wrought iron car. I woke up, ran to the kitchen and got some paper, and started sketching. My wife thought I was crazy . . . . Everything on this car is handmade, nothing is factory. It took me a little bit better than nine months. The reason I chose the Volkswagen is because the motor's in back -- otherwise I'd have all the fumes in front." The car brought more customers to Gomez's wrought-iron company than he could handle, and he soon retired.

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Harlem Renaissance

They're all my favorite

I spent about 5 minutes trying to figure out which artist's work I like best, but it's like choosing between Zevon and Clapton. They're all different, but my favorites in their own way. So I'll just explain why I like each one. I like Pollock's works because he never tried to make his art fit into any category, he just did it. He didn't focus on conveying some complicated message through his work. Especially in his later work he just let the art flow through him instead of carefully executing what was in his head. I like de Kooning for the colors that he uses and how he expresses emotions rather than concrete things (they all do that, but I like the way he does). I like his originality and the movement that he expresses through his art. I like Kline because he expresses the complexity of simplicity so effortlessly, but sometimes he expresses just how simple everything that we make complicated is (if that makes sense). The thing that I like most about all of the artists is that their art contradicts many of the things that society emphasizes like money and stature.

because music is art

Enjoy.

not here

a land far away
with boats and sun
everywhere is home
nothing is tired
people stop talking

air and sun play together
far away is here

wait says the mother
work before play
vegetables

i like fruit

i am tired
move move move says the general
bang bang write write

dont do that