Art Wednesday - I'm not a Pollock

Jackson Pollock paintings are only slightly interesting because they are expressive depending on individual beholder's mood. This goes back to a previous post on Pareidolia - the tendency to find order among chaos. This is why we can see animals in the clouds. I think people are predisposed to see things according to their mood: If I'm happy I see a teddy bear, if I'm angry I see a skull, if I'm ornery - and I am - I see a desperate beatnik attempting something avant-garde so he can afford his next bucket of paint to splash at the amusement of the 1950's socio-elite.

It might appear that his style of art isn't art at all. Just an orchestrated accident. Maybe that was his goal - so that each sorry sap looking at his mess could see what they want to see. It is like a choose-your-own-adventrure book painted on a single canvas.

I'll tell you what, you give me a large pizza, two liters or diet coke, a canvas on the floor and a spoon to gag myself and I can make you a choose-your-own-adventrure painting.

I'll never do this again, because I think it is a waste of time, but here is my hommage to Pollock, minus the chunks of pepperoni. (By the way, I think the painting on my previous post on pain were done by Pollock).

Another Art Wednesday - Another Painting by Andrew

I call this one the schizo-eyeball. It hung on my wall at work for the last four months since Andrew painted it in art class. I noticed that it has an angry mood, but when you turn it on its side, it mellows out a little bit. Maybe I'm the one with the schizo eyeball.

You can download this and his other paintings here for use as a desktop background. And like his other paintings, this one starts at $300. Bidding closes at noon tomorrow.

Art Wednesday - Andrew's Paintings

Andrew was trying a new technique at school and painted these three killer pictures. I think they are really cool and they get the paradolia fluids pumping in my brains. I have the originals hanging in my office and I'll auction them off to the highest bidder starting at $300 a peice. I also have high resolution pics that are awesome for computer backgrounds if you want me to email them to you (about 2mb each!)

Baby

Here is the ultrasound of kid number three:

Writing Friday - Canafantine Research

Why is power so lustful? Is it because people in power can create wealth for themselves? Is it only desired because of greed? Or is power even more than money? People with money can have power. But people with strength can influence and influence is also power. People with strength can take down people with power.

It is hard to build a bad guy. Here is one one of the bad guy's henchmen. The main antagonist is named Horvil (horrible+evil). The henchman is Master Crandall. He used to be a college professor until he helped Horvil develop the serum that in addition to being addictive, gives extreme strength (both muscular and skeletal). Master Crandall is better known by his nickname: Callous. Anyone with the serum addiction who has the musculo-skeletal deformities is called a Faker-Body. The Faker-bodies make up the armies of Horvil in his pursuit of power.

So much more to explain. I guess you'll just have to read the book.