Banksy on art and adverts:
“The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists. Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.”
Also, was anyone aware that he has crossed the pond to graffiti up the Big Not-So-Easy?
I just uploaded some more photos!
long overdue is Jon’s shots from hiking the Appalachian Trail this past summer, *just after* going to the florida keys with me and bennett. He had hundreds of photos, all very beautiful, and i tried to trim down to only the best, and i still ended up with 50 photos, half of them from a beautiful sunrise that they saw. If you have a favorite, you can email me or jon with a column + row identification (i.e. page 1 col 3 row 5) and we could send you a high-resolution version for your desktop.
Also uploaded is some shots that jon took from the Calendar Recording Session, called “calendar jam” in the photos navigation, which took place at his house in lafayette over the christmas holiday. There are only a handful of those, but i think they really good and significant.
Some wonderful dog photography here. Any ideas on the breed (Jessie, Des)?
okay, here’s a little story:
there once was this guy; his name was Bill Watterson. he was (is) a thin man with a well-developed mustache
who wrote one of the greatest works in the contemporary english language in my opinion: the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes.
I can’t even begin to explain the enormity of the role of this comic strip in my life, nor can I even begin to describe the utter despair I felt when the last strip was published in 1995.
Since the strip ended, Watterson has moved to a small town in California where he supposedly paints oil paintings with his father. (Further speculation on Bill’s whereabouts are readily available all over the net, if you are really interested.)
I have come across the commencement speech Watterson gave at Kenyon University in May of 1990. I think it’s an excellent example of Watterson’s humanity, humor, and well, overall goodness. I could only hope for such a speech at my own graduation.
Now that Calvin is gone, fans must turn to their collections for the magic the strip once provided daily.
Mr. Watterson, wherever you are, this is one loyal fan saying “Thanks.”
