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Jan 13

outfoxthefox:

I need to make money. Fast. My entire family’s net worth is exactly $47 right now. We’ve managed to work out everyone for the month - except me. My paycheck is getting delayed and it might be screwed up and on top of that my financial aid is taking longer than it should. 

So, I’m whoring out my art. Please reblog this, I don’t care about follows, or the exposure and promotions beyond getting my rent sorted - but it would be very nice if you could pass it along. The more eyes, the better my chances. 

HERE’S THE DEAL:

For $30 + S/H I will create a one of a kind painting on any of the canvas I have lying around. These range in size from 6”x6” to 16”x16”. Each painting will be a surprise, fully original, never repeated and if you want I’ll even incorporate your favorite color and if possible I’ll talk ideas with you. 
Above in the photoset are some paintings I’ve done before to give you an idea of what I do. You can also see my stuff at sabanhess.com.


VIEW AND BUY HERE.

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Dec 11

Ryan Gosling’s band, Dead Man’s Bones, performing Name in Stone.

This band, in my opinion, is fucking brilliant.

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Dec 11
This is my favorite pioneer cemetery in Portland. Called The Lone Fir Cemetery, it has a plethora of extremely unusual (but completely beautiful) gravestones.

This is my favorite pioneer cemetery in Portland. Called The Lone Fir Cemetery, it has a plethora of extremely unusual (but completely beautiful) gravestones.

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portland, oregon, cemetery,

Dec 11
I made sure to get a close-up of the rocks, because they were extremely beautiful.

I made sure to get a close-up of the rocks, because they were extremely beautiful.

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rocks, oregon, nature, waterfall,

Dec 11
I can’t even remember the name of this waterfall. Might be Horsetail.

I can’t even remember the name of this waterfall. Might be Horsetail.

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waterfall, oregon, nature, rocks,

Dec 11
Crown Point. Taken before I got my new camera, I think.

Crown Point. Taken before I got my new camera, I think.

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oregon, crown point, stairs,

Dec 10
iheartmyart: Olivier Valsecchi, Dust, 2009-10

iheartmyart:

Olivier Valsecchi, Dust, 2009-10

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Dec 10

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Dec 7
This is relevant to my life.

This is relevant to my life.

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Dec 2

We’ve been friends for 15 years 3 months, and some amount of days. I felt that deserved some recognition. Old pictures, but that doesn’t matter.

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Dec 1

Are Answers Enough?

Someone on Fluther asked the below question:

“In life. Real life.
You’ve got a question, and you can be sure there are hundreds, thousands, of people all with their own answers, all ready to respond.

The answers help. A lot of the time they’re all I need.
But what about when they’re not?

Things in my and your? life that I have all the answers I could possibly want to have, from anyone I could possibly want an answer from, and something’s still missing. And I ask, and ask, and get answer after answer…

At a certain point, for certain things, do you find that answers aren’t enough? What things? And what do you do then?
Or if not… why not? How not?”

And this is my answer:

Not really, answers are not enough, no. And I think that’s because all of us, on some level, know that there aren’t really any answers. We’re all thrown into this crazy mix from the cosmos, the random chaos – into thinking beings… And it’s really hard to make sense of it all. If I’m answering your question saying there are no answers, what is the answer?

If we can get answers from anyone, for anything – and we can – but alllll of those answers vary… What, then, is the answer to whatever question we so happen to ask? Can we all be wrong, can we all be right? Are only some wrong and some right? If we have the ability to question an answer, what, then… Is the answer? If we answer questions with questions, what is the answer? Can we answer an answer? If we pick and choose the answers we like, doesn’t that mean we all already have the answers? Why then, are we asking the question? What does it mean when someone doesn’t have the answer? What does it mean when that someone is us?

Does this answer your question…?

…That’s a genuine question. What is your answer?

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Nov 30
itsfullofstars: Has NASA discovered extraterrestrial life? Here’s a curious press release from NASA: “NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 2, to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life. Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe.” I did a little research on the news conference participants and found: 1. Pamela Conrad (a geobiologist) was the primary author of a 2009 paper on geology and life on Mars 2. Felisa Wolfe-Simon (an oceanographer) has written extensively on photosynthesis using arsenic recently (she worked on the team mentioned in this article) 3. Steven Benner (a biologist) is on the “Titan Team” at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory; they’re looking at Titan (Saturn’s largest moon) as an early-Earth-like chemical environment. This is likely related to the Cassini mission. 4. James Elser (an ecologist) is involved with a NASA-funded astrobiology program called Follow the Elements, which emphasizes looking at the chemistry of environments where life evolves (and not just looking at water or carbon or oxygen). So, if I had to guess at what NASA is going to reveal on Thursday, I’d say that they’ve discovered arsenic on Titan and maybe even detected chemical evidence of bacteria utilizing it for photosynthesis (by following the elements). Or something like that. From kottke.org. I’m so hopelessly excited that I could pee my pants and be completely okay with it! XD

itsfullofstars:

Has NASA discovered extraterrestrial life?

Here’s a curious press release from NASA:

“NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 2, to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life. Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe.”

I did a little research on the news conference participants and found:

1. Pamela Conrad (a geobiologist) was the primary author of a 2009 paper on geology and life on Mars

2. Felisa Wolfe-Simon (an oceanographer) has written extensively on photosynthesis using arsenic recently (she worked on the team mentioned in this article)

3. Steven Benner (a biologist) is on the “Titan Team” at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory; they’re looking at Titan (Saturn’s largest moon) as an early-Earth-like chemical environment. This is likely related to the Cassini mission.

4. James Elser (an ecologist) is involved with a NASA-funded astrobiology program called Follow the Elements, which emphasizes looking at the chemistry of environments where life evolves (and not just looking at water or carbon or oxygen).

So, if I had to guess at what NASA is going to reveal on Thursday, I’d say that they’ve discovered arsenic on Titan and maybe even detected chemical evidence of bacteria utilizing it for photosynthesis (by following the elements). Or something like that.

From kottke.org.

I’m so hopelessly excited that I could pee my pants and be completely okay with it! XD

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Nov 29

That’s right. Me as a little kid…

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me,

Nov 26

you know, im not delusional. but in the unlikely event that anything i make ends up in a gallery or museum…

outfoxthefox:

i swear to god i will come back as a zombie and eat the brains of anyone who puts it behind a glass case and calls it precious. i know it damages old paintings and sculpture but all i ever want to do is run my fingers over the brush strokes, feel the contours and interact. pisses me off that i cant. 

its insulting and cruel that art is supposed to be viewed and is supposed to affect us emotionally and were never allowed to reach out to it. we just have to let it happen to us. 

its backward. 

/rant

I know, I hate that! I touch stuff when I go to museums, even with cameras tracking my every move. Thus, I have run my fingers over precious paintings - let my fingers explore the contours of a particular blue, or yellow, or some color in between. I have laid my greedy hands upon ancient Greek busts, let the marble cool my hands, reveled in the fact that someone, thousands of years ago, did the same. I do this, not because I am disrespectful of what measures have to be taken to preserve art, but instead because of how much I love it. I am, in this case, worse than a kid in a candy store. I wish to devour the art, with all of my senses. I wish to indulge myself in every aspect of it - because I appreciate it.

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art,

Nov 24
tamburina: Rhythm 0, 1974, Marina Abramović To test the limits of the relationship between performer and audience, Abramović developed one of her most challenging (and best-known) performances. She assigned a passive role to herself, with the public being the force which would act on her. Abramović had placed upon a table 72 objects that people were allowed to use (a sign informed them) in any way that they chose. Some of these were objects that could give pleasure, while others could be wielded to inflict pain, or to harm her. Among them were scissors, a knife, a whip, and, most notoriously, a gun and a single bullet. For six hours the artist allowed the audience members to manipulate her body and actions. Initially, members of the audience reacted with caution and modesty, but as time passed (and the artist remained impassive) several people began to act quite aggressively. As Abramović described it later: “The experience I learned was that…if you leave decision to the public, you can be killed.” … “I felt really violated: they cut my clothes, stuck rose thorns in my stomach, one person aimed the gun at my head, and another took it away. It created an aggressive atmosphere. After exactly 6 hours, as planned, I stood up and started walking toward the public. Everyone ran away, escaping an actual confrontation.”

tamburina:

Rhythm 0, 1974, Marina Abramović

To test the limits of the relationship between performer and audience, Abramović developed one of her most challenging (and best-known) performances. She assigned a passive role to herself, with the public being the force which would act on her.

Abramović had placed upon a table 72 objects that people were allowed to use (a sign informed them) in any way that they chose. Some of these were objects that could give pleasure, while others could be wielded to inflict pain, or to harm her. Among them were scissors, a knife, a whip, and, most notoriously, a gun and a single bullet. For six hours the artist allowed the audience members to manipulate her body and actions.

Initially, members of the audience reacted with caution and modesty, but as time passed (and the artist remained impassive) several people began to act quite aggressively. As Abramović described it later:

“The experience I learned was that…if you leave decision to the public, you can be killed.” … “I felt really violated: they cut my clothes, stuck rose thorns in my stomach, one person aimed the gun at my head, and another took it away. It created an aggressive atmosphere. After exactly 6 hours, as planned, I stood up and started walking toward the public. Everyone ran away, escaping an actual confrontation.”

(Source: crashbangtrollop)

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