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Gabe Mott!!! Color in relationship, Mystical street art, video, digital interactive media, nui gui, transformative space, immersive artwork

2010-10-16T18:54:00.001-07:00

Please visit my current website forall things color.all things funky (my hand done all time classic canvases and transformative space)megp (yes that's Gary Payton, long story, he's the man)

Tonk The Movie

2009-08-07T03:06:00.000-07:00

I made this movie coming out of film class at San Francisco City College about 5 years ago. Every time I want to watch it, I go to google and search Tonk Movie and it comes up with all of this honky tonk crap. I'll even try to search Gabe Mott Tonk and it still doesn't come up very high in google. Hopefully this helps. And I hope you enjoy the movie. Someday I'll have a contest for who can

Color Eyes: Come to your Senses! Franklin

2009-05-02T17:02:00.000-07:00

I was asked by Dick Nelson to summarize my experience of his most recent class. At the same time, Franklin asked me to Come to my Senses!Following other presentations on the senses, I shared revelations on the interaction of color that I learned in Nelson's class and explained some of them using biological insights from Margaret Livingstone in her book "Vision and Art: Biology of Seeing".

Come to your Senses

2009-04-20T18:32:00.000-07:00

Date: Sunday, April 26, 2009 Time: 10:00am - 10:00pm Location: Mansion off N. Holokai City/Town: Haiku, HImapCome join us for a gathering that began as a pool party fundraiser and is now a full day of celebrating the senses. If you'll be at the Tarot Fest in Hana, stop off on your way home for a relaxing hot tub or sauna.sliding scale $30-$10 donation at the doorThis is a fundraiser to cover

Amsterdam: Visions of Van Gogh

2009-03-20T01:28:00.000-07:00

Six years ago, I had the opportunity to travel in Europe for 3 months. I had lofty visions at the time as I traveled to get clear on who I was and what I wanted to do.I arrived in Amsterdam with one question circulating in my mind intended to provide me with a focus-- "What do I Cherish?". After visiting the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, I was inspired to create a 6 foot canvas based on his

show a little flavor, have a little funk

2009-03-19T11:38:00.000-07:00

"The paradox of progress is that imagination is always linked to style, and yet it also provides the seed for innovation that changes the face of function."-- Shoals talking about the slam dunk-- now considered the most efficient way to get 2 points and once disdained as too showy.

Vision Thru Color: Art Show in Amsterdam

2009-03-13T12:48:00.001-07:00

March 21st, 2009.I'm in Amsterdam for two weeks, then on to New York City.I've got the interactive Color Box technology with me and 6 original paintings that I'll be showing on Saturday March 21st.If you are going to be in the area, I'd love to see you.

Brilliant Jazz pianist enlightens our experience of Bush.

2009-01-30T01:15:00.000-08:00

Am I just getting old, or is jazz piano suddenly the most artistic and impressive way to get inside the George W. Bush experience?

Proposal for A Color Box

2009-01-06T18:48:00.000-08:00

A Color Box Proposal by Gabriel Mottcolor box blogTwo years ago I took a color class with Dick Nelson that completely changed my sense of color. As I made discoveries about how and why certain combinations of colors created brilliant luminosity, I was astounded and wanted to share this experience with everybody.Description:A Color Box is a portable room about 8 feet cubed. Using a computer, a

Color Calendar 2009: Best Color Quotes of all time

2008-12-19T02:33:00.001-08:00

In twelve months plus one cover image, everything I've learned about halation, invisible boundaries, luminosity, pure color, parents and children, and relationships between single swatches of color is presented along with my favorite quotes on color from everyone from The Beastie Boys and John Lennon, to Josef Albers, Goethe and Kermit the Frog.Included are a few that are not in the calendar:“I

Calendar coming soon from ColorisRelative.com

2008-12-10T18:04:00.000-08:00

“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.” Alice Walker (American writer, b.1944)"You think dark is just one color, but it ain't. There're five or six kinds of black. Some silky, some woolly. Some just empty. Some like fingers. And it don't stay still. It moves and changes from one kind of black to another. Saying something is pitch

Dick Nelson

2008-11-20T18:49:00.000-08:00

This page has been updated and is current here Dick NelsonDick Nelson is the teacher who deconstructed my sense of color. After his 8 week course I was for the first time able to look at colors and begin to understand how much of the three primaries each contained. I was able to understand how luminosity was created by combining colors of similar families. He taught me about halation.Dick Nelson

How I met Barack Obama's sister Maya

2008-11-04T03:16:00.000-08:00

Last summer, in August of 2007, we had a huge anti-war art show with almost 100 artists who put up over 200 works of art for a month.The show was called "War and Peace".One morning days into the show, while we were hanging out in the sun room, someone said that Barack Obama's sister was in town campaigning. Everyone in the room got excited."Let's invite her over!"She was able to come to the show

32 Poles

2008-09-17T19:54:00.000-07:00

With 32 Poles, I was going for a much more subtle effect than in the 3 other pole pages. By using a blue and orange that are complements and are closer in value and as well using a greater number of poles, the steps are more subtle and the effect is more powerful.In addition the grid on the far left allows you to see the poles against a strong blue, strong orange as well as black, grey and white.

What's Going On? Some good advice.

2008-09-12T14:34:00.001-07:00

I've been feeling stuck, wondering what I can do to ensure that Barack Obama becomes the next President of the United States. I have great difficulty relating to anyone who supports the Republican party at this point. These have helped:1. I received an email advising how to and how not to talk to people who like Palin.When Progressives make "elitist" attacks on Palin, they just reinforce the

El color es relativo

2008-09-10T03:25:00.000-07:00

Does anyone who speaks Spanish care to translate? Color is relative is mentioned in an Argentine publication-- Tam Tam.Nuestra percepción del brillo y la luminosidad de un color depende de sus colores vecinos. Lo podés comprobar con algunos pequeños experimentos. En el primero, deslizando el mouse sobre el panel central cambiás el color del fondo. El segundo es similar pero ofrece la gama

Comments on Color is Relative

2008-09-09T02:56:00.001-07:00

Some of the best comments so far have come from a community blog called metafilter.One of the members of this very smart community presented this illusion in which square A and square B are the exact same shade of grey.Other comments include:"When painting in Photoshop I find I have to set the little swatch to what looks like a darker color than I need. Large areas of the same color look lighter

Whats the Point? Back to the Basics

2008-08-29T02:35:00.000-07:00

For all of you saying "What's the Point?" this release is dedicated to you. The point is, you are not seeing what you think you are seeing. Your eyes are constantly adjusting to the context around them.In the image at left, the two swatches are the exact same color. Now that I have told you that, you can see that. You probably even predicted there was some trick to this and guessed that the two

Color is relative, "(Yellow to) Blue Poles" pre-release

2008-08-26T03:29:00.000-07:00

When you click on a bar from the color array, the background of the webpage will match the color of the bar you chose.There are sixteen steps of poles. The background of the page entirely affects our perception of the color of each pole. Sometimes, a yellow pole looks as if it is glowing in blue.I originally created ten poles with yellow on the left and blue on the right. The blue is a

Halation Horizons in the NY Times for Obama

2008-08-26T02:36:00.000-07:00

In this article, the writer is juxtaposing Obama's journey to the classic American outsider icon. I was amazed to see the background of the image contain the straight horizontal lines I've been obsessed with from Dick's homework assignment.In the class, we took the colors from a matrix (groups of families of color based on four chosen outside corners) and put those colors down as straight

Happy Birthday Dad: Plum Halation

2008-08-24T23:00:00.000-07:00

[the definitive page for halation has moved]I was thinking my dad would like this set of colors, no idea why, but it's his birthday. Hey, Happy Birthday Dad.When you move your mouse over the individual swatches, the background of the webpage changes to that color. As you move the mouse around to each swatch, you can see halations in the swatches.The colors seem to change in the matrix as the

ColorIsRelative.com launched

2008-07-16T20:50:00.000-07:00

Color is Relative is a website dedicated to showing luminosity achieved through simple color combinations. On the site, the image at left is interactive. By moving the mouse over a single swatch the background color of the page will change to the same color. The effect is intended to show the impact of changing the context of color.In the next month, I will be releasing my next series of

New Halation Horizons

2008-06-27T22:16:00.001-07:00

The Old House in San Francisco circa 2001

2008-06-14T03:34:00.001-07:00

This is the view overlooking my house in San Francisco from 1996-2001 with tons of my art hanging outside on the walls.I remember thinking I should have painted something for the roof, but in reality, I had nothing that big to put up there. That took 'til moving to Oakland when I moved into the breathingSpace and made Claming Space from the 2003 gallery.

Much Love and Repect Hillary T-Shirts

2008-06-07T06:07:00.000-07:00

Everybody kept talking about it. Hillary has to stop. Why is she still running? Come on girl, give it up.I've been a big Obama supporter since I read his first book after seeing him at the Democratic Convention.The reason I have always been into politics is because of my Mom. I still remember the night Carter lost to Reagan in 1980 because my Mom's birthday party was on election day that year.The

Color is relative: video: halation explained

2008-05-28T07:32:00.000-07:00

The Painting "Pascal"

2008-05-20T04:47:00.000-07:00

All this time, I thought he was "Pascal". With an "S", not Pacal. I was wrong.I named this painting after the Mayan emperor Pacal whose tomb inscription read to me like layers in my artwork. Turns out, somewhere along the line, I dropped in an "S".When Eric and Andy got the painting "Pascal" they asked if I would send them a little something about the piece; an artist's interpretation, or comment

Gorillas and Halation

2008-05-14T04:10:00.001-07:00

Pacal: The Mayan Emperor

2008-04-28T03:13:00.000-07:00

I came came to grips with the image of Pacal's tomb when I arrived at my guesthouse on my stay at Tikal in Guatemala. The rooms were white clay pods and an American Vietnam veteran lived in the back spending his nights staring out through his telescope at the stars. Someone had drawn with a black pen, a perfect representation of Pacal's tomb on to the white clay wall of the pod I slept in.As I

Softness into the Distance

2008-04-26T06:00:00.000-07:00

Halation 2

2008-04-26T05:00:00.000-07:00

Olive Winedefinition of halation

Halation 3

2008-04-26T04:00:00.000-07:00

definition of halation

Halation 4

2008-04-26T03:00:00.000-07:00

The same color matrix.definition of halation

Halation 5

2008-04-26T02:00:00.000-07:00

definition of halation

Halation 6

2008-04-26T01:00:00.000-07:00

definition of halation

Color Magic: How many colors do you see?

2008-04-20T03:05:00.000-07:00

I just completed Dick Nelson's color class and have had my sensibilities of color completely deconstructed. Nelson was a founder of Art Maui 30 years ago and is a former student of Josef Albers.Try this exercise:[embed code]This is a natural phenomenon of our eyes. The background, or context of a color, affects how we see it. What the evolutionary traits of this are, I have no idea, but we've

Halation

2008-04-13T08:05:00.000-07:00

Meet two colors, we'll call them the parents.On the left, Purple, on the right, Blue.By mixing each color equally, we achieve the middle child.By adding the middle child and creating an array you will see halation.The middle color seems to vibrate a little. If you look longer, you will note that the middle swatch of color has a little of the purple on the right and a little blue on the

SOURCE maui

2008-01-30T13:12:00.000-08:00

.: : . .Dehumidifier. . . .

2007-11-27T01:45:00.000-08:00

I live in Hai'ku.This is one of the wettest climates one can live in. We are in the jungle. We keep telling people that and they think we mean we live in trees.Some out here do live in trees or dug into the side of a hill. But most of us, we have houses, regular homes with roofs, doors, and windows. We even have appliances. But we do live in the jungle.I have a King bed, carpet, a gas kitchen, a

Personal Note: Work Play and Focus

2007-11-18T21:58:00.000-08:00

I've got my restaurant work down to about 2 days a week. My new relationship to my job waiting tables is that it provides me a job that I do well, don't have to think about and I get to spend time with a bunch of people I really enjoy. (Nice to get out of the isolation of the studio).The restaurant is Hali'imaile General Store which in my view is one of the best restaurants in Maui. An operating

Manifest.

2007-11-02T16:41:00.000-07:00

Close-up of "Burning Angels, Hungry Ghosts and a Million Little Bubbles" now showing at the epOxybOx "War and Peace Art Show"."Burning Angels, Hungry Ghosts, and A Million Little Bubbles"If George W. Bush were to meditate, what would his experience be?The notion that George W. Bush lives in a bubble, isolated from the opinions of the American Citizenry and the world around him, is a projection

Cleanse and Rejuvenate: Day 22

2007-10-03T01:51:00.000-07:00

Getting close to the finish line. Tomorrow is all water. No supplements. No lemon. No nothing. It's been raining everyday out here in Haiku. I was thinking of heading to Hana and getting a hotel for the night, but I don't want to be out there in the rain. Instead, I'll head to one of my favorite beaches out in La Perouse Bay for a day of quiet. I'll bring my tent and sleeping bag and attempt

Cleanse and Rejuvenate: Day 17 (something positive)

2007-09-28T01:17:00.001-07:00

I don't mean to be a grouch about it. I feel great. I just don't feel like totally amazing and uber clear and like super man.So what have I learned that you might find useful?Yams. Sweet Potatoes man. Super good for you. In fact, they contain protein, vitamins, minerals, tons of good stuff-- they contain enough to live on alone. Not that you would, but if you are not into yams, get into em. AND

Cleanse and Rejuvenate: Day 17

2007-09-28T00:10:00.000-07:00

No alcohol, no coffee, no heated oils, no dairy, no meat, no wheat, no smoke.The gist of the cleanse our house is on through Chinese herbalist Malik of the Dragon's Den in Makawao, HI is a lot of "no's".The first week focused on cleansing the liver, followed by the kidneys and we have just entered the lungs. We've also had a number of days of just raw-- nothing cooked.The benefit of a raw diet is

Smart People, Motivation, Inspiration... TED

2007-08-17T19:08:00.000-07:00

I've been to this site a few times in the last year. I've always thought of Tony Robbins as the sort of annoying guy in late night infomercials. I now realize my impression is far out of date.

Original Black Box (2003)

2007-08-16T05:30:00.000-07:00

This is the original version of the Black Box that Hope Pritikin and I made 4 years ago and brought to Burning Man and played on the playa. It's about race relations in the United States and begins with the question, "Why aren't that many African Americans at Burning Man". The quality is a bit rough and we would make numerous changes if we were to re-edit, and we actually are re-editing. I am

Transformation

2007-08-15T17:28:00.000-07:00

here's a saying by ursula k. leguin shared by Amy Halvatzes: only in silence, the word only in darkness, the light only in dying, life Bright the hawk's flight on the empty sky

Poem provided by Jamey Austin

2007-07-03T16:28:00.000-07:00

Sweet DarknessWhen your eyes are tiredThe world is tired alsoWhen your vision has goneNo part of the world can find you.Time to go into the darkWhere the night has eyesTo recognize its own.There you can be sureYou are not beyond love.The dark will be your wombTonight.The night will give you a horizonFurther than you can see.You must learn one thing.The world was made to be free in.Give up all the

War and Peace Art Show

2007-06-15T12:16:00.000-07:00

The Maui Artists for Peace present Maui's War and Peace Art Show . It is thus far exceeding most people's expectations. With over 200 works of art and 80 artists, it's phenomenal that the call for art went out less than a week before the show opened. The website is mauistopthewar.com

What I am working on: The Black Box @ Burning Man

2007-04-18T06:37:00.001-07:00

This is what I am working on right now. I'm taking the Black Box, the movie that we showed on the playa at Burning Man a few years ago, and putting it in a more current context.Burning Man was happening while Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast. The conclusion we reached after interviewing African Americans about the lack of diversity at a festival like Burning Man, was that, for the most

Peace

2007-02-22T03:15:00.000-08:00

"...others cannot bring us peace. No leader is going to give us peace, no government, no army, no country. What will bring peace is inward transformation which will lead to outward action. Inward transformation is not isolation, is not a withdrawal from outward action."--KrishnamurtiThe time of looking for a leader, a Dr. King, a Gandhi or a Barrack Obama to bring us peace is past. Change will

Starbucks, Race and Basketball

2006-11-09T16:26:00.000-08:00

Sherman Alexie is one of the greatest writers in the United States, in fact, he's possibly the 78th greatest writer in the United States. Luke Ridnour, according to ESPN, is the 78th greatest player in the NBA.This article by Alexie is one of the five best articles I have read in the last year.If you are a fan of sports, you will love this. If you aren't, you will learn something: http://

Is this what it looked like when Wynn elbows his 139 million dollar Picasso?

2006-10-18T14:31:00.000-07:00

After agreeing to sell Picasso's famous "Le Rêve" painting for a record 139 million dollars, Steve Wynn punctured the canvas while showing it to some friends.There was a distinct ripping sound. We all just stopped. I said, ‘I can’t believe I just did that. Oh, shit. Oh, man.’”To his credit: Wynn said: "This has nothing to do with money. The money means nothing to me. It's that I had this painting

Beatboxen Bush

2006-09-03T02:06:00.000-07:00

You must have volume on if you want to appreciate George W. lipsynching some dope beats in this original video. GWB is back with another amazing performance. Surprisingly he is actually very good.

Enigma of the Mill

2006-08-12T04:36:00.000-07:00

If you have visited Maui, at some point, when you were crossing from the Kihei side to the Hana side, you probably cut through the sugar mill on Pu'unene Rd. Or should I say Poo Poo Nay Nay. Anyone who lives here in Maui knows the awful stench of sewage that the cane fields around the Sugar Mill sometimes reek of.Beyond the smell, the entire operation is strange. The second engima to me is this:

Aloha Art Update #4 : July 2006

2006-08-08T20:11:00.000-07:00

Aloha,It's the summer here in Maui, which, surprisingly makes a difference. The sun sets at 7:30, earlier than for most of you in the mainland, but still, we had our longest day by almost 2 hours on the solstice. The whales are long gone. The nights on the beach are warmer. I spent my first sunset ever at Baldwin Beach last Saturday, drinking a beer with a friend and jumping in the soft golden

Aloha Art Update #3 : August 2005

2006-08-08T02:46:00.000-07:00

Aloha!Gabe here-- in Maui, surrounded by artwork, just giving a big Aloha shout out. I just pulled together a few tidbits from island life here at the gallery that I wanted to share with you . I hope you enjoy it.A KID COULD DO THATThis aloha update is dedicated to the folly of age. Inevitably, guests of our gallery come across an artist they don't understand and exclaim a disregard for the

Aloha Art Update #2 : July 2005

2006-08-08T02:39:00.000-07:00

Aloha Friends!Thanks for your feedback on the previous edition of Gabe's Aloha Art Update. I received a lot of fun comments. As usual, I intend to give you a little taste of life in Maui as well as a little art education and new this month, some gossip (which may not last long). With the summer solstice behind us, the sun has started moving south again. On June 21st, the sun reached it’s apex –

Aloha Art Update #1 : May 2005

2006-08-08T01:59:00.000-07:00

(1). HOWZIT IN MAUI?The last of the whales have left for the season while down the street from the gallery, international artisans have started carving out trees for the May 27th canoe festival. It’s 84 degrees and sunny. It’s hot.(2). WARHOL AND HARING ARE HOTSotheby’s and Christie’s had their spring auctions last week. You may have heard that Andy Warhol’s “Liz Taylor” sold for 12.6 million

Meditation Matters? Quote from author Tom Robbins

2006-07-28T16:52:00.000-07:00

I remember hearing in a meditation retreat that if you are worried about changing your personality, you better do it now before you get enlightened, because once you are enlightened you won't care. I just finished a book in which that sentiment was echoed."There are Westerners who practice [meditation] as a relaxation technique, as a device for calming and centering themselves... but that is

Box Set Coming Soon

2006-06-30T05:02:00.000-07:00

I've just about finished the three paintings on box canvases: 12" x 24" x 3". The concept was for the show "Continuum" hosted by Adrian Martinez in Wailuku, Maui. I did the piece "Reaching" by starting out with circles. What could be more continuous than circles?I experimented with wiping away parts of circles to play with the depth of the layers. Arcs and circles intersect but it is unclear

Mama Flower is Alive

2006-06-20T23:44:00.000-07:00

So much of the artwork you find at funkyenough is richly textured and layered. In my work I often use a calk gun to lay down 1/4 inch borders to hold in translucent plastic. On the web, it is difficult to see how this allows a piece of art to transform itself depending on your postion in the room and the lighting that is occuring.Click the image below to see how the angle of the camera and one

NBA Finals, Game 3: Gary Payton on big shots

2006-06-15T05:10:00.000-07:00

GP gets the lead for the Heat with 9 seconds left and the shot clock expired. Everybody was asking him how it felt to take one shot all game and make it to win.But Payton said he didn't need that shot to fall to lift his confidence. At 37, confidence never leaves this seven-time All-Star."I don't care about that," Payton said. "I have that confidence that I'm going to take a shot anytime,

Props to Jackson Pollock

2006-06-01T04:13:00.000-07:00

I had my first taste of Jackson Pollock humble pie when I was taking an art history class with TJ Clarke. The TA brought us to the Berkeley Museum and showed us a Pollock. "Try to tell which color, which line, was layed down first," she asked.The question challenged my doubts about Pollock and made me consider the skill behind his work. I needed to recognize his skill to give pause to the

Layered Artwork: Releasing The Flower Series

2006-05-25T05:08:00.000-07:00

Flower Four from the about to be released Flower Series helps the viewer understand what I mean when I say "Every layer of a painting influences every other layer". The final painting has at least two newer layers; the first are paint-tube lines of darkening deep purple, and the second is the defined column of white pattern.Each of the Flowers followed a similar process. To start the first layer,

Finished Painting: Flower Four

2006-05-10T13:52:00.000-07:00

View the 6 previous layers of this painting.

What film got best picture....

2006-04-11T04:33:00.000-07:00

AP: What’s your feeling about the Oscars these days? Do you vote?Lee: I vote, but I take it with a grain of salt. Not just for African Americans, but just in general. You give an organization, some group, the power to validate your work of art — that can be paralyzing. ... “Malcolm X” was bigger than the Academy Awards. “Do the Right Thing” was bigger than the awards. We got two nominations for “

A Kid Could do That

2006-02-13T18:02:00.000-08:00

This is a short slideshow helping explain what it was that Jackson Pollock accomplished with his art. Super useful for those that "just don't get it". The One and Only Jackson Pollock

The Making of a Painting

2006-01-11T00:54:00.000-08:00

Think Poetry Painting without the processing. In session 6, we employed the memento technique too. "The Making of a Painting", by the folks at Vitreous , a 5 minute short, succesfully creates an arc to a story about painting. This is one example though of the shortfall of google video-- the experience of this piece by Vitreous would be far better with a high resolution work.

Graffiti for sale

2005-12-26T02:26:00.000-08:00

I thought I was on it with Mystical Street Art-- well here come the corporations. Nike and Sony among others are paying to have really great graffiti art -- that looks pretty close to real graffiti art -- sell there goods.It's great-- they are going to co-opt everything. So, really, if it's good art, let it stand in opposition to really great "real" graffiti art.What Looks Like Graffiti Could

Vote for FunkyEnough's TOP 10

2005-12-23T03:15:00.000-08:00

FunkyEnough's Top 10 for 2005 Requesting your vote Aloha Friends: Please help me mark the year that has passed by voting for the FunkyEnough TOP 10 for 2005. I have compiled your nominations and now it is time to vote. The end of the year places us halfway through the first decade of the third millenium. How do you REPRESENT 2005? Funkyenough is about telling it like it is. Let's be real

Bush meets with the Dalai Lama: true story

2005-11-24T01:01:00.000-08:00

So, would you believe the Dalai Lama and George W. Bush hanging together? It happenned.W. went on to China where he told their leaders that the DL didn't want Tibet's sovereignty.Do you think W. felt like he was talking to Jesus? OR Did he think that The Dalai Lama was a charlatan? Does W. really support Tibetan Buddhism? How does he reconcile that with his belief in JESUS? And his support for

The Poet and The Painter

2005-11-17T00:38:00.000-08:00

Poetry Painting, the movie that Jamey Austin and I made in 2003 is now online. Search video.google.com for "poet painter".At left is the piece from session six. The only one that he and I actually both went hands on with a painting. Note our signatures in the bottom left.(BTW, I never put any words in his poetry. Though I did catch some great shots of his mad skills at writing straight without

"We Are All Witnesses": Lebron

2005-11-10T19:40:00.000-08:00

Nike has posted a ten story high billboard of King James AKA Lebron James, the next coming of Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson. The slogan, "We are all witnesses" refers to the unique opportunity of watching the birth of a legend.From this photo, I thought that the American flag and others (anyone recognize the other two?) were part of the billboard. What is Nike doing? Are they referencing our

R.I.P. breathingSPACE

2005-11-08T15:57:00.000-08:00

Oaklandish, the grassroots organization in downtown Oakland has lost it's building and is transforming itself into a solid internet community builder. I just posted a link to the warehouse which I left exactly one year ago.RIP breathingSPACE: props toMatome, Roib, Krissy, Gideon, Aubry, Colin, Thilivhali, Shaka, Adimu, Saran, Kelly, Gillian, Nicko Blue, Ethan and some G's...The forum on

Happy Halloween: The Power of Imagery

2005-10-31T00:12:00.000-08:00

I've always been impressed by the power of an image. A week before the images from Abu Ghraib prison were released (frightening scenes of American occupation in Iraq) I was filming a documentary in which a sage presented this:the power of imagery and art has been taken over by advertising. Schools should teach how to read and understand art, visuals, the emotive power of imagery. The Apple iPod

"Leading by (Bad) Example" by Thomas Friedman

2005-10-20T17:40:00.000-07:00

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (Iraq News Agency) - A delegation of Iraqi judges and journalists abruptly left the U.S. today, cutting short its visit to study the workings of American democracy. A delegation spokesman said the Iraqis were "bewildered" by some of the behavior of the Bush administration and felt it was best to limit their exposure to the U.S. system at this time, when Iraq is taking its

Malcolm in the Middle: @ Burning Man

2005-10-11T06:34:00.000-07:00

[note as of POST 'i hope this link still works']this is a link to the entire show without commercials. ithink dean is even in it (ok, they do a horrible jobemulating your neon light costume)... love, ghttp://www.geekymedia.com/media/mim-bm.html> From: suzi palmer > Subject: bman on malcolm and the middle>>> didn't see it? me neither, and i didn't want to BUT> this is a pretty good account of bman

My Letter to Nicholas Christoff

2005-10-11T06:25:00.000-07:00

In regards to this column by Nicholas Chrisoff, I emailed:Dear Sir:i just got something i hadn't before about WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON with this conservative dominance; i.e. how is it that bush is getting away with his stomping of pristine wildlife, with his blatant payoff to his sycophants, with his horrible economic plan making the rich the benefactors... how can bush pull off this

Order in the Court: Nicholas Christoff on Hariet Miers

2005-10-10T06:37:00.000-07:00

With another Supreme Court battle looming, this time over Harriet Miers, let's acknowledge something up front: Republicans are right to complain about judicial activism. One of the most fundamental mistakes that liberals made after World War II was, time after time, to seek social progress through the courts rather than through the political process. It started well, with the Warren

Book Review: Letters to America

2005-10-07T14:30:00.000-07:00

Three months before the US launched its war in Iraq, I was traveling in Turkey. The kind old man running our hotel asked us while we had breakfast overlooking the beautiful beaches of the mediteranean, "Who did you vote for, Gore or Bush?"When we told him our answer, he replied, "How is it that Bush is president? Every American I have asked voted for Gore."I am a proud American. And I understand

Halliburton taking over: duh!

2005-10-01T18:44:00.000-07:00

Well, this is what we have been talking about. George W couldn't spell "grassroots" if you gave him a dictionary. I have it on good source that the CDC (Center for Disease Control) was given hotel budget of $200 a night in New Orleans. These guys have critical immediate work to do in the Gulf to protect the lives and aid the health of the people trying to restart their lives. The sounds like

Remembering Passion by getting away

2005-09-18T23:44:00.000-07:00

It works every time-- today I wanted to make art at my house but instead made myself go to the top of the volcano on Maui, 10,000 ft elevation: Haleakala. I only made the hike in an hour in, but I could feel my body tingle. And I come home remembering so much that I want to create.By the way, I just launched my movie that is about mystical art with a realist attitude-- more influenced by abstract

art lives in manhattan

2005-09-17T06:20:00.000-07:00

What's that in the back-- it's a floating island. I swear when I first saw this picture I stared, amazed at how beautiful an image it was, but until I watched the multimedia presentation on Robert Smithson did I see the island of trees.

Blooters and Winders: Fites and Llacks.

2005-09-17T05:28:00.000-07:00

If you are wondering what Kanye meant by the media calling white people "finders" and black people "looters", see this set of screenshots in which 6 out of 7 slides note black people as looting and the one slide of white people doing the same thing is of "finders".I would venture a guess that this is one of the few grocery looting photos we'll see of white people looting in New Orleans. The area

"George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People"

2005-09-17T05:09:00.000-07:00

Five days after hurricane Katrina devasted the Gulf Coast of the USA, NBC TV hosted a telethon to raise money for the red cross. Comedian Mike Myers and hip-hop star Kanye West were reading from a teleprompter when Kanye ditched the script:http://media.putfile.com/Kanye-West-at-the-Hurricane-Katrina-tele

This has to be the coolest thing I've ever done: The NEW GP TRIBUTE

2005-09-16T05:10:00.000-07:00

The painting is "Preserving Gary" that served as the center piece for the GP Tribute. The music is from "Golden Rule" by Blackalicious. This has to be the coolest thing I've ever done: gp art.

art in times of this war

2005-09-12T15:44:00.000-07:00

"(un)Patriot(ic) Act," the artist Lisa Charde's straitjacketed flag, is part of a new exhibition by the Lower Manhattan Cultural CouncilThe street mindset for art, what has been shown in alternative spaces for years, has made it into a gallery showing that was just reviewed in the ny times:...the show is a thoughtful, legitimate exploration of one way in which American artists' lives have changed

Don't let New Orleans become Las Vegas

2005-09-10T04:07:00.000-07:00

If you haven't figured out Bush by now, what we have to fear here is that he drops crazy dollars on his friends to rebuild New Orleans as the PARTY TOWN they know it as. I have nothing against sex, drugs and rock-n-roll. But, not if the entire city is rebuilt based on that concept and all the money is capitalized by the corporate elite. Let's have some REAL ART, some innovative music (DON'T LET

Peeling Away the layers of America we find Nikes

2005-09-10T03:13:00.000-07:00

Eugene Robinson wrote this great piece on the Katrina Hurricane situation:That's what this unreal disaster did to New Orleans and the whole country. Things we tried to tuck away and forget about are suddenly out there for the world to see.America just went and aired our dirty laundry to the world. YO WORLD!!!: "We got a 'bunch a poor people' and they are mostly black and they are the same poor

Excerpts from interview with intuitive healer Mary Swanson

2005-09-04T00:15:00.000-07:00

These are excerpts from an interview the Johnathon Human and I recorded with Mary. The entire text to be published in the near future.June 27th, Sunday, 2004JQ: What is it that you do?M: Legally I can call myself an energy balancer, I can call myself an energy worker, I can call myself a chakra balancer. Legally, I can’t call myself a healer or a therapist. But what I do is work with people’s

Cool New Online Maps

2005-08-30T02:35:00.000-07:00

Street Level Maps.... Somehow, these guys took photos of the street all over major cities. It's still in BETA. This picture is where the former Media Metrix office was, 432 Clay St. in the financial district of San Francisco.And of course if you haven't seen google maps, check this out: Where I live in Maui.

Why do 2 out of 5 Americans still support Bush and the Iraq War?

2005-08-25T21:08:00.000-07:00

Most of us who opposed the Iraq War from the outset are entirely confused now that it looks like a disaster on many levels and 40% of Americans are still in the Bush camp.Are we waiting for a miracle? All reports I read, even David Brooks, at least admit that the president's policy is blowing it-- not the least to say that the entire notion was wrongheaded from the beginning: When Shannon and I

Layers in Graffiti: Website Review GRAFARC.ORG

2005-08-21T15:39:00.000-07:00

My art, as I'll tell you again and again, is alot about layers. Every layer influences every other layer-- even when the viewer can no longer clearly see what existed before. This site has inspired me to complete a vision I've had for a number of years. I want to allow users to strip away top layers from my paintings to see what it was that existed before-- what influenced subsequent layers.

Front Street: Maui Fine art Scene

2005-08-19T21:28:00.000-07:00

Aloha!Front Street in Maui claims to be third in the world in art sales. What this means exactly is a little unclear. "Third behind New York and Paris" based on per capita sales... While I have been unable to come up with the figures to support this, undoubtedly, some of the best art in the world is available right here.It's all here: Picasso, Chagall, Warhol, Haring , Sam Francis, Erte... the

Healers: All of us

2004-08-20T21:02:00.000-07:00

I hung with Lester and Suz today. Lester asked what made Mary a healer-- can anybody be a healer? how did she acquire this power? We had started talking about how Lester wants to have a session with Mary, but she wants to do it in person. Lester wants to hear about her past lives-- what were her relationships like with people she loves today. Mary has said that she actually has an easier time on