A Watercolor by David Titterington

Here is a beautiful painting done by one David Titterington in the year 2000 (if I am to believe the information written on the back). It seems to have been painted in Japan, at least I hope so. It could have been painted later, in America, from a picture taken in Japan. It is done in watercolor. This painting was given to me by Mr. Titterington many years ago (2003-ish). I love the subtle changes in color as the light wafts over moss on the big stones in the front. The little stone buildings behind the mossy stones are part of Japanese tradition. The Japanese have kept a strong bond to nature throughout history, beginning with the original religion of Japan, shinto. Shintoism is a nature based religion. The main idea is that everything in nature has a spirit, has an energy. From trees, to grass, to rocks, to oceans, to animals, everything has a unique energy that gathers as it is able to exist in its natural environment. The Japanese people began placing shrines into forests and on trees as a way of thanking and respecting these spirits and energies. I am not sure of any more details of the shrine in this painting, but looking at the moss that is growing all over it, I am guessing that, like the forest it inhabits, it has been around for a while. I wonder how old this forest is? And what kind of shrine is it? The other things I love about this painting are the little flecks of yellow and white that make it sparkle. And if you look closely at the upper right side of the largest rock you can see the tiniest hairs of moss growing there. Oh, and I just found a little creature hiding towards the top middle of the painting, in the tree! I just showed this to my Mom and she laughed and said, "I wonder if he even remembers painting that!" Oh, Mom. I wonder if it is any relation to the soot workers of Spirited Away. =) I love that movie. Is Miyazaki going to come out with another film, or is the master done?

At it again, Back at the (electronic) pen

Well, maybe not so much writing here, but more than I have for.....umm...2 years..hahaha! Wow, well, I changed the name and the format, so it's practically new. I did also comment on David Titterington's blog about a Robert Brawley painting that he has recently acquired, and it is fantastic. I will try to get a link to his blog on here soon. If you search David's Blog, you might find it. I just put my first and as-of-yet only YouTube video on this page. It's a video I made to a beautiful! aphex twin song, called "Avril 14th." For those of you wondering, it is the same aphex twin who is usually found making insane IDM gizmodgery and twirlyglitchwinks. Please let me know what you think. Also, I am currently trying to figure out how to post videos from my "favorites" in YouTube onto the blog. I thought there might be an easier way than searching the videos again in the blogger video search deal. If anyone knows any other ways I would be interested. See you again.

keep it up?

So it's 8'05AM and I like to write and type and I'd like to get better at typing without looking at the keyboard, a talent I admire in others and never really wanted to learn when it was being taught to me but now I feel this whim of wanting to keep up with this blog may help me develop these typing skills. I feel like I'm just guessing when I type for the most part because I never got with that whole home row thing. But I think I may be ready to come home. If I could find a simple little typing program...geez I think this blog will be very boring to some. But carrying on... Here's some stuff I've been up to recently: For the fourth I met up with Ryan and friends over at Jeff Harvey's house and we went and watched what felt like the longest fireworks show ever. There was a finale burst at first, then a long period of singles and doubles, then a mid-nale, then more slow singles and doubles, then a second mid-nale, then even more slow singles and doubles, then the finale fianle. Wow, yeah. I wisht they would have just done all of them at once in one huge finale. Oh, then I set off some black cats in Jeff's backyard, which was more fun than the whole fireworks show. 

 

 Summer is good for weddings I guess, because Crystal, Ryan, and now I have all taken part in these celebrations of wed, all in the span of a couple weeks. My neighbor across the street who I've known basically forever tied the knot in Wichita. It was nice, a small gathering, and concise ceremony, then we all got really loose and crazy on the dance floor to songs like "Cotton-Eyed Joe," "The Electric Slide," and "The Chicken Dance" after chugging lemonade and sparkling grape juice. Fun in a this reminds me of a highschool dance scene but everyone only knows 1/4 of the people and I'll probly never see the other 3/4 again so who cares if I embarrass myself a little bit, it's all cheesy and endearing.

 

 Also, this really nice guy Randy let me borrow his sampler that I've been playing with all day today. I actually skipped work for the third time since I started a few weeks ago, but they haven't seemed to notice, they are so laid back about everything. I really should be working though because I want money to pay for my semester in the dorm and then my time I would soooo love to spend in California after I get done graji-ated. So tomorrow I'm working, celebrating my sis's berfday, then tomorrows I'm organizing for next semester and probly going to play some drum in Westport again soon. I think I'm going to the Pitchfork music festival at the end of the month too.

Nocturnal and underground

This is the first blog for me on this here new piece o' web real estate. It's gonna be short and sweet because I really just want to comment on my friend Jen's spot. But I thought I would let everyone out there reading this (*crickets sounds*) know that I am going to the Subterranean Art Show held in the tunnel that connects the Union and the Spencer Art Museum. Yes, there is a tunnel that connects the Union and the Spencer!! It's awesome, although I've never been to it I know it will be awesome. It is underground! And it reminds me of an idea that me and my best friend in my early pubescent years had.....to build a tunnel connecting our two houses with a spot in the middle for a studio/practice room where we could play our protopunk/punk/post-punk/shoegazer/experimental/improv music and not have parental units crashing the party. So this is going to be like half-realizing a dream for me tonite. Anyways, hope to see you there.