February 2012
7 posts
the relationship of technique/style versus a series of accidents
“tell me your favorite bird and I will write a poem”
billyjane:
Laurie Anderson, Tightrope
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January 2012
11 posts
Annotated Images: BREAK →
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Last semester, in my frequent moments of weakness, I wished I were back in New York,where it seemed I had never lacked for pictures.
Going home, I was unnerved to discover how thoroughly the rhythm of my old life had dissipated, and with it, the pictures that would constantly, magically take shape all around me. At least that was how I remembered it. In any case, they were gone.
I...
“In the end I think it is interesting simply because I am so interested. People...”
– Paul D’Amato, Excerpts from journal entries made between 1989-2002
“Remember: Get to a place where instinct leads to invention.”
– Paul D’Amato, Excerpts from journal entries made between 1989-2002
“The way we experience life is clouded by psychology, moods, desire, and previous...”
– Paul D’Amato, Excerpts from journal entries made between 1989-2002
“I shot too much film last summer, and in spite of my stated goal of avoiding...”
– Paul D’Amato, Excerpts from journal entries made between 1989-2002
“I live for these situations where I feel emotional resonance. It takes a lot of...”
– Paul D’Amato, Excerpts from journal entries made between 1989-2002
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“I remember the tug-of-war between wanting to make this picture, the first of the...”
– Paul D’Amato, Excerpts from journal entries made between 1989-2002
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“I’ve reached the edge of what is comfortable to photograph here, I am...”
– Paul D’Amato, Excerpts from journal entries made between 1989-2002
as people, as artists, we all borrow from each other (pastiche, parody, appropriation, etc). i want to read more about the myths/truths/death of individualism and the permeability of the idea realm.
December 2011
11 posts
S: I don't understand how you plan to -
M: DO US A FAVOR AND DON'T TRY AND UNDERSTAND
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sprint to the finish line in order to reach the starting point.
The Role of Metaphors in the Description of... →
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(so happy this exists)
toothache →
November 2011
9 posts
day on own
old notes/new meanings
The pursuit of someone who defiles and rejects your intentions and affections. Describe this feeling:
obliquely + through photographic reference
I recreate memory.
Depopulating to allow the disappeared to haunt.
It is Naughty by nature
Yet, this bears crucial (mis)understanding
Under the influence of the moon
while becoming increasingly isolated
You can see without being seen
You cannot touch without being touched
These cabinets are hiding as well as holding
without the influence of our...
cute
genuine
dreamy
wornoutjoy:
the shadow of your collar is like a kind of propaganda illuminated now by your open mouth cut open, formal and leaning into your cleavage
living alone in a big apartment on a main street that has no heat, no hot water, no option to use the stove or oven. in the process of resolving these issues. then i will consider internet access.
October 2011
32 posts
“things that are indelicate can sometimes be beautiful”
Horse Hairs →
If all goes well in the next couple of days, I’ll be moving into a one bedroom apartment, the biggest apartment I have ever lived in. And it’ll be just mine.
“life is pain, princess. anyone who says differently is selling something.”
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Should I get an MFA? →
“It was a place of force—
The wind gagging my mouth with my own blown hair,...”
– The Rabbit Catcher by Sylvia Plath
jmrambo:
“Gun Shy” by Widowspeak.
