I ran across one of Charles Burchfield’s paintings while searching “sun through the trees” (I’m a big fan of google ’sploring) and instantly wanted to see more of his work. I really like the his color palette and how he mixed landscapes with the abstract. Here are a couple facts I also found out about him:
-He was a contemporary of Edward Hopper
-At one time he worked for the military as a “camofleur.”
-He used a personal shorthand to add sounds of frogs, cicadas, etc into his work.
Check out ce petit escargot on the cheese grater. It was in the dish rack. In all likelihood he made his way into the kitchen riding on a tomato from the garden.
This ride was challenging and fun, there’s a little recap and some photos after the jump
So I took a pretty unsuccessful photo of this spider that set up shop outside my front door. My neighborhood is infested with them at the moment. They are orangish, thick and creepy. The other night I was using my computer with all my lights off and one of these guys ran across my keyboard. He is no longer with us. Anyway, so I practiced photoshop by getting rid of the white car, I also tried making the spider more obvious, but that wasn’t going to happen.
Here are some photos from a hike to an abandoned and decaying farm in the Hudson Highlands in NY.
So this is a little delayed, as they are from my road trip from Portland to NY 7 months ago, and now I’m back in good old Stumptown. But here are some pictures from the trip.
Seriously. Who doesn’t love Sesame St? I stopped watching it when I was little though. Now I’ve stumbled onto a freaking hilarious parody of Mad Men (which is interesting because that show is obviously intended for mature audiences). They managed to make it super funny and educational for preschoolers. Michelle Obama also recently made an appearance promoting healthy habits such as eating right, exercising and reading books. Sweet. Then I also found this clip of Feist’s appearance, because apparently Sesame St is also into indie rock. Not that I’m protesting, but is Sesame Street brainwashing a new generation of little hipsters? Or are they making Sesame Street tolerable for hipsters who watch it with their spawn? Hipsters or not, whatever the case, I think its great.
So, I decided to blow off doing homework last night. Not so that I could go out, but rather so I could stay in and watch the latest episode of Law and Order on a pirated totally legit website. So, I find the episode that I want and see this…
Basically, just a bunch of of rugged handsome-ness and a whole lot of handsome rugged-ness. But what is this at the bottom of the screen???
I just had a conversation about people/creature hybrids with my roommates the other night, I was therefore intrigued. I could not simply ignore it. Is is REAL or is it FAKE??? So, I scroll down a tad, and start to become horrified. This one is going to be a doozie.
It gets worse, a lot worse. Seriously, don’t proceed unless, you too, want to be horrified.
