"I'm not a dark person and I don't consider myself dark."

TIM BURTON

I love him and cannot wait until 3.5.1o when Alice in Wonderland comes to theaters.

Until then I will have to wish I was in NY so I could go to the MoMA and obsess over his retrospective.

The website is great, you should check it out. http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2009/timburton/

"I`ve always loved the idea of fairy tales, but somehow I never managed to completely connect with them. What interests me is taking those classic images and themes and trying to contemporize them a bit. I believe folk tales and fairy tales have some sort of psychological foundation that makes that possible."

All of these things are great. Enjoy.

one of my favorite contemporary artists. Bob Dylan would agree.

The Knife covering Jose Gonzalez.

I love.

I love Annie Leibovitz's work. Sometimes, when she is photographing cool people doing awesome things. Not when she is shooting Miley Cyrus half-naked for the cover of Vanity Fair, thats just dumb.

Like Johnny Cash

Roma

The White Stripes.

or Tina Fey.

For my contemporary art class we have to write an obituary for a living artist. My professor told us to get creative and "figure a way to kill them off." It is the most assinine and insensitive project. Perhaps a few years ago I would have not seen the blatant crassness of this paper, but now it is painful to write, my whole body hurts.

"It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know. It is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one more stair than there is. Your foot falls down, through the air, and there is a sickly moment of dark surprise as you try and readjust the way you thought of things."

— Lemony Snicket Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

So, I don't update, ever, but procrastination at it's finest has led me here. I have literally done everything else there is to do.

One thing I am learning more and more everyday is racism and sexism are

a battle that in no way is over for many people. It is easy to ignore, but that does not negate the fact that it still happens.

People are people and bothers me that some excuse this argument by presenting evidence counter-racism or reverse sexism, or just denying that it is happening.

Kehinde Wiley, a relatively new up-and-comer in the art world is taking traditional European portraiture and replacing the subjects with non-white males. They are usually guys he finds on the street of no speakable prestige. I love it, because the original subjects were all assholes. And the backgrounds are intriguing. www.kehindewylie.com, it is rare to find such a skilled painter these days.

A portrait in the style of David's Napoleon Crossing the Alps

A Commission for VH1's 2005 Hip hop Honors, Biggie Smalls

A poster from the Guerrilla Girls, a group of female artists who often protest galleries and museums, because of

the shocking under-representation of females and minority groups.

I am not attempting to be extremist.....but honestly?