Sketches

Compiled Research

My Compiled Research
Below I will list a number of books, some books have scanned pages that provide possible conceptual directions for this year.
Some books will have scanned material below it.
Lucian, Satirist and Artist by Francis G. Allinson, Litt. D. Professor of Greek Literature and History Copyright 1926 The Plimpton Press Norwood, Massachusetts U.S.
-born Syrian-self-made Greek
idea that sparked from this book
The idea that you belong to a culture based on the values or traditions that you abide by or your mere existance or birth in that region or particular culture.

Democracy and the Police
Critical Perspective on Crime and Law by David Alan Sklansky
Stanford University Press 2008


This page talks about the trade off of "democratic values" for the protection of the police. Already there have been events in which police authority or the position of power drives police officers past social ethics.
Police Brutality
There is also a website dedicated to police brutality called
Citizens Against Police Abuse (CAPA)


Realizing the Impossible
Art Against Authority
Edited by Josh Macphee and Erik Reuland 2007 Second Printing





Artist Influenced by Ararchy


Pablo Picasso


Camille Pissarro


Georges Seurat


Man Ray


Robert Henri


Wassily Kandinsky


Rockwell Kent


Frans Masereel


Mark Rothko


"When reading these essays, his crucial to keep in mind that ararchism is not a singular political program so much as a thorough commitment to substantive equality and the potential for human liberation. "


"Do you want to make a living off art, or do you want to make a life of art?" Cortez K. Carlos




Who Let the Dogs In?

Molly Ivins
Copyright 2004 Molly Irvins
2005 Random House Trade Paperback Edition



Women of the New Right
Rebecca E. Klatch
Copyright 1987 by Temple University


Juvenal The Satires New Translation
by Niall Rudd 1991

Human Genome Project
Cracking the Genetic Code of Life by Thomas F. Lee 1991 Thomas F. Lee

Websites to assist

Censorship in America
Is it Ethical to Assist Desired Suicide (euthanasia)
Satire

Opposite Idea

Image Ideas

Current direction

Sketches are rough but might develope into complex images that have satirical meanings behind them. In order to add a bit of my personality into them it would be nice to be able to use words to create tension through sarcasm. I also want to use small scale situations to illustrated accepted modern and past ideologies as well as social issues that are unresolved.

40 Opposing Ideas

1. Servile
2. Exciting
3. Apathetic
4. Apocalypse
5. Repulse
6. Irrelevant
7. Conceited
8. Malice
9. Conspiracy
10. Imminent
11. Ignoble
12. Extravert
13. Professional
14. Sell-out
15. Vulgar
16. Calm
17. Nature
18. Zealous
19. Melancholy
20. Mandated
21. Considerate
22. Anti-biotic (creating yin and yang)
23. Self-sustaining
24. Negative
25. Self-assured
26. Replenish
27. Menial
28. Extravagant
29. Blind
30. Bold
31. Stopping problem before it starts through the study of pattern
32. Social understanding
33. Offensive
34. Proactive response
35. Personalized attitude
36. Truthful intent
37. Individualized survival
38. Social need
39. Perspective reality
40. Detached influence

40 Ideas

1. Independent
2. Disappointment
3. Inhumane
4. Spaceships
5. Inject
6. Special
7. Ambivalence
8. Benevolence
9. Desultory
10. Retrospective
11. Valiant
12. Introvert
13. Zany
14. Zealous
15. Innocence
16. Tumultuous
17. Conditioned
18. Phlegmatic
19. Obdurate
20. Abdicate
21. Dismissive
22. Bacteria
23. Parasite
24. Optimistic
25. Self-destructive
26. Deteriorate
27. Meaningful
28. Plain
29. Sight
30. Invisible
31. Systematic defeat
32. Appropriation
33. Self-pity
34. Victimization
35. Outside Projection
36. Justified Ethos
37. Socio-economic
38. Sacred
39. Universal truths
40. Personal attribute

Brainseaching and Freewriting

My freewriting took flight into a number of different directions. It began at describing my first encounter of Memphis, which wasn't a very pleasant experience. It spured off into my experience at Memphis College of Art some good, some bad. My educational discussion with myself led to cultural diversity, something I desire for and surprisingly I feel my surrounding lacks due to an only visual art community. Though some people show some facets of other skills and talents, most of the people that I have come into contact with are pronge to the stardards of
"art kids." This personal discussion turned into an exploration of my personal abilities and how the college affected them. This also meant a discussion about my child hood experiences that shaped my personality as and adult and how art became a piece of who I am yet it does not define me. I also started to think about art in relation to personal life and how to create a balance of the two. I even wanted to learn how to make life and art work as a unit which is hard concidering the use of art as an economic gain rather than a hobby. After exploring different ideas about myself and who I am I just decided to write what was on my mind, right at the moment, which happened to be sex, gender roles, my girlfriend, marriage, a fear of not reaching my potential as an artist or simply as a man. Basicly thoughts about life that fired off after I thought of one subject after the next. I ended my brain rant on the topic of conditioned behaviors vs inherent behaviors which led to a sort of conclusion that personal response is affected by social feedback.

Just Getting Started

This is my second blog ever created and it is strictly for my dynamic image class at Memphis College of Art.