A Handmade Life #5

This is a great art zine put out by my friend Robin Olson Mayberry, and it also features some art and poetry by me. There are a lot of collage journal pages, and articles about the simple life. Get a copy!

Or visit Robin's website to see more of her creativity: Alchemy Studios

Algae Hole

Cool new painting by Stephanie Gerolimatos! You don't get the sense of size, but it is big, like maybe four feet tall. It is up in her show at the Center for the Arts until the end of October. It is even better in person. Go see it if you can.

Detail from the painting, because the texture is really important.


If you want to see steps along the way to the final product, and learn a little about her process, follow this link:
Photobucket pictures

Evolution

[.01]

Jul 14, 2040

[snapshot of average household]

“Stand up when you’re told to,” Mom snapped. Junior had been glued to his seat for more than twenty-six hours straight.

Junior protested—“But I am!”

“Don’t be ridiculous.”

Mom went over and tried to pry the ten-year-old off the chair. Her efforts, were futile.

The 99.99%-nude girls continued shaking their booties on the computer screen.

They, could move.

[.02]

07 14 2070

[LatestOutbreak_in_GlobalEpidemic ©
WorldDigitalSyndicateNetwork]

Major epidemic reported worldwide.
Muscle atrophy outbreak.

Associated with extended-extended use of computers.
Other digital, technical, devices inc.
Latest outbreak comes 30 years post groundbreaking study: 081450_ChildrenLoseUseOfLegs_01570209.

Leading scientists not worried.

1) “We are 10 steps closer to developing materials that will render physical degeneration non-existent.”—Noted Bioscientist Dr. John Scull, Nanomaterials Institute

2) “The discovery offers a new way to look at the links between genes, behavior, and nerval function.”—Dr. X Doe, Chairman of WorldUni Biosciences’ Education Research Group

[.03]

07² 2120

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Evolutn of human species 1 step ^.

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- Jess C Scott
from her book Porcelain

Don’t give up now!

Don’t give up now! Don’t stop your creative endeavors! Write a poem! Draw a picture, do whatever! Don’t wait for someone else to do it. Jump into the fray and let everyone see what your mind creates!

I fell in love with a nobody

thinking that I wouldn’t
and never would
what if I become
a nobody too?

~ 30 Aug 06, written in 20 seconds. Partly inspired by the poetry of Zen monks like Ikkyu and Ryokan

Jess C Scott
from her book Porcelain