Filed under: Art, Back In The Days, Ramblings, Uncategorized | Tags: 1980's, 2012, 2013, Alone, Alone 1, Alone One, Alone1, AloneOne, Boston, Drawings, Elementary School, Free Drawing Paper, Graph Paper, Not Guilty, NYC, Penmanship, Punishments, The ways I punish myself, The Ways I Torture Myself, Writings
So a while back someone gave me a blank book filled with graph paper. Seemed like some interesting paper to draw on. Hopefully it would get me over the “hang up” I have with that paper.. it is what my 4th grade teacher, Ms. Casey, made us use for our “Punishments”.
Do something wrong, and have to write your punishment.. on graph paper. One letter, per square… over and over… until the page was done.
Mess up once?… Start over.
Hand cramping?.. Massage it for 30 seconds, then keep going.
Not learn the lesson?.. Do 5 sheets.
Still not learn?.. The whole class had to do em.
And after they were all done and got a quick check for accuracy?… Ripped in pieces and thrown away.
I usually got good grades in elementary school, except for… conduct, effort and… penmanship. So I OFTEN had this one…
This was another common one…
“I Will Not Talk”
Decades later I realized that some of these punishments had really stuck. And not always in a good way. So maybe the same techniques could be used to “unpunish” myself or or for things that I would consider more positive uses.
“A Skateboard Is Not A Battle Ax”
Oh, and how can I forget? For next level shit we would have to write ONE WORD PER SQUARE…
I spent a lot of time almost filling that book. But eventually decided to stop punishing myself…
Filed under: Art | Tags: 2013, Alone, Alone 1, Alone One, Alone1, AloneOne, Art, church, Drawings, gOd, I went to church.. and the holy water boiled over, Never talk about… religion or politics, Religion, Satan, The Battle For My Soul, Words
A few pieces made after a most unlikely trip I made to.. a CHURCH…
“Don’t Let The Door Hit You… Where The Good Lord Split You.”
“Heaven For The Weather. Hell For The Company.”
Filed under: Art, Ramblings | Tags: 2013, Alone, Alone 1, Alone One, Alone1, AloneOne, Android, Art, Cell Phone, Emoji, Emojis, iPhone, Writings
Sometimes the creative urge can strike when least prepared. Like when on the subway.. but don’t even have a pen. So gotta use what’s available. Here’s some text message art/writings/stories I’ve been putting together on those rides…
“We’re So Productive Together”
“Without You, Everything Is Shit”
“Finally Got Home and Found ___ Shitting In Our Front Yard”
Filed under: Politics, Ramblings | Tags: 2013, Brooklyn, courtesy card, Family Ties, Get Out Of Jail Free, It's Not WHAT you Know It's WHO You Know, New York, New York City, NY, NYC, NYPD, Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, PBA, Politics
“It’s Not WHAT you Know…”
Filed under: Art, Art Show, Books, Graffiti, Inspiration | Tags: 2013, Alert, Alone, Alone One, Alone1, AloneOne, Art Show, Book release, Books, Christian Acker, Cinik, Cornbread, Cosbe, Eric Haze, Faust, Flip The Script, Graffiti, Grey PVC, Gyer, Handstyles, Kaves, LES, Lions, Lower East Side, Mike Giant, New York, New York City, NYC, Reed Space, Release Party, Slick, SR One THR, Stay High 149, Sure, Toper, Typography, White Rabbit
I got a piece in…
Flip The Script” Book Release + Art Show
at…
REED SPACE
151 Orchard St
(Lower East Side) NYC
Thursday, April 4th. 7-10PM.
UPDATE: Some follow up photos from the night HERE.
Filed under: Art | Tags: 2013, Alone, Alone 1, Alone One, Alone1, Art, Heart, Valentine's Day
“Burning Heart”
wood, flames
5″ x 5″
2013
Filed under: Art | Tags: 2013, Alone 1, Alone1, AloneOne, Art, Candy, Cotton Candy, Sculpture, Valentine's Day
“Cotton Candy Heart”
cotton candy
5″ x 5″
2013
Filed under: Art | Tags: 2013, Alone, Alone 1, Alone One, Alone1, AloneOne, Art, Meat, Photography, Valentine's Day
“Meat Heart”
meat
3″ x 3″
2013
Filed under: Art, Books, Inspiration, Music, Photography | Tags: 2013, Alone, Alone One, Alone1, AloneOne, Art, Drawings, Har-Mar SuperStar, Music, Musicians, Sean Na Na, Sean Tillmann, Sketchbooks
A little drawing I did of Har Mar SuperStar…
“Har Mar SuperStar”
pencil on paper
4″ x 6″
2013
And a few photos of him at his show last night at GlassLands/Brooklyn…