The Last Day

of 2008 and an entire new year of opportunity and creativity to look forward to.

Is most good.

The Mask that cannot be named on the web...

......the non-breaking space, the core of self.

Symbology of HTML (Human Theological Markup Language) -- an idle musing of code application to the Human Condition.

Life-sized, ceramic bisque fired and acrylic finished.

Macro visions....

within the curious world of mathematics. A dna strand found deep within the fractal realm.

A Mask in which to.......

dream and every one a King or Queen...or Cat.

Life sized, ceramic bisque fired and acrylic finished.

Art...

in a more universalized general non-specific sort of sense.....if you know what I mean...and I think you do. Argh.....shall we say "process?". Yes. Very good. It is this, that thing.

Life-sized ceramic bisque fired....acrylic finished.

"Science is We....

...Art is I" -- Claude Bernard

Ceramic bisque fired. Finished with acrylics.

A most difficult mask

for some to wear....

Life size, ceramic bisque fired and acrylics finished.

It's that time.....

And may all your LEDs be bright....

iD...

the undocumented self, long buried at the core...broadcasting dreams into the EGO.

Life sized. Bisque fired, acrylic paint & varnish.

Think...redux....

"Think #2"....a re-examination of the I in thInk (thin ink)....that puzzle of gears, circuitry and cellular activity.

Life sized. Bisque fired, acrylic glazed & varnished.

Create

....a mask to wear tracing that unique collection of nodes that result in something not before seen in this space.

Life sized. Bisque fired. Acrylic paint, glaze and varnish.

Shaman Armor #2.....

...soldier....enforced muteness...and quilted against the arrows of interaction. Hard upon the border of Ego, id and self....inviolate.

Life sized, bisque fired, acrylic glazed and varnished.

Ego....

and the definition of how we balance the self within parameters using learned connections, outcomes and probability....

Programming Quotes

Sigh.....just cannot resist.....

http://www.jroller.com/rajvissa/entry/programming_quotations

Something Red 2008 Reception

The artist reception and awards ceremony took place last night....the First Wednesday of December. My work is displayed at Dave Wilson Goldsmith (along with about 6 or so other artist's work). The shop features the most incredible old brick wall that certainly makes the artwork pop against it.

The reception was enjoyable -- several people were most enthusiastic and it was good to be back out showing my work again. I'd forgotten how much fun these sort of things can be and it was good to discuss various mediums with the other artists.

I did manage to get out to see a few other pieces of work -- walked down to the Umpqua Bank where Bobby Aster's wood sculpture is on display and while there, met Michael Cushing. I found his work quite intriguing.

You can see it here: http://www.standingwaveart.com/home.html

And then.....time to hie off to the award ceremony. No one was more surprised than I to be named 2nd place in Mixed Media for "Goodbye Houston". Small things can be so very satisfying. All in all, a very enjoyable evening.

And here's the link to my January 08 post regarding the creation of "Goodbye Houston":

http://artshaman.blogspot.com/2008/01/goodbye-houston.html

Think...

permutations...code....branching.....all those things that burble in theory until the binary drips from the lips.

Ceramic, roughly life sized. Acrylic glazed & varnished.