June 2012
36 posts
The honest expression of truth in art is incredibly redemptive. I sometimes forget that. I sometimes forget what I’m trying to do with my own art until I come across an expression that I identify with enough so that it makes me take pause and process the expression enough to ultimately teach me something either about myself or the world that I had never considered before. Within a proper context these expressions can help change and shape the world around us in a tangible, positive way. That’s a worthwhile pursuit, I think <3
Chicken Squawk
MDC
Millions of Dead Cops - Chicken Squawk
Drawing comics and listening to this pretty loudly today. Love it <3
Eskimo Snow
Yoni Wolf
Why? - Eskimo Snow
Spent the entire day working on a small art zine that I’m not going to share here. It’s great though. I’m really happy with how it turned out. But, like I said, I’m not sharing it here. It’s too personal.
I’ve been meaning to make some comics over the past couple of months but it simply hasn’t been happening. I fell into a really awful bout of depression for the most of it and simply haven’t been able to concentrate anything creative for more than a few minutes at a time. I’ve got projects I want to work on, I do, but I just can’t seem to get excited about anything right now.
I’m utterly ambivalent. It’s a strange feeling to sustain.
<3
Listen
One Hundred Dollars - Paris is burning
For whenever I’m feeling low and lonely. This song. Always present <3
The Deadly Rhythm
Refused
Refused - The deadly rhythm
So much of my worldview is detrimental to my personal well being. Reflecting on this today.
Listen
Ramshackle glory - Last days
Just walked though through the pouring rain because I needed to hear this album for the first time on my feet, walking, engaged. The last Ramshackle Glory album has meant a lot to me since I first heard songs from it last February. Those songs made me feel so much less fucking alone during a time when I felt like I had nobody and my life was falling apart. I can’t really listen to that album much anymore but it’s still quite important to me. This new album, Who Are Your Friends Gonna Be?, made me cry on my first listen. I can’t think of higher praise coming from someone like me. The entire thing is just fantastic. Punk rock that matters.
<3
“To be a sincere, serious artist in America is to be a loser” - R. Crumb
