under the pink.

"no sylvana, you dont have to think about it. just do it and then see what happens." - me to me

lets take a moment for dr. chase meridian.

and what a grand chase it is.

look at my star fleet uniform.

i found this uniform at VV. as if someone would not know its value. [official star fleet!] look out jean-luc, i am the new sassy medical officer who's orphaned son needs a dad.

sunset mary

this is a re-post, but i finally just received the version i like the best.
me and peter made this last year.

once upon a time in your wildest dreams.

last night no one was home. 4 non-blonds was on. whats going on?
i am screaming at the top of my lungs. nothing inspires me more then a good challenge, an adversary, a bench mark, a square off between two evenly suited people. i live most of my life 'competing' with someone in the attempt to be better for myself. maybe this is more of my 'chloric' / romantic charge into solving all perceived problems. maybe it is just my 'oldest sibling' complex. challenge, rise, defeat.

right now i am obsessed with my letters. i have been getting up at 7 am so i can be out the door at 7.45 and on my bike touring the city. [p.s. i love my beronika .. best present ever] this gives me one hour to shoot my phrase and then get to work for 10 am. i have lost my little mind. i cant eat, i cant sleep, im up at dawn and i am productive all the time. this makes me happy. but also scared. i have gone through really productive periods before, but nothing like this. i think for the first time in my life i actually feel like a living, breathing, working artist.

the scary thing is how calm it has all made me. i just dont think i am used to seeing myself as 'productive' or 'heading in the right direction'. but i feel good. and now all my angsty writing just isnt happening. my tone has changed. i mean i am still sarcastic and difficult and destructively hopeful, i just have nothing to be pissed off about. or nothing so far out of reach i feel helpless. is this whole blog post a jinx? is my proclamation of satisfaction nothing more then a good days emotional high?

keiran says if mc jagger 'cant get no satisfaction' then no body can. did i just one up mc jagger. not really, i mean for a womanizing rock star mc jagger is a legend. how do i think he achieve this? through the illusion of challenge. this man over satisfied himself until he bleed pregnant brazilian beauty queens. thats what i want. or rather thats where i want to go. i want to go to the land of total satisfaction, not in the creepy mars bar way, but in the totally sylvana, ideal scenario. and i think i have a pretty good handle on it. i mean this is my 'satisfaction' song. this is my claim to happiness and even in this i cant be totally sure it is 'real' or 'here'. i have been wrong about things before.

i used to pray everyday for a cause to fight against. as if i haven't always been my most satisfying adversary. as if my point of view was not good enough. finding your way is a gem that has let me step into my own life. i should write more. i should draw more. i should do whatever i feel like, because i know that even if i still 'want' things i am happy. and that is all i have ever wanted.

THE CHEAPER SHOW.

The Cheaper Show No. 9 from The Cheaper Show on Vimeo.

i am applying for this.
go >> here and apply too.

i have been so productive lately.

and i have been inspired.
i up dated my web site in the never ending search for a "real job". see >> here

metal head vs medal head

this is the last few days of the olympics. it hasen't really affected my week as all the partying is contained downtown. however, i still am not used to all the air traffic. helicopters flying low and above my head. it kind of freaks my out in an orson welles kind of way.

old font remade.

i am making letters.

happy birthday sisters.

i made this for my friend chelsea.

click >> here
to see what chelsea does.

the unicorn

i am making a new font.

i am calling it 'the unicorn'. it surprises me that i do, in fact really enjoy making fonts.



i am going to make a cardboard version too. for future photo en devours.

new project >> continues

i have been driving my bike around photographing this phrase all over town.

i guess i feel like i want to believe. i also want to be outside. and when i am outside i find places i like to be and i also find over crowded public spaces and then i start thinking that everything is good and that being with other people [or in public] makes me hopeful. and then i start feeling fantastical and indulgent and then i become really passionate and then i make things . because i want to believe the best things are real and possible, and most of the time all i have to do is be outside.


i am not sure what direction this project is going to take. but for now i am having so much fun i am just going to continue to drive my bike around and photograph where it feels right.

new work by me.

snickers endourses gold. believe in your candy bar.

CHRIS JORDAN

these pictures have been all over my jock.
but they are amazing. chris jordan has photographed these dead albatross chicks, bellies filled with the plastic their parents have been accidentally feeding them. they become sick and die and then as they decompose the plastic remains. CRAZY real. nothing has been altered for the photos. their poor little bellies looks like this. amazing.
see more >> here

HOLGA >> people

VECTORIAL ELEVATION

public art i love.


this amazing out door exhibit has come to vancouver for the olympics. tonight i went to see it for the 3rd time. i am completely fascinated.

it was un-veiled in mexico city and has since traveled to lyon, france and then to vitoria-gasteiz, euskadi, spain and finally to dublin, ireland.
learn more >> here
you can also watch the light show live >> here
AND,
you can choose the patern the lights make by going >> here
i love this installation.

social media?

art is discussion and opinion.
i sometimes write and i sometime take pictures and sometimes i work endlessly on my blog. i try to make a 10 minute images each day.

ERIK OSBERG

amazing photos.
great interview see more/read it >> here

OLYMPICS >> opening ceremony

last night was the opening night for the olympics. i went down town to see what was happening.
i took some super sensationalized photos of the crowds.




ctv was there too.