i feel like talking about art... i am going to pick up working on the zine-ish idea i had begun, i think. i need to stock up on paint, but there is a lot of pre-work that i can do without that. the idea is to produce the zine without using any copiers or anything. i am designing a stencil for each page, and will use spraypaint to print. to begin i only plan to make a dozen or so copies..show it to some people and see what the response is. in the internet age, physical zines are fewer and further between. but they are refreshing because they are tangible. you can touch them. people work with computers for their jobs. use them to plan life. do banking. etc. i think looking at art through the same screen/box you spend so much time with may be a little inherently sad... i don't like that last sentence, it's hard to say what i mean. -anyway- the thought i have is that to produce a zine, something in physical print, takes you back to something tangible. you hold it in your hand. texture. i want to take it one step further. by printing and painting by hand it's like every page is a painting, done by the artist. you can't get much more tangible than that. tentatively titled 'to my dreams and my ugly parts, warm regards'.
