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Wilfred is feeling a bit sassy
Dear Andy
Mr Andy,
I think you are a pretty interesting guy. I wonder if your insistence that there was absolutely no meaning or intention beyond the surface of your work (or do you insist?), is merely a ploy to make people curious or if the art community has thrust its own intuition and symbolisms upon it.
-Roshelle
"I've been quoted a lot as saying, ' I like boring things.' Well, I said it and I meant it. But that doesn't mean I'm not bored with them. Of course, what I think is boring must not be the same as what other people think is, since I could never stand to watch all the most popular action shows on TV, because they're essentiall the same plots and the same shots and the same cuts over and over again. Apparently, most people love watching the same basic thing, as long as the details are different. (Campbell's Soup Cans) But I'm just the opposite: if I'm going to sit and watch the same thing I saw the night before, I don't want it to be essentially the same- I want it to be exactly the same. Because the more you look at the same exact thing, the more the meaning goes away, and the better and emptier you feel." (Five deaths Seventeen Times)
-Andy Warhol
When I told a friend of mine that I was interested in learning about Andy Warhol and his work, his respose was, "Why would you want to do that? It's mass produced 'art'. It's everything art isn't supposed to be."
After doing the research I have come to the conclusion that he was absolutely right about the mass production aspect of Andy Warhol, however, I have come to a different conclusion about it's worth. It speaks profound truths about our consumeristic, desensitized society. The Campbell's Soup Cans and the Marilyn Diptych appear to be different subject matter on the surface, but if you take a deeper look, you will come to find that celebrities, in this 'modern' era, are just as much a commodity as Campbell's Soup. "Five Deaths Seventeen Times" features a picture of a horrific car crash repeated seventeen times. This repetition could represent the overexposure and, therefore, desensitivation of our society due to mass media.
" I represent the U.S. in my art but I'm not a social critic. I just paint those objects in my paintings because those are the things I know best. I'm not trying to criticize the U.S. in any way, not trying to show up any ungliness at all. I'm just a pure artist, I guess. But I can't say I take myself seriously as an artist. I just hadn'y thought about it..."
-Andy Warhol
hmmmmm.....
I think you are a pretty interesting guy. I wonder if your insistence that there was absolutely no meaning or intention beyond the surface of your work (or do you insist?), is merely a ploy to make people curious or if the art community has thrust its own intuition and symbolisms upon it.
-Roshelle
"I've been quoted a lot as saying, ' I like boring things.' Well, I said it and I meant it. But that doesn't mean I'm not bored with them. Of course, what I think is boring must not be the same as what other people think is, since I could never stand to watch all the most popular action shows on TV, because they're essentiall the same plots and the same shots and the same cuts over and over again. Apparently, most people love watching the same basic thing, as long as the details are different. (Campbell's Soup Cans) But I'm just the opposite: if I'm going to sit and watch the same thing I saw the night before, I don't want it to be essentially the same- I want it to be exactly the same. Because the more you look at the same exact thing, the more the meaning goes away, and the better and emptier you feel." (Five deaths Seventeen Times)
-Andy Warhol
After doing the research I have come to the conclusion that he was absolutely right about the mass production aspect of Andy Warhol, however, I have come to a different conclusion about it's worth. It speaks profound truths about our consumeristic, desensitized society. The Campbell's Soup Cans and the Marilyn Diptych appear to be different subject matter on the surface, but if you take a deeper look, you will come to find that celebrities, in this 'modern' era, are just as much a commodity as Campbell's Soup. "Five Deaths Seventeen Times" features a picture of a horrific car crash repeated seventeen times. This repetition could represent the overexposure and, therefore, desensitivation of our society due to mass media.
" I represent the U.S. in my art but I'm not a social critic. I just paint those objects in my paintings because those are the things I know best. I'm not trying to criticize the U.S. in any way, not trying to show up any ungliness at all. I'm just a pure artist, I guess. But I can't say I take myself seriously as an artist. I just hadn'y thought about it..."
-Andy Warhol
hmmmmm.....
Something to think about...seriously
A point was made last Sunday night at Epicenter [my church], that has been brought to the forefront of my mind this entire week. Here are the reference verses:
Job 1:6 - 1:12
6 One day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them.
7 The Lord said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the Lord, "From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it."
8 Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil."
9 "Does Job fear God for nothing?" Satan replied.
10 "Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land.
11 But stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face."
12 The Lord said to Satan, "Very well then, everything he has in your hands, but on the man himself do not lay a finger." Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.
So Satan obviously believes God exists
Satan has a relationship with God
Satan obeys God
hmmmmm
....the motivation and heart behind obedience is the only thing that can set us apart from the devil himself.
Am I the only one who finds this extremely frightening?
ps for those not familiar with Job, God returns Job’s health, providing him with twice as much property as before, new children, and an extremely long life.
Job 1:6 - 1:12
6 One day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them.
7 The Lord said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the Lord, "From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it."
8 Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil."
9 "Does Job fear God for nothing?" Satan replied.
10 "Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land.
11 But stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face."
12 The Lord said to Satan, "Very well then, everything he has in your hands, but on the man himself do not lay a finger." Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.
So Satan obviously believes God exists
Satan has a relationship with God
Satan obeys God
hmmmmm
....the motivation and heart behind obedience is the only thing that can set us apart from the devil himself.
Am I the only one who finds this extremely frightening?
ps for those not familiar with Job, God returns Job’s health, providing him with twice as much property as before, new children, and an extremely long life.
Restless Exhaustion
Awesome.
This semester is almost over. Its a good thing because it's about to kill me.
A part of me is kind of dreading the end. I almost don't know what to do with free time anymore.
Can someone teach me how to rest without being restless?
Oh well; it won't last for long. 2 summer school classes and a full time job here I come.
I thought school was a full time job. It turns out you pay them. Weird.
This semester is almost over. Its a good thing because it's about to kill me.
A part of me is kind of dreading the end. I almost don't know what to do with free time anymore.
Can someone teach me how to rest without being restless?
Oh well; it won't last for long. 2 summer school classes and a full time job here I come.
I thought school was a full time job. It turns out you pay them. Weird.
The Clean Up Crew
Year 1 out of (hopefully) 5 complete.
At this rate I may even be done with school before im 40
Final Exhibition
The final contributing component to determine whether or not I am admitted into the University of Arizona's professional phase of Architorture....I mean...Architecture program.
It's a Beautiful Life
The Proposal
Simultaneously ball your eyes out and look beautiful. check.
April Showers
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| That's one big rock |
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| Yummmmy |
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| Find your man via his clalf, blindfolded ........ Uhhh; most definitely not Nick. |
The Bachelorette
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| The Mission |
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| Note to self: watch for unpainted speed bumps while driving an astro van of 10 girls partaking in a fun-filled bachelorette party down on fourth ave. This may or may not result with catching some serious air, 5 dozen ballons and 10 heads hitting the ceiling of the golden monster as well as one loud uniform scream...just a suggestion. |
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| Some bums off the street stopped by to see what all the commotion was. |
And they lived happily ever after.....
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| I caught this.... Sorry guys, no one else is getting married for a very long time |
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| Well said Erika |
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| Oh hey Bob |
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| Congradulations to the beautiful couple. Both inside and out. |
"Life": A Perversion of the Intended
You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body
-C.S. Lewis
Proverbs 5
1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom, listen well to my words of insight,
2 that you may maintain discretion and your lips may perserve knowledge.
3 For the lips of an adultress drip honey, and her speech is smother than oil;
4 but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.
6 She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths are crooked, but she knows it not
7 Now then, my sons, listen to me; do not turn aside from what I say.
8 Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house,
9 Lest you give your best strength to others and your years to one who is cruel,
10 lest strangers feast on your wealth and your toil enrich another man's house.
11 At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.
12 You will say, "How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction!"
13 I would not obey my teachers or listen to my instructors.
14 I have come to the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.
15 Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well.
16 Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in public squares?
17 Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.
18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
19 A loving doe, a graceful deer- may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love.
20 Why be captivated, my son, by an adultress? Why embrace the bosom of another man's wife?
21 For a man's ways are in full view of the LORD, and he examines all his paths.
22 The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him, the cords of his sin hold him fast.
23 He will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
-C.S. Lewis
Proverbs 5
1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom, listen well to my words of insight,
2 that you may maintain discretion and your lips may perserve knowledge.
3 For the lips of an adultress drip honey, and her speech is smother than oil;
4 but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.
6 She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths are crooked, but she knows it not
7 Now then, my sons, listen to me; do not turn aside from what I say.
8 Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house,
9 Lest you give your best strength to others and your years to one who is cruel,
10 lest strangers feast on your wealth and your toil enrich another man's house.
11 At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.
12 You will say, "How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction!"
13 I would not obey my teachers or listen to my instructors.
14 I have come to the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.
15 Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well.
16 Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in public squares?
17 Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.
18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
19 A loving doe, a graceful deer- may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love.
20 Why be captivated, my son, by an adultress? Why embrace the bosom of another man's wife?
21 For a man's ways are in full view of the LORD, and he examines all his paths.
22 The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him, the cords of his sin hold him fast.
23 He will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
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