I Am Not You

I found an old poem I wrote in 2004. 

I Am Not You

I don't have time to think about circumstance
It is what it-is-what it is important?
It's the same with consequence.
The life you plan is the life you miss.
Do that. You'll break down to this:
Even energy feels dormant.

I want to be full on more than dinner.
Let the scrapes-love-laughter-blood-
Lips that talk the tornado-
Eyes that flow the flood
Bring about an articulate simmer
Spiced with clove smoke 
Love notes
Wisdom of the valid
Struggle of the beginner.
Stirred in my head, my heart, my toes
By the wind of the talks we nightly compose.
The waves of zeal
The craze of feeling.
This.

The cities, the pities, the goddamn committees
Why separate to juxtapose?
Then translate to re-compose?
"Add my ebbs, subtract your flows.'
Become what you deem you might've chose.
Really
You're as black as talcum
And as blue as a rose.

I am not you.

Take em as they come

I am bored and haven't done a digital collage in a while, so I decided to tweak those annoying Facebook games about "the first three words" and see what I could come up with. I went to my Facebook and have selected the first three words I found and will now try to make a collage that incorporates them. The words are:
1. Flagman
2. Christmas
3. Sisters

Pics used are as follows:

1. Flagman: Olds 88 by Wayne Arteaga

2. Christmas: Illustration of Santa Flying from Featurepics 

Framed

Halloween Idea #16

So Halloween is approaching (thank God!). While this will not likely be the post to win me any "prettiest design" awards, I think the concept is really great for a costume and --best of all-- I can't find that it's been done before. 

So the idea is to become a Warhol celebrity portrait for a Halloween costume. These portraits are iconic, and the first step would simply be to go a little nuts with your makeup and hair color. See some edgy fashion pics below for inspiration:

After makeup application, the next step is the frame. Just take an old frame from the thrift store and cut out whatever bad art it came with. Insert a technicolor or mildly neon posterboard in its place with a hole cut out for your head. 

Above is a mass produced "Mona Lisa" costume but you get the idea. 

Take a copy of Warhol's signature and print, cut, and paste to the lower corner and voila!

Pros:

-Art related

-Easy and unique

-A bunch of people can do it as a group costume 

Cons: 

-You're a frame head for the evening, so no cozying up to the bar if that's the kind of Halloween you're having

Only a few weeks to go!!!