The first back to school was last month. My building had an Artists’ Open House, aptly named “Back to School,” since we live in a school and all. It is always a little scary opening your home up to random people off the street but it was a success for sure! I even sold a… Continue reading Back to School in More Ways Than One
Category: Art
Growing Up Half Ass[yrian] Zine
The much-anticipated zine is here! Okay, maybe you haven’t heard anything about it, but it is here. We have compiled some of our favorite blog posts and created a zine about growing up half-Assyrian and half-white. We made some drawings with watercolors based on our childhood photos and rewrote the stories on our grandmother’s typewriter.… Continue reading Growing Up Half Ass[yrian] Zine
Pink is for Boys and Blue is for Girls
This is how it used to be for much of history. It is really only within the last 60 years that it flipped. If you look at the many Jesus-y paintings from the Medieval or Renaissance eras, for instance the Annunciation paintings, you will see the Virgin Mary usually wears blue and Jesus or the… Continue reading Pink is for Boys and Blue is for Girls
Quilting: The Opposite of Instant Gratification
I subscribe to hundreds of blogs, mostly design and art blogs. I will see about 300 blog posts a day, a few per second. Next, next, next. The image overload is mind altering. I usually tell myself I will look at them for inspiration but most likely I will end up feeling bad about myself… Continue reading Quilting: The Opposite of Instant Gratification
synchronize: what we are all doing at the same time
I watched a tiny piece of Christian Marclay’s The Clock at SF MoMA last week. From 4:37 – 5:05 pm or so. If you’re like me and had not heard of the work before, he (and most likely an army of unpaid interns) stitched together thousands of movie clips that reference time and matched each… Continue reading synchronize: what we are all doing at the same time
Portraits of Strangers
I recently went on a business trip to Shanghai and Seoul. One week in each city. Like many folks on Instagram, I enjoy taking photographs of people I don’t know in public. Strangely, I realized that the majority of photographs I take on the street are of men. MEN Often, these men were in motion…… Continue reading Portraits of Strangers
12 to 13 inclinations
We had a great time musing and rambling this year about art, design, and social awkwardness. Thanks for reading. I hate the word “trend” so we’ve compiled “inclinations” for you instead. These are some of our favorite things from 2012 that we hope will continue into 2013. We love: 1. All that is hand-crafted, locally-produced,… Continue reading 12 to 13 inclinations