URBAN TUMBLEWEEDS

I have these memories of seeing balls of cassette tape tape rolling around parking lots and on sidewalks.  Clearly these aren't recent memories, but they're something that I can't shake right now. I went to the thrift store a couple of weeks ago to buy some tapes to see what I could do with them. I've tried glueing the magnetic strip to some canvas. I'm not sure if I like that yet, but I did pull out a whole cassette's worth of tape and make my own tape ball. It's hanging on the wall right now. It's floppy and makes a nice rustling noise like a cheerleader pom pom. I drew it a few times this weekend and then layered the drawings in photo shop. Maybe nothing else will come of this, but it's just something I'm thinking about right now.

Layered.

SUNDAY MORNING

I take pictures with my memory when I drive around. This morning I went out and collected some of them. These are mostly things that I find interesting, and I'll post the rest of them this week.

I like looking for the LIME tag. This one is from a building wall downtown. I've found a few others, mostly in the North Knox / Downtown area, but have seen one as far west as Middlebrook Pike.

SUBLIMINAL MIND TRICKS

I stopped painting on this a few weeks ago and have been letting it sit. I finally decided it was done. And then, I spotted this box in my office. It's been kicking around for about a year. I can't explain this one. Inspiration by proximity?

COLLECTION

I've been out of the studio for a while. It was crunch time at Day Job and I took a much needed CabinParty HottubTime break in the mountains. I've got nothing new right now, so I decided to post some of my huge collection of photographs I've taken that inform the work I am making right now. I've been letting a post about how all of this makes sense in my head simmer for a while, and I want to post that soon. But to tide you over until then, here are some things I've been looking at.

GATHERING

This is all nothing new. But is anything anymore?