"In this phase of the project, the aim is to better understand the nature and scale of the crop-raiding problem around the forest by documenting it in detail (with maps and measurements) whilst also plotting the seasonal distribution of elephants inside the forest. The project will also test different crop-protection measures – including ropes smeared with oil and chilli-pepper paste - and will develop a locally-based, and managed, ecotourism venture that builds on the project in such a way as to benefit those who bear the cost of living with elephants."

waiting for the rice to boil

no bra
re-arrangement of kitchen and "photo/film center"
plants up to neck-dream come true
cook books actually in the kitchen now
new equity, 22" monitor
the usual sf gray haze
15 min ab workout
newman o's, hint o' mint

SFMOMA jordan belson

the screening was amazing. an hour + of visual music:


if not film, then its on beta. no computer or digital alterations at all. seriously wonderful.

it is so cool that sf is/was the hub for all of this amazing film work. another great screening next week at the PFA with works by bruce connor, freude, barbara hammer, george kuchar!

a cross pollination of cultural ecology and the reach of poetry in visual language

"In preparation for this proposal and project itinerary, I have become more aware of the personal and professional responsibilities I am dedicated to. Although I see graduate school and working as a mentor in an educational environment in the scope of my career, I am also invested in the person I will be as I approach these goals. For this reason, I am committed to the openings or interruptions in life which unfold into a fuller sense of our world and ourselves. I see the spirit and experience of this trip as much more than the refinement of visual skills and the cultivation of the mind. I want to develop a practice which entails involvement with communities and other notions of audience as I am aware of the opportunities for artists in society is increasingly valued.

With the project I have proposed, I believe there is a powerful potential in the investigation of landscape as a language for the manifestation of culture which is expressed in the changing architecture of the land. The nature of this venture is interdisciplinary, allowing for a transcendence of boundaries in visual, ecological and anthropological fields. The gift of a multi-perspective question gives an encompassing examination of a significant environmental, cultural and political issue in Thailand. I have confidence in this project as a landmark towards the honorable role artists can have. "

avant-garde

i feel blessed from seeing the screening at the Pacific Film Archive tonight. Avante-garde works from 61-71 along w hutton, jordan and severson in person:

Robert Nelson -Oh Dem Watermelons
Gunvor Nelson and Dorothy Wiley - Schmeerguntz
Lawrence Jordan - Duo Concertantes
Alice Anna Parker Severson - I Change I am the Same
Bruce Baillie - Valentin de las Sierras
Lenny Lipton - Doggie Diner and Return of Doggie Diner
Peter Hutton - July '71



tomorrow night there is a jordan belson screening at SFMOMA but that kind of collides with ss and ks' collaboration in Magic Magic Roses. man, bruce baillie is where it's at. his movie was brilliant and beautiful and lawrence jordan spoke of it particularly well, a "personal poetic documentary... right out of his life...keeping the edge of the frame mobile..."

the whole work is never before the viewer.

what is wrong with people?

whale week

after a long nap in a plywood mobile home, we tandem biked to see more blue whale bones at the long marine lab. there was one full sized blue whale erected as sculpture and a baby sized one as well. earlier that day, my brother sent me a picture text of the beached blue whale that expelled its own baby after a few days of bloating and decomposition at bean hollow. when i had dinner with him tonight, he said i should be glad that i did not see it as he will never forget the smell of dead whale: sweet egg rotten seaweed blubber.

it is the first blue whale to wash up in thirty years. they say that the heart is the size and weight of a vw beatle. you can watch real time necropsy videos of this whale on youtube:

date w myself

to keep me calm after hours of research.

miss you too e. youle.

a source of inspiration for the day:

a couple hours at the marin headlands today where i found a stretch of blue whale bones near the headlands nursery. dream come true.

+harvey milk rec center up and running
+recchuiti chocolate asphalt jungle mix & an its-it mint ice cream cookie sandwich
+mysterious object at noon

lyfe right now

rose: cultural access e.g. movie screenings, things to do, walking around town, the library, good folks

bud: sf symphony playing work by john adams, readings dates, new movies to see, halloween and thanksgiving, all the glorious reading to be done! and i just bought a new monitor for photo work!

thorn: semi-dramatic, but even still, in the best way possible

layers - filters

rethinking the effects of light
CONTROLLING THE EFFECT OF LIGHT/LAYERS


the non destructive image
cognitive linguistics


adobe TV

from santa cruz to san francisco

sneak peak p. 2