JUDGEMENT DAY

Somehow I've managed through my other blog- Almost Naught- to become enthusiastic about making art, thus I've been neglecting C.O.P. for some time. A fair sacrifice. My art is evolving and my mind is expanding. I'm a self-proclaimed over-thinker, so an expanding mind needs to be heavily monitored or else it will run rampant.
For example: I've noticed my sensitivity level has risen in the past month. My boss has encouraged my department to do better with sales and production and I've been taking these encounters very personally; which isn't the case(?) My girlfriend has heard me whining about needing more of her attention; which is not even really my style! And I've placed plenty of ill-judgement on the heads of strangers and friends and family alike. Just as likely as a good thought may spiral down, I can still breath and make the bad times spiral up. The spirals are just feeling a little wobbly. I'm a touch out of whack. More so than normal? Not so sure, but I have been made aware of it.
So might I suggest that you bear with me as I sort and file my scattered brain? As always, you really don't have to do anything but enjoy the show... maybe strike the gong when you've seen or heard enough!

ALMOST IS OVER THERE!

Almost Naught is my new blog. Click that link and you and I will both try to keep up!
Thanks and enjoy.

   

NUTS ABOUT EMPTYSET!

This is the fourth installment of Nuts About __(previous posts: 1, 2, &3).
Emptyset are soon releasing their new EP titled Medium. This Bristol duo always puts out well-produced heavy-as-hell minimal electronic music. Presently, I can't think of another modern act that can compete for my adoration. Listen for yourself! If you know anything about bass music, then you should certainly be impressed. If the sound is too foreign to you, don't give up, just concentrate on exactly what it is you're hearing.

(T)ART

After a couple years of Code of Posture being an insightful, if not a bit aimless, blog which has regurgitated the randomness that pops in and out of my brain, I've noticed a trend laced into my last five or so entries. Art. My art, even. I'll have you know, with this blog, I had no early intention of showcasing my art here. I'll have you also know that I'm still a bit wary of using C.O.P. as such a tool, and I'm certainly keeping a watchful eye on myself to make sure I don't go too far out of bounds. I'd be slightly terrified to know the public- friends and family alike- are getting too close. That's just how I am.

So, in all fairness, here is a heads-up and an unlikely invitation to look at what I've done. The extension of an invitation seems appropriate since even I almost didn't realize this was happening. 

This is not my art. Just a snapshot from my television screen.

NAKED LADY

MY BRUSH WITH FRISKET

So I bought a jar of liquid frisket last week and I've completed my first experiment with the stuff. Improvements will surely be made on future projects but, for now, you have to look at this thing.

IVAN SEAL

I first saw Ivan Seal's art on the cover of The Caretaker album An Empty Bliss Beyond This World. The cover art featured a still life of what seemed to be a larger-than-a-human-head ball of grey clay and a single match stick poked shallowly into its side. Because of this design, the form and shadow-play were simple yet highly visually intriguing. At the time, I figured the art to be a one-off made perhaps by the musician himself.
After almost a year later the same musician had released a couple more albums, each featuring artwork in the same style as the previous cover. My interest had peaked and a quick Google search revealed Ivan Seal to be the culprit behind these mysterious still life paintings.
Ivan's work is quickly becoming an inspiration to me as well as a challenge to explore color in my own art. His eye for the minimal combined with a knack for precisely executing a piece leave the viewer with a crude looking beast that draws you right into its world. I'm thinking I should never look Mr. Seal directly in the eyes if I were to meet him, or my own soul will be stolen and captured away into his next painting.

the image below is Ivan Seal artwork for the album Bleaklow by The Stranger. Incredible depiction of nearly no light source here.