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  • The way we was

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    Thank you for tuning in to my very public self journal. This is a very long and ramblish entry but one about the sense of self I’m experiencing at the moment. Sometimes I do miss being able to stay up late and play video games, drink a six pack, and wake up with five hours…

  • Moving Feels Like Sinking

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    Finality is a choice observation. The end of an era. The next new thing. At what point do we stick? When is the next thing the last? I don’t know if there is an answer to it that will ever fully satisfy. But I do know, that when you have to finish the journey alone…

  • Positive Momentum Grows

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    I spend a lot of time considering what to do next. If it’s in the morning while I’m working out, I’m thinking about what painting I want to work on and how I want to make it happen. There is a growing freedom, however, in the ways that I find myself working. It’s been a…

  • “You die the way you live.”

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    I think it is amazing, how we connect our childhood lives to our adult lives. I’ve been listening to Steve Burn’s podcast, you know, the Blue’s Clues guy? And he has a lot of guidance still. I think it’s funny that in a way the man who taught me my shapes is teaching me about…

  • Labor/Art

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    I always find it fun to equate parts of life to equations. It is not a meaningful exercise until it gets to the point of thoughtful interaction and abstract connection of ideas. There is a very common theme I noticed, in Grad School, in which artist from the rust belt, we all want to talk…

  • Everything you’ve ever wanted

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    What does that mean? Everything you’ve ever wanted? To me it has been a few things. For awhile it was a partner whom I pined after and eventually won over. Only to realize how immature I had been years down the line when things of course didn’t work out. I learned a lot there. It’s…

  • Things I like about small town living

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    It’s quiet, it’s slow, it’s always very personal. As I have never been one to seek attention or want to be shouted at as I enter a room, it suits me well in a lot of ways. That said, there is little opportunity here. The advent of the internet is surely a great help in…

  • Process Pieces

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    Art as therapy. Art as expression. Art as communication. Art as engagement. Art as community. It’s all of those things really. But to me it’s more or less a compulsion any more. I’ve spent the last few years working on very non specific work. Mainly donuts on faux wood and metal surfaces. They are more…

  • Language Models

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    Today I’m actually sort of struggling. I’m having a hard time making some adjustments at work and in my personal life so I thought it would be nice to make something that can help me and other people. For my benefit, I don’t want to learn so much code at the moment. I think it’s…