Reading
Two things I read today and then pondered: In my best moments I think “Life has passed me by” and I am content. -Agnes Martin childhood is certainly greater than reality – Gaston Bachelard
A Field Guide to Office Plants in Metropolis Magazine
I wrote a little piece on office plants for the June issue of Metropolis.
Gay Married
Stephanie and I picked the perfect weekend to have a gay married party. Supreme Court makes gay marriage legal! There might be something wrong with me that this is my favorite picture from the party on the big screen — Dephine Seyrig in Last Year at Marienbad and random mannequin (everyone is downstairs dancing). …
Pioneerworks Bookstore
A spy in Red Hook took a picture of my comic in the window at the new Pioneerworks bookstore on Van Brunt Street.
After Interstellar: The Mother-Daughter Paradox
Thanks to SP for workshopping this one!
Making a Comic
I love working on the comic. It’s like making a movie but without having to deal with all the people.
The Universe of Dark Matter in a Coffee Cup
I’m working on a new animation inspired by the coffee cup scene in Two or Three Things I Know About Her, but as a contemplation of dark matter rather than semiotics.
Idea for the Gowanus Canal
Because our sewage system is basically the same as Ancient Rome’s. This could actually work as a wheat-paste idea for CSOs around the city! Happy Earth Day!
Disappearing Worlds
Last night I finished Claude Levi-Strauss’s sprawling, fascinating travel book/ anthropology adventure/ memoir Tristes Tropiques. I loved that the endless last sentence (the book is Prostian in many ways) of this deeply philosophical book ended with a description of what it is like to look at a cat. … the brief glance, heavy with patience, serenity and …
Who Tells Me True: More Research
Who Tells Me True is the curious the title of Michael Strange’s autobiography. My library copy has been collecting dust and is actually overdue but I finally dipped into last night. I’m so glad I did. It’s kind of fascinating. Michael Strange (born Blanche Oelrichs) was Margaret Wise Brown’s lover for several years. I think …
Bunny Comics for Grown-Ups
The school nurse called to say Huck wasn’t feeling well and asked if I could pick him up. I guess while they waited the nurse asked what I did for a living. Huck said I make bunny comics for grown-ups. Well… not really for a living. Before the call I was sketching out a scene between Ursula …
at MoMA today