To the person who has previously posted nasty things on this blog, and other places, please let it go and move on. You are causing the person you supposedly care about unneeded stress and pain in the form of continued antagonistic behavior, and he doesn’t need that. Give him a break. If you call yourself his friend, then be one, and let things be. The recent Facebook behavior of trying to friend my friends, for whatever purpose, is downright creepy. You’ve shown your colors online to them previously, and they do not want contact with you. It is borderline obsessive stalking behavior that I wouldn’t expect my students to be doing. Stalking is harassment. No, this paragraph won’t be deleted, so don’t even ask. You need help and peace of mind, and I truly hope you find it. Enough. Get your own life on track and stop focusing on the past for all of our sakes! What is the point of all this? Part of me wants to meet you for a drink and sort this out, the other part of me wants to go to the police. Seriously a mental conflict none of us needs.
So, the rubbish men thankfully interrupted this train of thought by arriving to my street thirty minutes earlier than expected. That kind of day, I guess. I wish mental rubbish could be put curbside, too.
For an art link today, here is a great article we were asked to read in my current MassArt class about the influence of digital art on analog painting. Lots of points of debate in here, with many examples of the current trend of painters who choose to explore how current technologies can be incorporated into physical media. The writer isolates particular visual elements present in digital work that are starting to appear more “normally” in painting -- multi-tonal brushstroke, spatial layering, use of complex visual effects, and smooth gradient fills as being hallmark evidence of influence. It is such a challenging time to define art right now.
Cheers.