January 2011
113 posts
December 2010
126 posts
2010 in Events of Note
1. Private
2. Coachella - The first(and probably the only) time I attended the festival was this year and it significantly changed my perspective on how to listen to music as well as help create it as a percussionist.
3. Creative Mornings - Being a part of a gathering like minded designers and creative intellectuals in the heart of L.A. with my colleagues at Proxart was a significant experience,...
2010 in Songs
Okay I wasn’t a big fan of what I wrote the first time around on the topic so I thought I would give it another shot, I thought it would be better to do some lists:
Top 5 most songs(in terms of personal impact):
1. Impossible Soul - Sufjan Stevens - No song better captured the entire cycle of my year and moments, the movements of the song even feel like they capture my year in exact...
“The chill of what I won’t feel gnaws at my present heart.”
– Fernando Pessoa (via pythons)
“Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness”
– James Thurber
Pros and Cons: Professional Sports
Pros:
1. Even though pointless wars are still fought, a decent portion of male aggression can be channeled into athletic competition; therefore, athletic competition, can be argued, directly is saving humanity from self annihilation.
2. Pro sports have become the greatest form of reality entertainment in our current society that craves reality television and entertainment(well.. save political...
2010 in Retrospect
Writing on reflections of a year always seems difficult to me, I try to always take life by the day or to work for the future, I suppose that is why actually trying to find something clever to write about the past is so difficult(well writing anything clever, in general, is rather difficult).
I know I can say, without hesitation, that I have experienced love, loss, pleasure, pain, accomplishment,...
Pros and Cons: Speed Dating
Pros
1. The chances of meeting someone for a one night stand increase dramatically in this situation. The chances of meeting the love of your life increases dramatically in this situation.
2. If your a salesman, an artist, or someone trying to sell art, you are able to reach a wide audience in this environment considering that either:
A. People in this environment are too wrapped up in their...
Pros and Cons: Social Networking
Pros
1. Narcissism and ego-centric behavior has never before been so diligently served by anything else, this is a pro because a healthy maintenance of both, in moderation, is not always a bad thing
2. In relationship with Pro #1, ones personal mythology has never had a more fertile landscape to grow from
3. It is easy to keep up with family, friends, and loved ones
Cons
1. Personal privacy...
“I am prepared to go anywhere, provided it be forward.”
– David Livingstone (via kari-shma)
