Politics

My oh my….. It is an ugly landscape these days. I follow politics on a daily basis, but lately I’m torn on whether I should continue paying attention, or turn away in disgust, and embrace the idea that ignorance is bliss. Now I live in Portland. I drive a Subaru and ride my bicycle. You can guess pretty easily what camp I fall into. However, the Left seems to be failing in their ability to pass meaningful legislation, and the Right are... Read More

Cereal Box Art: Hipster Vintage

If I know anything about hipsters, it’s that they love vintage triangles.  Say what? I happen to know a lot of hip, young, design-y types, and the work I see coming from them is geometric, pattern-based, and desaturated, usually with a lot of scenic outdoor photography.   There is a lot of cool looking stuff, don’t get me wrong.  But it can be so derivative as to become pastiche and meaningless.  It is sometimes as if a ‘style’... Read More

Wise Up

Research stuff. Start visiting a local hardware store and get to know tools. Read until your eyes hurt. Get your hands dirty/damaged/raw doing something physical.  Ask more questions. Don’t bow to authority. Stop buying Australian fruits in the winter.  Stop watching Jersey Shore.  Write provocative things on comment boards.  Bike to work, sweaty shirt be damned. Tip well. Work hard. Smile.  Use your enormous, limitless brain.  Read More