frostyland: frosty’s posterous

"When Chiura Obata, a gifted California artist born in Japan, made his first visit to Yosemite in 1927, the experience deeply affected his life."

Thanks to Ken Burns' documentary "THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA":
http://www.iptv.org/video/detail.cfm/4560/ppnp_20090805_chiura_obata

The art is not mine, but the words are. The image dredged them from the depths of long ago, when anger was my primary fuel.

If there's a reason for the pain ... let me know ...

i fiddled with dials and antennas
of black and white tvs
and imagined the static filled screens
to be wonderful soothing imagery
not so! not to be!
anger turned to panic turned to melancholy
and eased into twisted inspiration
i listened for convenient coincidence
and sensed the coming of the end

i stripped off my clothes, shed my inhibition
and screamed at the oppressing winter grey sky
"make up your fucking mind!"
with the smoke of an angry gun
i painted surrealistic landscapes
where i'd like to spend my life away
suddenly, i stared down the barrel and inquired
"are you the golden key?"

common sense hissed, but depravity
mischeviously giggled

these voices inside of my head ...
i'd like to see their faces once, just once.
i really would

i've no more tvs
and my anger frightens no one
besides, the color is all fucking wrong
in the images inside my brain
a shitty attitude i suppose
i laughed and danced a little jig
then bowed to my sculptures
my critics the snow and the grey sky
i paused
is there something i've forgotten to say?
is there some reason i need to stay?
i shrugged
and quickly turned the key

Very cool 3D typography.

This is what happens when you set the volume to 11.

from Hugh MacLeod aka @gapingvoid (http://gapingvoid.com/)

I'm reminded of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" and when the children first enter Narnia.

I also think this is a pleasant image to keep in mind as a heatwave approaches.

"From October 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007, my plan was to visit the public spaces of the Carnegie Museum of Art and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, every day the museums were open. I drew something in a small sketchbook in response to each day's experience, and posted that drawing here, with short written reflection or response. Anyone was welcome to visit and comment. I was particularly interested in exploring what happens when my work moves from private (small sketchbook) to public (website) as it is experienced by an audience both in public (museum spaces) and in private (computer screen)."

"...She can dress many masks in her life, but if you look into her heart you will see little girl that she always was..."

from http://www.artgrange.com/michellesculpture.html, via Make Magazine.

"Michelle Stitzlein creates found object art / sculpture from recycled materials, including piano keys, broken china, license plates, rusty tin cans, electrical wire, bottlecaps, and other miscellaneous items."