REST IN POWER MICHAEL JACKSON

I’m starting with the man in the mirror
I’m asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you wanna make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself and then make a change
I said if
You’re thinkin’ of
Being my brother
It don’t matter if you’re
Black or white
So listen [...]

REAL TALK: Kurt Cobain…In Vain

I’ve had an on-going battle in my head the last few years about brands and their ability to do collaborations with the estates of deceased artists. My first two “WTF?” moments were two particular collaborations by two otherwise respected sports brands: (1) Reebok’s collaboration with “Basquiat” and (2) Burton’s collaboration with “Warhol.” Both collaborations were [...]

REAL TALK: Vanity Fair on Mortality

So I’ve been in Brazil for a week now, totally overwhelmed by the varied scenery. And whereas the weather was initially perfect for a healthy stint of heat stroke, it’s now raining, very hard–totally unrelenting. No hanggliding.
While reading Vanity Fair, I came across a great article by James Wolcott on mortality and the instituion of American self-help books [...]

CORTNI TUCK

Cortni Tuck is without question one of the most inspirational, intelligent, and beautiful people that I’ve ever known. Wow, this is hard. Her vibrancy touched so many; her positivity was so infectious. When I was around Cortni, I felt that change was on the horizon, that there was someone out there whose capacity for [...]

REAL TALK: My President is Black

My president is black, in fact he’s half white
So even in a racist mind he’s half right
If you got a racist mind it’s alright
My president is black, but his house is all white
Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther could walk
Martin Luther walked so Barack Obama could run
Barack Obama ran so all [...]

INSPIRATION: Making Monocle

This post is a link (read: low-grade shrine / humble thank you) to one of the most inspiring articles that I came across in 2008. I originally came across the post via Khoi Vinh’s blog, Subtraction (side note: Khoi is a super nice fellow, The Design Director for the NY Times, and the Author of [...]

INSPIRATION: “On Biting” (bitten from…)

From Piers Fawkes via 12ozPROPHET via Jim Jarmusch via…

THE NEW GUARD: Eric Elms

Nike Sportswear has recently dropped a rather hilarious video with, ok I’ll say it, my favorite contemporary artist, Eric Elms. There is just something about Eric’s identity work and, most especially, his recent foray into sculpture that really speaks to my visual language (read: whatever that means). The Nike video has very little to do [...]