Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Still Streaming

More time in the woods this past weekend. I love this stream at Locust Lake State Park here in PA. Some how placing still images over video seems fitting. I mean that's real life. We flow along capturing moments and only holding onto a fraction of those moments. Enough, here's the video.

"Still Streaming"

I dig motion
Oh, and I loath motion
It carries me along
until I get snagged on a stick
I love it when I'm flowing on top
The tumbling over and over under the current
just makes me sick.
I really dig motion
and yes I hate it
It brings me to new places
and it wears away at my banks
I am caught up I have direction
and in the same moment I am not in control
motion is
it is
what it is
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This is just what I think about when I watch the video or it's what came to me this time any way. Next time who knows?
Jeff all wet.

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Building Dinosaurs Our Way

                     Up under the skeleton of plywood

Every now and then I get to do a project that is outside the box. In other words I am not building a cabinet for someone, I'm building a dinosaur skeleton. Working with Mark Orleans, Exhibit Manager of the Garden State Discovery Museum, I am assisting in building a life size Tyrannosaurs Rex skeleton. We are not creating and exact scientific replica just and artistic representation. I find that in this process to much thought about what we are doing tends to slow us down. This is because thought always calls for precision or exactness where as just going with feeling requires leaps of faith. In other words just give it a try, draw the pelvis bone the way it looks, cut it out, hold it up to the rest of the skeleton and if it looks right you got it, if not try it another way. Now you could argue that if we just made a plan and did all the calculating ahead of time we could save ourselve all that trial and error, but that would requier Mark and I to be different people. You see both of us are tactile hands-on types. We do a quick sketch and start to build. It's just the way we are wired. I am not saying any way is better than the other. I am just saying this is how it works for me. So if you need to plan, do it and if you just want to dive in go for it. Just make sure it's your way or you'll drive yourself nuts.
Jeff Jumping in

To see more picturs of our work follow this Link
Here is a link for the museum http://www.discoverymuseum.com/

Monday, May 9, 2011

moment #7


                                         "Structure"

I go over this bridge a lot. So I celebrate its strength and dream of changing its color. this is how I spend my time.
Jeff over and home

Sunday, May 1, 2011

moment #6


                            " when all the colors bleed into one"