And Winter Has Only Begun
Amazingly enough as promised, Ghostco has been completely overhauled. There are a few new pieces on there that I don't know if really anyone has seen. And finally I have wriggled my way out from under the oppression that is Lightbox JS, only to find myself underneath a more stylized but just as crippling javascript. I am finally at the point with css where I realize what is does what....and considering I have made very few attempts to keep up with website coding since 1996, that's a pretty big step.
I had said a few weeks ago that I would disembowel a newborn to see Cloverfield, though it looks like I will get to see it tonight without any harm coming to any children. I need to not be so excited about this movie...I learned a long time ago that for the most part I am let down by movies (yeah that's right Sam Neil, I will never excuse you for Jurassic Park 3!). But I cant avoid it...I am excited, beside myself in fact. But hell, chances are the damn movie will give me moving sickness like every other big budget movie seems to do these days (and I cant imagine that it wont, considering the whole thing is apparently hand-held).
So, my sincere apologies to anyone who is incredibly bored about the following text:
I have used the word "ghost" rather loosely in the past...stating it in an attempt to convey the idea of loss, or of memory more than anything else. But the truth of it is...if there is one thing that I obsess over more than anything, it's ghosts. For christ's sake I have been putting "the physical embodiment of death" in the interest categories of online profiles since I was like 16. But the more I think about it, the more I realize how stupid it is for me to be fascinated with ghosts. I have been a devout atheist for longer than I can think, I don't believe in the afterlife...nothing of the sort, I am a "dirt in the ground" sort of guy, I believe in science. So I have basically spent the last year reading my ass off trying to find scientific explanations for ghosts....anymore I am sticking pretty hard to the theory that iron records physical actions like a vhs tape and some people are more capable of seeing the recorded "replay", but still...this is pretty insane. This is the stupid shit that keeps me up at night.
On a side note I realized that the grocer closest to me carries Apple Cinnamon Cheerios (this link apparently has something to do with the cereal. Squirrels and I have more in common than I thought). For those of you not in the know, ACC have become rather elusive in the last 5 years and it is kind of rare to see it anywhere. I have eaten my weight in the stuff in the last 4 days, and not to mention the fact that I have completely trashed the one pair of pants I wear by spilling milk in my lap while typing this post.
I had said a few weeks ago that I would disembowel a newborn to see Cloverfield, though it looks like I will get to see it tonight without any harm coming to any children. I need to not be so excited about this movie...I learned a long time ago that for the most part I am let down by movies (yeah that's right Sam Neil, I will never excuse you for Jurassic Park 3!). But I cant avoid it...I am excited, beside myself in fact. But hell, chances are the damn movie will give me moving sickness like every other big budget movie seems to do these days (and I cant imagine that it wont, considering the whole thing is apparently hand-held).
So, my sincere apologies to anyone who is incredibly bored about the following text:
I have used the word "ghost" rather loosely in the past...stating it in an attempt to convey the idea of loss, or of memory more than anything else. But the truth of it is...if there is one thing that I obsess over more than anything, it's ghosts. For christ's sake I have been putting "the physical embodiment of death" in the interest categories of online profiles since I was like 16. But the more I think about it, the more I realize how stupid it is for me to be fascinated with ghosts. I have been a devout atheist for longer than I can think, I don't believe in the afterlife...nothing of the sort, I am a "dirt in the ground" sort of guy, I believe in science. So I have basically spent the last year reading my ass off trying to find scientific explanations for ghosts....anymore I am sticking pretty hard to the theory that iron records physical actions like a vhs tape and some people are more capable of seeing the recorded "replay", but still...this is pretty insane. This is the stupid shit that keeps me up at night.
On a side note I realized that the grocer closest to me carries Apple Cinnamon Cheerios (this link apparently has something to do with the cereal. Squirrels and I have more in common than I thought). For those of you not in the know, ACC have become rather elusive in the last 5 years and it is kind of rare to see it anywhere. I have eaten my weight in the stuff in the last 4 days, and not to mention the fact that I have completely trashed the one pair of pants I wear by spilling milk in my lap while typing this post.
posted by matthew at 11:53 AM
7 Comments:
The webpage looks really great, I've been pretty obsessed with your art lately and so I've been on here waiting for the update.
Cloverfield does seem exciting but a possible let down.
And I agree on the fact that ghosts are fascinating but being an atheist makes them even harder to understand.
Anyways, your art is amazing, you're big example to me.
the best thing about this post was the link to that orphaned squirrel. ADORABLE!!!
being an atheist doesn't mean you can't believe in any sort of afterlife or in the soul of a human being. ghosts can still exist without believing in the existence of a god.
hahaha, i love your posts.
im excited for cloverfield. but not. if there's gore, im waiting till it's on video.
and are those cheerios like apple jacks? i used to scarf down apple jacks like nobody's business, but theyre gone now. dissapeared!
First of all, I'm glad to hear I'm not the only person who gets motion sickness from viewing large screens, although my worst instance of this happened not from a movie but from watching my brother play (I think it was "time stalkers", or something). I haven't really had much intrest in seeing a movie since resident evil, wich looked nice sometimes but the movie as a whole was kind of dissapointing to me.
If you'd like to go sci fi on ghosts, you might consider a slaughter-house five type resolve, like you said, where most humans can't see through time but a few have been slightly jarred into seeing parts of other "dimentions". Also it's interesting how this makes seeing ghosts tied into the really meloncholy idea that our lives have already happened and we're sort of in a set path, et cetera.
You're new front page is very stark and beautiful, and some of your new work looks like you're moving forward, and I especially like the peice with the deer and the girl, although the amount of hair she has bothers me. It's very Matthew Woodson beautiful without me feeling like it's irelevant and already done. I LOVE the colors you've used in it.
I understand the moon pins, but I really enjoyed the difference in textures you've shown on the profile ones. It's kind of outstanding.
Same here, I've been reading your blog for a while now, admiring your work.
As for Cloverfield I was wayyy over excited to see that movie. Saw it twice already and I still don't know what to think of it. It's entertaining as hell, but was it worth the hype? Let me/us know your verdict of it.
The background image for your new site is fantastic.
Yeah, I wouldn't say that passes muster for a scientific explanation. Works about as well as saying there are ghosts because unicorns put them there.
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