I was off to fame and riches last we spoke what with my article and all, I have since returned to reality. Cap City joined the other Columbus collectives at the Columbus Arts Festival two weeks ago. They kind of put us in the ghetto but it was better than not being there at all. We had a 6 ft talking head that spewed art from its mouth, luckily for me I was elected to be the voice for most of the weekend, you're welcome. We considered torching it but it's looking like it may make a few more appearances, not at comfest though. Thanks assholes. CzechsForSEX!!! has since played three trainwreck shows. Totals for the three are 1 broken tooth, 1 noise complaint shutdown and about 16 people total to enjoy the show, but hey, that's rock and roll, we had a show the other night but it got cancelled last minute. Don't worry though, we're coming for you Columbus.
Mauser has been at work with some new songs and our first cover, Blister in the Sun a la Violent Femmes, trust me, it's sweet. I shot some photos with Ricky the other day but have not developed the film yet, I also found a lost roll, hopefully there's some magic on it, I have no clue what I shot.
I inherited some free photo paper today from a friend of a friend from way back when, Need to get back into some darkroom work and see what I can make of that. Also, anyone have a free desk I can have? With the finally warm weather I have a photo shoot I really need to make happen but need a desk and 3-5 volunteers who aren't afraid of water. I suppose that's all for now. Guess I don't have as much to fill in on as I thought, nothing much to say when I haven't been too busy, mostly working and hanging with my girlfriend. New work is coming, tranferring files from my camera now so hopefully I'll be able to post some images soon.
So for now, let's talk about the business and life of art making.
Do you have anything in your life you absolutely need to do? I haven't worked on a new piece for several weeks and have been losing my mind. I can't really explain it. I can't force a piece to happen, I wish I could. It's the same with writing. I have no idea what to say anymore. If someone gives me a subject I can put the words down and make it sound good but it's not mine, it didn't come from me. And I think that's the issue, I need to get things down that are straight from me, it's not the act of creating, it's the thought, the developing of the thought. Once I have an idea, the work itself is easy. Anyway, just thought I would share where I'm coming from with this. Anyone could recreate my work, or anyone's work. It's not a skill thing, it's the idea and thought that makes it work. It was good talking to you Arlo today, motivated me to get shit rolling again.
Should have more new work by weeks end. Blah blah blah, etc. et.c.
See you soon!
Ciao.
