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reading materials and something ive been slowly working on

I've been having a hard time feeling good about what I've been working on art wise. I guess I'm kinda in a slump but I think I'm coming out of it. I've been reading a lot as always and listening to classical music so now I'm totally cultured and refined and whatnot. The most notable books in the group are:
1. Clerk Fluid
Disselected Essays
Fuck. Mark Flood is brilliant. He is one of my favorite people in Houston. He has supported me since the days of him stealing my art off the streets. Eventually we became friends because he reads what I read. He is much older and was in the awesome noise/punk band Culturcide which was one of the first punk bands to make an impact in Houston in the late 70s and early 80s. This book he printed is a series of essays he has written about art and the idiocy of the art world. He is a respected artist that has been making art about making art and all that that entails. From my small experience of the art world, shit is retarded. It's a bunch of self serving assholes posing as sophisticated, intelligent immortals. Nobody really cares about the art itself, they care more about selling bullshit to rich people so they can feel better about themselves when they look into the mirror at their bulging, coked out eyes. I could go on for days like this but I wouldn't be saying anything as interesting as the contents of Mark's book. It will be out soon so buy it if you like art. A great Culturcide lyric from 1980, "you cant buy class, but you can buy an mfa."

2. Giant Bruegel Book
25 bucks for this awesome 250 page book. Stuff of his I've never seen like his comiclike drawings that sold like crazy at the beginning of his career. So happy about finding this one.

3. Wittgenstein Biography
I'm not too big a fan of Wittgentein's philosophy. I mean I like what he is saying about language but It's too analytical and logical for my tastes. But I've come to realize that I like reading about philosophers more than I like reading philosophy. I was really happy to find out that he read Nietzsche and loved him (it still didnt change his mind about being a Christian) because that's my jam. He had a stereotypical artistic temperment which made him insanely moody and melancholic. And his life is really interesting because of it. Right now I'm at the part of his life where he is suffering through ww1 in the German army. It's really good.

That's all I have to say about books. The other two are Giles Deleuze's Pure Immanence and Italo Calvino's THe Castle of Crossed Destinies. I'm not as into these two but they are pretty interesting.

Uploaded on May 11, 2008

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death

some seventh seal shit.

Uploaded on May 11, 2008

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middle of nowhere west tx

Went to Marfa and painted this while the border patrol circled us like vultures.

Uploaded on May 9, 2008

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marfa

Went to Marfa and painted this while the border patrol circled us like vultures.

Uploaded on May 9, 2008

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P P HIPPS and Eleanor

This guy on the right busting a sick move is Patrick Phipps. He is one of my favorite artists in the history of mankind. There is a show of his sculptures at Domy tonight. I know there are a million art things happening in Houston tonight but everyone should come hang out at Domy to watch Pat and his daughter get crunked and dance. The sculptures are really awesomely weird, they look like alien rave turds, and that is an understatement. Also homeboy Seth ALverson is in a show at the blaffer tonight so check that out too. BUt seriously Pat, u r my hero bro.

Uploaded on May 9, 2008

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