Friday, May 30, 2008

a little background

So, the title, aesthetics of the sacred and cool, came from a design project I worked on in college fifteen years ago. The assignment was to design a catalog layout for an African art exhibit: Aesthetics of the Sacred and Cool. I like the way it sounds and it's a phrase that has been moving around in my head for the last decade and a half.

Aesthetics: it's an educated person's word. I feel smart when I say it.

Sacred:
images of holy grails and well worn index cards with
hand written recipes for Grandma's sweet rolls.

Cool
: Miles Davis, The Seven Samurai, independent record stores; ultimately, unpredictable and elusive.

I am an artist, and this blog is a verbal sketch book intended to help me understand and organize the persistent march of ideas that come to me as I work through creative problems. This is also a journal to record my experiences, prayers, and opinions for what they're worth.


Have a good weekend, and Godspeed, John Glenn

Dave

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