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John Cage - 4'33

John Cage, 4'33, 1952.

Please watch this. In complete silence. The entire way through.

This is probably one of the most influential things that I was exposed to during my first year of University. It really led me to look at things with a whole new perspective, because it was unlike anything I had ever seen before. I've shown it to many people since then, and have had many debates about the validity of its conceptual core. Some people think it's ridiculous and drawn out. Others think it's genius. I agree with the latter. I found it to be quite moving. 

You become so aware of every little nuance. Your attention shifts from the stage to the audience. You can hear the audience breathing, sighing, whispering, shifting in their seats, their leaflets rustling in their hands, the white noise beyond the concert hall, the tension. You can hear the tension. The audience was unaware of the performance they were about to see. They were expecting "music". But really, what makes this something other than music? Perhaps this is the symphony of the mundane?

Coloured Shadows

Allie was printing snakies the other day.
From across the room I was mesmerized by the colourful light that was shining through the blend on her screen...dancing on the metal vacuum table.
I had to capture it.
I wish I could live my life with colourful shadows dancing around me.
Always.

It's A Love Story

Cat Rock meets Mushroom Top. It's a love story.

My mom made that pink clay figurine when she was a child in art class. It's adorable.

Grilled Cheese Thesis Fun-draiser Round 3!

Baking Spicy Chocolate Fudge Brownies with Cream Cheese Filling and 

White Chocolate Chips on top!!

 The pre-bake...

 The post-bake! Yum!

Yet another fucking amazing poster by Allie! Even better than the last one! Gouda vs. The American! And The American has a black eye...I love it!!!

Our set up looked pretty damn sweet! Mostly thanks to Ashley's amazing bunting!

Drawing in quite the crowd, as usual.

 T-shirt designs by Lee Wiesblatt. On the right we have the new infamously awkward revolution sweeping the nation..."flatting", and on the left his wicked 3 layer Seasonal Affective Disorder T's!

T by Jimmy Brannen. One of his awesome characters, Marzipan!

 This girl was awesome! She hooped to The Ramones for us in exchange for a free baked good!

How cool is that?!

 Post Fun-draiser Celebration

In celebration of it being our most successful fun-draiser so far, a few of us pitched in on a HUGE bottle of champagne and took a trip over to YYZ where Shannon (one of our Thesis professors) was prepping the gallery for her book launch, and we drank and got a bit silly in front of her installation!!!

Playing with shutter speeds...

Fading...

Ghost!

 BEST THESIS EVER ! ! !

Playing With Markers

 Playing with my Staedtler brush-tip markers and water. 

Painted with water on top of the coloured image, letting it bleed and seep into the paper, then drawing over top with markers again. 

Then repeated.

Something Blue

Earlier this year I altered a novel by Emily Giffin titled Something Blue, to create a keepsake box containing items that you would traditionally receive as your "something blue" object upon marriage. All pages of the original book were used in the construction, by laminating them together, then cutting out all of the centers to house the items, leaving some text around the borders. The hand drawn items are left floating in the centers on top of sheer white lace.
The piece is now part of the permanent collection and available for rental at the Toronto Reference Library in their Special Collections In The Arts section. Take a trip over and spend some time with it.