takeshi murata not takashi murakami

seems as though takeshi murata is blowing up these days! i suppose it helps that kanye bit his style with his video for 'welcome to heartbreak,' doesn't it? shouldn't be surprised as this isn't the first time (and surely not the last) kanye rips something off and proclaims he's an originator (justice's 'd.a.n.c.e.' yielding kanye's 'good life' ring a bell?).

anyway, 'ye hatin' aside, takeshi murata is an artist worthy of all the praise. he figured out a way to use the beauty of mishap and manipulate what was formerly an error in a deliberate manner. check it out...


i love the sand art vibe of this one


a still from takeshi's 2007 dvd, Untitled

below is the kanye vid. now i'm not a complete hater, i realize that the video incorporates new elements, but you'd be a fool to not acknowledge takeshi as the inspiration...

i long for the city that always sleeps...

...cause these days i never want to get out of bed...



it's been a rough few weeks. kind of feel like i'm headed in the wrong direction in more than one aspect of my life right now. usually it's only one facet out of sync at a time...but times like these, when it feels as though i'm out of gear at every level, something big has to happen to resolve it all. what will that big thing be? waiting for the other shoe to drop stinks, yall.

i know that this tangle started because i started to live my life making up for lost time. i've been a bit out of pocket the last few months (year even? yeah, basically all of 2008), acting a little too big for my britches...and i don't regret it. i think i deserved it. but now it's time to hunker down and find a balance. i know that i don't want my youth to go to waste - i want to do all the stuff i can get away with while i'm still wrinkle-free & sunny side up but i don't ever want to regret not doing what i should have been doing now, later. cause really that's what got me into this mess.

so yeah, there's that.

a few ruminations

i visit home a lot, too much so for each trip to offer any grand insight on what i'm missing in my life, where i'm headed (or should be headed) or any other ah-ha type of discovery. but this thanksgiving a few things presented themselves in such a sequence that i can honestly say had i not come home for these 4 days, i might not have realized i need to do something.

i've prescribed to the 'live fast, die young, no regrets' mentality of living for the past few years and i think it's time i find a little balance with something from the 'do something with your life' school of thought. don't get me wrong, i am by no means a slacker, i could just be doing a lot more if i didn't choose to hang out 24/7. so...there's that. a month or so early a resolution of sorts...

that being said, i cannot wait to get back to new york. damn!

it doesn't get cuter than this

i'm baaaaaaaaaack

the tunes for this post...


this website has been consuming too much of my time...seriously, stop by and i dare you to get any work done.

here's what i made:



a few flaws yes, but it's just the first of what i'm guessing will be many...

i am alive

all puns intended

as requested

so i disappeared...and you can bet the nice weather had something to do with it. i'm going to come with something BIG in the next week or so, but for now...

a few pictures i've snapped the past couple weeks.


this guy lives a few doors down from me; i look forward to seeing him everyday


one day i saw somebody had placed a bunch of flowers in ghandi's hand and really wished i had my polaroid with me. i went back a week later and even though the flowers were now dead, it didn't make a difference to my polaroid


i went to david byrne's 'play the building' at the maritime building with jordan. it made for a great little sunday


in the maritime building. ooooooh & aaaaaaaah indeed


and you KNOW i went to the beach this weekend (drug rug in tow!). it was a real scorcher!