Playlist 5.27.24
Amateur Galaxy Weekly Playlist 5.27.24
Where did the time go? Here we are…
Yesterday I spent my whole day alone in my home working on art. The thing I’ve always wanted. But I was sad and lonely all day. What is wrong with me? When will I find the circumstance that is perfect for me? And why will I never be satiated? I am a spoiled brat. No matter what I get I will always want more and something will always be missing. Is that the curse of all artists?
Playlist 5.20.24
Amateur Galaxy Weekly Playlist 5.20.24
On a Roll….
I Need Somebody To Love - Sylvester
Nu Guinea- Disco Sole
Todd Terje - Preben Goes To Acuapulco
Maribou State - Midas
Parallel Dance Ensemble - Shopping Cart
Khruangbin - Evan Finds The Third Room
Parcels - Gamesofluck
DARGS - Lou's Tune
Flofilz - Inside Out
Arlo Parks- Eugene
Szymon - Feenicks
Nilufer Yanya - Hey
Maribou State - Vale
Maribou State - Manila
Klyne - Water Flow
Playlist 5.13.24
Amateur Galaxy Weekly Playlist 5.13.24
THIS CHARMING MAN
George Michael Freedom!
It Aint Over LEnny Kravitz
Dont Dream ITs Over Crowded House
Forget Me Nots Patrice Rushen
Smalltown Boy Bronski Beat
Just a Girl, No Doubt
A Forest, The Cure
(Feels Like) Heaven, Fiction Factory
Atomic, Blondie
Take Me To Church, Hozier
Have you ever seen the rain, Creedance Clearwater Revival
Hung Up, Madonna
Playlist 5.6.24
Bladee edition Weekly Playlist 5.6.24
ODE 2 BLADEE
hey bladee if ur reading this, this goes really hard. it reminds me of being 19 or 20 cuz thats how old i was when i listened to working on dying everyday. i really like the idea that i have grown up with you. Youre 30 im 25. in a lot of ways its kind of felt like youve been guiding me through challenges in my life. since i was a teenager its just like youve been there for me when i needed you. there were so many hard things you got me through, especially in collage. Nics drug addiction, Cecelia’s murder, Cole’s drug overdose. There were times when i felt so chaotic and painfully lonely. Because of all the turmoil, i felt like i couldnt trust any one around me, like everyone was ill intentioned. At the time, everyone was so selfish. But you were like my gaurdian angel. Somehow it feels like everytime you have come out with a new album to evolve your sound, i have increased a level and have evolved as a person. Its crazy, I even used to eat at mcdonalds everyday in collage bc I needed the dollar menu to live lol. I like the little banana you put as your mouth on the album cover.
COLLECTION MODE
Collecting experiences and being human, not an artist
Am I an artist because I am not sharing my work this month? Or haven’t been focused on making work? This self-pressure is felt by almost every artist I know. We constantly need to be creating work otherwise we are not perceived as an artist - something we need to be identified as. This is probably not explicit to just artists, but my peer group consists of mostly artists, so this is where I have the most insight.
Unless you are a full-time artist and don’t need to have a solid job to pay your bills (these people are of course unicorns) your time for art-making is very limited, and sacrifice is always implemented to choose art over exercise, art over socialization with friends and family, art overeating, and so forth. I can’t help but think - if art is not my full-time role for my time or day then how am I considered “an artist”? Am I just doing this as a hobby and I’m just like anyone else? This is crazy and toxic, but I think about this a lot. This is a very 1 track mind form of thinking, art is of course a part of my life and always will be. I am a multi-faceted person and can do lots of different things, and don’t have to shove art-making down my own throat to have this identity.
We can’t do it all. We need time to see art, see nature, see the world, see friends, see family. If you knew that you would die tomorrow, would you spend your last day laboring or would you spend it on your own life?
SO, I’ve been spending this month collecting, seeing, and soaking up the world. Like a sponge, I need food. My art will mean nothing if I am not learning and experiencing. People can’t just be focused on making and selling. Where will our value come from if our work is vapid, uninformed, and empty?
Dioramas + Escapism
Excerpt on Dioramas Fantasy Workshop
Escapism is a mental diversion from unpleasant aspects of daily life, typically through activities involving imagination or entertainment. Escapism also may be used to occupy one's self away from persistent feelings of depression or general sadness.
It can be difficult to have a growth mindset. It can make it to where being contemptuous is hard. There is always something new to chase and it can make you feel like you’re on a hamster wheel and you can’t get off. I think we all have a place that we imagine ourselves going to when things are overbearing or even dull. Spending time and building that place though can take your mind off things instead of stewing in your mind is good. Creating something and putting new things into the world is good. It’s good to expand your mind build new skills and use your imagination. This is the healthiest distraction I think I can come up with.
This is student work from my Small Sculpture: Dioramas class. The work is very introspective and reflects places of memories or nostalgia for a place that they’ve never been. Being able to actually create it made it real and actualizes it for a place you can visit in your mind.
I wish these places were real, so I could go here and simply exist.
