Monday, August 13, 2012

Fifty Shades & A Whip

Porn lit. Erotic chick lit. Soft porn on paperback. Call it what you will. At least they're reading and getting some epinephrine high.

Here's a taste of the bestselling novel "Fifty Shades of Gray." Don't bite your tongue, yet!

“Before I know it, he’s got both of my hands in his viselike grip above my head, and he’s pinning me to the wall using his lips … His other hand grabs my hair and yanks down, bringing my face up, and his lips are on mine … My tongue tentatively strokes his and joins his in a slow, erotic dance … His erection is against my belly. (Page 78)" (Daily Beast)

 

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Ink Made Flesh

I am still a fan of this artist. And his art, of course.

Ink Flesh

There is an economy of lines in his illustrations. Ergo, we see mostly black or shades of dark lines on white background. Yet, despite these very spare sketches, he draws without sacrificing the vital details. He knows that there is an essential minimum that cannot be left out. He, thus, populates his spaces with enough visual elements but not beyond what is that elusive, undefined essential. Essentials such as the folds of skin expressed in lighter, thinner lines; the wires of the bushes that hint of the barest shadows and the sure, thick strokes of the outlines of his mostly male subjects.


Ink Flesh


Ink Flesh


The effect is I almost always relish these morsels of details that have been, thankfully, projected from the artist's mind into his canvasses. The rest, often the colors, patterns and other excesses of reality have been kept hidden. Perhaps, I am required to supply these details like a kid to a coloring book?


Ink Flesh

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Garage Band

The rhythm is driving, the mix is almost seamless, the vibe is electric.

Kids, these days, are getting better at multimedia. The music they make in their garage are pure alchemy.

How did Jessica Jarrell, James Alan and their band mates become so dexterous with these media!

 

It's only a matter of time and a leap of imagination before the mashups develop into No. 1 hits.

 I wish I were born in their age. So much possibilities.