Comments for Insane Imaginings, Random Reveries & Other Creative Cogitation http://akajake.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:17:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Florence Biennale Experience Now Live. by Jake http://akajake.com/blog/2010/02/10/florence-biennale-experience-now-live/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Jake Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:17:37 +0000 http://akajake.com/blog/?p=251#comment-115 Howdy Kim I have another blog topic that is open to people commenting about their practical experience of the Biennale <a href="http://akajake.com/blog/2009/12/28/2009-florence-biennale-experience/" rel="nofollow">http://akajake.com/blog/2009/12/28/2009-florence-biennale-experience/</a>. Only one person, Julien Corcoran, chimed in with not one but two rather lengthy replies. After he wrote I published my civility policy, but I permitted his responses to post unedited. I have nothing against a lively discussion about the pros and cons of the Biennale, but I do request that people stop short of name calling and be respectful of others in their replies. If anyone wants to talk about their feelings about the Biennale, good or bad, I think that blog post is the appropriate forum. I want this post to be about the art and camaraderie and other positive aspects of the show, the good stuff. As for the art that I photographed, when I came home and downloaded my photos there were many artists whose work I admired that I failed to get shots of, but then again there were well over 500 participants. I did post every photograph the art I did get pictures of, but the exclusion of other artists by no means reflects on the quality of their work-it means I just didn't get their picture while I was there. As for me I didn't view my participation as a vacation, which is one reason I did attend the event everyday. As to conjecture as to why the traffic was so slow, I did speculate a little in my other blog, but also I don't think we should discount the state of the economy both in the US as well as in Europe. Anyway Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment. Jake Howdy Kim

I have another blog topic that is open to people commenting about their practical experience of the Biennale http://akajake.com/blog/2009/12/28/2009-florence-biennale-experience/. Only one person, Julien Corcoran, chimed in with not one but two rather lengthy replies. After he wrote I published my civility policy, but I permitted his responses to post unedited. I have nothing against a lively discussion about the pros and cons of the Biennale, but I do request that people stop short of name calling and be respectful of others in their replies. If anyone wants to talk about their feelings about the Biennale, good or bad, I think that blog post is the appropriate forum.

I want this post to be about the art and camaraderie and other positive aspects of the show, the good stuff.

As for the art that I photographed, when I came home and downloaded my photos there were many artists whose work I admired that I failed to get shots of, but then again there were well over 500 participants. I did post every photograph the art I did get pictures of, but the exclusion of other artists by no means reflects on the quality of their work-it means I just didn’t get their picture while I was there.

As for me I didn’t view my participation as a vacation, which is one reason I did attend the event everyday. As to conjecture as to why the traffic was so slow, I did speculate a little in my other blog, but also I don’t think we should discount the state of the economy both in the US as well as in Europe.

Anyway Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment.

Jake

]]> Comment on Florence Biennale Experience Now Live. by kimberly berg http://akajake.com/blog/2010/02/10/florence-biennale-experience-now-live/comment-page-1/#comment-114 kimberly berg Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:25:39 +0000 http://akajake.com/blog/?p=251#comment-114 Hi Jake, Elisha Ben-Yitzhak tipped me off to your blog. He said he had seen my two Biennale paintings, EDEN REVISITED and MANDALA VIII, on your blog under "random art pics". I decided not to make the trip to Florence so it was a pleasant surprise to see indisputable evidence that they actually were able to surreptitiously slip through all the hoops and end up hanging on a wall. It is comforting to know that you recognize good art when you see it. Most of the art you selected to photograph was quite interesting. I enjoyed reading about your experiences although I must say it confirmed my decision to not make the trip. It's sad that so much work went into the event and so few people actually found it important enough to view the exhibit. It's too bad that many had to think of it as a vacation rather than a serious art event. What do you attribute to this state of affairs? What about the people/artists you talked to at the biennale?What did they think? How about opening your blog to such a discussion. Peace, Kim Hi Jake,
Elisha Ben-Yitzhak tipped me off to your blog. He said he had seen my two Biennale paintings, EDEN REVISITED and MANDALA VIII, on your blog under “random art pics”. I decided not to make the trip to Florence so it was a pleasant surprise to see indisputable evidence that they actually were able to surreptitiously slip through all the hoops and end up hanging on a wall.

It is comforting to know that you recognize good art when you see it. Most of the art you selected to photograph was quite interesting. I enjoyed reading about your experiences although I must say it confirmed my decision to not make the trip. It’s sad that so much work went into the event and so few people actually found it important enough to view the exhibit. It’s too bad that many had to think of it as a vacation rather than a serious art event. What do you attribute to this state of affairs? What about the people/artists you talked to at the biennale?What did they think?
How about opening your blog to such a discussion.

Peace,
Kim

]]> Comment on TweetDeck a new painting by Jake http://akajake.com/blog/2010/02/06/tweetdeck-a-new-painting/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Jake Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:30:58 +0000 http://akajake.com/blog/?p=244#comment-108 Howdy Katie It is acrylic on 140 pound cold press water color paper. I gesso the paper on both sides before starting to paint. Whether I am painting on canvas, paper or some other substrate I like the substrate to show through - in the case of canvas or paper that means not having heavy layers of over-painting everywhere - it keeps the painting bright and luminous. Howdy Katie
It is acrylic on 140 pound cold press water color paper. I gesso the paper on both sides before starting to paint. Whether I am painting on canvas, paper or some other substrate I like the substrate to show through – in the case of canvas or paper that means not having heavy layers of over-painting everywhere – it keeps the painting bright and luminous.

]]> Comment on TweetDeck a new painting by Katie Macaulay http://akajake.com/blog/2010/02/06/tweetdeck-a-new-painting/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Katie Macaulay Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:06:24 +0000 http://akajake.com/blog/?p=244#comment-104 Love it! What medium did you use? Love it! What medium did you use?

]]> Comment on TweetDeck a new painting by Brad Tomlinson http://akajake.com/blog/2010/02/06/tweetdeck-a-new-painting/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Brad Tomlinson Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:09:51 +0000 http://akajake.com/blog/?p=244#comment-103 Jake, The one bird is a different color to remind us that we are not all the same, that we can have a different opinion, whether on Twitter or any other communication medium, and that despite the differences, we can indeed all get along together even on one wire where we must work together to stay on that wire. Brad Jake,

The one bird is a different color to remind us that we are not all the same, that we can have a different opinion, whether on Twitter or any other communication medium, and that despite the differences, we can indeed all get along together even on one wire where we must work together to stay on that wire.

Brad

]]> Comment on TweetDeck a new painting by Jake http://akajake.com/blog/2010/02/06/tweetdeck-a-new-painting/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Jake Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:43:44 +0000 http://akajake.com/blog/?p=244#comment-101 Already working on that one. I had a whole bunch of similarly themed ideas come to mind and Retweet will be the next one. Thanks for stopping by. Already working on that one. I had a whole bunch of similarly themed ideas come to mind and Retweet will be the next one. Thanks for stopping by.

]]> Comment on TweetDeck a new painting by Jake http://akajake.com/blog/2010/02/06/tweetdeck-a-new-painting/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Jake Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:42:08 +0000 http://akajake.com/blog/?p=244#comment-100 Initially I did have them all as yellow canaries and it was a good composition, but a little bit boring. By changing the color of that one bird, I think it made it better. But in general I leave interpretation to the viewer, and I ask you, "Why do you think its a different color?" Initially I did have them all as yellow canaries and it was a good composition, but a little bit boring. By changing the color of that one bird, I think it made it better. But in general I leave interpretation to the viewer, and I ask you, “Why do you think its a different color?”

]]> Comment on TweetDeck a new painting by Andy Thorpe http://akajake.com/blog/2010/02/06/tweetdeck-a-new-painting/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Andy Thorpe Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:16:47 +0000 http://akajake.com/blog/?p=244#comment-98 Literal and lateral. Barmy and binary. Liking and loving! Literal and lateral.
Barmy and binary.

Liking and loving!

]]> Comment on TweetDeck a new painting by Stephen Potvin http://akajake.com/blog/2010/02/06/tweetdeck-a-new-painting/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Stephen Potvin Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:34:15 +0000 http://akajake.com/blog/?p=244#comment-97 lovely painting. I like the different color of one bird. Reminds me of tabs, apparently that is the bird that is active, haha. The binary code, very cool. We live in a new world. I like to see the interpretation of this new world in the creativity of artists. I am a photographer and i'm always looking for interesting things. Thanks for the post, I enjoyed it. lovely painting. I like the different color of one bird. Reminds me of tabs, apparently that is the bird that is active, haha. The binary code, very cool. We live in a new world. I like to see the interpretation of this new world in the creativity of artists. I am a photographer and i’m always looking for interesting things. Thanks for the post, I enjoyed it.

]]> Comment on TweetDeck a new painting by Brad Tomlinson http://akajake.com/blog/2010/02/06/tweetdeck-a-new-painting/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Brad Tomlinson Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:40:41 +0000 http://akajake.com/blog/?p=244#comment-96 Jake, I really like your TweetDeck painting with the mixture of nature and technical. However, I am curious about one thing. Why is one canary a different color than the other four canaries? As I think about it, I am glad one canary is different from the others. If everything was the same, it would be a very boring world. Thanks! Brad Jake,

I really like your TweetDeck painting with the mixture of nature and technical. However, I am curious about one thing. Why is one canary a different color than the other four canaries? As I think about it, I am glad one canary is different from the others. If everything was the same, it would be a very boring world. Thanks!

Brad

]]>