04/20/2012 Art is something you don't need to have..something of that nature from Andy Warhol. Though I never liked his art ( but I appreciate the concepts), maybe he is right. But as Dr. Nigel Spivey and all those professors that I've learned from, "real life" is boring...art shouldn't be. I guess we don't need Art to survive, but we would be so boring.
05/13/2012 What is Art? -Again and again I visit this question. I teach a course that deals with this question, but still there are times when I see things I just can not agree with it. Maybe we are overly saturated with ideas and maybe "too much" has become boring...in a sense our reality. Like a magician who's job is to violate your expectations (that is 99% of how "magic" works), I believe we have over violated our expectation. The other day I was watching a viral video, and the people who where the victims of a prank where in shock..but I find myself half awake. Maybe it's me, maybe it's the system of the art work-maybe like a dark photograph...a little too much exposure.
06/05/2012 My daughter, Ayumi Yang turns 1 today. I am such a proud father. Cliche as it sounds, she is my best creation. I adore her and she is learning very fast. She even likes to draw also. I've always wanted to paint family members but it seems my own siblings and parents are too shy. Maybe Ayumi will be the closest thing to me that I'll soon paint.
07/21/2012
I love the smile on people's face when they see a simple caricature of themselves. It makes me happy to do what I do.
01/07/2013
Thinking about all those exposure to Dali's personality from documentaries and readings...are we a specific breed or is it a biological condition? I too sometimes act like a "bad ass" with my art.