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100 favorite things : june 2007
I wonder how many times now I've made these lists. I remember doing the first one in 1991 or 1992. positive attention giving and receiving affection teaching thinking through an idea writing narrative + non-narrative poetry + poets chapbooks + small presses fonts graphic design + visual composition adobe illustrator + photoshop feeling competent feeling competent enough to acknowledge the existence of things I still need to learn photography abstraction complex irregular forms abandoned buildings + ruins taking walks trails + hikes the woods the ocean mysticism + devotional practice the drone making music audiomulch laptop computers itunes + the ipod databases + indexes index cards libraries the internet del.icio.us, flickr, etc. gifts and gift economies the spring conference letters + journals dreams + dreamwork the films of david lynch stanley kubrick's 2001 richard linklater's slacker ensembles and character networks network diagrams conversations bonfires candles altars + shrines things my friends have made for me making things for my friends collage william s. burroughs david foster wallace earned sincerity playing playing games rule-systems and constraints strategies and plans making lists + taking notes the boundary line between knowledge + non-knowledge BDSM collaboration taking inspiration from other people's work completing a project an ongoing project dark chocolate ice cream biscuits + gravy diners + greasy spoons roadtrips mix tapes + mix CDs unexpected things discovered while traveling vernacular signage book darts reading reading in the bathtub keeping a reading log blogs + blogging zines dancing feeling confident about my physical appearance / level of desirability flirting + the thrill of reciprocated flirting jokes + puns things that are cute Japanese aesthetic systems mazes + labyrinths dungeons and dragons + its trappings graph paper new sketchpads pigma pens the tension between permanence and ephemerality "this too shall pass" / "perhaps" ecclesiastes myths + mythic systems paul klee mark rothko + the rothko chapel robert rauschenberg marcel duchamp grant morrison the marvel universe watching movies having broad tastes not being bored That's my list. I also love collecting these from other people, so write 'em up and send 'em to me. Or post one to your own blog and send me a link! In other news: thinking, thinking, thinking, about self-pity, self-loathing, growth, responsibility, desire, love, trust, etc. More soon.
Friday, June 15, 2007
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