create… Using the digital medium to make stuff that’s all good and cool.
film…motion pictures which act as a powerful medium which can generate images closest to the way humans perceive and understand things. Time and space are used in motion which set into our minds a subjective perception upon which our brain triggers numerous subconscious connotations and connections all at once. These elements come together to create some kick ass movies with heads getting blown off and skirts getting pulled down, capturing the very essence of humanity and emotion.
photograph…to capture what I see. But, the brain (my silly brain) is used to interpret signals, making anything I “see” completely subjective. Thus, I shoot photos in a particular way which helps me utilize the entire digital process to bring out what I thought I saw. I don’t necessarily believe in heavy processing, but careful and precise processing. My photographs are largely themed on existence, dealing with the subjectivity of our humanity and the balance of nature among Earth. It’s always interesting to see the strange quirks and movements of particular species, which I have categorized into pools of Human (the Homo sapien), Friend (creatures cared and nurtured by the Homo sapien), and Wildlife (creatures surviving in its natural habitat). Often times I find the lines between these subjects are blurry. I ponder, “has our technological civilization become our natural habitat?”
illustrate…through conceptualization. Often times, I’ll draw upon a mood, a feeling, or a concept and allow myself to draw in “stream of conscious.” Much like how some writers like to just write down all of which come to mind, I allow myself to create all the lines and shapes my mind wishes to generate until a picture comes into view. Then I go all crazy on it and it becomes an illustration. Most drafts start initially on paper, but then its up in the air whether it be completed through pencil, painting, digital, or even photography.
be…awesome! Besides these stuffs, I do things like cruise the concrete, waves, snow, and the world wide web, backpack into the wilderness, rock a guitar and smacka’ da drum, amongst a bunch of other things, all of which can only be described as awesome!