Writing a blog post is not unlike beginning work on a new image. How does one even start to fill a blank screen? When I first started blogging, I thought I had to write a certain way to fulfill (I realize now) self-determined expectations. I had to be as political or as confessional as many … Continue reading
Everybody knows Terry, but what about me, Igor. I like fractals. I like words and pictures. Like Dick and Perry, together they form a third personality. Illustrated, illuminated, an alloy. I like machines that make pictures. Preferably ones with fewer buttons that enslave the computer, harnessing clever algorithms and making them do all the work, … Continue reading
The Passion of R2D2 (2006) I know what you’re thinking. Why does the Stars Wars droid who burps in squelches deserve a passion? Passions are reserved for gods and geniuses. Christ. Van Gogh — or, at least, Kirk Douglas playing him in Lust for Life. Bardot. Charo. Camille Paglia. Courtney Love (or is the passion … Continue reading