Oct 7, 2022 | Architecture, Design, Drawing, Film, Food, History, Masterclass, Metal, Sculpture, Teaching, Thoughts, Traditional Arts, Welding
David and Sophia at the shop David Ponsler? Brett Waller says he’s alright. David will get this inside joke. I took Sophia to the shop here in Jacksonville to see his progress on a forged Bronze project he’s been on for about a year. He is one of the first... 
Sep 18, 2022 | Architecture, Cosplay, Design, Drawing, Film, Food, History, Museum, Painting, Sculpture, Thinktank, Thoughts, Wood Carving
Bacchanalia Colonel Jirayr Arnak Hanparzoom Hovsep Baldanose Zorthian. I visited his ranch when I was doing THE HOLYLAND performances and temple of sacred retardation in my early Los Angeles days. We became friends and comrades in art. His birthday parties, called... 
Sep 7, 2022 | Architecture, Design, Drawing, Film, History, Masterclass, MCM, Old Time Music, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Sound, Teaching, Thoughts, Wireform
5 years ago This is not a Gofundme ask. Kista Cook started the relief effort when I was busy bailing water and loosing my mind. I have not looked at this video in 5 years. I didn’t want to look. It’s just to remind me of what can happen and the people I... 
Sep 4, 2022 | Architecture, Design, Drawing, Film, First Friday Films, History, Museum, Painting, Sculpture, Teaching, Thoughts
I used to watch Spongebob Squarepants with my daughter when she was a toddler and thought to myself he was the embodiment of constancy and cheerful purpose. I love Spongebob. Complete self-awareness in which nothing diverts his purposefulness for long. Richard McMahan... 
Aug 17, 2022 | Animation, Architecture, Film, Masterclass, Museum, Sculpture, Sound, Thinktank, Thoughts
Copper Box Chas Smith will tell you he is a welder. He is, and a good one. I hired him do do the structural work on a 60′ tall sculpture I was in charge of fabrication for artist Jonathan Borofski. We became friends and as I got to know more found out he was... 
Jul 28, 2022 | Architecture, Food, History, Masterclass, Old Time Music, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Sound, Teaching, Thinktank
It takes a lot of work to be quiet.I once asked a very prolific artist how he managed to create so much work. His reply, “You have to learn to shut out the noise”.He is a metal sculptor with a studio in a big city so I assumed he was speaking about the cacophony of... 