Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Coming soon!

I'm excited about this one.
This is a book that I was asked to be a part of and is planned to be available early 2012.
It will detail the life of Milton Zeis and his career through tattooing. I'm very honored and excited to be a part of this project, I can't wait to check it out.

Jeepers Creepers, look at that list of artists. NO PRESSURE, RIGHT!?



Sunday, November 27, 2011

To whom it may concern


I was recently surfing the web searching for cool pics of Jack-o-lanterns when I regretfully came across your website. A poster calling himeself "Drew J" recently posted incredibly distasteful photos of my two late Jack-O-lanterns.

I find it disturbing and offensive that you would exploit my former pumpkin pals on your surprisingly funny and very well put together website.

I will now submit this photo of the two that was taken while they were alive and well.

They would like to be remembered this way.


"Jeff & Karen"
2011-2011

November punkin carving award goes to...

Joel Janiszyn for his interesting theatre mask entry;



Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Mediocre B-Sides


I cleaned out some pictures on my phone today and found some I never used.
I'm not sure why I took these, but I felt they were blog worthy. Suck it, Chicago!



"4 star image" -Time Magazine



Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Realizations and exaggerations

You'll find that this post goes against the grain of most 3EU posts.
Lots of words, NO pictures
I know you're panicking right now "A post with no pictures of cats, tattoos, or goofball kids from Indiana!!!??? What gives!?!?!"

Well...I'd like to relive my Saturday via words on a blogging site. See what you can gather or learn from this, if anything.

Without further ado, here is "Saturday"

-Arms and legs grow increasingly "heavy"
-Strange feelings of being excited, nervous, and nauseous
-Sit outside on porch and pick tomatoes from plant in side yard. I feel content and peaceful
-Watch chemtrails in the sky spiral and twist around each other. A feeling of calmness blankets me
-Go back inside and sit down. Nausea worsens and I now have a strange feeling of nervousness and being to sweat heavily.
-I lie on my stomach on the couch and look at my surroundings. I watch the walls breathe, I see the floor move like the waves of the ocean.
-I close my eyes and see things that I can't comprehend. "Castles" made of light, hands gripping onto a pole with fingers endlessly wrapping around it, ...impossible shapes that defy physics.
-Random "pixels" shoot around me. White and perfectly square with "tails" tracing behind them.
-I look at her face change shapes. The paintings surrounding me seems to be aware of me, their colors so bold and vivid. I'm entranced by their beauty.
-I can feel pure joy leaking from every pore in my body. I have become the embodiment of pure happiness in a realm that seems more "real" than reality itself.
-My life, goals, and achievements sit at the front of my mind. It's almost like I can feel someone or something saying "you're right on track. Continue what it is that you're doing." I feel reassured. I feel as if my time on this planet has not been wasted.
-I watch the cats in the room. I think heavily about the cats and the false ideas that speciesism has plagued us (humanity) with. These cats have thoughts just like us. They have preferences, opinions, and ideas like all of us do. We ALL contain these things. I feel strangely connected to all people. To all animals. To all things around me and all things on this Earth. The ideas of money, and status, and suffering seem to disappear from my consciousness.
-After walking (or more correctly; "surfing") to the bathroom and then back to the couch, the words of Bill Hicks seem to play on repeat in my mind. I put on his album "Arizona Bay" and lay back with a small blanket over my face. Rather than hearing the words from this album, I instead feel the amazing energy. I'm bathed by a strong and benevolent energy.
-The music is ecstasy in the form of sound waves. I can also hear the vibration of the energy around me which sounds like hums in my ears.
-Winston the cat lies with ling ling. I could feel him enjoying the music as well.
-At this time Trevor comes over to hang out. His arrival was very exciting and we listened to the rest of Arizona Bay.
-We take a ride in the car. I somehow forgot that "outside" existed. It was strange to step outside at first. We smoked cigarettes and talked jovially. We came up with a fantastic idea that we are going to get started on very soon (you'll have to wait and see!)
-Returning back home, we all sat around the table. We drew pictures and made jokes while I enjoyed the great "vibes" surrounding me.

The experience is hard to describe. It was a roller coaster ride of thoughts and emotions. I came out of the experience with some new outlooks which I feel is very important. It was a nice change to the normal Saturday of just painting or having a few brews with friends. I'm even more driven and dedicated to the things that I love now.

I'm not quite sure how to conclude this post so I'll leave you with