beards

here's a way to gauge how awesome you are.

because facial hair is always the best.

the sea.

"clif is talking too loud at the party, but lauren can't even hear him through her diving helmet that she's really regretting wearing now."

Mariah Carey

so last night i went to this Christmas Party. my best friend Lauren asked me to join her cause i really know how to party. then she tells me it's a white elephant gift exchange. so i make this card for my gift. the drawing up there is the cover. it's me riding on a reindeer through a psychedelic Christmas night. on the inside it said something like "congratulations champion. you have won a date with Jay J." so i put it in a small envelope and write TO: YOU on the front. then we get to the party and it's all these people i don't know. lots of girls with boyfriends. the card goes under the tree and i was thinking well this won't go well. so then it's the gift exchange part of the party and this girl picks my card for the very first gift. she opens it and is wayy confused. she reads it and realizes she has won a date. but she doesn't know who i am. so i had to be like "ya it's me. date time." but she traded it later for a glow in the dark hat and a guy won it. not really what i had in mind, so i didn't get a date.

your primary colors

trophy hunter

gale

a peacock.

lone

i want to make time for what i need in my life. not what i have to do.

don't walk away.

come back for me. and soon.

it feels good to be free

"life is party!"

kissing

"skateboards!"

summer light

"paul feels uncertain about his new roommate."

pattern is not movement.

homework.

you should be living.

mint fresh

"victor is riding a horse into a volcano."

enough

everything is alive, everything is breathing, nothing is dead and nothing is bleeding

"neil feels just so bad for what the pop culture of america has become."

stop. stop. go.

"janiece was born to shop."

stevie wonder

"greg is getting involved in espionage."

"watch out, i've got too much soul for the world"

-hockey

the $10,000 horse

"ken is feeling pretty slick for his first date"

i don't want to live, i want to thrive.

1985

"pizza is cool"

pwowie!

"surf's up"

this is a picture i drew of my cat pwowie surfing u.s.a.

soiree

"electronic champagne"

florida

"ed presents kim with haunted cake."

pyramids

"gary was suddenly face to face with the ancient artifacts!"

pool party pt. 2

"stay cool"

lions

"this will be the last time denise wears overall shorts to a wedding."

cool guys

"cameron is trying to impress lisa. it's not working."

III

this is a piece i made for a church series on the ten commandments.

i was given the third commandment to base my art on.

light light light

"gwen's dental hygienist is disappointed in her dental care habits"

and here's another piece i wrote:

relentless.

in a sea cave serenade

i heard threats below the sequined surface.

foam curled fists rising, tides taking time.

and the ship captain

in his cloud boat is listening

among the galaxies waves.

yet, I worry more about the peel.

i forget the fruit.

patience, pomegranates, where I will never return.

and the ship captain

in his cloud boat is listening

among the galaxies waves.

beat the drums and yell.

"nathan is excited for grilled oysters at the arbor day barbeque."

here is something i wrote:

pale paints/

it’s all dead now. the stone from a fruit.

no matter how far I may walk out. You always bring me home.

if there is the deep. if the water gets so dark that it seems royal purple.

can’t there also be that white sky?

the pale paint that sucks the day down the mountains and swirls our evenings evenly. like brushes dipped with liquid pastel into a cup of clean water.

i have two small feet.

and I want to stand. stand firmly in place.

yet still I focus on the stones from the fruit and let the rest rot.

the textile skin flavored sweetly on the trees i keep killing.

i thought there was a cure inside my hands.

i thought there was a pressure too overwhelming to ever live without.

i thought control was mine to own.

You always bring me home. no matter how far I may walk out.

the stone from a fruit. it’s all dead now.

yachts

"judy and wrigley are in the midst of a heated tennis match."

catch a wave

"cool! the world is having a pool party!"

+-x/

"clive is being a show off at his high school reunion. no one cares about his financial security."

light and day

"orlando has found the buried treasure!"

saplings? no! tall trees.

rap music videos

"montgomery is meeting with his stock broker."

gold dust/ gold rush

"geraldine is unaware of the fact that today is her husband Leif's 37th birthday."

winter wonderland

"amadeus got ice cream on his birth certificate just now."

counter culture

"night terrors"

life.life

"beverly is preparing her famous minestrone soup for the church potluck"

thanksgiving

"augustus did not receive an invitation to the party."

name everything you can think of today that you are thankful for.

reawakened

"dean is floating to earth."

"the trees began to come fully alive. the larches and birches were covered with green, the laburnums with gold. soon the beech trees had put forth their delicate, transparent leaves. as the travellers walked under them the light also became green. a bee buzzed across their path."

-c.s. lewis

tropical.

"collette is committed to getting in shape for her summer swim wear"

i am reading about this idea of wonder. how we should be living in a constant state of wonder. and i think it's one of the best things we can do. there is a lot to distract us from how cool everything around us is. there's battles, and worries, and oil spills, and jobs, but there is so much around us to be continually amazed by. there is clouds, and bikes, songs, and people, color, and animals, trees, and weather. the other night i saw a sky that looked like a volcano full of gold had erupted in space and spilled into the clouds. it was beyond anything i had seen. and i felt overwhelmed. full of joy. it's time to live with eyes that celebrate all the beauty around us.

wonder

"wallace is checking his new watch. he cannot tell time."

songs that rip:

the mars volta: wax simulacra- like two oceans at war.

crystal castles: doe deer- like a car race of hearses.

wild orchid children: birth of a cabin- taunting, and yelling, and american rock and roll.

the chariot: teach:- bullets and bombs in the barn.

the beastie boys: the new style-flow of the century.

christmas island!

"arthur is eating the soup. everyone hates him."

this is based on a dog i know that ate the christmas soup. i drew this for a white elephant gift exchange the following year.

teeth

"the bear knew of his severe allergy to bee stings."

crystal castles-vietnam

rocky votolato- where we started

spoon-got nuffin'

mathematics

"wyoming is very jealous of california's new ear muffs."

new wave

"sheila and troy did not have as much in common as they first thought they would when they met online."

i saw a sky, with clouds all spaced out and it looked like collections.

i heard the scratches of guitars, like night animals.

i thought i knew everything for just a minute.

there was a quiet.

i thought about how fast i could die.

i realized how much i am alive.

the tiger, the jagged rocks, and the strawberry plant.

"mitchell hates how amanda's breath smells"

everybody ever. let go. whatever it is that's churning your life up. let it go. there's a grace, a love much greater.

technologic

"mike realized, in that moment, that he could never be president, because he was a machine"

milk

"the snail can't eat the ice cream."

currently listening to:

girls-headache

james gang-rides again

local natives- camera talk

hall & oates- private eyes

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"happy b-day eggs!!!!"