BrentPafford

Apr 29

Final firing of the semester. Lets do this.

Final firing of the semester. Lets do this.

I don’t not have a #pistachio problem.

I don’t not have a #pistachio problem.

nprfreshair:

Geoff Nunberg on the evolution of the words “surreal” and “horrific”:

“Surreal” was a bit of arty jargon until it too became popular around 1970 or so. That initially had a lot to do with the counterculture — the word shows up a lot more frequently in Rolling Stone than on CBS News. But the particular surreality of disaster scenes had another source. In her last book, Regarding the Pain of Others, Susan Sontag noted how often the words “surreal” and “movie” were coupled in eyewitness accounts of the 9/11 attacks — the result, she said, after four decades of big-budget disaster films. Who needs “the irrational reality of a dream” when you have The Towering Inferno? 

image of Sontag by Peter Hujar, 1975 via alesario:

nprfreshair:

Geoff Nunberg on the evolution of the words “surreal” and “horrific”:

“Surreal” was a bit of arty jargon until it too became popular around 1970 or so. That initially had a lot to do with the counterculture — the word shows up a lot more frequently in Rolling Stone than on CBS News. But the particular surreality of disaster scenes had another source. In her last book, Regarding the Pain of Others, Susan Sontag noted how often the words “surreal” and “movie” were coupled in eyewitness accounts of the 9/11 attacks — the result, she said, after four decades of big-budget disaster films. Who needs “the irrational reality of a dream” when you have The Towering Inferno?

image of Sontag by Peter Hujar, 1975 via alesario:

the most ridiculous sentence in an artist statement. ever.

“Development of larger more ambiguous forms has exposed technical challenges pertaining to my current clay body. In a valiant attempt to work through these issues I created a series of vase forms.” -Brent Pafford

Apr 28

fuck.

Apr 27

lilashull:

New sunglasses, actually my first sunglasses aaah

my friend Lila is a total babe.

lilashull:

New sunglasses, actually my first sunglasses aaah

my friend Lila is a total babe.

ArtFields!

Apr 25

nprfreshair:

Time-Lapse sky photography by Matt Molloy 
via Beautiful Decay

nprfreshair:

Time-Lapse sky photography by Matt Molloy

via Beautiful Decay

bencirgin:

Benjamin Cirgin 2013 Two Wood Fired Dessert Plateswww.benjamincirgin.com

so sexy

bencirgin:

Benjamin Cirgin
2013 Two Wood Fired Dessert Plates
www.benjamincirgin.com

so sexy

(via margaretbrownceramics)

Apr 23

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