Forgetfulness - Billy Collins Animated Poetry from smjwt on Vimeo.

I saw this animated short awhile ago & just recently discovered the great talent of it's writer, Billy Collins. His poetry is sweet, funny and heart-breaking all in one. This one's a heart-breaker.

as director, i orchestrate and promote the sharing of creative process. however, in mr. steve world, i also wear the hat of critic quite happily, at times even gleefully.  this may result in a loss of popularity but i assure you, i sleep soundly at night. been stewing on this. check it out. no way to spin this, 555. the work was in no danger of imminent destruction and was certainly accessible to the interested (though i think the term "death trap" in freep article is a little...

We all know getting a job is important.  It's why we go to school.  Yes, we like to learn, but we also know that it takes money to learn...a lot of it.  At this point in my life (having just graduated from A&D), things are a bit more leisurely and less stressful, but I'm also on the brink of having to pay back my student loans.  Ah yes, summer after college.  The perfect time to revamp my résumé and apply for a 'real job'...or maybe a couple part-timers.  Whatever works.

i am currently pondering further proof that detroit may be the worst city of all time:  civic leaders decided to plant evergreen (christmas-esque) trees along the sidewalk on jefferson east of the boulevard. these will grow to encrouch the sidewalk thus "legitimizing" the obsession for local folk to shun society accepted walkways and walk/scoot in the street. they will also provide optimum staging areas for surprise assaults. at least until they are cut down leaving nice stumps....

it's nice to know you are not alone. The site http://www.cardsofchange.com features business cards of people that have been laid off, and written on top of them is an inspiring inscription or update as to what they are doing now. The cards are of those in the marketing field, a lot of directors & designers mostly.

It's comforting to see a wide variety of talented people out there also looking for work; often times you blame yourself for not being able to find work & this network...

spring is here. i'm teaching at wayne state but, i may try and fine time to polish up on my dance moves. i don't know freddy, but apparently he's quick.

As my first post on the PLAY gallery blog, I thought I'd share one of my newest obsessions: the films of Jan Svankmajer. Many years ago (as in, perhaps, 2001) I had the pleasure of watching one of Jan's more recent feature films, 'Little Otik', which he made in 2000. The film tells the story of a childless couple who end up adopting a tree root that vaguely resembles a child. Through pampering, the tree root slowly comes to life, growing and growing until horror ensues as he begins...

Now that I’m finally on the other side, I can very confidently say that the grass is greener – in fact, it’s verdurous. It’s so lush that even my parents would consider putting aside their large jars of kimchi to graze on it, and they love Korean pickled lettuce.

However, if I could do it all over again, there are definitely a few things I’d change.

What I wish I had known before IP:

1) Do not take a full course load for both semesters as an IP student.

No, this is not...

Sigh, if only we had tele-transport to New York and I was not about to have a baby. There's an amazing retrospective of Marina Abramovic's work on at Moma, including live performances throughout the three month run. If you go to New York, check it out for me, it's on until May 31st!

Moma has a great spread on the exhibition with live feeds on the performance to boot. I like this interview below when she talks about her realization that if she wanted to seriously explore the...

Great concept by artist Blake Fall-Conroy. Here's the description of his new sculpture from his personal website:

"The minimum wage machine allows anybody to work for minimum wage. Turning the crank will yield one penny every 5.04 seconds, for $7.15 an hour (NY state minimum wage). If the participant stops turning the crank, they stop receiving money. The machine's mechanism and electronics are powered by the hand crank, and pennies are stored in a plexiglas box."

Working my...