Sunset

Normally you get to see my sunrise photos. Here's a rarity: sunset.
The sea was angry this morning, my friends...

Ha! Well, I'll ...

... shoyu!

Great research

I remember seeing these ads on tv, in magazines and on billboards about last June and remember thinking, "Woah. Dove is onto something huge."


And then, the SuperBowl.



Note: this isn't just a screen shot - - it'll play the video if you click the 'play' button

This is what really good demographic/market research will get you. It's not about the latest fashion, color or shape, what's cool or hip. It's about really getting inside people's minds and hearts to understand what they're thinking and feeling. And then .. going from there. You don't just create products; you change or even create markets, change perceptions and lives.

This is the kind of research work that I'm aiming for.

Step-Sitters at Panda

More Panda Express today. I need to have Panda about once a week. Do they have Panda Express in ... say, Pittsburgh? Just wondering.

I seem to enjoy drawing in public, keeping to myself. There’s something about being around other people, listening to whatever music is piped in that lures me into drawing mode. It’s kinda like drawing back in the studio at Art Center. Beats trying to hurry through a meal so I don’t have to sit around by myself.

So, I haven’t gotten my copy of Everyday Matters yet, and haven’t started reading through the yahoo! Group emails. But I think the general idea is to draw whatever is around you, the everyday. You can’t bellyache that there’s nothing to draw! One of the challenges is to draw something with folds (#40), so I’m going to go with a crumpled napkin to be able to check that one off. That’s what was handy after a late lunch at Panda. Folds, crumples; it's about the same. Almost. So here’s my napkin.



There was a group of high school kids there at Panda. A pretty big bunch of ‘em. I looked over and guessed at a clique and thought, “Hey, these guys are probably … not that far off than what we were” … 25 (oy!) years ago. Happy, lively, thinking, creative, a little on the geeky/dorky side. The group laughed, talked about strange sleep-walking adventures, and eventually straggled away in twos and threes. The last group got into the nitty-gritty of what they were struggling with - - auditions and acting, plays and theatre. I paused drawing and thought, “Bingo!”. Another group of Alexander Step Sitters. It would have been complete if one of them had broken into a Monty Python skit, which didn’t seem like it would’ve been much of a stretch, actually. They were singing though, and not music-on-the-radio stuff, but, you know, show tunes, in that show tune-y theatrical performance sort of way. Yup.

So I guess there’s hope for the world (we assume that Step Sitter types grow up to be good people). And there’s something nice about thinking that some things and personalities are sort of universal. I hope they have a lot of fun through the rest of high school and treasure the friendships that they have.

One last one

... from the Getty.



I did this at the Getty, but wasn't crazy about it just as an ink drawing. I played with it a little today and am happy enough about it to share.
Right. The stuff I'm not happy with, do you really think I'm going to share? Hah....

Telling details

In my refrigerator one will find...
'In'? The fridge door is the stuff of life!