FatTag Katsu Edition iPhone App

Found this post at CreativeApplications.net about an app for iphone where you can tag with your finger and then manipulate it and 'photoshop' it onto a bunch of different backgrounds or photos.


Positive me says "Katsu had something to do with it so it gets some respect. Looks like it could be fun to play around with for maybe about 5 minutes."

Cynical me says "Why? If you want to hit something up go and hit it up for real with some real paint and/or markers. This is for girls who like boys who do 'graffiti' and want to seem cool. (Real girls into graf would follow 1st rule of cynical me)

Doze Green Studio Visit

Friends We Love does up a bunch of great little video doc's featuring inspiring artists and musicians. Here's one of their latest featuring none other than all around b-boy, Doze Green-



Doze is one of those artists that totally inspires me to want to paint and to quit all at the same time. I think he's from another dimension poking holes into ours.

If you're in nyc, check out the ridiculous current show at Jonathan Levine Gallery featuring Doze Green, Saelee Oh, and Josh Keyes.

Common Folk Don't Forget

R.I.P. Teddy. Quiet Storm.


Zheik One
"Quiet Storm/Love T.K.O.", 38"x"8"x3/4", paint marker and spray paint on found wood panel, 1-23-10.

Saber is the Man

Saber steps up to the Health Care debate-



First off, the raging idiots who are sparking controversy over Saber's use of the flag in his art piece are the ones who are actually desecrating the spirit of the flag and what it stands for.

Something obviously needs to be done about healthcare. Well, obvious to those of us who are in dire need of it. It's appalling how many of my friends don't have health insurance, self included, and how it's kind of just the unspoken norm for a lot of us. And ironically the healthcare bill is in some very well insured, cared for hands. It's no wonder a lot of them don't see a problem with the system.

There are millions of hard working, patriotic people not in the traditional 9-5 workplace that need healthcare. We are independent contractors, consultants, artists, musicians, small business owners, etc. So why, here in the good ol' U.S. of A can there not be a real way for the independent, self-employed, entrepreneurial spirited americans to get affordable health care?

We need the Common Folk system!
(I do have to make a note about my indebted gratitude to Harborview Hospital in Seattle which gave excellent care to my uninsured ass when I had emergency surgery for getting hit by a (uninsured and unlicensed) 15 year old driving an S.U.V.)

For an elongated version of this rant with more personal vignettes, http://blog.thosart.com