Saturday, March 27, 2010

Skulls for GM4, art school arguments, "I Can't Get Started"

This is my contribution to Good Minnesotan #4: One Last Taste, named so because the anthology is folding. Raighne and Meghan of 2D Cloud are moving on to other projects. GM was one of the first anthologies I appeared in and I appreciate its bringing my developing voice to people's ears.
You'll recognize the drawing as a redux of a doodle from a couple posts down. Maybe I killed it in tightening it up. I dunno yet.

Art school arguments

My friend Alison wrote an post at her career-oriented blog The Cafe Creative called "What is College Worth?" More specifically, it asks, "What is art school worth?" - we attended the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. My friend Anna responded and I wrote my two cents-- two giant, hulking cents. From Ed "When do you not go on a spiel?" Moorman. It became a tirade about work ethic in general. I'm not proud of my tendency to stand on any soapbox I can find, but I'm sure you can find a few good points in a morass of conceit.

By Gershwin / Duke


Frank Sinatra, arr. by Gordon Jenkins, from No One Cares, 1957


Billie Holiday with Lester Young and Teddy Wilson


Bunny Berrigan, 1937

This is different but I like it too