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Two Interviews From Different Worlds

For my youtube channel, I've been producing very simple, basic interviews with mystics, saints & oddballs and for me it's great therapy.     

Why?   It's because of the rules I've set for these interviews:  just pick up a camera and shoot, take an hour to edit, and upload.   If I shoot it well, that's great, if not, the content is more important than the beauty.  

You couldn't find more variety of perspectives from  the two vids I've just uploaded: George Elerick: cultural theorist and Jerame Nelson, evangelist.   George believes that the gift of healing comes from parallel universe theory, Jerame thinks healing is a gift from God. 

 

Shipping Doodles

A new crop of Orb Patrol doodles has been flowing, including King Fish and the Medicine Tea, various walruses, frogs, and a couple of new characters have shown up.  

When I began Orb Patrol, the goal was to simply do a sketch a day-- and if the sketch was bad, or good, or unfinished, it didn't matter.   I guess I was reading one too many Steven Pressfield and Seth Godin books at the time.  Artists ship.  

Too many years of holding back on drawing because of fear of what others would think, or  the wounds from childhoood of not delivering a polished enough product, or whatever. All those fears and standards  had to be tossed out the window in order for me to achieve the goal of shipping.  

What's resulted is  a never-ending source of bezerk creatures flying, plotting and scheming their way through galaxies.   

Over a year into the exercise, and I never know what I'm going to draw, I just get a mental image and see where that goes.  

And if the drawing is great, I upload it, and if it sucks, I still post it.    I'm beginning to apply this same principle to this blog. 

Who are you inspired by?

This post it was placed, one of many, under a sign reading "who are you inspired by?" in the walker art gallery in Liverpool.

My favourite thing

The mujjo iPhone 5 wallet has become my favourite accessory ever. It's a phone holder, but it's also a wallet. Ingenious.

That's My Thermos

I was in Liverpool last week and toured the big Anglican cathedral. When you climb the 800 steps to the top, on the roof there's a tour guide who welcomes you.

I spotted a cool shot of the two spires that looked through the rooftop office of the guide. As I knelt to take the photo, he got really angry.

"Why can't I take a photo here?" I asked.

"Because it's mine. It's my stuff" he mumbled.  

His stuff: A thermos, a desk, and an old radio.  

Tea and cakes

British people, prepare me the tea and cakes, start reviewing how each cake tastes or that it is "nice" and I shall be transported a zillion miles from my New York City home culture.

Teacup

Every week I try to do a meeting at Mary's, a hole-in-the-wall Thai place near the south bank.

At lunch time they crowd you in and make you sit with other customers, the staff yell, smirk at customers in a cheerful yet sarcastic way, throw plates of food at you, but it's the best food for the cheapest price.

Their tea mugs ROCK.

Drink from the tree of life

I found a tree in my double espresso today.

A sign

Lately ideas and doodles have been flowing.

The other day while drawing, this rainbow spontaneously appeared, along with accompanying angelic choir.

Ok I am exaggerating about the angels but it sure felt that way.

I heart Sloths

I was in Liverpool this weekend, and the creative result was this sloth, on brown paper, with magic marker.