The title comes from Mary Roach. In full, it reads:
"I don't fear death so much as I fear its prologues: loneliness, decrepitude, pain, debilitation, depression, senility. After a few years of those, I imagine death presents like a holiday at the beach."
Along with general positivity, I have been thinking about mortality more than is healthy. So maybe let's just get all of it out of my system like I did with Trump last year? You should see my test art journal...
Also, what do you think of the little signature stamp? it's called a chop and I had one made into a rubber stamp to use on the actual paper art. This was applied in post.
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Bird & Bloom magazine
100 Years of National Geographic
What's Out There?
Space snails! An obvious reference to Brain Slugs from Futurama and what are snails but slugs with big hair?
I'm not entirely sure the message of this piece is coherent - something about brain manipulation and suffragettes and space but I really liked how everything looked together.
Sources:
National Geographic magazine
Birds and Blooms magazine
Time magazine
What's Out There book.
SNAILS! What else do you need?
I kept asking myself "should I just cut off their heads"? for all the little heads on the inside of the coliseum. I split the difference and was more shocked that any of them survived the cutting process.
It was also a great use of whales. Because whales.
And I just love star fields.
Sources:
National Geographic magazine
Blue Whale Planet
What's Put There?
Get it? Like the outer atmosphere? Up to... eh? I'm pretty certain I'm going to de because of climate change sooner than anything else.
Sources:
Entrepreneur Magazine
What's Out There: Images from Here to the Edge of the Universe
Misogyny is horse-shit. Ladies rule and I'm all for removing sexual predators from power, even people I like.
Sources:
Time magazine
What's Out There: Images from Here to the Edge of the Universe
His footprint will be global in scale. And his backing is becoming far less... obscure.
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Rollingstone magazine
What's Out There: Images from Here to the Edge of the Universe
Alyska is really good at traditional collage - taking many elements and putting them together for a piece. I'm not so good so I've been trying to put lots of things together to get something coherent. Here's the first.
Sources:
What's Out There: Images from Here to the Edge of the Universe
National Geographic magazine
Cliff-dwellers are so cool. These were from a spread on tribes in Arizona and I really liked the colors and the feeling of timelessness. So, of course, add space scenes and I'm happy.
Sources:
What's Out There: Images from Here to the Edge of the Universe
National Geographic magazine
Wyomings Wild River Range