call•me•jonah

Constantly risking absurdity.

-Lawrence Ferlinghetti

oh me oh my.
i want this shirt.

...and a leica.

...then i’ll be happy.

...oh and does anyone want to write this research paper for me?

clint eastwood you bastard. breath held, leapt from the coffee table, dashed towards the couch. thought i wasn't watching? thought i couldn't reach? when will you grow weary of these vain attempts? when will you be happy?
i hear you now from the other room. gnawing and gnawing at the metal wire. standing on hind legs to reach the fresh air. this cage is your home. your home!
and where would you go, you ungrateful wretch? who would take you in? you have never seen the outside in your miniature life. you would be eaten alive by wolves! don't you see, you've got it made. everything is laid at your feet. if only you would be content. oh clint, if only you didn't hate me.
i want you to be happy.

you‘re too smart for your own good.

you see the world beyond the confines of your cage.

me and my pal chip.

James Victore, Ellen Lupton, Chip Kidd

Things I wrote down:
- life without edges is not worth living
- question authority
- don‘t open design annuals
- there is a style gland that turns malignant in nevada
- live every day as if you were dying of a contagious disease that turned everyone you bite into zombies



roll the dice
read by james victore

if you’re going to try, go all the
way.
otherwise, don’t even start.

if you’re going to try, go all the
way.
this could mean losing girlfriends,
wives, relatives, jobs and
maybe your mind.

go all the way.
it could mean not eating for 3 or 4 days.
it could mean freezing on a
park bench.
it could mean jail,
it could mean derision,
mockery,
isolation.
isolation is the gift,
all the others are a test of your
endurance, of
how much you really want to
do it.
and you’ll do it
despite rejection and the worst odds
and it will be better than
anything else
you can imagine.

if you’re going to try,
go all the way.
there is no other feeling like
that.
you will be alone with the gods
and the nights will flame with
fire.

do it, do it, do it.
do it.

all the way
all the way.

you will ride life straight to
perfect laughter, its
the only good fight
there is.

Bukowski

Two New Books for My Collection:



thinking with type. where has this book been all my life???

cheese monkeys. ok to be honest i bought this book so that chip kidd could sign it. i know that‘s lame. but someday you‘ll be jealous.

summation

probably the best show i've been to since that first creative summit two years ago when i heard jim sheridan, gary baseman, and stefan sagmeister all in one weekend.