all perishes

The fear of death is indeed the pretense of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being a pretense of knowing the unknown; and no one knows whether death, which men in their fear apprehend to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.
-Plato, "Apology," Dialogues, 399 B.C.

What is death at most? It is a journey for a season; a sleep longer than usual. If thou fearest death, thou shouldest also fear sleep.
-St. John Chrysostom, Homily, c. 388

When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the Earth.
-Peter (Ken Foree), "Dawn of the Dead," 1978

All perishes and passes that we see with our eyes. The wealth of this world wanes into wretchedness. Robes and riches rot in the ditch. . . . Their gold and their treasures draw them to death.
-Richard Role (c. 1300-1349), Selected Works of Richard Role

seemingly effortlessly

 Michelle Grabner

bp Nichol

so death is really heavy...

a lot of my works shares a common root in its attention to death (or mortality). it has been a conscious and central focus of my projects for a while now - and i'm noticing a major issue with this. death is a heavy subject, and obvious. the trick is to do something new with it - and i'm using this post as a display of research into how to make death more... fun, accessible, and less heavy-handed.

David Shrigley - Cat with No Head (taxidermy) 2006

this David Shrigley piece is a pretty perfect example of the type of sentiment i am interested in here, but there are a few more:

Harald Naegeli - Death Series (Cologne, Germany) 1981

graffiti in Paris, France

John Rainbow - Death Cloud (acrylic, pen, and collage on paper)

Royal Art Lodge - Untitled (Come Drown)

Edward Gorey - K

sad =(^.^)= day

we brought Charles and Rascal back to Maryland SPCA. maybe when we're less stressed and more comfortable we will have the time and energy to take on the responsibility of owning a cat or 2. we only had them for 10 days, but i still got choked up and cried.

on bad art

"Bad art can be really disheartening. It means not having the self-awareness to challenge or question oneself, and worse, pretending that we’re developing an idea when there never was one."
-Whitney Kimball, 9/11/12, for Art Fag City

11 years

Dash Snow, (polaroid) 2001

Gerhard Richter - September (oil on canvas) 2009

Ellsworth Kelly - proposal of a grass field for World Trade Center monument

Labor Day / Morning / Baltimore / 2012

Today is a good day.