This is the first circus I remember I attended, during which I did some very quick sketches.
https://youtu.be/SjPlUHRM7Iw
2021-11-27
2021-11-26
Idea, execution, and persuasion
Having good ideas is important, but to carry them out one needs to either execute by oneself or convince others to join the efforts.
This is why I believe a top research scientist cannot hurt to have top engineering and leadership skills.
2021-11-25
Visual impression of a druggie
A few years back while walking to work from San Jose Diridon station I saw a guy sitting on the ground jerking his head with eyes and mouth wide open, in some drug-induced trance.
This is an attempt to depict what I saw that day.
2021-11-24
2021-11-22
Dinner sketch
Instead of carrying a large drawing pad (analog or digital) around, an alternative is to draw multiples on a small surface (e.g., a pocket sketch book or a cell phone like a moto-x4 I currently have) and assemble them together later on a large surface (e.g., a large canvas or an iPad).
The initial small sketches can serve as a visual memory in the minimum, and may constitute a significant portion of the final composition.
https://youtu.be/zi4_pPtwOCc
2021-11-21
Judy Chicago smoke performance
I visited the de Young Museum for the first time to see the Judy Chicago retrospective.
She has worked on a very diverse set of mediums, such as drawings, paintings, glasses, ceramics, fabrics, smokes, and her messages are quite clear/direct compared to other modern artists’.
Random encounter of a photography collection in a physical bookstore
Physical, especially boutique, bookstores are a rare species nowadays, and I am glad to walk into one today and serendipitously browsed Impossible is Nothing: China’s Theater of Consumerism.
2021-11-19
Waiting area after vaccination
Flu shot in one arm
Covid booster another
Still little I felt
2021-11-18
Butterfly effect of small initial unbalance
Part of my body is now made of titanium.
Despite the discipline and care I have maintained, there will always be random deviations that started small but eventually amplified to visible unbalances.
Fortunately, this particular issue could be resolved via mechanical instead of biochemical means.
But something will get me eventually, as nobody lives forever.