Confessions of a researchaholic

2026-10-08

Temporary Body by Jerron Herman

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 7:30 pm
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In this participatory art project, the artist first invited the audience to create decorative adornments before a solo dance performance among the audience. I enjoyed making a few quick headdresses and immersing myself in the performance. My interpretation is that these adornments and dances act as positive beautifications for the artist, who appears to be gay and struggles to move the left side of his body.

https://www.instagram.com/kub1ai/p/DeUkRkommBG/

https://www.behance.net/gallery/256925537/Temporary-Body-by-Jerron-Herman

2026-09-20

Hand-building

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 6:32 pm
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Hand-building seems more forgiving than throwing, as we can add and remove pieces of clay to the model gradually.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ddh_Jg8G0Zu/
https://www.behance.net/gallery/256288399/Handbuilding

2026-03-29

Nocturnal excess

Filed under: Imaginary,Real — liyiwei @ 11:20 am
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After having caesar salad, two balls of mushroom truffle arancini, and a piece of salmon with mashed potatoes, he should have taken out that large piece of chocolate cake instead of eating it which causes some physiological reactions later in the night.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DWesEPtgQDv/
https://youtube.com/shorts/lSYh0pO4j9k

2026-01-15

Pottery

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 9:49 pm
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For someone starting 3D modeling digitally—not counting the pottery class as a kid when he spent most of the time throwing clay to the ceiling—he found manual modeling to be both challenging and satisfying. The challenge came from technical precision (e.g., wedging the clay to the right stiffness, centering the clay on the wheel for throwing, trimming the clay to the right shape, and glazing the clay to the right combination of layers and colors), while the satisfaction arose from intuitive direct manipulation and the visceral feeling of clay in hand.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DTj650-lkIv/

2025-12-27

Book computer dream

Filed under: Imaginary — liyiwei @ 7:43 pm
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I was about to give a presentation but couldn’t find the file. I searched the computer/tablet which I planned to present with only to find it to be in the form factor of a book, and I scratched through the pages of computer circuits and components.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DSytL0hkopG/

2025-10-18

Diwali party vultures and scavengers

Filed under: Imaginary,Real — liyiwei @ 3:05 pm
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The line for the Diwali party was too crowded earlier in the afternoon, so he went there later around the closing time, when only a few vultures and scavengers remained, to get some food.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DP9-CfUksmA/

2025-10-05

Rooftops jumping dream on October 4, 2025

Filed under: Imaginary — liyiwei @ 1:13 pm
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Chased by a tiger, a lion, and a leopard.

I attempted to depict the dream by drawing it before realizing that it could be faster to collage from existing images. Idea is more important than execution, at least for this particular case.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DPcSW_DgSje/

2025-09-26

Biomarker from a visitor

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 5:31 pm
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While picking up some fallen leaves in the back yard I spotted a segment of black, and judging by the softness/humidity, still fresh, coyote scat, which is a reminder that the wild animals can come in anytime regardless of the fence or other human-made boundaries.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DPHSAOYD_7L/
https://www.behance.net/gallery/190359367/ExteriorMotoGStylus/modules/1353022065

2025-09-06

Pulpo a la Catalana

Filed under: Imaginary,Real — liyiwei @ 10:43 am
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On September 2 2025 I tried the lunch special “pulpo a la Catalana” in which the octopus leg segment prompted my imagination of the whole body the leg belonged to.

Thanks to the Adobe Bon Appétit chefs who made all these delicious and nutritious meals for us.

https://www.instagram.com/kub1ai/p/DORVsHvD4G6/

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