███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ ----- Pinned Area ----- For SF Bay Area Art Scene and current going ons: https://artboard.info/ ----- ******* ----- ----- Note Passing ----- @jakewelch yeah! staying in midtown till saturday afternoon ----- ******* ----- ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ 9.11.2026 Staying near SVA where madeleine went to school - I keep sending her photos of her old dorm building when I walk by it to a work event or something and then I text her "u up?" - she writes back something funny everytime to my really lame overused bit. School must have just started - theres a bunch of new college students and their parents in the same hotel im staying in, and they're all so excited or proud or a combination of both and its nice to overhear a parent hug their kid and say "Ok, have a great semester, thanks for letting me buy you dinner!" before sending them off to figure it out. After work I walk back to the hotel and on the streets I see the art kids flirt and take up space and smoke cigarettes and they say really funny shit. Funny to think this was where mads was before I even knew her! My own parent turned 70 yesterday and I call him to let him know I am in a part of the city he lived in for awhile. He just laughs and laughs on the phone probably reminiscing about being 20 in new york. I tell him I'll bring him a hat and he asks me to keep a look out for the number 70 and send me a photo if i see it in store signage or something. 9.10.2026 New York is great. 8.30.2026 Met a friend I've known only on the internet in person for the first time last night. Writing that sentence I'm realizing how confusing and specific english can be. We've known eachother since we were both 10 or 11 years old - we met on a forum for a Lego building video game and have been friends ever since, sending eachother music and playing games etc. We have a whole little crew of guys from that time - we've all kept up with eachother for the last 20ish years. He came to SF from Tokyo to DJ at a show and it was absolutely beautiful seeing him in his element and meeting his crew - couldn't stop smiling. Sometimes, everything fits into place and can be so good and beautiful. 8.25.2026 things i like: writing long emails seeing people deep in thought while riding train to work when the just for fun piece of art you were making suddenly becomes good falling asleep to a movie, wake up to a blue screen buy good figs for my wife 08.19.2026 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_effect Working hard for someone tricking yourself into thinking you like them, that's why you work so hard. "Maintaining consistency in [your] self-concept." is a really mfa brain triggering idea. Your corporate persona as working for you - identifying what is rewarding you at the company vs how you reward yourself for aligning to your own values in everyday life. How are you looking at success? To me right now, success means the ability to be curious and try things without the pressure of monetizing it. Even if its a small portion of the day, success means maximizing that time and increasing it, minute by minute, everyday. 08.18.2026 Visiting college friends in Sonoma county. Their son makes small lego sculptures from loose pieces, small little monoliths and shapes. He calls them robots and assigns names and personalities to them. It's really nice to step back and see really simple and honest pieces of expression from a 5 year old. https://imgur.com/a/rNKrgfv I met both his parents in the art department at college and they've sectioned off a large part of their kitchen as an art studio for him. We did a studio visit - he sat me down and showed me his tools - we did a lot of bits comparing his robots to Joaquín Torres-García sculptures. It sounds like we're making fun of it but we took it very seriously, fully attentive as he explains his methods. A work trip brings me to NY in September and I think I can swing some time to see some of the Torres-García sculptures in person at the MET. Really loving the 3D for the first time in my life. Need to make some robots. 08.14.2026 3 days off I've done a lot of chores. Lots of errands. All my machines running well. Can't find a specific power cord and its driving me to spring clean while I search for it - wacom why! soundtrack remembering 2019 and all these good ones: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7hYUx45apqa0AEJah9HiYN?si=e3bdd94c6af344e7