Ever notice how creating can be its own kind of meditation? Yea me neither, I just turn on music, dive into overpriced Photoshop sub, and somehow find the mental silence that eludes me every other part of the day. Silence emerges from madness, madness dissolves into silence.
Started working on this after seeing some beautiful marble tiling at my sister’s wedding. Went about trying to create a breathing tile loop, like an acid trip. Then it turned into this.
Gestural generatives: if you look at the first one long enough u can make out a pigeon/dove head, a greyhound dog, and a juggalo guy running in reverse
The sounds, the smells, the food, the people! I felt oddly at home in Vietnam, last year. Been planning a trip back before we even left.
Also had the best curry of my life at a halal Malaysian Vietnamese spot 😭, still craving it.
POV: it’s 2002, 2am on a Friday night. Everyone’s asleep and ur trying to load disc 3 of Final Fantasy 9 but ur PS2 became sentient and won’t leave the boot up screen.