@thereforeijam Jan 4, 2011
Sweet collection! via @alisonjardine the Phillips collection (art) 90th birthday... includes Rothko room :) http://n.pr/dUul0j (via npr) @thereforeijam Jan 16, 2011 At Slaymaker Fine Arts. Gorgeous gallery. http://twitpic.com/3qoxgy @thereforeijam Jan 21, 2011 Detail of the hand of David by Michaelangelo http://tinyurl.com/48bbp7e @thereforeijam Jan 22, 2011 If you are an artist & you want to explore some mathematics you will enjoy, (yes *enjoy*) SYMMETRY by @MarcusduSautoy --intuitive & lavish @thereforeijam Mar 1, 2011 Need a jaws of life to get into this PVC tube of paintings! @thereforeijam Mar 2, 2011 via @pourmecoffee MT This guy makes awesome sculptures from books. http://bit.ly/gVn1iq //Gorgeous. I honestly want to own one. @thereforeijam Mar 19, 2011 Shuffling paintings at a show today. @thereforeijam Mar 20, 2011 The guide for Chicago Public Library's NEVERWHERE events is fabulous. Spectacular lineup! @neilhimself @thereforeijam Mar 25, 2011 Lovely photo at Artless: http://artless-artists.posterous.com/shambolic @thereforeijam Mar 30, 2011 I always liked this tinted series by Fludd. I'd like to hang it as a series for "above my bed." @thereforeijam Mar 30, 2011 http://tinyurl.com/4aj9uaa The link! "Above my bed" is a running joke because every art piece I like I say I'll put "above my bed." @thereforeijam Apr 6, 2011 Going to see if the neutrino lecture for the public at Fermilab lives up to its name today: http://www.fnal.gov/pub/today/ @thereforeijam Apr 13, 2011 At the Oriental Institute looking at old beads and mummies @thereforeijam Apr 29, 2011 The most comprehensive list of Top 30 things THEY don't want you to know: http://bit.ly/j3DHvK by @kennethjdevries @thereforeijam May 3, 2011 Kari Byron from Mythbusters is a sculptor--some pix of her work: http://bit.ly/mAOSsk @thereforeijam May 13, 2011 .@MattPuchalski is installing a *brand new* Leroy Nieman original at Medinah C.C. right now. Worth a small fortune. He must be nervous! @thereforeijam May 13, 2011 Picture of the Nieman! http://dailyherald.com/article/20110512/sports/705129913/photos/AR/ @thereforeijam May 16, 2011 You can get some hyperbolic geometries in bead weaving too (try round peyote with 6 or more starter ring). http://bit.ly/erkrI @thereforeijam May 26, 2011 This public art project didn't come out well. Looks terrible "Tower of Babel" http://bit.ly/mMTbsz @thereforeijam May 29, 2011 Going to MSI to see the gross but educational "Body Worlds" exhibit. #pleasenoplastinatedbabies #pleasepleaseplease @thereforeijam Jun 2, 2011 It's 9 pm. Just been told we need more art for a 9 am art consult. @thereforeijam Jun 11, 2011 Business is brisk if you are a bronze sculptor who makes life sized figures of children playing. Every town around here has at least one. @thereforeijam Jun 11, 2011 Unthreatening, unchallenging, folksy charm is all the rage for municipal art. @thereforeijam Jun 11, 2011 Also popular: Bronze senior gentleman dozing on a park bench. @thereforeijam Jun 15, 2011 Big one = awesome abstract sculpture. RT @io9: Meet the Gömböc, one of the strangest shapes in the world http://io9.com/5810917/ @thereforeijam Jun 17, 2011 I'm going to climb Willis Tower. I want to do it in a King Kong costume, but that depends on how the test runs go. @thereforeijam Jun 23, 2011 If a stairmaster is a decent sim, you can climb the stairs of a tall skyscraper for less than 250 calories @thereforeijam Jun 25, 2011 .@ptak tweeted this link reminding me about vorticism. Love, luv, <3 the Ptak's Science Books blog. http://t.co/ln6lMjk #FF @thereforeijam Jun 25, 2011 Deep discounting bookplates so I have an excuse to see that show at the Tate and restock at Cecil Court. @thereforeijam Jun 29, 2011 Finally framed my Joseph Parker painting. Floated within stretcher protectors. http://twitpic.com/5ioh0d @thereforeijam Jun 29, 2011 *exhale* Painting that I shipped in a mailing tube that probably shouldn't have been shipped in a mailing tube arrived in perfect condition. @thereforeijam Jun 29, 2011 I have much better luck shipping unstretched rolled canvas over stretched. It's also cheaper. @thereforeijam Jul 1, 2011 Blissfully rolling lovely saris. @thereforeijam Jul 7, 2011 Gorgeous, gorgeous video on moonbows at Yosemite National Park via @ferrisjabr and @yosemitesteve http://youtu.be/_68ytOYnTvs @thereforeijam Jul 12, 2011 Moving and found a great biography on Rothko by James E. B. Breslin. Does anyone want it? @thereforeijam Jul 12, 2011 Also have a Michelangelo coffee table book up for grabs. @thereforeijam Jul 22, 2011 Found & packed E.E. Knight's notebooks of rough drafts of the Vampire Earth series, including "Way of the Wolf". @thereforeijam Aug 2, 2011 The Chemistry of Oil Painting http://bit.ly/pooRqP by @flyingtrilobite at @Symbiartic @thereforeijam Aug 2, 2011 Giving away my crappy purple car to the neighbors. @thereforeijam Aug 2, 2011 Poor, poor, neighbors. @thereforeijam Aug 3, 2011 I believe that the most effective placebo is an abundance of exercise. @thereforeijam Aug 4, 2011 There is an ambiguous age that causes a large gathering of extended relatives to gossip about whether someone has had work done. @thereforeijam Aug 4, 2011 Didn't know he did this. // RT @jessebdylan: Wondrous Salvador Dali images from Playboy Magazine back in the day. http://bit.ly/oTsKCg @thereforeijam Aug 6, 2011 That rough beast slouching toward Bethlehem just needed some morning joe, I'll bet. @thereforeijam Aug 9, 2011 Clients demand titles for abstracts. I have a dictionary. I have a dart. @thereforeijam Aug 11, 2011 via @Sight_Unseen et al: Inside Man Ray's studio: Hmm. Comfy and creative workspaces http://bit.ly/ofg9ws @thereforeijam Aug 22, 2011 Going through a hidey hole in the studio. Junking false starts. Seeing large piece I got stuck on 3 years ago w fresh eyes. Packing it. @thereforeijam Aug 22, 2011 <3!!! "Whee!" See the space babies, puppies & kitties go! MT @ptak: Heavenly Chinese space program posters: #space #nasa http://ow.ly/6a06a @thereforeijam Aug 24, 2011 I always liked the idea of books below waist level, art & windows above. MT @pourmecoffee: Celebrity libraries. http://t.co/ZJTQpin @thereforeijam Aug 26, 2011 Looking for a pic of art museum in a repurposed brutalist ex-Soviet admn. bldg. in one of the eastern European countries. Latvia? Estonia? @thereforeijam Sep 4, 2011 Everyday mushrooms: fine onions in olive oil, chopped shitake/white, little oregano, tarragon, veg stock, wh. wine, flour. Put on anything. @thereforeijam Sep 11, 2011 Let it be known that autocorrections of my tweets are always truer and better than the intended @thereforeijam Sep 12, 2011 "Learn Chinese! Beware the cookie that mocks with awkward fortune" @thereforeijam Sep 14, 2011 Reading Milton's "Areopagitica." Uncertain whether he intended to filibuster or persuade. @thereforeijam Sep 19, 2011 Presenting art to interior designers @thereforeijam Sep 20, 2011 Gah. 10 Digital enlargements cost too much for a personal project. So I'll be spending time in a camera obscura with projecter & a Sharpie. @thereforeijam Sep 25, 2011 Huh. Geeky person just handed me calculation of calories burned to climb Willis Tower. Sad that all I can see is he overestimated my weight. @thereforeijam Sep 28, 2011 Blog of notable letterheads. Form does not follow function in FL Wright's unless he had INCREDIBLY cramped handwriting. http://t.co/yg6rSB0f @thereforeijam Sep 30, 2011 Have an extra fun job today. People who like purple need art. @thereforeijam Oct 2, 2011 He was fabulous// RT@LGrugerHanson: I love looking at the art of Franz Marc http://t.co/r71FNVr4 @thereforeijam Oct 2, 2011 If I was a witch I'd curse this Sunday morning breakfast meeting, but I can't think of anything worse than a Sun. Morning breakfast meeting Checking in shipment of oil paintings and listening to music I've never heard before: http://t.co/pM9qW1To Blue Foundation--Embers @thereforeijam Oct 10, 2011 Newfangled bar-code thing on the back of some new biz cards for partner biz is a puzzle. Must need an app to learn who I am. @thereforeijam Oct 10, 2011 Several minutes of pounding a rock on my barcode later and the web informs me this will add info to Contacts or direct to website. Oh. @thereforeijam Oct 11, 2011 Gorgeous! RT @BoingBoing: X-ray stained glass http://t.co/w1agAekx @thereforeijam Oct 14, 2011 LIFE: It mocks; it burns; but sometimes it tingles. @thereforeijam Oct 14, 2011 Today's sole business agenda item was "Laptop from bed in the manner of Barbara Cartland." @thereforeijam Oct 19, 2011 Autocorrect, you enigmatic sphinx, you. @thereforeijam Oct 26, 2011 For the record, I make weird art. This was a commissioned bead mosaic and weave vase http://t.co/qJZpQlri @thereforeijam Oct 28, 2011 We hung art that came w 4' wide heavy particle board horiz. wedge hanging system....into cinder block, with huge masonry screws today. @thereforeijam Oct 28, 2011 Then there was this 48x56" mirror with mirrored frame with unusual and tricky hidden hangers. Heavy, so had to go into studs. @thereforeijam Nov 2, 2011 Wanted to finish my latest beaded globe vases by Sagan Day. Probably only have one side ready for celebratory photo. @thereforeijam Nov 4, 2011 Firefighters will be climbing Willis Tower in full gear on Sunday fundraising for RIC. http://t.co/09d4mnjv ~~wimpy whimper~~ @thereforeijam Nov 6, 2011 Having a debate about whether my skyscraper climbing outfit is "obstructive" @thereforeijam Nov 6, 2011 Faye and I are going up! http://t.co/Rz2NIkAX @thereforeijam Nov 6, 2011 We made it! http://t.co/slWhoI2D @thereforeijam Nov 8, 2011 My brother climbed Willis Tower in 21 mins....dick. ; ) @thereforeijam Nov 9, 2011 Interior shot of WIP. Beads woven over a glass globe vase. http://t.co/bKah5Bod @thereforeijam Nov 10, 2011 After you make the raw chicken dance, she will be tired. Massage her with olive oil rub and put her to bed with carrots, garlic, & potatoes. @thereforeijam Nov 16, 2011 There aren't very many pieces by Dali that I'd want to live with but this one is fun http://t.co/ArYvXrhz @thereforeijam Nov 16, 2011 Best times for creative rumination for me are--bed, car(travel in general), bath/shower, exercise. Do you have any other good ones? @thereforeijam Nov 16, 2011 Rumi, hell yeah!! RT @MorganLibrary: Islamic manuscript of the day: Rumi and the Reflection of Sun in a Pool http://t.co/dWZK9mq0 @thereforeijam Nov 16, 2011 Sweet. Finished my galaxy cluster globe vase. It turned out well so I'm going to make a bigger one. @thereforeijam Nov 16, 2011 Looking for an extra tall crystal decanter with ball stopper for another piece. @thereforeijam Nov 17, 2011 On the way to Chicago for a presentation to designers then a big art install and art showing. @thereforeijam Dec 1, 2011 Daughter's drawing from art class. Note that wine goes to the top. http://t.co/v88vjfZZ @thereforeijam Dec 2, 2011 Thanks, Herzog, for mocking my sense of wonder. "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" heavy with melodrama and absurd solemnity. @thereforeijam Dec 15, 2011 One of my pet peeves is two-dimensional sculpture. @thereforeijam Dec 15, 2011 Then there are the paintings, drawings, photographs of...sculptures. Sometimes great & artfully chosen, other times just studies or homages. @thereforeijam Dec 15, 2011 Sculpture rant prompted by sculpture: bbc.in/smUCMD I like Banksy just fine; these are formal quality, nit-picky, knee-jerk complaints. @thereforeijam Dec 17, 2011 Testing jinx by publicly & prematurely announcing that one of my large vases might have sold at a Xmastime pop-up gallery. @thereforeijam Dec 18, 2011 It's flattering that someone bothered to calculate that the galaxy cluster globe vase took 80 hours of weave time and ~5,000 beads. @thereforeijam Dec 24, 2011 (whisper) creatures are still stirring. @thereforeijam Dec 31, 2011 Wish I could root around in the Vatican museum and archives stuff w/ full access for a week. Don't want to own any of it. Just really nosy. @thereforeijam Dec 31, 2011 Salvador Dali: Surrealist Party from 1941 http://t.co/oCqqOnZq via @dangermindsblog
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