How do ya like them apples?
THIS should be mandatory viewing for all incoming FIT Freshman…
When the campus internet doesn’t work basically every day:
Source: whatshouldfitcallme
Turns out I’m still no good at Tumbling on the regular. On one hand, I don’t really like having a personal blog because it inevitably turns into a live-journaley kind of thing; on the other it keeps me on here looking at things and working my visual/creative muscles, etc. In the past when this has happened I eventually close down the blog and start a new one later, but this time I’m not giving in! To avoid blowing up the feed, here’s an unnecessarily long, unordered bunch of things/updates I’ve been meaning to post. Ehem..
***Since January I’ve been working as a contributor for Shopikon, a guide to cool, independent shops in New York (plus London, Barcelona, & Vienna). Basically I go to awesome stores, interview the owner and take photos of their space. Check us out! It’s a sweet alternative to other review sites, in part, because there are a lot of pictures of each place. This was my first store. Check out Loren on Shopikon, and in real life.
Image courtesy Shopikon, c. Shopikon, 2012.
***This month I’ll also be starting a new (part-time) job with Elastic City, an art project/nonprofit that provides artists opportunities to lead interactive walks and give insight about their processes. The walks are never the same, and are led by artists working in every medium imaginable. Yay!
Elastic City’s third season kicks off on April 18th, a description of that below and more here.
***Last week, my dad - a (freelance) photojournalist - phoned me on his way to JFK to let me know that he was embarking on an impromptu trip to document the plight of Syrians seeking asylum in Turkey from their own war-torn country. Thousands of refugees currently exist in a tent city limbo, and the camps’ safety have been increasingly destabilized because of their proximity to this violent conflict. In recent days, Syrian thugs who disregard their country’s boundries have reportedly fired guns into these transient, peaceful sanctuaries.
My dad is home safe in NYC now. Please look at his photos and read his account of the trip on his blog.
Image courtesy Craig Ruttle, c. Craig Ruttle, 2012.
***In March I took my first trip to Philadelphia to tag along with Chris Gore while he checked out Temple Law. I didn’t want to carry a lot of gear around, so I decided to have some Holga fun. Okay, and Instagram fun. I also learned that Philly has awesome vegan food, a solid arts scene, and ridiculously cheap apartments. *sigh*
creepy accidental double exposure:
***Though I’m placing the blame on a 5 day flu, I’ve been watching an embarrassing amount of TV, specifically ‘The Good Wife’. Deal with the crappy name and watch it. Trust.
Also, speaking of TV, how sweet is it that TED has a bunch of episodes on Netflix now?!?! I watched almost all of the talks about outer space in one night. They (seriously) made me laugh, cry, develop a complex about the asteroid headed towards earth, and pretty much just changed the way I think about life in general.
Armageddon, anyone?
***In an effort to not get totally left behind in social media lexicon, I started tweeting. Follow me, xWhyIntercepts. (All of the social media shit is geared toward putting together a professional internet presence. Not that I’ve twatted about anything but the moon and politics, but you know, baby steps.)
***Okay, a few more quick and random things..
*Yums: Peach Pie Popsicle (Vegan). Makes me so antsy for summer, and its a super easy recipe.
*Galaxy Quest: Photos of space taken by André Kuipers, a Dutch astronaut. See more of the photos here. Did I mention that I’m obsessed with space now? I did? Ok, just checking. Cuz I am.
*The prolific, quasi-philosophical hip hop artist Lil B had a big week in New York last week - he both performed at the Whitney and was invited to hold a lecture/discussion at NYU. The NYMag, Vulture blog has a fantastic article about Lil B’s reception at NYU, his outlook on life, and his unlikely cult following. I’m pretty sure I would have been in tears had I been at this event. Lil B is an empath like me! (Oh shiiiet, that rhymed.)
It’s not that I oppose rigorous testing. I don’t. I understand the purpose of evaluation. A good test can measure achievement and even inspire. But this English Language Arts Exam I so unknowingly inflicted on you does neither. It represents exactly what I am opposed to, the perpetual and petty testing that has become a fungus on the foot of public education. You understand that metaphor, I know, because we have spent the year learning to appreciate the differences between figurative and literal language. The test-makers have not.
So what should you do, my beautiful, my bright, my intelligent, my talented? Continue. Continue to question. I applaud you, sample writer: When asked the either/or question, you began your response, “Honestly, I think it is both.” You were right, and you were brave, and the test you were taking was neither. And I applaud you, wildest 8th grader of my own, who—when asked how a quote applied to the two characters from the two passages provided—wrote, “I don’t think it applies to either one of them.” Wear your zeroes proudly, kids. This is a test you need to fail.
Philadelphia has awesome murals
Philadelphia Museum of Art
An outlet, sculpture behind Philly’s art museum
Good morning Philly
iPad 3, nerd love
