ArtLung

since 1999 this has been the personal website, blog, archive, message in a bottle, calling card, digital garden, rough draft, and curriculum vitae of me, joe crawford. hi.

gray waves are fine

Beaches in Los Angeles, 1970s/1980s

I thought this was great: TOD PAPAGEORGE: from “The Beaches, Los Angeles” 1979 – 1982

Quote of the Day

Paipo, Alaias and body surfing are all making a comeback, not that they really ever left. So long as wave riders forgo their leashes, waves will be waves and toss said riders ass over tin cup requiring a body surf to the beach to recover their surf craft. When “surfing” is not so narrowly defined as standing up on a board, the full spectrum of wave riding can be experienced not as separate pieces but as part of the whole enchilada. Standing up on a Alaia or a fish, lying down on a mat or a Paipo or total immersed body surfing with or without a handplane. Surfers just want to be in the water!

From 23 Breaths: Ride the Wild Surf

Getting to like the area south of Scripps Pier

Feynman Lectures – Online

Looks like CalTech is making them all available in one place. Very cool. www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu

Not every day two dolphins sprint in front of me. I think they were taking advantage of a rip current/eddy that might’ve had some good eats drawn into it. This was tonight at La Jolla Shores.

Walked Gwen today. We chilled watching folks go by a bit.

Yesterday at the Self-Realization Fellowship in Encinitas

Family session!

One of my favorite things to do with downtime anywhere, let alone at San Diego Comic-Con, is an exquisite corpse. Each creator takes a turn making marks—as little or as much as they like—on the page. This one was done waiting for the SDCC Masquerade to start. Credit: me, @hellokellykuhl, @missewon & @cup_o_teag.