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27-Feb-2012
The Weekend in Photos
13-Feb-2012
UXCampDC 2011 and memory.
In January of 2011, more than a year ago now, I attended UXCampDC at the German Cultural Center, just a mile from The White House. Me and my family were still pretty raw from my Mom’s death in October, but it was great to get out and do something. My sister drove me to the...
06-Feb-2012
Oh, it’s Getter Poseidon!
In 1982 I drew this: I’ve been thinking a lot about the various Jumbo Machinder I was exposed to in the Philippines. And one, with a stout body and a jetpack keeps coming back to my mind. I believe when I was 9 years old I had a vinyl toy. It’s bothered me that I...
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31-Jan-2012
Remember when we sold nearly everything?
From November 15th, 2009. Wow a lot has happened since then. Big Big Sale! Whole House Sale Sat-Sun 13-14 Nov 2009 [9am-4pm] [REDACTED], Moorpark, CA We are selling EVERYTHING in our house this week and this weekend. EVERYTHING MUST GO EVERYTHING MUST GO FOR PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR OF THE ORIGINAL VALUE! We have: refrigerator...
08-Jan-2012
Focus!!! Give Thanks
I asked Leah to take this one back in March. We’d moved out here. We had gone out to Ray at Night. That’s where it was taken. It’s a close up photo of the workbench of an artist. I think it’s at the very southeastern corner of Ray street. It’s a little directed-at-him-or-herself graffito to,...
05-Jan-2012
First Model in Decades.
First model I’ve made in decades. ツーフユリー FB.11 That’s a Hawker Sea Fury there, from a kit I got at a local Japanese store. Impulse buy. I bought the Testor’s glue and everything. Sadly, the glass for canopy got lost. I’ve been thinking I want to improvise a glass canopy. I loved making models when...
24-Dec-2011
Central California has some real beauty.
Leah and I, as well as the 3 boys drove north to from Moorpark to Burlingame. It’s near the San Francisco Airport. It’s pretty here, but cold. Cold enough for me to look up a quote by Mark Twain. Sadly, the quote is not a true one. Mark Twain never said, “The coldest winter I...
12-May-2011
Jean Crawford Obituary
Jean (McCrainor) Crawford, 90, of San Diego, beloved Mom and Grandma, passed away in her sleep in her Clairemont home on April 26, 2011. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska on September 20, 1920. She was the youngest of three daughters born to William and Emily McCrainor. Her father died when she was 3 and...
09-Mar-2011
Santa Claus! (in March)
Hey look! Noodling in Brushes.app (when, exactly will I stop noodling in that program? NEVER!!!) has produced a holiday-themed image. Santa Claus! Holidays have been good to me since I was a kid. I loved to make custom greeting cards. Loved it! I got wonderfully positive feedback about them from anyone. I remember meticulously copying...
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07-Mar-2011
Mother Mary Comforts Me
So here’s a photo from the room I’m staying in at Grandma’s house: And here’s a photo, maybe a year or so old, of my Grandmother: On Friday I opened an account for her on Facebook. She used to be an avid emailer. In fact, her email addresses was one of the first I used,...
11-Feb-2011
I cried when these people died.
Which is to say, I cried when the following people who I never met in my life died. I’ve been thinking about this for about a week and this is my list: Stanley Kubrick. Andy Warhol. It’s a shorter list than I would have thought. I can’t remember specifically crying when any politicians died. For...
04-Feb-2011
Notebook Cover, 1985
YET. ANOTHER. COVER. From High School. The kid in the uniform is called “The Punk” and I have a few drawings of him. Not particularly interesting in retrospect. The backstory for The Punk was something rather like Kick-Ass. Basically, a teenage kid, trying to be a “realistic” superhero. No powers, some cool gadgets. In some...
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02-Feb-2011
Notebook Cover, 1984
More messy doodles from High School. I like some of the ink work here, as spot illustrations I really like them. I wonder, is anyone reading this?
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02-Feb-2011
Professor Pidgeon
Patrick Pidgeon was my Philosophy Professor at San Diego Mesa College in 1987. It was a great class and still ranks among my favorite in-class learning experiences. Pidgeon had a way of dissecting philosophical material, and especially language in a way that was challenging and engaging. It was such a good experience for me that...
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01-Feb-2011
The Business Cycle
Sometimes I took really, really pretty notes. Here’s “The Business Cycle” from the marketing class I took at Mesa College. It was held in one of the rooms in building B-100. I think I learned a fair amount in that class. For a seventeen year old, I think I did well. I really like the...
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30-Jan-2011
Cigarette Man, 1985
Another back of a notebook, like this one previously. I’m so glad my Mom saved these old papers.
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30-Jan-2011
Vertical Capital Letters
After High School, I flailed. Which is to say I took classes at Mesa College without much of a focus. I enjoyed these classes. Drawing, History of Film, Psychology, Design, Architectural Drafting, Philosophy, Marketing, Broadcasting, Broadcast Studio Operations. This was in 1987-1988 — before we moved to Roanoke Virginia and I shifted my focus to...
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29-Jan-2011
Prom Program, 1987
For my High School Prom, I was asked to do the program. It was quite an honor. What I wanted to do was have a kiss featured. Here’s a sketch of what I presented: I used to consider it censorship, but I suppose that was my first big run-in with design and audience considerations. This...
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20-Jan-2011
Comics and the Law
In about 1985, at San Diego Comic-Con, I received a free copy of the weekly Comic Buyer’s Guide (Wikipedia says it’s the longest running English-language periodical reporting on the American comic book industry). I got myself a subscription and I was hooked. It was a tabloid, newsprint at the time. But I loved getting that...
15-Jan-2011
Precious
It’s rather hard to believe that it was only 13 months ago my Mom, Leah and I were going to see the film Precious at a local movie theater. Sometimes it seems utterly impossible that she won’t be going to see the latest Oprah-endorsed film with us. Perhaps we’d go to Roadhouse afterwards. Perhaps she’d...
09-Jan-2011
Anecdote of the Day
Fragment from Bruce Sterling: I once had a long bus-ride with a reeking, sweaty, jittery madman who had clearly once been a formidably intelligent and very well-read scholar. It seemed pretty clear to me that it had been a long time since anybody had been able to indulge him in a conversation. Although, he couldn’t...
29-Nov-2010
Thanksgiving Trip Redux
Leah and I went back to California for Thanksgiving. Highlights included Thanksgiving with a turkey roasted in a Hotel room, quality time with the kids, who are now ages 16 to 21 and we are so proud of them; a playoff game for the boys that they unfortunately lost; seeing Tangled, which was good, going...
24-Oct-2010
Phyllis Silva Crawford’s Life Lessons
In 2010, Phyllis Crawford’s daughter-in-law Leah Peterson asked her to contribute to a book about the lessons learned in life. These are what she shared. I believe we were created by God and when we get to the end of our life he won’t be concerned with our job title or financial status. I think...
23-Oct-2010
On the Eve of Jim & Phyllis’ Wedding
This is a time capsule from the night before my parents were married in June of 1968. It’s an audiotape made by my uncle Jerry at my Parent’s rehearsal dinner. It’s quite remarkable. Who will you hear? Who? Age James Crawford 21 Groom Phyllis Silva 22 Bride Art Silva Father of the Bride...
https://files.artlung.com/artlung.com/weddingtape/Night%20before%20Jim%20Crawford%20%26%20Phyllis%20Silva%27s%20Wedding.mp3
https://files.artlung.com/artlung.com/weddingtape/Ave%20Maria.mp3
https://files.artlung.com/artlung.com/weddingtape/Our%20Father.mp3
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