he made me so happy with this video;

made me miss dancing and re stimulated my desire to go dancing, esp., in the street for fun

see

or    flickr
 

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What defines me?

  a queer life; drugs, sex and isolation; race, money and social standing?  lately i taken to listening to homo hop radio, simply for the inspiration of voices like my own.

Why i am only as personally constructive as i am at work vs home is another condition? I think i realize that i spend most of my days in and at a work enviorment thus i attempt to maximize that time creatively since i realize that my home time is mainly eat, cum and sleep..more or less in that order.

    I'm not sure if this is a good life since i'm too busy essentialy running behind the creditors and other consumeristic life.  I mean I do need things, like shoes, socks, records, books, art supplies, art itself..etc. etc.,

    Is need a good word..perhaps i should say i want things, as is i am also working on more and more non physiclal consumption, by that, I think I am talking about the consumption of things that don't leave a physicla object in your pocession, like travel.

    I've noticed that I only construst this blog at work though which was my original thought regarding the limits of my time.

    I was tripping the other day, on another artist site,

a black artist by the name of belasco; we sort of met and knew each other for a minute, however, the gentleman is way famous for his art work unlike myself.  And deserving? his fame is for him since his work is really incrediable and queer.  I admire the pencil work he does of black guys a bit more than his character sketches; but there is no doubt his cartoons are erotic.  I myself have actually jacked off to them on more than one occassion.

    anyway, i pulled some links from his site that i should share as I found them to be really informative links..in an art to artist sence.

             Africa Boy

              .....he says it is the site of a free boy from africa; his drawings are great, I only hoped to draw as many and as well the beauty of black men; the thing i liked most is the variedness of his models and styles, excellent work and a true inspiration for me; in fact, i went back into another site and pulled a bunch of pictures of black guys just to throw more blacks into my flickr.com site.

    This effort didn't go too far since the site i used had a number of guys whom all seemed to be the same kind of guy; the 6 pack abs, the big arms, and tightly groomed hair; some after awhile didn't even look black if not for there skin color, since they all had the fairly straight nose, full mouths but not that large, and sharp chins.  I was surprised to see so many black guys who all looked so similar.

 I don't know why I don't draw more african male features; I suppose I'm way too snowed out in my life, and since being in san francisco these many years, I become way too polycultured in what i look at with regards to men; I mean, I do draw a awfull lot of asian, mexican, and or latin american men as well as dark europeans;

    I suppose if i lived in africa, then blacknuss would be a bit more my primary focus?  Or if I had been raised in predomanately black communities; but that is not the case for me; a product of amerika integration efforts since the 50's; seems i've always been around them other folks.

oh yeah, links...

speaking of non black specific art..but yes, still male..

 I like the collection.  It also inspired me with regards to my lines in pencil;

Who have i become

   on one hand, i think my art has definitely improved; I've changed from being timid about what I wish to convey and to just doing what ever i feel; my lines have more confidence; perhaps since i started doing more and more sketches in pen I have felt less concerned for exact lines, thus i've reached a sort of figurative freedom, meaning all lines are part of the process;

    on the other hand, I also think my art has reached a certain limitation__meaning I feel the need to get outside of what I know and attempt  some'tings that i've never tried; perhaps i have simply reached a point where I no longer feel the work is just a practice, i.e., I now need to explore larger work, i.e., canvas, and within that  more of a narrative;

    like my life; i am no longer satisfied with the small pen and pencil sketches but rather throw paint around, freely, carelessly, with abandon;

but i remain in tiny conventional apartments, and I am afraid of damaging the property with the layers of mess that will result__currently, my canvas work remains in a closet,  and i've been way too cheap about affording stretcher  bars and  more canvas  as well as  more  paint;  I think I should be buying paint by  the buckets  instead of tiny little tubes;

     I have to break my own mold;







 

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 iDLg back up__

 __________________________________________________my boi Elvis 

iDLg 
Oakland/SF artist

figurative portrait art
mix mediums including but not limited to acrylic, oil pastels, pen and ink
and marker;

Past shows include:
SFArts
Oh So Little Cafe
Gay & Straight Alliance Art Auction
National Queer Arts Festival 2002 -

 a small show i just put up at CAFFE TERZETTO, (550D Gene Friend Way) in
Mission Bay of San Francisco, CA; consist of 5 portraits, (Kyp Malone, Ralph
B., Eliosmar, School Boi [Eddy], & Chinese Soldier )and a shopping cart
triptych (Chupacabra, 3D cart & Oakland Gold); 
please stop by and enjoy a coffee and my work; I would sincerely appreciate
any critique or comments. 
best wishes 

 --- On Sun, 10/5/08, Brent Kincaid <brentkincaid@hotmail.com> wrote:

From: Brent Kincaid <brentkincaid@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: encouraging support for art
To: idlg@sbcglobal.net
Date: Sunday, October 5, 2008, 1:01 PM



The parinting is great, but I have no idea who you are. I can see WHAT
you are, but there is no name. Just that unreadable calligraphed
signature. Who are you and how did you know to contact me?
 
And, thanks for sharing the wonderful artwork.
 
Brent

Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 12:30:13 -0700
From: idlg@sbcglobal.net
Subject: RE: encouraging support for art
To: brentkincaid@hotmail.com


so sorry to disturb you; (i was gonna say some'ting
'smart' like_______goD gave me yo email address..cause his promotions
is on high) but the truth is i probably have it for one of two reason,
as some point we intersected and this (the email address) was given or
someone else (as in 9 degrees) intersected with you then to me and the
email address was given then..in either case the time and place may
have been light years ago, or maybe last week, i don't know; but for
future reference I can and will remove you from my promotional
listings..again, sorry to have disturbed you.
best regards,
ran-D (btw is my name, and Brent, i think we have met..)

Hey, Ran-D,

I bet you are right and we have met. But, please don't remove me from
your personal list and let's get more acquainted. While I am not
traveling and cannot come to showings (however much I like them) that
are not on this island (hell, I am having trouble getting to openings
on the other side of this small rock) I don't want to pass up a chance
to correspond with an artist who resonates on such a similar frequency
with mine.

Take a look at my art (sorry about the site being so fucked up) at gayartshow.com. That is my old site and needs repair.

Then, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paintings2006/ and see some of my later stuff. I have been busy doing woodburning (which is how I earn my pocket money now that I am on Social Security). When you look at your stuff and my stuff, you will see how much we approach color and light in such a similar way.

So, stay well, keep artifying and let us be friends.

B

Oh, my  gosh, i'm actually back; i sent AT&T 

a small e mail the other night cause I could not get into this site 
And they resolved the matter before monday; wow, I don't believe it;

esp., since I'd had the problem for some time..

Hello,

Thank you for contacting Yahoo! Small Business Support.

I understand that you are getting an error while trying to login to your
Blog.

I do apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused you. As the 
error which you have specified is related to the connectivity to the 
database for your blog, we have repaired the databases. But as we do not
have your login information we are unable to test or replicate it. 
Please try login again and let us know if the issue still persists.

We believe this solution should resolve your issue. If the issue still 
persists, in order for us to assist you with this matter in the most 
efficient manner, please go to the following URL:

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After logging into the Yahoo! ID that is associated with your Yahoo! 
Small Business plan, you will have access to our contact phone number as
well as the option to schedule a call back.

Please do not hesitate to reply if you need further assistance.

Regards,

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Yahoo! Small Business Supp 

don't matter

I'm happy for the results of the little show I mentioned above; 

cause I sold at least 3 of the works mentioned; not for too handsome of a price but enough for me to feel ok about the whole effort.

Of course now I need to start looking for another venture; 

Now that i've got this page back and up;

I'm never really sure what is important to tell strangers, and how do I assume if they want or need to know what I might have to say;

What i've been doing all day ( internet wise..ya know..) and all day cause I'm a captive audience; work phool,

 Flavorwire, o.k., i like em', sometime the opinion is not my taste, and the reviews are subject to 'suspended disbelief' i'm kwel wit dat; so i read em, and often follow up on some of the links; Flavorpill and the Daily Dose bring you today's cultural news, events, and special member-only updates right to your inbox!

u know i admire these peeps, RADIOHEAD, so much of their  music is appropriate for my life, and or events of my life;

the emotional range of their material seems to have an eternal quality; i.e., to suggest the songs will be remembered long after their creators life..

" After the overwhelming response to the Nude Remix Project, Radiohead are giving you the opportunity to remix "Reckoner", another track from the band's latest album "In Rainbows".

To make remixing easy, the separate 'stems'* from the song were available to purchase from several digital stores. The 'stems' available were bass, lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar, piano/strings and drums. All six stems were available to buy for the price of a single track. You can mix them in any way you like, either by adding your own beats and instrumentation, or just remixing the original parts.

Finished mixes can be uploaded _here_ where the public will listen and vote for their favourite remix (submissions end 13th November). You can also create a widget allowing votes from your own website, Facebook or MySpace page to be counted as 'mix votes' back on radioheadremix.com. Radiohead will listen to the best remixes.

*'stems' are the component parts of the song.

If you have any questions / need some help please click here.

For full terms and conditions, click here. " 

You're probably thinking one of two things right now. Either “Who or what exactly is Semi-Permanent?” or “Oh, it’s those Semi-Permanent guys, I’ve heard of them.” For the sake of this About section we are going to assume you are part of the former, mainly to cover our arse and to make sure you get a good understanding of what the event is, even if you have already heard of us. So, what is Semi-Permanent? To put it simply Semi-Permanent is a design event. It consists of a conference and side events which include exhibitions, competitions, workshops and parties. It’s a week long celebration of all things design. Graphic Design, Film, Art, Illustration, Web Design, Photography, Visual Effects, Animation, Graffiti, Motion Graphics, Stop Motion; all these things and more. Semi-Permanent explores the diverse and exciting design world bringing together exceptionally talented artists and designers to speak at the event.
 

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