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Crap is Art, Part 2: Craving Sugar Cookies

by Seraphine Khorana on December 23rd, 2009
Posted In: Comics
Crap is Art, Part 2: Craving Sugar Cookies

Actually, I did receive a generous donation (Thanks Sara!). Now all I need is an agent, a patron or a corporate sponsor. Or a sugar daddy cookie.

I stood almost motionless on a box in harvard square, painted white, relinquishing my fate and income to the goodwill and honor of the passers-by. I spent years gradually building up a tolerance to the inbuilt shame that society puts on laying your hat/tipjar on the ground and asking the public to support your art…
Quotation from Amanda Palmer, Dresden Dolls

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Crap is Art

by Seraphine Khorana on December 22nd, 2009
Posted In: Comics
Crap is Art

“When you wet the bed, first it gets warm then it gets cold.” So says James Joyce. And this is true for everything: a man’s life, a mother’s love, worldly passion, weather, fashion, technology, war, a bird in the nest, a beating heart, milk on the floor, ball bearings, anger, the sun, a barking dog, ice cream, the sound of a hand moving through water, words, sulpher, the color blue.

You never know who will have the answers… but you must push to find the questions that need to be asked.
Quotation from Jason Manley

Hence art is indefinable. (Weitz, 1956)
Quotation from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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It’s Not Art If You Need Permission

by Seraphine Khorana on July 21st, 2008
Posted In: Comics
It’s Not Art If You Need Permission

Graffiti has worth. It beautifies a city. But Mark My Territory tags or
destructive Throw Ups are not cool. There is often a fine boundary
between good and bad graffiti. The art is in knowing the difference.

Lady Pink Turns Graffiti into a Positive Art (Queens Tribune)
Graffiti is a serious problem for a number of reasons (British Transport Police)
Brownie, You’re Doing a Heck of a Job (MadeYouThink.org)

“His achievements read like the graffiti on the walls of a hangman’s changing room.”
Quotation from Jonathan Larsen

One of my favorite comics is The Flowfield Unity by Adam York Gregory. He recently featured graffiti in his comic too! Small minds often think alike, which is pseudo scary, or kismet.

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