January 2010
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Nashville graffiti artists →
It looks like from 1999-2004, a graphic artist has been collecting photos of graffiti found in Nashville. He’s got a pretty impressive list of artists.
I noticed Uno Dino didn’t make the list. He’s the guy behind all the triceratops graffiti around town. The Scene wrote about Dino in 2006.
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My love now available on DVD
We are drawn together by an outside force
A faulty elevator, delayed planes, a broken revolving door—you choose
We share hotdogs and I wipe mustard from the side of her lip
Just as we are falling in love I lie about a secret
I’m not a prince, it was all a bet, I’m her enemy—you choose
It’s dark and messy but people are still winking at the camera
I find her and look...
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Walking without headphones
The passing jogger has a smoker’s cough
I hear the buzz of neon and the guitar from the balcony
The short girl’s dog is named grace
I’m walking without headphones
and now the park sounds like a place
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Teaching Homeless the Internet (A Lesson Plan)
Classes for Nashville’s Homeless are offered at Room In The Inn’s
Campus for Human Development. Credit for attendance can be exchanged
for things like bus passes at the campus.
I
started teaching a weekly
class on Internet education to Nashville homeless a year ago.
At the end of my first class I asked a man, “Will we see you next
week?”...
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Visual Artists and Social Media
I first doodled Robo Bird in church.
After posting a sketch on twitter, my friend Nicole wanted to commission more.
Here are all the paintings, including Robo Dog, and Robo Caterpillar.
It took four hours. I sketched in pencil, painted, then added marker.
I would totally do it again. I can see how painting would be a sweet profession or side gig. There’s nothing like raw creation.
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