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Some here who know me know that I am a lazy person. Several years ago I decided work is boring. Not only that, I learned when bones break at work, not only does it hurt, but the employers don;t care. There is always another employee to use up. So, I stopped doing that. Yes, sure the decision did cause some minor financial upset but I seem to have gotten by it.

I spend a lot of time on YouTube. Mostly learning videos actually. Languages, Science and Tech, free online classes from major Universities, etc. Years ago I also made a few fun videos for CS folk. Then I read some comments on other pages and some YouTube information pages (YouTube has whole books online to read, buried in their help pages). The big thing is monetization.

Monetization, you make videos, you get 10,000 views, then you are eligible to apply for YouTube monetization. If they like your videos (and they look at all of them) in a few days they will say yes or no. If it is a yes, you can then begin selecting which videos it would be okay for YouTube to attach commercial ads to. YouTube (which is owned by Google) selects the ads. If a viewer has an option of cancelling the ad and lets it run for more than 2 seconds, the adverttiser pays YouTube and YouTube pays a cut to the video owner. What could be cooler? My high school guidance counselor never even suggested making home videos for a living.

All anyone needs is a cheap pocket camera and an idea and the cash register begins to ring. And this brings us to my jealousy. I compete against true artists. I am a child with fingerpaints by comparison, competing for ad dollars against Van Gough and Rembrandt. I wish I had their creativity. They get millions of views, while I have only a few tens of thousands.

My voice is a monotone, so am I. I just is. They flower, bloom, then bloom again. Here is an example.
The Mother of Dragons (from Game of Thrones) does rap. Genius, I kneel.







And her White Walker?





One in ten views gets an ad. Four of ten of those let it run more than 2 seconds. Over one million views for each video. $$$$ Ka ching, Ka ching, just here those cash registers ring. And she does at least one video every day. With my laziness one a month is a lot. I am in awe. I am jealously in awe.

As a young artist in New York City, what is this obsession with work being "free-handed". Honestly, most people don't get a chance to see the process of how each artist created their work. Nor are they educated enough to tell the difference. Though "free-handed", does show more skill, in my opinion, it's not always the most precise and time efficient. Nor does it affect the value of the piece. Besides, most people that complain or critique about work that isn't "free-handed", are you willing to pay more or even pay at all. If not, sit down and be humble

McTag. } Exhibit A.
..quiet path of the A game...
.. going for a walk on a winter day..
eYe am safe N warm 1 tank of gas N. of L A.
.hey hey.. what's that you say [ ?
Let's go brand- ing ® ..the Amerikan play.
..and here's to you Ms. O'shay... heaven holds
A place for those who wail & pray...
Or you may go you're own way -- filthy Commie
Pinko Dee jay....
...pt. 2... along Came Albums [ LongPlay.
... Adventure advertisement does not imply Approval.
A merican Pie / McClean
A sia / Asia
Abbey Rd. / Beatles
Animals / p Floyd
Another brick in the wall pt.2 / ibid.
A night @ the Opera / Queen
Armed Forces / E C & the Attractions
Aqualung / Jethro Tull.
All you need is love / Beatles
Axis bold as love / Hendrix Experience
American Fool / John Cougar [ concentration camp
...$ynthesis: A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD./ COLDPLAY.
A R. ] Achtung ! Baby / U 2
..... A F T E R thought.....
Neon Bible / Arcade Fire
Antics / Interpol.
A ghost is born / Wilco.

[ have gotten my 2 jabs months ago



Ps To Rose



Walk good,

This site summarized in one word - is what I call ART :D

Eccentricity and impulsiveness at its height

She: It's high time. What about our marriage?
He: Marriage is an outdated idea. I would be the last person to opt for the legal prostitution.
They departed.
Two decades later, the she-lovebird was happy to be all alone for the last 15 years.
And the he-lovebird was happy with his wife and two kids.

Tag.} A most impressive List ..{ A list.
...in a town stuffed & amended with gossip Columnist$ & trade publications, eYe have found a secret... first, check this list...( Which is by no means- a completed inventory..) John Ford...John Wayne
..Walt Disney....Henry & Peter Fonda,
Jack Nicholson
Dennis Hopper...| James Dean ?*
Col. Paul Tate .[ Father of Sharon
Robert Henlein.{ .stranger in a strange Land.**
L Ron Hubbard ..[ founder of $cientology
Ron Wilson Reagan. } .) . )...here is the best kept secret of Century 20....each of these people having spent quality time @ Lookout Mtn. Lab *+
Spanning over 6 Decades..and None of them chose to mention what they did there in interviews, biography's, or film retrospective$.
* Dean is speculated to have "been there".
**We know the writer was there from Location-- once upon a 1960's..living @ 8775 Lookout Mtn. Ave.
*+...the most prolific ( and the LARGEST !
FILM $TUDIO. in the World.
...part 2....and $eeing as it was a Film $tudio [ s.
In it's hey-day, the mystery compounds thus..
No one today can produce a film or negative print- nor name a "project" featuring that A list... while employed at said $tudio.
Thus the question 1$... What in the starry blue Fandango was going on there ?
A hint towards an acceptable answer is knowing what the property is used for Today...
Namely, a refuge space for Actors who need the latest new age Therapy for beating their various addictions & Legal problems.
...parting shot & wrap..
..it would appear the place had operational security the KGB would Envy. ..eYe think the reason NO private thought or opinion escaped from the Mountain..) .. superior Mind Control.
The cover story, btw, was Lookout Mtn studio was used to develop Air Force & Atomic Energy films.
This would not explain why you have stages, & the most sophisticated special effects & animation works the world NEVER saw...

I'm in Dayton, Ohio for a few days and wasted no time checking out some of the interesting things around the city. Wikipedia lists the Dayton Art Institute as one of the top 10 best art museums in the United States. Founded in 1919, and moved to a new building in 1930, it contains more than 20,000 objects spanning 5,000 years.

Initially, walking through the first corridor had drawings on the walls that looked like they were done by school kids and not professional artists. I had a feeling of 'I could do this shit' but it wasn't until 30 minutes of moving from room-to-room that the 'real' artwork started to appear and some really amazing paintings, sculptures and artifacts were on display. Most of the works were behind glass, some had railings as a reminder not to touch, some were in pedestals with acrylic covers so you can walk around and see the work from all views.

Photos were permitted as long as you didn't use a flash. The problem I found was surrounding lighting reflections in the protective glass often obscure the things I wanted to photograph and moving the camera to an angle where the reflections were minimized distorted the view so it was nearly a waste.

For me, the most impressive painting was called 'woman of the directory 1883' by American artist Charles Sprague Pearce who was active in France. From 4 feet away it had photo-like qualities. I Googled the name and there's a company AllPainter selling reproductions of his work for a few hundred dollars.



More later~~