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THE NEW BLURRY PHOTOGRAPH
It may have started, as many internet-lit things seem to do, with Tao Lin. His drawings of weird animals rendered from Microsoft Paint are endearing and comical. That the Adobe platform (illustrator/photoshop/indesign) is not employed is what I call ‘guerrilla pixel-dom’—crude, design-unfriendly, kitschy in a Bill Gates kinda way. Such aesthetic seems to be propagating. Enter Mike Bushnell and our own Sam Pink.
Mr. Pink, sans Reservoir Dogs, is, um, an interesting character. He brings us an adolescent violence that, constrained in its virtual medium, is benign and somehow charming. Looking at this blog, I don’t know whether to become aroused or duct tape my penis to my perineum for safety.
Mr. Bushnell, of face warpaint fame, is, um, an interesting character. His drawings of anthropomorphic creatures, while not necessarily violent, are of vehement temperament. Yes, Jean-Michel Basquiat tread such ground in the 80’s, but in oils.
Just what are these guys saying? Tao Lin, a master of quick-witted sayings that evoke complex existential quandaries, brings us ‘sad pterodactyl living a life of fear and anxiety’ and ‘elderly obese frost bitten squirrel’, among many others.
Pink and Bushnell’s drawings seem reactionary, void of the deep—yet somehow self-effacing—sadness that is Tao Lin. Maybe they are on to something different, and the comparison is unfair. I’m humored by all three gentlemen, all whom make me want to duct tape my penis to my perineum for safety. (For Tao, I’d use organic hemp tape.)
When one saw a blurry black-and-white photograph, one knew poetry was coming. Every journal had some BW photo of some chick’s shoulder up close, or some tree’s shadow. Blurry photo meant poetry.
Now, for some, a fucked up MS paint drawing means poetry. Are we cruder? younger? of binary soul? or just bored?
While supplies last.
Tags: mike bushnell, MS paint art, pam pink, Tao Lin
jimmy wins again
jimmy wins again
i didnt realize girls have a perineum. i was just thinking about what girls call the taint yesterday. thank you. i feel more whole now.
i didnt realize girls have a perineum. i was just thinking about what girls call the taint yesterday. thank you. i feel more whole now.
ok- hang on here. ive lived with a secret for well over a year now and i need to be free of this burden.
I FUCKING HATE ALL THOSE MS PAINT DRAWINGS ON THE INTERNET.
its irrational. but i fucking hate them. im sorry to all the wonderful people i like a lot who make them, but i fucking hate them.
i hate them.
i feel much better.
ok- hang on here. ive lived with a secret for well over a year now and i need to be free of this burden.
I FUCKING HATE ALL THOSE MS PAINT DRAWINGS ON THE INTERNET.
its irrational. but i fucking hate them. im sorry to all the wonderful people i like a lot who make them, but i fucking hate them.
i hate them.
i feel much better.
taint and perineum are the same thing i think. every man and woman has a taint/perineum. were it not for the taint/perineum, our anus’ would be too close to our genitals, and love would be more complicated.
taint and perineum are the same thing i think. every man and woman has a taint/perineum. were it not for the taint/perineum, our anus’ would be too close to our genitals, and love would be more complicated.
tag = ‘pam pink’
future wife, or future costly operation?
tag = ‘pam pink’
future wife, or future costly operation?
feel free to use my drawings on this blog
http://underwaterhamster.blogspot.com
for example if you make a post on dicey brown or something you can use this:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/110/272753281_dfdbe42943_o.jpg
feel free to use my drawings on this blog
http://underwaterhamster.blogspot.com
for example if you make a post on dicey brown or something you can use this:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/110/272753281_dfdbe42943_o.jpg
fuck you
fuck you
boner research team
boner research team
the tao lin sadness parts are always in the titles of the pictures. It is a group deal. It’s like a new yorker cartoon, but funny.
the tao lin sadness parts are always in the titles of the pictures. It is a group deal. It’s like a new yorker cartoon, but funny.
ZZZZIP THINKS THEY ARE BULLSHIT ALSO. IT’S NOT IRRATIONAL. PEOPLE APPRECIATING SHITTY PIECES OF SHIT IS IRRATIONAL.
ZZZZZZIP GETS WORKED UP ABOUT THIS ISSUE
HERE IS ZZZZIP’S MESSAGE FOR MS PAINT FUCKING MS PAINTERS!!!!
“GET A SCANNER GUYS, GO TO THE LIBRARY AND SCAN SHIT, DRAW SHIT FOR REAL, DON’T BE SUCH TOOLS, IF YOU CAN AFFORD A COMPUTER YOU CAN AFFORD A PEN AND PAPER IF YOU WANT ME TO LOOK AT SOMETHING AT LEAST PRETEND YOU CARE ABOUT IT. NEVER FUCKING INVITE ME TO GO TO ONE OF YOUR MS PAINT ART GALLERY THINGS BECAUSE I AM NEVER GOINGZZZ!!!!”
ZZZZIP TRIES NOT TO SWEAR. IT IZ NOT MAGICKAL!!! SORRY, ANY VERY-INTELLIGENT TWELVE YEAR OLD
ZZZZIP THINKS THEY ARE BULLSHIT ALSO. IT’S NOT IRRATIONAL. PEOPLE APPRECIATING SHITTY PIECES OF SHIT IS IRRATIONAL.
ZZZZZZIP GETS WORKED UP ABOUT THIS ISSUE
HERE IS ZZZZIP’S MESSAGE FOR MS PAINT FUCKING MS PAINTERS!!!!
“GET A SCANNER GUYS, GO TO THE LIBRARY AND SCAN SHIT, DRAW SHIT FOR REAL, DON’T BE SUCH TOOLS, IF YOU CAN AFFORD A COMPUTER YOU CAN AFFORD A PEN AND PAPER IF YOU WANT ME TO LOOK AT SOMETHING AT LEAST PRETEND YOU CARE ABOUT IT. NEVER FUCKING INVITE ME TO GO TO ONE OF YOUR MS PAINT ART GALLERY THINGS BECAUSE I AM NEVER GOINGZZZ!!!!”
ZZZZIP TRIES NOT TO SWEAR. IT IZ NOT MAGICKAL!!! SORRY, ANY VERY-INTELLIGENT TWELVE YEAR OLD
TAO!!! what you are doing is working can you see how mad I am. think of what you are doing to honest people (you are doing nothing to honest people). damnit, why am I so mad????
TAO!!! what you are doing is working can you see how mad I am. think of what you are doing to honest people (you are doing nothing to honest people). damnit, why am I so mad????
hey look at you! browsing the archives!
hey look at you! browsing the archives!
Too easy.
Too easy.