ad reinhardt - how to look at art (1947)
On January 22nd, 1988, out from the womb a slime covered baby popped into existence. Turns out, that baby was a boy and was then named after Eric Clapton and Dustin Hoffman (Eric Dustin Dyer). An artist of epic proportions had been created. Eric currently resides in San Francisco, California. This is his life.
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Hello Amazing Friends,
The day has arrived! This has been a fantastic, crazy year; I’ve learned a lot about myself and the work I make in the process.
When I began writing and researching, I was only partially aware of the mass amount of information sent for me to consume. What had started as a fun reread of ”Death of the Author” by Roland Barthes became a complex tale of macro-web interactions, lengthy research, watching every season of Seinfeld, getting into David Foster Wallace, and much much more. I hope to continue my writing on these topics for years to come.
The thesis has taken two current forms:
1) Ebook — A full digital copy in EPUB format. Completely Free!
2) Paperback Book — I think of this as a work of art, complementary to the thesis subjects. The writing itself is incomplete, similar to how Google Books does not reveal every page of copyrighted material. I disassembled the writing, page by page, into individual images. The pages that are not available to read have been databent, so some of the text and imagery is partially visible, and the rest obscured.
As always, send me a message or email with any comments or questions you may have. My goal is to open a conversation space, not only for people using similar materials or ideas, but to any artist, viewer, critic, curator, or person that wants to talk.
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He believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther… . And then one fine morning—
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
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Hey, do you mind if I tell you a story, one you might not have heard?
All the elements in your body were forged many, many millions of years ago in the heart of a faraway star that exploded and died. that explosion scattered those elements across the desolation of deep space. After so, so many millions of years, these elements came together to form new stars and new planets — and on and on it went. The elements came together and burst apart, forming shoes and ships and sealing wax, and cabbages and kings. Until eventually they came together to make you. You are unique in the universe. There is only one you, and there will never be another.
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Someones always got it worse off than you, be thankful for what you’ve got and help who you can.
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All is well, I am as I should be
