this week i have been trying to pull quotes from
some of the books and thinkers that have influenced me. in a celebration of the
mischievous nature of most of my favorite art i will quote two sources today.
one is from a book that blew my top at the tender age of small town 16,  and as
well i’d like to pass on some advice from one of my favorite teachers who
would continually remind me that “you’re not really doing anything if you are
not making a little trouble with it.”  (thanks mr. brown!)

“obedience
to language and image must be continually challenged if we are to stay “alive.”
the best pranks research and probe the boundaries of the occupied territory
known as society in an attempt to redirect that society toward a vision of life
grounded not in dreadful necessity, but rather continual poetic renewal.  (a
society who’s exchange value consisted in poetic images and humor rather than
dollars can barely be imagined at this stage of world evolution.)  pranks
function to evoke that parallel land of make believe, that realm of perpetual
surprise and delight where endless possibilities for fun and pleasure depend
upon the circumvention of habit and cliche. from their shadow-world, pranks
cast their funhouse mirror reflection of our workday world. ultimately, the
territory sign posted by pranks may represent our single supremely tangible
freedom.”
-v. vale and a. juno “re search: pranks!”

the pics o’ the day have been pulled from href="http://glowlab.blogs.com/ray/">http://glowlab.blogs.com/ray/ where you
can find lots of interesting projects, incidentally the picture of the
paintings coming out from the wall is a darius and downey piece down in bed-stuy
brooklyn.