Work on the enlarging machine continues. This is the machine that will help create the GIANT head of Thelma for 96.5 the buzz. What is that you say?  Check the audio link here: www.kcradiogod.com/buzz/lazlo/spencerstatue.mp3

The beginning of a revolution. More to come. 

A few pics from the weekend.

Here are a few pics of E.S. Schubert art sightings from this weekend.  First, a installation shot of 4 small heads installed at Woodrow Manor, the estate of Mr. and Mrs Jean Davide Huyett (pronounced ooohyea!) They have a fabulous collection of contemporary art, and it is a huge honor to now be included in their collection. OK, OK, Fine, It's my sister's house, but they DO have a fabulous art collection of things they love, and it IS and honor to be included!

ManyApologies for the grainy photos. The Iphone doesn't like low light conditions, and apparently I don't like to remember to bring the good camera!







Next we have the latest alteration to Wishing #5, the public art sculpture installation in front of Roeland Park's City Hall.  The scarf, hat, and socks have been there a while, but the 3-d Glasses are new. At first his accessories were changing, now it seems to be purely additive, with each new participant reluctant to undo the changes of the last!  Oh, well, that's why it's public.

The 1-Step Plan for Super-Productivity

The 1-Step Plan for Super-Productivity

Ok, to be fair I have only been practicing this plan for around an hour and a half, beginning at a few minutes before 6am. But it is true that this morning, and if I recall correctly, most mornings that I wake up early for a little wool gathering time, I feel way more proactive, and way less like I am just stumbling from one thing to the next during the day.

So we will see how it goes.  Providing I can get to bed by 11pm each night, I am going to give this "plan for super-productivity" some time to see if it works.  And if I can get out of bed early with the remainder of 12 inches of snow on the ground, the rest of the year ought to be a cake walk.

If anybody is out there, what do you think about the "Creative Genius: Early Riser" correlation?  coincidence or contributing factor?

Francis Ford Coppola, The Simple Dollar, and Mr. Brainwash

Francis Ford Coppola on lots of stuff, including Artists and Livings.
The Simple Dollar on Artists and Livings

I follow this personal finance blog called The Simple Dollar. It is good for some solid, "just did it and it worked for me" kind of financial advice among other tidbits.  However I was pretty surprised to read the post that is the 2nd link above. I suppose I shouldn't have been, because Trent, who writes The Simple Dollar, is always pretty honest about his situation, and how being a full time writer is his dream fulfilled.

Anywhoo, I read Trent's post, and then followed up by reading the original interview with Francis Ford Coppola, (first link), and it all made really good sense.  For most of modern history, being a maker of things has been much more akin to being a carpenter than being Damien Hirst. (That is a theory/statement/world view to which I fully subscribe and aspire to). Yadda, Yadda, Yadda, internet the great equalizer, content is now free, the age of artists making money from their art is coming to an end. etc. etc.

HOWEVER!, In light of having watched the debacle that is the plot twist (won't ruin it for those of you who haven't seen it, go watch it and come back to these last few sentences) at the end of the documentary Exit Through the Giftshop, I can't say that I agree.  Maybe for those artists whose output is in less tangible form i.e. musicians, novelists, etc., but for artist that actually make Things, the kind of things that sell at openings and Sotheby's Auction House, it seems that the game is still afoot.

Unfortunately? Maybe, Maybe not.

Naked Truth: E. Spencer Schubert

Naked Truth: E. Spencer Schubert

It is a wonderful feeling when it seems that someone understands your art. Even better when they write about it eloquently.

Exit Through the Gift Shop.

Wow. That is about the only clear thought in my head after watching Exit Through the Gift Shop.  If you haven't seen it, and you are at least a little bit interested in the contemporary art world, then you should see it.  I don't really know how to feel about it. It seems as though Thierry Guetta has broken the rules in a world that has no rules, and all of the people on the other side of his rule breaking who themselves have been screaming for years about breaking all of the rules don't quite know how to react.

Watch it on Hulu here.