And Now // JJ
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Let Go.
I first learned of JJ by searching the pages of Hypem.com. Their sound is haunting, eloquent, and resonating. When listening, no matter how rough the day is, you can't help but to feel calmed and relaxed. In short, I love JJ and I'd like to share that love—check 'em out.
Faces.
I got the iPhone 4 recently as a graduation present, and it's truly a revolutionary piece of technology. Besides all of the intuitive features, there is one I've been constantly tinkering with—the camera. I personally like the degraded texture of a low MP camera. That coupled with the washed out presence of the LED flash create a interesting quality. Almost a Polaroid feel.“All Summer” by Kid Cudi, Best Coast and Rostam Batmanglij.
All Summer.
You already know how I feel about The Kid. 'All year long we wait for summer.'
Adèle Haenel.
I watched the movie "Naissance des Pieuvres" (or Water Lilies) and since have completely fallen in love with Adèle Haenel. Her acting ability, accompanied by her mature innocence, made her role as Floriane breathtaking to observe.Photography. Where do I begin? Photography for me is a very new thing. It’s exciting. It’s terrifying. I’ve always disregarded photography as the ugly sibling to filmmaking. A mere single frame. A too brief moment. Comparing it to filmmaking, photography just wasn’t as appealing. However, all of these naive conceptions vanished when I decided to enroll in a Photography I class. Subconsciously I knew undertaking photography would strengthen my films, but what came as a surprise is just how much I’ve fallen in love with the art of “drawing with light.”
Working with 35 mm film heightened this newfound enthrallment. Besides the obvious reasons, it’s very unique to digital photography. The main difference I’ve experienced is the inconvenient nature of both capturing and developing film photography. But I believe it’s the unforgiving aspects of film that makes it so much more rewarding than its modern alternative. The limitation of 36 exposures per roll, the ambiguous process of capturing light, the exaggerated routine of developing, and the maddening exactness of printing makes the final photograph more precious than a first born. I am grateful that I began photography under such discipline because it forced me to focus on just why this instant was worthy.
I now see photography as I do filmmaking–a distinctive art form saturated with the artist’s opinions, views, and dreams. It is an equal part, and helping sibling to my aspirations of creating.
Shadows of Ash.
A charcoal pencil drawing I did of "The Old Guitarist" by Pablo Piccasso. There is something very meditative about sitting down and smearing shades on paper.Glósóli by Sigur Rós.
Hoppípolla by Sigur Rós.
Sigur Rós.
Glósóli was my first introduction to narrative music videos. Sigur Rós is a complex band hailing from Iceland. The music video, presumably shot there, makes a visit inevitable.
