Began helping out at the Habitat for Humanity Restore. Amazing the amount of stuff that passes through there. They get donations that range from junk to treasures. Between both extremes there are some curious pieces, some odd pieces and some really weird shit. Came across these round metallic frames that look like cross between a doily and an ashtray. They came loaded with magazine quality cut-outs of classical paintings. I'm gonna give them a little up-date.
Finished one today using an old Van Dyke Brown photo I did long ago. It's entitled Artificial Intelligence. So, I don't usually explain my titles, I like the viewer to decide for themselves what it means. But, here was my thinking with this one. It's an image of a doll face with a question mark as it's dristi (that's what Hindu's call call your third eye ..the dot, in the middle of your forehead). Apparently, our computers are getting close to the point where they become self-aware. One possible result of this is what the whole Terminator series is about. But before computers decide they don't need humans and go on a killing rampage, they are probably going to think, even it's for only a nanosecond, WHO AM I? This is my idea of that moment. It's like a baby picture taken by AUTOMOMTRON3000, That's why it's named Artificial Intelligence.
