“Where some may see flat, static narratives, I see a spectrum of tonal gradations and realities. What I am creating is literally black portraiture with ballpoint pen ink. I'm looking for that in-between state in an individual where the overarching definition is lost. Skin as geography is the terrain I expand by emphasizing the specificity of blackness, where an individual’s subjectivity, various realities and experiences can be drawn onto the diverse topography of the epidermis. From there, the possibilities of portraying a fully-fledged person are endless.” MayPersonsStatesRealityIndividualLostBlackPossibilityCreatingSkinsDefinitionsVariousEndlessNarrativeFlatsPensDiverseInkSpectrumGeographyStaticBlacknessSubjectivityTerrainPortrayingPortraitureSpecificityTopographyBallpoint Pens Author:Toyin Odutola
“There may be many Big Bangs that happened at various and far-flung locations, each creating its own swelling, spatial expanse, each creating a universe - our universe being the result of only one of those Big Bangs.” MayBigsUniverseResultsHappenedCreatingVariousLocationBangsExpanseSwellingSpatial Author:Brian Greene
“I thank You Lord for creating the world beautiful and various and if this is Your seduction I am seduced for good and past all forgiveness” IfsWorldPastBeautifulLordCreatingVariousSeductionThank You Lord Book:The Collected Poems 1956 - 1998 Source: The Collected Poems 1956 - 1998
“I think time management and dedication are the main factors along with being an organized person. To say I was highly ambitious would be an understatement. I'm never one to sit around, I always have to be creating in various facets to keep myself entertained.” ThinkingPersonsWould BeCreatingManagementVariousFactorsOrganizedTime ManagementDedicationAmbitiousFacetsUnderstatement Author:Ashley Purdy
“I turn on the machines and start to think about ideas and take it from there, it usually begins if it's a beat, a track creating a beat/beats and then the bass-line/lines, then comes the sounds--drones, atmospherics etc, then the edits of various sounds I created and keep going till I feel I have enough sounds ideas to start working and building a track. I have many banks of sounds that we hear that can be manipulated in the machines.” IfsThinkingFeelsIdeasEnoughTurnsSoundLinesBuildingCreatingBeatsMachinesTrackVariousEtcKeep GoingBassTurn-onEditsDrones Author:Mick Harris