“I finally understand this movie. … [It's] the kind of thing that Ed Wood would have directed if someone had handed him umpty-million dollars and not applied any direct adult supervision.”
~ W. H. Jamison, Jr.
Archive for creativity/originality
review of Batman & Robin
use your own dirt
There was once a conjurer who boasted that he had become god-like. One god happened to overhear, and challenged him to a contest.
“Can you do this?” the god asked, scooping up a handful of dirt and making it into a bird. They watched the bird fly away.
“Sure,” said the conjure-man, and reached down for a handful of raw material.
“Hey,” said god. “Use your own dirt.”
diseuse
woman who recites dramatic monologues: a woman, usually an actor, who is an accomplished reciter of dramatic monologues. Such recitals, often accompanied by music, were once a popular theatrical entertainment.
news: new theory of everything
“Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration. That we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Here’s Tom with the weather.”
~ Bill Hicks
the rules
These are some of the guidelines the Budget Gallery operates under:
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We use underutilized public spaces for our exhibitions.
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If work doesn’t sell at the opening, it stays, in public, unguarded, for at least 1 week.
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After the opening the unguarded work is sold on the honor system.
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All art work in our shows will be sold, stolen*, or vandalized** and we can not pre-determine the outcome.
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Our commission is arbitrary, optional, and determined by the artist.
*Having a work stolen is the highest honor of the Budget Gallery because it means someone wanted the work so badly they were willing to abandon personal and societal mores to acquire your piece of art. In our eyes, this may be considered a more valuable compliment to you than a simple monetary transaction.
**We suggest you consider vandalism a form a collaboration.
stupid magic
“I like David Blaine. It would be a very boring world if someone isn’t allowed to do something stupid every once in a while.”
~ Professor Jeremy Powell-Tuck
i love lamp
Something that is said back to a person who just stated a non sequitur.
Person 1: Where do you want to eat tonight?
Person 2: The number one killer of domestic cats is feline AIDS.
Person 1:…I love lamp.
ugly
“Ugly when compared to pre-existing notions of taste is a bummer. But ugly as a representation of mass experimentation and learning is pretty damn cool.”
~ Ze Frank
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lack of focus
“One person’s complete and utter lack of focus is another’s vibrant eclecticism.”
~ Jeremy Hedley
the perfect quote
“I never have found the perfect quote. At best I have been able to find a string of quotations which merely circle the ineffible idea I seek to express.”
~ Caldwell O’Keefe
