Coffee Shop Art vs. Nature

I absolutely love and adore coffee shops! The art and ambience- ahh the smell, best of all the caffene. (woohoo!) But the thing that intrigues me the most: the artwork in origional little shops. And not just coffee shops- downtown art, so to speak- the art by small and unknown local artists (local to any city) that has a modern, post modern, or even compleetly origional vibe. Love it! it can be so many things and evoke emotion and thought. And yet, as wonderous as it is, it is a copy of something. A beautiful (or grotusque) vision of what they were really seing... something that was not origionated by man.

Given many murals are of cities and lights, villiges and glorious musical instruments- those man did make. But By and far we are copying a creator-

almost nonsequitor:
City lights are my faverote man made phenomenon. (skyline) Each light has a story, and thousands of people connected to it- like a web, from the guys on the assembly line where the bulb was fassioned, down to the power guys- the ones paying the bills, the ones flipping the swithc- what the light enables- multiplied by how many more twinkiling lights to see against the blue- like a distant fire, the fire of all of those lives and passions built in magnificance. All the love, the hate the emotion, and hope, and daily grind these ligts shine on; pitted against a dark night sky. Ahhh *chills*

Grandma (a fairly prominant local painter in her day) said "art is ment to improve apon nature" - ive always wondered why? when the nature we see is what inspires- i think art is more for the purpose of reminding us what is good- and showing different perspectives (bringing out what the artist sees and is passionate about)

Hit up a coffee shop- look around- enjoy it. :) ooo-- and grab a mocha latte'

I Hate MySpace!!!

Well- you read the title... And I usually am not one to use the word hate, for there are only a few things i truly despise. MySpace is one of those things.

Its not that i try to be counter-culture, (i do when its necessary- like the new song by Blackeyed Peas- the one about "lovley lady lumps" i heard, really listened to it, and now no longer listen to pop radio...ever...it all sounds like that... blah)

I hate MySpace because of what it stands for- not the blogs, not the messages and ways to stay connected-

IT IS THE ULTIMATE MASK!!!- you can be whoever the hell you want to be- to everyone- all the time, your phasaad and your carefully edited words painted to make you exactly what will get you accepted.

Perhaps origionality is overrated- many of the users lie about their age, shows hoochy or macho pictures, and talk as if they really are the hottest thang' to ever be. (maybe not quite and i am exaggerating greatly) I dont have a MySpace page. My 14year old sister does and let me tell you how thrilled i am about this; her friend i have known sence they were both in 2d grade also has a page i checked out when lilG... (my sister) showed me. She looks like a prostitute, cute and innocent little girl that i knew, says shes 18 and horny. Someone may as well have thrown a knife into my heart.

It also seems to eat people (everyone has one and many middle and highschoolers spend hours on it) So letts all jump off the bridge! Im game if it makes me popular, or feel popular- oooo then let me journal really intament things so that the whole world can read about my greatly exxagerated middle to upper class american drama.

And really it all comes down to this- PEOPLE ESPECIALLY YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS ARE CRAVING AND ERNESTLY SEEKING FOR INTAMECY. But going about it like this- with guards and masks up, walls around their hearts so that they arnt burned again- and this MySpace Mentality: The cold computer is my filter and my shield- through it i can live my life and friendships without actually risking contact.

DISCLAMER: Much of what i said does not apply to all myspace users- infact i know many people who just really do use it for friends- but think of the principal behind all of it...really...

Go look at some random pages. The kids are being tought how to associate through a sort of instant message, post-it pictures, virtual reality life. Reality is manipulated to look like a cool website where we are comfortable. Guess Im just old...