studio & posts

lists/art/visual.md

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 # Visual Art
 
-## Painters
+## Architects
+
+## Painters ( Favorites)
+
 [Lucian Freud](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucian_Freud) /
 [Paul Cézanne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_C%C3%A9zanne) /
 [Michelangelo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo) /
-[Pablo Picasso](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso)  
+[Pablo Picasso](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso) 
+
+### Painters ( Inspiration )
+
+[Mary Whyte](https://www.marywhyte.com) /
+[Timur Akhriev - _The Portal_](https://www.robertlangestudios.com/collections/new-blood/products/the-portal) /
+[Brian Rutenberg](http://www.brianrutenbergart.com)
 
 ## Photographers
 
-## Architects
+[William Eggleston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Eggleston)
 
 ## Multi Media
 

lists/index.md

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 I've moved this old repo into this TIL project to simplify. 
 
+- 23/10/5 - [Visual Art Painters](art/visual) 
 - 23/08/22 - [Emerson Quote](quotes) 
 - 23/07/16 - Added [Next](next) & [Now](now/now.md)
 - 23/07/16 - Added [Todo(ne)](todone) for Now page

notes/art/studio.md

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+# Studio
+
+23/11/05 - We decided we're gonna do the master bath remodel ([/notes/house#projects](/notes/house/#projects)) next year, so I'll be migrating my office into the den so my better half can have this one and because we're turning one of our existing offices into part of the bathroom and a walk in closet. 
+
+![](https://davidawindham.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/offices.jpg)
+
+I'm going to build a custom desk and stain it up to match the existing mantle, rafters, and cabinetry so it looks like it's original. I measured up the den wall at 168" wide and 96" tall and I whipped this up as a start.
+
+![](/img/art.studio.jpg)
+
+I'm gonna combine the now mostly neglected easel into my desk. What I'm not going to do is turn my garage into a woodworking shop even though that's tempting because I have some experience with it. The only thing new I'll need there is some new clamps, stain, and fresh sandpaper belts. I'll build the 16 foot desktop and use prebuilt cabinets on the wall right here 👇🏼
+
+![](https://davidawindham.com/wp-content/themes/daw/img/studio.jpg)
+
+And while I'm at it, I'd like to upgrade the old mac mini (<https://davidawindham.com/mac-mini/>), add a keyboard, and integrate the audio and video into my existing system. The 96" space will allow for two people to work side by side. I'm estimating the cost to be under a grand sans mac studio. I'm hoping it'll put my eyes on the canvas as much as the monitors and it'll be much easier to let Iris in and out.
+
+<video src="https://davidawindham.com/media/office.mp4" width="100%" controls="controls">
+</video>
+
+---
+
+Notes:
+- I'll need to plan a solid three day weekend to get it done. 
+  - materials on site in advance
+- 16' foot length (3)2x12 oak or laminate to match the bar for the desktop.
+  - premade or cut desktop ready to roll before cabinet install
+- (2)36" prebuilt cabinets (1)w/drawer
+  - rack for 17" printer and audio equipment
+- 32" monitors(2) and tv(65")
+- VESA tv mount for swing angle
+- table top easel and draft table
+- storage for oil, watercolor, mediums, and brushes
+- existing electrical outlets are sufficient
+- additional lighting for easel
+- drawer for peripherals
+- custom under desk 88 keyboard drawer
+- cable management
+- floating shelf above monitors
+- use closet to hold canvas and lighting
+
+
+Ref:
+
+- Tom Kidd Studio setup - <https://www.behance.net/gallery/43250141/Studio-Setup>
+- This Old House installing cabinets - <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xN9kPD7ddU>
+- MinWax Dark Walnut Stain - <https://www.minwax.com/en/wood-stain-color-guide/browse-color-stains/brown/dark-walnut-2716-semi-transparent>
+- Home Deport - Hampton Bay cabinet - <https://www.homedepot.com/p/Hampton-Bay-Hampton-36-in-W-x-24-in-D-x-34-5-in-H-Assembled-Base-Kitchen-Cabinet-in-Natural-Hickory-with-Drawer-Glides-KB36-NHK/202518650>
+- Merl's countertops - <https://www.merlsinc.com>
+- AP Restoration Woodwork - <https://ap-restoration.com>
+- Kitchen Rehab - <https://kitchenrehab.co> - review w/keyboard drawer- <https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/103662183858242984916/place/ChIJA9iEn48F-IgRO-AGSX88VO8/@34.1371788,-82.1125008,17z/data=!4m6!1m5!8m4!1e1!2s103662183858242984916!3m1!1e1?hl=en&entry=ttu>

notes/index.md

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 ## Log
 
+- 23/11/95 - [art/studio](/notes/art/studio)
+- 23/10/20 - [house/build](/notes/house/build)
 - 23/08/25 - [tennis](/notes/tennis)
 - 23/08/19 - [house/build](/notes/house/build)
 - 23/07/14 - [mod AI demo for til](/notes/work/projects/ai)

posts/2023-10-30-posts.md

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+---
+title: Horror
+description: Today I learned that Levi Stubbs was Audrey II. 
+slug: horror
+<!--- authors:
+  - name: David Windham
+    title: Something Else
+    url: https://davidawindham.com
+    image_url: https://davidawindham.com/wp-content/themes/daw/img/opengraph_image.jpg -->
+tags: [people, music, film]
+image: https://davidawindham.com/wp-content/themes/daw/img/opengraph_image.jpg
+hide_table_of_contents: false
+---
+
+Today I learned that the _Mean Green Mother from Outer Space_ from _Little Shop of Horrors_  was Levi Stubbs<sub>1,2</sub> The follow up reading and holiday got me to thinking a bit more about horror as a genre.
+
+<!--truncate-->
+
+My dad pointed it out while watching the movie because Levi Stubbs was the lead singer of The Four Tops and a voice I heard a lot of growing up<sub>3</sub>. Every year we watch a new movie at my dad's house around Halloween weekend because we travel for a tennis tournament and it's a good pre-holiday visit time. "Tough Titties"... for whatever reason I remember that line being cut out of our high school production version. I wasn't in it, but I was in a drama class with some of the cast so I went to see their production with the big rented puppet plant. The musical aspect really just epitomizes the pulp fiction writing. Last year we watched _The Rocky Horror Picture Show_ which was based on the same sorta pulp fiction and a bit of _Frankenstein_. Same deal there though... mostly humor and music because I've never really cared much for horror. 
+
+During one of my conversations with my dad last weekend, we were discussing the recent mass shooting in Maine and he said "violence in movies and videos games is to blame", which was part of the impetus for this essay. Research suggest that folks derive pleasure from the horror genre for the brain's chemical excitement mainly because we possess a protective frame of safety, control, and most importantly for this essay... detachment. This is evidenced in research that suggest that richer people enjoy the horror genre more because lacking financial resources degrades the psychological protective frame and it's easier to feel detached from the fear<sub>5</sub>.
+
+![](/img/horror.jpg)
+*Figure 20 from Charles Darwin's The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872)* <sub>6</sub>
+
+I remember seeing _Faces of Death_ which I thought was real in 5th grade. Other movies that stuck out from my childhood were _Halloween_, _The Omen_, and _Children of the Corn_. In retrospect, only the later two were scary and I think Carpenter's slasher was mostly his music compositions. I read a couple Steven King books and short stories collections. I'm still fond of his social criticism like _Quitters Inc._ or _Trucks_. However, I equate the vast majority of the horror genre to cheap thrills akin to action thrillers and porn. Stephen King's rise in popularity can be tied to his essay _Children of the Corn_ which first appeared in _Penthouse_ magazine<sub>7</sub><sub>8</sub>. 
+
+Aliens, monsters, murderers, ghosts, and zombies don't really do it for me, but I do like dark psychological and spiritual themes in art. My mom used to ask me to turn off the depressing Pink Floyd music. Shakespeare's _Othello_ is horror and Frankenstein alongside of the vast majority of horror fiction originated in folklore, mythology, and religion. The _Epic of Gigamesh_, Brothers Grimm, or John of Patmos' _Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse_ from the Book of Revelation are good examples. _Apartment 7A_ is an upcoming prequel to the movie _Rosemary's Baby_ which will fall into the long line of evil horror. A bunch of horror franchises like _Halloween_ are now in the double digits. John Carpenter said _Escape from New York_ was inspired by Watergate and the paradox of the genre is that it provides relief from real-life horror which may explain why some of the golden eras of horror films have been some of the most tumultuous in real life. Japanese horror films after the atomic bombings of 1945 mainly consist radiated mutants like _Godzilla_, Spanish horror was most prolific under the real life terror of Franco, and The Third Reich banned horror films under the guise of a moral panic.<sub>10</sub>.
+
+The moral panic of America in the 1980s is easily tied to the rise of QAnon with the exact same apocalyptic underpinnings<sub>10</sub>. Although real life horrors have been found to be more contagious than violence in film or video games, there is evidence of their effect. It's a chicken and egg thing to me and I think the strongest correlation seems to be the sense of detachment. It's the same reason I body slammed my friend through our glass coffee table after attending a wrestling event. I think that the attention economy of the information age is the real culprit of sensational news headlines, films, games, and other media. Vacines being 'microchipped' really started when 20 million people tuned in to watch Geraldo Rivera ask Ozzy Osbourne if he felt bad during his two hour primetime "documentary" _Exposing Satan's Underground_<sub>11</sub>. The fear sparked by this and the murder of Adam Walsh was literally the only time I experienced violence at my home because my parents were so upset when my friend and I took too long getting home from school because I failed to tell them I was walking. In retrospect, I sympathize with their worry, but I blame mostly Geraldo.
+
+Although the dualism of opposing forces is in most religions and philosophies, I agree with the Catholic church that Book of Revelation is not a prophecy and tend to sympathize with the more nondualistic traditions.<sub>12</sub> Opposition is just a form of balance and the various "isms" in our society are polarizing. I just think it's difficult to understand obtuse or infinite and easier for most to understand with clear divisions. The interplay of spiritual and physical is much more like a dance of light and shadow than the opposition of light and darkness. I think people like horror films because it gives them the ability to say "that thing is the monster and not me" through detachment. The roots of horror are steeped in the idea of fearing the nebulous _other_. I personally don't enjoy the thrill or relief of detachment in horror be it fiction or non. So next halloween, consider the real life horror of gun violence or supporting child slave labor via the bag of chocolate bars you and everyone else just bought. The plant wins in the original _Little Shop of Horrors_ film and two endings were shot for the 1986 film. The happier ending was included only because the darker one tested poorly with audiences. Next year I think we'll watch _Beetlejuice_. 
+
+---
+
+1. _Mean Green Mother from Outer Space_ - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_Green_Mother_from_Outer_Space>
+2. _Little Shop of Horrors_ - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Shop_of_Horrors_(1986_film)>
+3. Levi Stubbs - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Stubbs>
+4. _Little Shop of Horrors_ - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Shop_of_Horrors>
+5. _The Psychology Behind Why We Love (or Hate) Horror_ - Harvard Business Review - <https://hbr.org/2021/10/the-psychology-behind-why-we-love-or-hate-horror>
+6. _The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals_ - Charles Darwin - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Expression_of_the_Emotions_in_Man_and_Animals>
+7. _Children of the Corn_ - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_the_Corn>
+8. John of Patmos - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Patmos>
+9. Horror Film - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_film>
+10. Satanic panic - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_panic>
+11. ( 2021 ) It's Time to Revisit the Satanic Panic. _The New York Times_- <https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/us/satanic-panic.html>
+12. Nondualism - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nondualism>
+11. _Beetlejuice_ - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetlejuice>

posts/2023-11-05-posts.md

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+---
+title: Cat Power
+description: Today I learned Cat Power wrote her album Moon Pix in Prosperity, South Carolina, William Eggleston had the same doctor as Elvis, and Dr. Nic from The Simpsons is based on him.
+slug: cat-power
+<!--- authors:
+  - name: David Windham
+    title: Something Else
+    url: https://davidawindham.com
+    image_url: https://davidawindham.com/wp-content/themes/daw/img/opengraph_image.jpg -->
+tags: [people, music]
+image: https://davidawindham.com/wp-content/themes/daw/img/opengraph_image.jpg
+hide_table_of_contents: false
+---
+
+Today I learned Cat Power wrote her album Moon Pix in Prosperity, South Carolina<sub>1,2</sub>, William Eggleston had the same doctor as Elvis, and Dr. Nic from The Simpsons is based on him. While digging into Chan's most recent release of live Dylan covers, I decided to do the deep dive and learned all these in one swipe.  
+
+<!--truncate-->
+
+It might have been the fact that I like Dylan so much, but the live performance is stellar regardless<sub>3</sub>. Her interpretations are both original and sincere. I think part of the reason it resonated is that she's about my age and seems to have the same artistic bent. I read a bunch of old and new interviews. She grew up in Hotlanta, listed to soul and classic, went emo and punk as a teen and came back around to folk. I think I first heard a track from her on KCRW at some point and kinda blew it off, but I later realized I'd heard her previously. She recorded her first album in 1995, she'd been on Letterman a couple times during the mid 2000s. I also learned that she filmed a music video in 2006 with William Eggleston 👇🏼
+
+<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/367822568?h=2cce62274f" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+I'm not sure who's house that is, but it certainly looks like his. Alongside of William Eggleston, Chan has also had her trials with booze, so the video fits. In the process of reading an interview with Eggleston, I learned that he had the same doctor as Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis who was the inspiration for Dr. Nic on _The Simpsons_ <sub>5</sub>. All this aside, I think the new album from Cat Power is sincere because she seems to have walked the talk.
+
+---
+
+1. Cat Power - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Power>
+2. _Moon Pix_ - Cat Power <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Pix>
+3. _Cat Power Sings Dylan_ - <https://www.catpowermusic.com>
+4. William Eggleston - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Eggleston>
+5. George Nichopoulos - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._Nichopoulos>
+

sidebarsnotes.js

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src/pages/index.md

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 # Today I Learned
 
 - **2023**
+  - 23/11/05 - [Cat Power](/posts/cat-power)
+  - 23/10/30 - [Horror](/posts/horror)
   - 23/10/14 - [Adobe Firefly](/posts/adobe-firefly)
   - 23/10/12 - [Evi Nemeth](/posts/evi-nemeth)
   - 23/09/12 - [Monolithic Infrastructure](/posts/monolithic-infrastructure)