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‘tv screen 4 : second fragment: exactly where i’m at’ (2717)
the journey, the journey. i’ve been working on actually finishing this second fragment book of mine. blup. it’s already out, it’s been out, but the version is like a fake version. so please don’t buy that. wait for the actual version to come out and if you want you can buy that.
what i’ve been doing in the past days and weeks, here and there, not 24/7, has been the following:
. cropping the raw scanned pages in the ratio of 5.5x8 (this cropping took a lot of time, because i care about details, even tiny ones)
. resizing the cropped 5.5x8 tiff files to 5.25x8 (because that’s the size of the book pages this book is to be published at)
. changing the resized tiff files to pdf files (pdf is what is wanted in this case)
. combining the individual pdf files into one big cohesive file (basically putting the book together for real)
and now i’m here. each of those took their own amount of time, and have taken up some hard drive space. especially yesterday night, when i was combining the 7-14 or so mb pdfs into one huge file which would contain 224 or so pages, wow, my laptop was working and almost blowing up on me for doing that. saving the file took so long. then closing the file took so long too! crazy!
in general putting this book together i feel like i’m doing it the long way and so manually. the thing is i want an amazing finished product. and if there is something to change i want to have an organized work flow of what i’ve done. so all that sounds good and all, but it does come with the work. lots of work. and figuring out. i still don’t even know for sure if i’m doing it the right way. it is possible i’m taking the longer route and not even doing this thing properly. but i don’t know for sure. for now i want at least a better product than what is currently out.
and my current challenge is resizing the full sized pdf files with all the pages. it’s current size is 2.92gb. it should be down to 400mb because that is the size limit that is asked to not exceed. i have however exported the full size pdf in a ‘reduced file size’ way, but the quality is bad. and the size is 6mb. for the time being i’ve submitted that for approval, along with a proper cover. let’s see if the files pass and we can move forward in that regard. furthermore, let’s see if i can find out how to decrease the original pdf file size without losing much quality.
and that’s sort of where i’m at with this second fragment project. it looks close to being actually properly done, well, if what i did was correct and works that is.
(image: combining pdf files)
present freedom (2717)
it’s been interesting. this year so far. i’ve been pretty calm lately. except when my hands and arms were itching like crazy. that was really problematic. super not fun. not cool. but otherwise, i’m here and going at it.
this autobioblogphy has been confusing me again and again. just trying to get back into it for real has been tough. maybe i just think too much. or i’m just really weird. maybe even dumb. a fool who fooled himself? i don’t know. but slowly it seems like i’m making the effort to really start posting and making progress.
i’m now in chapter 2012. i’m not even sure all the details or why some things are, but i feel like i’m getting some of the basics down. like having chapters, then these ‘segments’ of sort, and some ‘segments’ have been like ‘chapters’ of their own in a way, but then when they are in a chapter (i.e. this ‘present freedom’ segment is in chapter 2012) they are like part of the chapter. it’s kind of weird, confusing, i’m not sure if you’ll get it or understand. it’s been tough for me to fully grasp and develop and understand what the blup i’m doing. but i think things are starting to make sense. i’m trying to make them pretty simple and in a way where they can make sense. so if you’re following me up until now i can inform you that i’m thinking of having ‘segments’ like ‘present freedom’, ‘tv screens’, and ‘whereisarthur’ in this chapter 2012.
now for things to be further confusing, probably for myself more than you, is exactly what i’m doing now. i’m writing about my autobioblogphy progress, which is actually ‘tv screen 1’, but i’m writing about my thoughts and process of it in this ‘present freedom’ segment. so it’s weird. present freedom is about me being free to write whatever. but if i’m writing about my current projects here should the same words be rewritten in the ‘tv screens’ segments? am i confusing you? what do i do? i think i understand the question, am not sure of the answer, but the plan is probably to just go. just write. just do. just go. this autobioblogphy is live. let the moments happen.
right now i’m in my new york apartment. sitting on a nicely designed ikea chair. there’s a candle burning.
i know i’ve been messing up a lot. i know i’ve struggled to juggle. i know it’s super crazy hard to do so many things. to keep the mind in understanding. it’s hard to do things you don’t know how to do. it’s hard to invent. and i don’t know why i’m still so persistent. it’s like i keep hitting the same wall. keep going in circles. trying to figure things out. and just keep failing. but then keep going. and now i’m 27 and still going.
anything is possible. right?
(image: my view on 2.7.17 10:01pm)
(ch.2012) george mason university school of art
i made it in. and there i was, art school. studying art with a concentration in sculpture. and there were several reasons for this. let me give you some:
. sculpture and architecture are very similar
. it was a good idea for me to get a bachelor’s degree
. if i got a bachelor’s degree at gmu and used it with my associates degree in architecture from nova then i can apply to the old town alexandria campus and go for my master’s degree for architecture, if i wanted to
. of all the professions and degrees on paper that i found really appealing were art and architecture
. there weren’t any plans to move out of virginia during this time
. this school was affordable and close to home
. et cetera
also note, after comparing a ba vs a bfa my conclusion was basically that a ba is more broad or general, there would be more “work” opportunities, i.e. it’s basically safer. and a bfa was more artistic, with more studio classes where you’re doing art, providing you “less jobs” afterwards, i.e. more of a gamble. i decided to go all in.
(image: ba vs bfa)
chapter 2012
let’s go to the future now, but also the past. let’s go forward and back to the year 2012. yes, before chapter 2. before a lot of things. but also after a lot of things. in this chapter we’ll cover how 2012 was for me. what i’ve done in that year. projects. places i’ve been. and all kinds of things i don’t fully remember at the moment. i plan to go to my external hard drive for help. but off the top i could say that in 2012 i went to the school of art at george mason university, really started getting more into art, worked on painting, sculpture, did some reading, skateboarding, met some people, went to some places, et cetera. more specifically i did 2 string installations that year (blue windows and abstract reflection), started and maybe finished my first piop art drawing and painting (red horizons), started this autobioblogphy of mine, um, i think some photography projects, and i know there’s plenty more specifics, but again, my hard drive should be able to help me with that. then i think i’ll also keep going with my ‘tv screens’ in this chapter and my ‘present freedoms’ and probably ‘whereisarthurs’ too. but all in all i’m not sure how exactly chapter 2012 will turn out. this is a live book, so i guess how am i supposed to know if it hasn’t been written in a way, right? but then again, it has been written in the form of me living it. but then again, not so much in the form of me reliving it in memory and writing form. okay. let’s just start and see what happens. have fun.
‘tv screen 1 : autobioblogphy’ (2117)
what the blup am i doing with this autobioblogphy!? it’s like each time i come back from even a slight pause i’m confused. lost. don’t know what the blup is happening. trying to regroup. just to run out of time and get this confusion started all over again in some future day. blup me. am i just stupid? or too genius for even myself?
so i’m back working on this autobioblogphy tv screen and it’s basically dumb. or i’m dumb. maybe numb. what the blup is going on with all of this!? something about present freedom, tv screens, 7.14.21.28, chapter 2012, chapter 2 coming sometime soon? huh? okay, let’s get back into this and figure this thing i made up out. here we go.
(image: screen shot taken on 2.1.2017 at 5:42.32pm)
‘tv screen 3 : abstract reflection’ (11717)
this is long overdue. too long. but finally my ‘abstract reflection’ string installation is getting wrapped up. top images have been chosen, artist statements have been written, it’s about time it goes out into the world. finally!
i still have to finalize my process images, update some general information about this project, this, that. but it’s getting there. too long in the making. too long. but we are here, in the present moment. so let’s go from here.
(image: detail of ‘abstract reflection’)
‘tv screen 2 : internet cracks’ (11717)
i’m trying to put some cracks in the internet. with my projects that is. carve our my space a bit. chisel away. little by little. sometimes maybe a lot by a lot. i started these internet cracks pretty seriously in early 2015. but after a few i stumped. and let the time fly by without continuing to make more internet cracks. i’ve been wanting to, but wanting to is different than doing. wanting is different than making things happen.
now i think i’m back. early 2017. and the first crack of this year is supposed to be my ‘abstract reflection’ string installation. let’s see how it does.
(image: screen shot of early internet cracks outline)
tv screen 1 : autobioblogphy (11717)
this thing can get confusing. and it’s just me confusing myself.
(image: confused, but i guess figuring things out)
present freedom (11617)
here i am. simply a reflection of someone doing work. freedom tower in the middle right. so nice. beautiful night, beautiful morning. it’s now 1:22am. i’m awake. been so since yesterday around 8am. life is awesome. inventing is awesome. imagining is awesome. doing is awesome. and here i am. what a wonderful time to be alive. thank you.
(image: my reflection at 1:14am on january 16, 2017)