Koa Wood 006

Koa Wood 006
Originally uploaded by Uncle Fatso.

Well I finished! It took a long time--much longer on Adam's hand than on God's--but I'm stoked that it's done. If you click on the picture it will take you to the flickr page with more pics of the process.

Hand of God

Koa Wood 002
Originally uploaded by Uncle Fatso.

Well, I've been publishing updates on this little art project on my other blog, but I guess it's more apropriete here. Linx is more a brainstorming/business sight. (you can check out the previous pics there)

I'm learning that burning wood is much harder than I thought. It's tough! Anyway, I hope this keeps turning out the way it should...I'm really excited about this piece! For a long time I have been over-busy to pursue any sort of art (not that I consider myself an artist) at all. Even music, which has been really hard for me. I just decided when I found this wood that I wanted to do something cool with it; it's been really cathartic to work with my hands on something besides building stuff.

Also, for some reason, the Sistene Chapel has struck me for maybe the last 10 years. Something about it, what it represents, the increadible beauty of it has reverberated in me every time I see it. I had this poster on my wall for a long time, now I'm burning it in koa, and I've been planning for a long time to tattoo it on my back. Obsess much?!

Top 5

Remember the movie High Fidelety? I really liked it, with John Cusack and Jack Black and the woman from the cosby show who was married to Lenny Cravitz? (aparently I remember everything about her but her name...)
Well, I loved that movie and my best friend Luke and I would always do the top fives like they did. Like top five albums, top five singles, top five female artists, etc.

I always love to learn what people's music taste is and so I think alot about top fives in my head.

Here's my top five albums of all time. (in no particular order.)

1. Tea for the Tillerman, Cat Stevens
2. Rage Against the Machine, self titled
3. Deja Vu, CSNY
4. Joshua Tree, U2
4. Catch a Fire, Bob Marley
5. IV, Led Zeplin

OK, I needed to slip a 6th one in there, so there's a tie on one number. It's hard to think of all these great all-around albums and pick only 5. I skipped the Doors, Radiohead, all Beatles albums, and so many more...but certain albums are good all the way through. You can listen to them over and over...and if you see one of these on a jukebox in a bar you've got to play it, right? So that's a taste of good, good music.

What's your top five?

P.S. look for more t5l in the future.