SNOWBOARD

MAO December 30th 2008
Off to the mountains of FUKUSHIMA for a few days of snowboarding and family.

MT. FUJI

You can see MT. FUJI from the window at Ebisu, Tokyo Art Studio on a clear winter day. The last few days of the year 2008.

ALMOST FAMOUS

HUF is now in Tokyo. Over in Shibuya at the new store from ALMOST FAMOUS

TOKYO STREET RIDERZ©

A New TOKYO STREET RIDERZ© board hand painted by Isaac Schulz. Titled "Candii Stix". ©2008

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isaac schulz ©2008



isaac schulz ©2008

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BRILLIANT WORLD EVENT

BRILLIANT WORLD had it's last official event of the year at club OVO in Naka-Meguro.

Isaac painted all six hours like a good artist and the party was really awesome. The seven plus DJs did a great job and there was a super interesting mix of music.  The crowd was dancing and drinking like fish+ over all it was a super inspirational place to be.  BRILLIANT WORLD videos are to be seen here.

Isaac Schulz live painting 2008.

Isaac Schulz live painting 2008.

this is me and i am you and this is the one...-DIS

"in the Universe you flew to me" -MM

12/10/08

After jackhammering concrete:

Isaac and I have been talking about what it is that stops us from becoming successful artists in a way that is meaningful to us. We come at it from different stances. Being older, I have a greater hold on the concepts of high art and the pitfalls of being a modern man – struggling financially, but maintaining some separate sense of honor. He just thinks he basically gets in his own way.

I think the same can be said of spiritual matters and non-profits. That somehow we are all exempt from the impurities of capitalism even as we struggle to do business within an established paradigm.

Well, the paradigm is unlikely to change much in the near future. So unless we can shift how it is that we see ourselves in the ‘real’ world, and become more conversant in the language of commerce, then the more likely we are to languish in frustration and borderline poverty. That is not a good thing, because it hinders us from pursuing our calling in an effective way. And that stops the world from benefiting from our contributions.

An individual or an institution that is especially worried about ‘keeping the door open’ has closed the equally important door that is the access to creativity and clear thinking.

In Isaac’s case, we are beginning to look at his stockpile of paintings as his inventory. At the Center, the inventory could be energetic and committed personnel, vibrant and forward thinking visions, plans to implement those visions, and established publications.

If there is no other lesson to learn in today’s economic malaise, it is that diversification is paramount to success. An artist may need to focus on several series to indicate a depth to an investigation. But there must also be ‘side ventures’ that indicate a broader field of interests, involvement in experimentation, and an ability to risk failure in the pursuit of a new idea.

I am convinced that art is not a solitary pursuit. An individuals ‘expression’ is only actualized in community. A great painting, a great novel, a great curriculum are disempowered without involvement within the context of  viewer, reader, student. A tree may fall in the unpopulated woods and still make a sound. But that sound is not experienced without a human present. That sound is not open to discussion and evaluation without a community present.

Historically, as an economic or cultural wave has collapsed, a new wave has already formed and started its steady march towards shore. Every social movement, every painting, every poem and every business finds egress in the collapse. In the completion. This is how we grow. This is how we lean into the experience of success. 

"It’s like a little boy, looking at colors, and no one told him what colors are good, before somebody tells you you shouldn’t like pink because that’s for girls. Why would anyone pick blue over pink? Pink is obviously a better color." -Mr. West