515/2013
Day two of the renewed venture. I had meetings with some people over at the Karples Museum. I'm trying to convince them to let me do some wok to the building itself. nothing too intrusive. I'd just like to awaken people to the building as an alternative exhibition space.... I also got a hair cut from my homes Ferrell over at Pomade&Tonic...
Somehthing else that's been on my mind for a while regarding all the controversies going on with Benghazi, the IRS, and now something else that has slipped my mind... Mainly I'm exhausted from all these so called controversies... It isn't so much that I'm affraid any of these silly conspiracy stories are true... It has more to do with the notion that these individuals are convinced that somehow Obama is some kind of master law breaker. They don't seem to take into account all the crimes of the Bush administration. Furthermore, I'd like to get a big picture statement from the pres... I mean, these conspiracy people are so adamant that this is SOMEBODY'S fault. They are too concerned with who is right and who is wrong and that just doesn't seem very helpful to me... No. I don't believe that Obama had some kind of master plan to hide Benghazi from us. I do believe that they were just using info that was supplied to them at the time everything was going down. I think the people who are clinging to this are ultra conservatives and nutjobs like tea partiers that are desparately looking for a reason as to why they lost so badly in the last election when the truth is that they were going to lose anyway and it has everything to do with their crazy rape, pillage, plunder, and kill policies that lost them this and hopefully the 2014 elections....
I'm really hoping for people to keep vigilant and not listen to dumdums.
Layta Gaytas:)
PS. This is becoming a sorta bloggggggg:)

5/14/2013
Dear Friend,
At the end of 2010 I was uninspired, overwhelmed, and creatively suicidal by my student loans, lack of romance, as well as the day to day meet and greet with new faces. It's exhausting trying to suss out genuine friends in a city of so many aspirerers and ambitious fiends. I decided that I needed to leave. My parents had recently retired and moved down to Jacksonville Fl so I sold all my stuff and moved down to this weird southern city that sometimes feels like frontier land. It's a true southern city that was deserted sometime in the late 70s and early 80s and I was intrigued by its decay and strip malls and Americanness that is completely different from where I grew up... I figured I could put all my loans into ever expanding stasis and find work in a bar.
Since I moved down here I've been able to concentrate on the things i'm interested in. Performance, community organizing, writing, and learning how to simplify my life. I've learned how to enjoy my work more. I feel that the past 2 years have been filled with a lot of growth and hopefully I'll be able to return home.
My goal for this site is to reflect the things I'm doing more accurately. I plan on posting more writing, pictures, and I hope to gain some dialogue from others. My hope is that it will feel more like visiting me in my studio and give a more clear glimpse into my work as well as my process. I learn so much from the many folks I'm lucky enough to talk to. There are so many interesting people out there who because of their background or their decision to stay in a less pivotal city, become portrayed as forgotten or looked down on. I'd like to think that I make art that reflects them and is in some way for them too...Although I'd really like to start earning a good living through my work....
Thanks for taking the time to read and look through my site.
All best,
Jeffrey