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Re: Creatives, Distribution And The Power Of The Web

ophelia chong — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:22:28 -0000

My art is not reproducible, it's not done with filters, vectors, layers or any type of digital manipulation. There are millions of artists like me who are powered only by calories. What is lost in the world of pixel manipulation is the individual. For instance the images on magazines has no claim to reality after they have been photoshopped into smoothness and unreal perfection. I am in search of the real.

During the last decade of the 19th century the Arts And Crafts movement began in reaction to the Industrial Revolution. This movement was a search for the authentic, not the repetitive copies of "art" made by machines. This movement is again taking place in our Digital Age. We are searching for the meaningful and bespoke. I am creating what a computer cannot, and each piece is its own," this was created by me not a machine." I am not dependent on the computer, rather it is dependent on me to give it a voice. I use the computer/internet is a means to plant the seeds of art and thought.

"A typewriter is a means of transcribing thought, not expressing it"
Marshall McLuhan

Thank you Steve for letting me shout from my soap box in the corner. :O)
Ophelia

Re: Dealing With Stress

ophelia chong — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:59:42 -0000

I miss the social interaction of an office, but I love the silence of my studio more. When I do get stressed out, all I have to do is walk outside and sit in the garden. You could do that at an office, but not in your lumpy sweat pants and "I <3 Pandas" tshirt.

Re: Aggregation Obsession

ophelia chong — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:35:44 -0000

One problem I can see happening is that all your tweets, comments, pics are all jetsam and flotsam. One day you just might to gather it all up. But you can't because you forgot the password, username, url etc. So it floats all over the web. And we look out our windows and see it all float by, there is no net big enough to catch it all. So be good, behave and leave only what you would be proud of. All your words and images combine into multiple web feeds, which means it becomes infinite.

Re: Poll: The Future Of Advertising

ophelia chong — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:37:25 -0000

There will be the same pot of money, but more guests at the table. (btw that flashing gif ad drives me nuts)
Corporations will not take your word anymore, they will attach their own software to your content and get the results directly. There's no more "well Nielsens said 2.5 million watched the show".
Accountability is the selling point. When they attach themselves to your content you have to do the extra work to get it out there on all levels. By Twittering, blogging, commenting, linking, it will be a full time job and a new one ( maybe call it Maven)
;O) ophelia

Re: Poll: The Future Of Advertising

ophelia chong — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:38:28 -0000

And I voted "Sponsored Content"

Re: Poll: The Future Of Advertising

ophelia chong — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:48:47 -0000

yes we do care, if we sponsor a product it's our "name" that is attached to it. it's a new world. we are going to care about what we sell. this generation has more at stake (more than our souls). a company telling me that a product will improve my life is not going to get anywhere with me, i want someone whom i trust to let me know the truth. i have less time and money to waste on blind trust.

Re: Poll: Why Do You Use Social Tools?

ophelia chong — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:47:04 -0000

You can't remain in a vacuum. To stay on top of what was happening, you have to be in the "town square" and listen to the conversations going on around you. How else will you know that the Rampaging Mongols are about to hit your village? Not by staying cloistered in your yurt. :O)

Re: Poll: Why Do You Use Social Tools?

ophelia chong — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:08:08 -0000

We are the Mongols.

Re: Poll: Why Do You Use Social Tools?

ophelia chong — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:10:13 -0000

Let me bolster that comment of "We are the Mongols". If ever, Heaven Forbid another 9-11 occurs. Lets see where the amount of activity will be. Online. Twitter, vlogs, chat. That networking online will become a unifier and a place of comfort. Those not in it now, will discover it and find the community they long for.

Re: Poll: Why Do You Use Social Tools?

ophelia chong — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:57:43 -0000

Is there a way to gauge Twitter spikes during internal strife or events that cross all socio-economic classes? i.e. Paris Riots, UK elections, Celeb Arrests/Jail time/pregnancies?

Re: Startup Reactor: 8 Tips for Startup Hiring Success

ophelia chong — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:16:46 -0000

I have experienced Start Ups that work from the proverbial "Garage" mindset. "We are boot strapping it and we can only move fast if we don't do all that stuff other companies do". Fix if it leaks, if it doesn't ignore it until it does. Then it just costs twice what you would've spent.

And that's the problem; a Start Up is a company and it should be run that way. If your ultimate goal is be financed, the first thing they look at is the way you run your company. Liabilities can kill a deal and a good idea.

Re: GEL 2008: Day 2, Session 1 “Connect”

ophelia chong — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:12:17 -0000

thank you, i couldn't make it, but your notes are the next best thing! thank you. ;O)
Ophelia

Re: Thanks to B and P!

ophelia chong — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:50:07 -0000

i love your work. and people who copy other people's work is just....(steam coming off the top of my head)...just wrong! i hate that cliche about "copying is the sincerest form of flattery" what it is, is the complete lack of a fresh idea.

your work is inspiring and will be to many people. just wish they would get
inspired to do their own work.

:O) ps. i have a pile of stuff to mail out, one of them is for you. once the torrential rain stops here i will be at the PO.

;O) ophelia

Re: Tony, the conductor

ophelia chong — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:49:44 -0000

nice! i love the drawing on found paper. it really adds a new dimension to the drawing, giving it "placement" and history. A story. Are they going to be more in this series? It would make an amazing set. :O) ophelia

Re: My first letterpress print

ophelia chong — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:31:47 -0000

hey, my hair says hello. all 1.3420 million of them (give or take a few, there are some floating down towards the floor)

=;o) ophelia

Re: Cute, lovey, etsy card

ophelia chong — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:22:15 -0000

that is really cute! i saw the most raunchy ones at the local letterpress gift store.

Re: Letterpress love

ophelia chong — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:55:04 -0000

you is on my flickr
emily and ophelia on flickr

Re: Barack Obama & Gotham

ophelia chong — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:00:48 -0000

I am trying to get my hands on Gotham. emailed my font heavy friend adam. ;O) love that font. love obama too. ;O)

Re: Apartment in a box

ophelia chong — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:02:15 -0000

is it like ikea, where it's all done with one "L" key?

i hate putting ikea stuff together. i always end up with one extra nut or screw.

Re: Short: Theme Planet

ophelia chong — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:28:59 -0000

cute!

Re: Short: Theme Planet

ophelia chong — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:29:24 -0000

actually i could manage more words, but my eyes hurt. :O)

Re: Hair letterpress winners

ophelia chong — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:04:08 -0000

wwoohooo! i have those hair bands you gave me on(not all of them, just one at a time, can't go crazy you know)

:O)

Re: How to feel miserable as an artist

ophelia chong — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:07:34 -0000

i'll take #5

Re: Fortunes

ophelia chong — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:58:18 -0000

happiness and a party!woooo....i have 40 people coming over in a couple of weeks. yikes...

Re: Illustrator: Adam Stoves

ophelia chong — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:29:18 -0000

i love these. they have a "lost" quality about them. lost stories, lost pages, lost images. very singular. bits of floating jetsam and flotsam.

Re: Boba Nite 4: Connections Intro

ophelia chong — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:49:12 -0000

dang it!! i want to be there to get my free boba!!! well, i will just have to have one here in hot Los Angeles and toast you.

:O) ophelia

Re: A portrait of Genevieve

ophelia chong — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:51:22 -0000

your work is sublime. i am constantly amazed and inspired by your energy and art. i love the "blackness" of the final hair. and the choice of the wood panel is inspired. so what's next? i can't wait to see what is brewing...

Re: Becky Cloonan auction for David Pirkola

ophelia chong — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:35 -0000

reminds me of Aubrey Beardsley http://beardsley.artpassions.net/

i love Beardsley, when i first saw his work when i was about 10 years old. my dad had one of his books, and i grabbed it from the shelf. i was hooked then on pen and ink, and flowing lines.

the sensuality of the lines that wrapped around the body, i felt like Alice, when she fell down the rabbit hole. i was in love and in a swoon over his work.

Re: Becky Cloonan auction for David Pirkola

ophelia chong — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:01:49 -0000

i will check out the auction and try to help out. all the best and good thoughts to a quick recovery.

Re: Scott Campbell’s “Cute Hunter” show

ophelia chong — Fri, 02 May 2008 09:23:26 -0000

Secret HQ is just down the hill in Silverlake. A wonderful area of sole ownership stores (no major brands, what a relief). Gelato, books, funky designer clothes, retro furniture, moroccan,peruvian, bespoke coffee, and the most amazing cheese shop with the nicest people behind the counter (you could eat lunch on their samples).

thanks for giving Scott space on your blog. as always you are the Maven of art.

xoxo
ophelia

Re: The Cure and their 13th album

ophelia chong — Sun, 04 May 2008 09:51:55 -0000

i have in my possession a silk screen LP cover done by hand by the Cure, it was their first LP pressing. they made their own LP sleeve, which they printed on 12 x 24 bristol board and then folded to hold the LP. unfolded it was a poster. the image is of a small boy on crutches...the ink used was florescent orange on pale blue board.

i have it hidden. just incase a bunch of rabid Cure fans come over one day.

:O)
ophelia

Re: MoCCA Art Festival 2008

ophelia chong — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:18:40 -0000

oh i love this poster. there are so many great shows coming up, and i love the summer for all the art fairs.

i am slowly coming back to life, still under this huge pile of work. hopefully i will get to peek my head out soon..

:)
ophelia

Re: Dream 3: The wood nymph

ophelia chong — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:00:16 -0000

i love this. your shading is really pulling out the images forward.
great work miss e.

:O)
ophelia

Re: The Process

ophelia chong — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:56:16 -0000

that's so true. my aunts and uncles just nod and smile.
however, there are times when i don't understand what they do as well.:O))

Re: A cup of Joe

ophelia chong — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:06:27 -0000

i want one now! how beautiful. how could anyone drink it? well, i could, but first i would say how lovely it is , take a pic and then drink it down.

thank you so much for my treats today! you have put a giant smile on my face and a button on my shirt!

:O)
ophelia

Re: Does anyone else dream about type?

ophelia chong — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:08:11 -0000

i dream about colors. and smells. in my dreams i can smell. which is really amazing when i wake up i can remember the dream through visuals and scent. I love the work you are doing. would you create a font set?

Re: Artist: Courtney Brims

ophelia chong — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:44:20 -0000

i love her work, thanks for posting. :O))) i love "little red riding hood" the best,

Re: Agency Bootcamp on Social Media

ophelia chong — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:07:45 -0000

it's serendipity. i was just contracted to design a site for a client with a "mom" theme. great event. ;O)