This never happened to Pablo Picasso.

ramonahamiltonlindsay: I’m having real issues dissembling my...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:13:12 +1100

I’m having real issues dissembling my walls…

I have separate piles for “stuff that has moved house with me before & cannot part with under any circumstances”, “stuff me, or friends have made & am defiantly keeping”, “stuff I’m going to attempt to keep by lending to my brothers”, “stuff that can maybe be recycled in the next month” & a couple of three year old post-its that I’m throwing out.

And I haven’t even started culling my magazines…

I am in denial over uni finishing so I haven’t even set about cleaning like I was planning to tonight. I remain surrounded by piles of my own (mainly paper-based) refuse. The categories I’ve thought of in my head are pretty much the same as yours. Except I don’t have brothers. And my sister would not be interested.

I’ve started designing a Greek version of Avant Garde Gothic Demi. This is left field, even for me.

unicornology: bon-bon:(via srsly) unavoidable re-blog. I think...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:48:00 +1100

unicornology:

bon-bon:(via srsly)

unavoidable re-blog.

I think I have found my viewing for tonight.

Who is an unusually tanned-looking and award-winning graphic...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:22:00 +1100

Who is an unusually tanned-looking and award-winning graphic design student? Me, apparently!

I won a highly commended folio presentation award and possibly $100 (if I heard correctly) at last night’s Graduand Exhibition opening. Blood, sweat, many, many tears and hefty future chiropractor bills went into this piece of paper!

salonika: internet vices.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:05:58 +1100

salonika:

internet vices.

okayjokesover: it’s really hard to show the true height of the...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:54:00 +1100

okayjokesover:

it’s really hard to show the true height of the side flip, but trust me, it’s quite impressive in person. (the back is sort of dark crimson and quite ludicrously short.)

Your head looks like a wildberry roll-up and I want to nom on it.

unicornology: flickflickflicker: longlivethequeen: cydonia:...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:51:00 +1100

unicornology: flickflickflicker: longlivethequeen: cydonia: fakemustache: schwesterchen: littlefishes: (via missvengeance)

it's windy as hell

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:09:11 +1100

e-i-b:

(I assume hell is windy) Methinks a blackout is imminent

Holy tornado, John Batman! Some rubbish just flew out of our closed wheelie bin.

(via suzywire)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:22:10 +1100

(via suzywire)

Happy Movember, I guess. I got a fringe cut last night....

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:22:00 +1100

Happy Movember, I guess.

I got a fringe cut last night. It’s a little bit Angelina Jolie in Girl, Interrupted, a little bit Angelica Houston (when combed). Surely, I will gain employment from tonight’s End of Year Exhibition now.

gaseousbrain: hilker: Innovative Laser Crosswalk...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:11:45 +1100

gaseousbrain:

hilker:

Innovative Laser Crosswalk Concept

“Virtual Wall is an innovative device that makes it safer for pedestrians to cross the road by projecting laser images when the red traffic light is on.”

yasmeen: Bitch, that’s a hate crime.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:10:05 +1100

yasmeen:

Bitch, that’s a hate crime.

mundos: rstlne: fuckyeahshoegaze: saladfork: via

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:43:03 +1100

mundos: rstlne: fuckyeahshoegaze: saladfork: via

perpetua: Pavement“Conduit For Sale!”Live in San Diego, 1999If...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:41:32 +1100

perpetua:

Pavement
“Conduit For Sale!”
Live in San Diego, 1999

If you never got to see Pavement but are going to see them next year, this ought to give you a sense of just how fun it’s going to be. Crazy, crazy, crazy fun. You will experience the full power of Nastanovich!

grelg: niki: The shaded area is what the Australian and...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:55:00 +1100

grelg:

niki:

The shaded area is what the Australian and American governments decided was worth protecting in World War II. The rest could go to the Japanese.

The rest didn’t matter then. The rest doesn’t matter now.

I am mainly amused by the insinuation that Sale is worth saving.

Photo

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:30:52 +1100

salonika: bowfolk: clingtomymouth: 1. They don’t know the difference between “Muslim” and “Arab.”...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:26:26 +1100

salonika:

bowfolk:

clingtomymouth:

1. They don’t know the difference between “Muslim” and “Arab.” Remember last year during one of McCain’s town hall meetings when a middle-aged white woman objected to Obama by saying, “but he’s-he’s-an ARAB!”? It was obvious to many of us that what she really meant to object to was his religion — after all, it was part of the zany right-wing public debate at the time — but instead she just somehow got confused and cried “Arab.” You know, because it doesn’t really matter right? Which brings us to McCain’s response … “No, he’s not, ma’am, he’s a DECENT family man.” As if being an “Arab” disqualifies a man from being a decent family man. Which leads to:

2. They think “Muslim” and “good person” are mutually exclusive. McCain was quite aware that the woman meant to say “Muslim” and yet chose to defend Obama not just by saying “No, ma’am he’s not,” but also by feeling compelled to add “he’s a decent family man.” The implication? That one cannot be both an Arab (or Muslim, since that’s what we all know the woman meant) and a good man. I often hear comments about how obesity is the last acceptable prejudice in this country, but I’d like to argue that Islamophobia is far more widespread and accepted. Can you imagine if white people blatantly still said such horrible things about Black people? It’s completely unheard of in many parts of the United States for someone to say “nigger,” but “sandnigger”? In many places in this country, that’s totally okay.

3. They don’t realize that most Muslims aren’t Arab. Going back to point #1, the imagery of what it means to be Muslim in the United States is so tied in with our images of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf (not even the Arab world on the whole!) that even on progressive blogs, you will often see people refer in blanket terms to Muslim women’s dress as “the burqa.” What they don’t seem to realize is that the countries with the largest Muslim population are all in Asia (where, mind you, women don’t even wear the burqa), and not Arab at all!

4. They mistake non-Muslims and non-Arabs for Muslims and Arabs. In the years since 9/11 (though before as well), many groups have become collateral damage in racist attacks against Arabs and Muslims in the U.S. Iranians, Greeks, Sikhs, Hindus, and sometimes, anyone with a beard seems to be a target. 6 years ago, a Hindu was mistaken for a Muslim in Boston and beaten…and just last week, as noted above, it happened to a Greek priest.

5. They think “Middle Eastern” is a race. Except on the census. While the region also known as the Middle East and North Africa is often referred to as “the Arab world,” the latter is somewhat of a misnomer and more accurately refers to a shared language (kind of like the way Latino is often used). From Morocco to Saudi Arabia, there are Arabs, but there are also Amazigh (Berbers), Moors, Bedouins, and plenty of other native groups that prefer not to be referred to as “Arab.” But when they come to the United States, it doesn’t matter anyway, as they’re expected to check the “White” box… imagine arriving from Mauritania, on the continent of Africa, and being told you can’t check the “African-American” box. True story.

6. They assume that all Arabs are Muslim. I love this one… It never ceases to amaze me the blanket statements made about “that part of the world,” and “their practices.” Nevermind the native Coptic, Maronite, and Orthodox Christian populations, the converts, the Jews, the Druze, the Zoroastrians, the Baha’i. And if on the off chance you do meet someone who is aware of those other populations, they’re still likely to try to convince you that they’re those populations are all oppressed by the Muslims, anyway. Which brings me to my last and most important point…

7. They pretend it’s not racism. So, Islam is not a race, and to many, “Arab” isn’t either… It doesn’t matter: there is plenty of evidence of racism against all of the aforementioned groups. In fact, there’s significant evidence to suggest that systematic racism is practiced against Muslims and those with Muslim or Arab-sounding names (regardless of actual faith) in a number of places. This BBC article discusses the racist practice of not hiring Arabs and Muslims based on name alone (in France). Though I’m not aware of any study, I’ve seen the same happen in the U.S. And the exclusion of North Africans from being qualified as “African-American” on the census and on scholarship applications (again, they’re supposed to check the “white” box) means they’re doubly discriminated against: Not really white, but not non-white enough to benefit from certain programs.

And that’s only the beginning — as we saw in a video Macon posted last week, Muslims (especially Muslim women who wear hijab) are often assumed not to be American, even when they were born here. Arabs are pulled to the side for “random checks” nearly every time they fly. And more often than not, when an Arab or Muslim does commit a crime, the entire Arab and Muslim communities are expected to speak out against it (ask yourself: would we expect the same every time a Christian or white person committed a crime?).

Here’s a thought: Perhaps if people, and the media, made more of an effort to know the difference between a Muslim, an Arab, a Persian, a Hindu… or better yet, a Moroccan, a Syrian, a Saudi, a Kuwaiti… Perhaps if everyone made more of an effort to see people as unique peoples from particular countries and cultures, or better yet — as individuals! — they would be less likely to commit atrocious acts against them based on assumptions. Perhaps they would be less likely to expect Muslims as a group to speak for one individual Muslim, and perhaps they’d be more likely to understand that an entire mass of 325 million people who just happen to share a common language most certainly do not share a common perspective.

stuff white people do: mistake greeks for arabs, arabs for muslims, and muslims for terrorists

GPOYW: “I can’t believe more people haven’t...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:35:00 +1100

GPOYW: “I can’t believe more people haven’t seen this movie” edition.

heuteund: That is rad! If I ever have money, I’m hitting you up for sleeve designs. Big if, though,...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:52:13 +1100

heuteund:

That is rad! If I ever have money, I’m hitting you up for sleeve designs. Big if, though, I’m sorry to say :(

Thank you! But allow me to summon my inner wog and say “For you? Cheap, cheap!”

I just realised I haven’t posted any of my graphic design...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:31:00 +1100

I just realised I haven’t posted any of my graphic design work online as yet!

This is a 7” sleeve I did for Jesus and Mary Chain’s “Never Understand” for Illustration as Design last year. Overarching themes in my work: ridiculous folds and production methods that are commercially infeasible and difficult to replicate outside of my sketch book.

heuteund: thommo: so supposedly troubling times is supposed to bring out the artist in someone....

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:53:37 +1100

heuteund:

thommo:

so supposedly troubling times is supposed to bring out the artist in someone. Im not really feeling it.

Those artists also had opium. Just saying.

Explains why I was feeling really good about my creative output that one afternoon Nick and I went to Bentleigh for lunch and got poppy seed cheesecake from one of the Jewish bakeries.