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If anyone has the time check out the website of Julio Cesar, a magnificent indigenous artist from Costa Rica, whom I've had the priveledge of meeting and talking to.
juliocesarma.tripod.com/
It's amazing how quickly he can carve the designs out of the wood he's sketched on, and it's literally painted before your eyes. He sells these masks to tourists for hundreds of dollars. His art is all about celebrating his people and his culture; as he said, the conquerers can burn the trees, tear off the leaves, but they can never destroy their roots.
Oh, and he's very, very good looking.
juliocesarma.tripod.com/
It's amazing how quickly he can carve the designs out of the wood he's sketched on, and it's literally painted before your eyes. He sells these masks to tourists for hundreds of dollars. His art is all about celebrating his people and his culture; as he said, the conquerers can burn the trees, tear off the leaves, but they can never destroy their roots.
Oh, and he's very, very good looking.
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On Copyright, Copyleft, and the Artists' Dilemma
The question of copyrighting one's work is one of the very few issues in the world about which I still hold a "moderate" stance. One the one hand, an artist (be they cartoonist, musician, author) wants and should be compensated for their work. On the other hand, the goal of many artists is to spread their work to as broad an audience as possible. As of now, my opinion changes on a case-by-case basis.
As a child, I was obsessed with the concept of copyrighting or somehow "protecting" my work—my drawings were a private thing, I did not ever want to see my cartoon characters conceived by the imaginations of my family and I reproduced in
What's Up Now
Hi folks, I hope at least one of you has been wondering where I've gone off to during the past four months... hopefully my long DeviantArt absence will be coming to a close this summer. I was in Argentina for three amazing months but without a scanner, and my dad's home computer with the art programs (and my artwork) on it just crashed. D'oh! I've brought my school scanner up to my bedroom, which I've noticed sucks out quite a lot of color, but I can at least post some of the black and white artwork.
Some things I've been working on/you will see this summer:
-A logo for the theater production Cabaret
-A logo for a fall 2009 Boycott/Divestm
My Prank Call to the IDF
The IDF has spread leaflets all over Gaza with a number people are supposed to call to rat out Hamas members. (Medical care has been denied to some desperately sick Palestinians until they give up names.) Instead of calling the hotline and asking the Israelis if they had Prince Albert in a can, I decided to be an adult and actually report some terrorists. Here is what I said:
Hello Sir,
my name is Hannah, and I am a white American calling to inform you about some terrorist organizations in Israel that you may not be aware of.
Sir, I am afraid that the Nazis may have risen again under your very nose. I am afraid that they may have risen aga
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Ooh.. awesome!!