http://esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php en-us Pore over a vast and growing collection of short articles of life. Amidst other topics you will find informative tutorials, thoughtful reviews and the occasional glimpse into the importance and meaning of life. EsoBlog portrays the process of life, the underlying theme of Esotropiart as a whole. http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=237&fetch=1 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:03:43 GMT http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=237&fetch=1 http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=236&fetch=1 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:24:27 GMT http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=236&fetch=1 http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=235&fetch=1 Sun, 17 Sep 2006 14:23:22 GMT http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=235&fetch=1 Since I have seen our youth group grow under the leadership of Ryan, I have come to appreciate these young people more and more. I really like having them as part of our church. It would suck not to have them there. They are provide a crucial element. Yesterday I got an email from our youth pastor asking if I wanted to help out with creating an image to work as a logo for a group he is planning to form. This group, called "Ethos", will meet every couple weeks and will encompass the following "...full of dialogue, questions, video, and readings. It will be mainly aimed at high school and college and career people to come and discuss theology, video, and how to relate Christ to our changing culture". My initial reaction to his request was something like, "Hmmm... I usually don't like to create meaningful symbols or religious art unless I know I am at my best. I am somewhat of an inspired artist. When I'm inspired, the work flows, and it is full of intricate meaning and depth. When I'm not inspired, I can't do zip, and everything I do sucks. Maybe I should tell Ryan not to get his hopes up." Not really feeling up to the task, I opened up Macromedia Flash last night and started fiddling around with my graphics tablet. After a bunch of scribbling, I came up with a concept that I think makes some sense based on the descriptions of the purpose of the group. I have no real idea where those ideas came from, so I have to hope it was inspiration. If not, and none of the images I created are appropriate or desirable, that's okay too. Sometimes I feel like my artistic style isn't quite postmodern or "hip" enough to be appreciated by a younger crowd. Ah, the ravages of age. At least I had some fun creating them. Visit the EsoShow to see all the images and discover some of the embedded meanings in the symbols. ...of the Glues, brothas!]]> http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=234&fetch=1 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 02:02:19 GMT http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=234&fetch=1 http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=233&fetch=1 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:34:05 GMT http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=233&fetch=1 http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=232&fetch=1 Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:55:21 GMT http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=232&fetch=1 http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=231&fetch=1 Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:08:53 GMT http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=231&fetch=1 Call me crazy, but here is the world's first blog entry about color coordinated daily fruit and Wu Shu. For those of you who don't know, Wu Shu is Chinese martial arts, including a variety of forms and disciplines. T'ai Chi and flowing, internal martial arts forms are superior. They are superbly beautiful. I wish I had more aspiration to learn them all. I have no desire to fight or inflict violence. I simply get a grand feeling of release, accomplishment and peace from performing the movements well. Not to mention the greatly increased reaction times, awareness, balance, coordination, etc. Oh, whoops. I just mentioned those factors, so I should not really preface that sentence with "not to mention". Oops, I killed the pun by over-explaining it. Oh no, I'm stuck in a neverending chain of boring, not-funny loser jokes. Uh oh, I just broke the loop, so it's technically not neverending. Or perhaps it is, because it just keeps going. Nope. THE END. This is a dynamic blog entry, meaning that its content will change, in this case daily and/or on page refresh. Each day of the week is represented by a different color, and a picture of a fruit with that same color will appear. If it is Sunday, the fruit will be replaced by a masterful martial arts stance. No one knows my intentions with this. Don't even try to figure it out! But visit this entry at least for the next week so you can appreciate the random colors and imagery... or not. Oh, and this might set some sort of record, certainly an EsoRecord. I have never uploaded so many images for use in a single blog entry before. There are a total of one hundred and thirty randomly loading images (including the gradient backgrounds), spread across the seven colorful days (most on Sunday). Sunday - Wu Shu Day - 99 possible images Monday - Red Day (Strawberries) - 4 possible images Tuesday - Orange Day (Oranges) - 5 possible images Wednesday - Yellow Day (Bananas and Lemons) - 7 possible images Thursday - Green Day (Limes) - 3 possible images Friday - Blue Day (Blueberries) - 2 possible images Saturday - Purple Day (Grapes) - 4 possible images A tiny, partial explanation of something of particular importance: Some of you might be wondering what "DaColas" has anything to do with this entry. Well, it's the title and the only thing of any relevance. "Da Colas", roughly translated (I mean very roughly translated) from Portuguese means "of the glues". Yes, cola means glue in Portuguese. One might think, "Well, in the rare case that you would say glues or colas, shouldn't you at least have article-noun agreement and make the da das?" Well, that's my point exactly: NO. Those sort of corrections would void the expression of all its subtle nuances and meaning. I mean, everyone goes around saying, "glues", don't they? Like, "You want some glues to fix that broken stove pipe?" or my personal favorite, "The glues is in the house! And you better be hippin' to the glues (and jive)!" With all those things considered, I now officially establish DaColas as a new American and Brazilian expression that will have far-reaching cultural influence. It kinda means, "Wazzup", and is equally cool. You see your homies hanging out on the street, and you say, "Of the glues", or "DaColas", and they respond in turn. And that's all I'm going to say about that. On possibly a more relevant note, I chose to say DaColas in the title because all the other elements were covered, and I didn't want the colors to feel left out. If you imagine it said in kind of a gangsta accent, it's like saying "the colors". I mean, I mentioned the Wu Shu and the fruit, but the colors complained about equal representation. Green was especially verbal and nasty on the topic. Now they have so much attention that the Wu Shu Meisters might come track me down and demand balance. But that's okay, I'll employ my T'ai Chi False Mastery (Whip Style Lee Fudge), and they won't stand a chance! For once the yin and yang are not in balance. I know, it's not a good T'ai Chi stance when things aren't balanced, and thus the "False Mastery". ]]> http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=230&fetch=1 Mon, 11 Sep 2006 01:01:59 GMT http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=230&fetch=1 http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=229&fetch=1 Sat, 9 Sep 2006 16:01:52 GMT http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=229&fetch=1 http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=228&fetch=1 Wed, 6 Sep 2006 18:45:28 GMT http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=228&fetch=1 http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=227&fetch=1 Wed, 6 Sep 2006 11:36:55 GMT http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=227&fetch=1 http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=226&fetch=1 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:23:58 GMT http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=226&fetch=1 http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=225&fetch=1 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 23:51:49 GMT http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=225&fetch=1 http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=224&fetch=1 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:11:27 GMT http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=224&fetch=1 http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=223&fetch=1 Sat, 26 Aug 2006 23:05:12 GMT http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=223&fetch=1 http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=222&fetch=1 Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:47:53 GMT http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=222&fetch=1 http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=221&fetch=1 Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:24:03 GMT http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=221&fetch=1 http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=220&fetch=1 Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:27:41 GMT http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=220&fetch=1 http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=219&fetch=1 Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:02:45 GMT http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=219&fetch=1 http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=218&fetch=1 Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:08:11 GMT http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=218&fetch=1