Monday, May 26, 2008
MONEY - financial investment
A page in my glue book made with savings receipts from the 1920s, a vintage picture that came on a junk mail postcard, a fortune cookie fortune, and some colored foil from a candy bar.
jerzy kosinski
Jerzy Kosinski walked a fine, sometimes blurred, line between bullshitter and storyteller. Kosinski was born Josek Lewinkopf in Poland in 1933. As a child during World War II, he avoided the Nazis by using a false identity. He lived with a Roman Catholic Polish family in eastern Poland under the name, Jerzy Kosinski, an assumed name given to him by his father. A Roman Catholic priest issued him a forged baptismal certificate. In 1957, Kosinski emigrated to the United States by forging letters from Polish authorities guaranteeing his loyal return, which were needed for leaving the country at that time. Once in the United States, he graduated from Columbia University. He was a lecturer at Yale, Princeton, Davenport University, and Wesleyan. In 1965, he became an American citizen.
His 1965 book The Painted Bird garnered mixed reviews. A story of a child during the Holocaust, Kosinski always insisted it was based on his own experience. However, when the book was translated and published in Poland, the family he had lived with took great exception to the abuse that was described in detail. Kosinski claimed "poetic license".
In August 1969, Kosinski was invited, by his friend Wojciech Frykowski, to a small get-together in Los Angeles. Coming from New York, Kosinski's luggage was lost by the airline. He phoned Frykowski, told him of this mishap and explained he would have to miss the party. The party was given by Sharon Tate and everyone there was murdered by intruders under the orders of Charles Manson.
He won the National Book Award in 1969 for Steps. In 1975, Chuck Ross, a Los Angeles freelance writer conducted an experiment with Steps by sending 21 pages of the book to four publishers under the pseudonym Erik Demos. The book was turned down by all of them including Random House (which originally published Steps) and Houghton Mifflin (which published three of Kosinski’s other novels). His 1971 book Being There was made into an Academy Award nominated film starring Peter Sellers.
A 1982 Village Voice article accused Kosinski of plagiarism. The article alleged that a great deal of Kosinski's work was lifted from Polish manuscripts, virtually unknown by American readers. Kosinski always maintained that he loved to tell outrageous lies, particularly to the rich, intellectual and famous. They were so eager to be entertained, he explained, that they willingly suspended disbelief, and they were so confident of their superiority that they deserved to be played for fools. The truth of the Village Voice charges remained a matter of debate.
In addition to his writing, Kosinski appeared 12 times on The Tonight Show during 1971-73, posed half-naked for a New York Times Magazine cover photograph by Annie Leibovitz in 1982, and presented the Oscar for screenwriting in 1982. He also played the role of a Bolshevik revolutionary in Warren Beatty's film Reds.
On May 3, 1991, despondent over a prolonged period of writer's block, coupled with an irregular heartbeat as well as severe physical exhaustion, Kosinski took a fatal dose of barbiturates and washed it down with a rum and Coke. He then twisted a plastic shopping bag around his head and taped it shut around his neck. He was found dead in the bathtub in his New York apartment.
His 1965 book The Painted Bird garnered mixed reviews. A story of a child during the Holocaust, Kosinski always insisted it was based on his own experience. However, when the book was translated and published in Poland, the family he had lived with took great exception to the abuse that was described in detail. Kosinski claimed "poetic license".
In August 1969, Kosinski was invited, by his friend Wojciech Frykowski, to a small get-together in Los Angeles. Coming from New York, Kosinski's luggage was lost by the airline. He phoned Frykowski, told him of this mishap and explained he would have to miss the party. The party was given by Sharon Tate and everyone there was murdered by intruders under the orders of Charles Manson.
He won the National Book Award in 1969 for Steps. In 1975, Chuck Ross, a Los Angeles freelance writer conducted an experiment with Steps by sending 21 pages of the book to four publishers under the pseudonym Erik Demos. The book was turned down by all of them including Random House (which originally published Steps) and Houghton Mifflin (which published three of Kosinski’s other novels). His 1971 book Being There was made into an Academy Award nominated film starring Peter Sellers.
A 1982 Village Voice article accused Kosinski of plagiarism. The article alleged that a great deal of Kosinski's work was lifted from Polish manuscripts, virtually unknown by American readers. Kosinski always maintained that he loved to tell outrageous lies, particularly to the rich, intellectual and famous. They were so eager to be entertained, he explained, that they willingly suspended disbelief, and they were so confident of their superiority that they deserved to be played for fools. The truth of the Village Voice charges remained a matter of debate.
In addition to his writing, Kosinski appeared 12 times on The Tonight Show during 1971-73, posed half-naked for a New York Times Magazine cover photograph by Annie Leibovitz in 1982, and presented the Oscar for screenwriting in 1982. He also played the role of a Bolshevik revolutionary in Warren Beatty's film Reds.
On May 3, 1991, despondent over a prolonged period of writer's block, coupled with an irregular heartbeat as well as severe physical exhaustion, Kosinski took a fatal dose of barbiturates and washed it down with a rum and Coke. He then twisted a plastic shopping bag around his head and taped it shut around his neck. He was found dead in the bathtub in his New York apartment.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
No Gold Standard
I take it that dragons aren't impressed by paper money...
Original is about 6" x 9.5" on 60 lb. sketch paper. Watercolor and pencil.
a treat for everyone...
Hi Everyone...here's a s'more for all of you bon fire loving people...
Enjoy!
Hope you had a "sweet" weekend!
Franck Ribéry
Footballer Franck Ribéry hopes to win the Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland for France.
worry
The challenge word this week on another illustration blog is "worry".
In the 1976 episode of M*A*S*H entitled "The Interview", a war correspondent interviews members of the 4077th. Corporal Walter "Radar" O'Reilly was asked how he feels about the South Koreans.
He answers "I worry about them."
He answers "I worry about them."
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Money and Power
A page from my glue book showing my belief that the ties between money, power, and war are sheer LUNAcy!
Currency Forecast-sketch
A shy new arrived on the Currency Forecast jungle:))
where the powerful ones keep the highlight and the others
are melting with desire:)
Guess who is this little fellow:))
Hoola Your Heart Out Ginger Bread (Wo)Man
This is my t-shirt entry over at shirt.woot.com. This weeks theme is "Summer".
We all know that ginger bread can take the heat. When summer rolls around they like to shake it out just as much as everyone else does. It's a summer of gingerbread love...
I need votes from the woot community to get it printed, so if you've ever purchased anything from woot.com in the past you are eligible to vote for the designs. Here's the link to my desgin: Link
Cheers!
rawtoastdesign blog, rawtoastdesign.com
if you have too much money...
sometimes too much money can change your mind: like Harpagon's of Moliere. since that time you will not sleep very well...
Friday, May 23, 2008
NO MONEY
Hello guys! Miss you a lot! I’ve been very busy lately to participate in MA, but I wanted so much to post so I did this simple character for this week’s subject. Very simple illo, but I hope you enjoy it. See you! - I added some patterns but I guess the Plain sketch is better, what do your think?
Til lille søde Marie
To little sweet Marie(my niece)
a little card I made for the day she was baptised.
This ''strange''broked papers are comming from
an old eastern tradition for good faith in life(I put some more info about in my blog,don´t want
to insist here with to much of this tradition:))
I wish a good week-end to all of you!!
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Giant Technicolor Nice Monster
I actually started this one last week for the Monday Artday topic "Giant Monster", but just finally got around to finishing it and used it as this weeks Illustration Friday topic, "Wide". It's a giant(wide) technicolor nice monster that has come to the city to help save all these simple little lemming like folks from a burning building.
Medium:pen & ink / digital color
rawtoastdesign blog, rawtoastdesign.com
.japanese monster.
[click to enlarge]
silly little illustration for
'japanese monster'.
took me around an hour.
pencil sketch and illustrator.
p.s: i have no clue what the japanese text says!!
so if its something offensive let me know and ill take it down.
silly little illustration for
'japanese monster'.
took me around an hour.
pencil sketch and illustrator.
p.s: i have no clue what the japanese text says!!
so if its something offensive let me know and ill take it down.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
money
The challenge word on Monday Artday this week (at my suggestion) is "money".
On February 26, 1981, in Philadelphia, a twenty-eight year-old, meth-addicted, unemployed longshoreman named Joey Coyle had his life changed forever. Joey and two of his friends were on their way to buy drugs. They were driving behind a Purolator Armored Services truck that was returning from a pick-up at an Atlantic City casino. As the truck pulled away from a stop light, its back doors swung open and two money bags, containing 1.2 million dollars, fell out. As Joey grabbed the bags, his troubles began. Joey's friends tried to convince him to return the money, but Joey could only see dollar signs in his eyes. He became the most popular guy at a South Philadelphia bar, handing out hundred dollar bills and bragging about his windfall.
Later, becoming nervous and paranoid, Joey tried to launder the money through some mob connections. Meanwhile, Joey's friends, who were with him when he found the money, told authorities. Joey was a wanted man and planned his escape. However, he was arrested at Kennedy International Airport as he was checking in for a flight to Acapulco, Mexico. He was carrying $105,000 in 21 envelopes with $5,000 each. The envelopes were stuffed around his ankles in the tops of elastic socks. In February 1982, a jury found Joey innocent of theft by reason of temporary insanity. The armored car company recovered all but roughly $196,000 of the money.
In 1993, while awaiting sentencing for his sixth drug conviction, Joey hanged himself with an electrical cord.
Later, becoming nervous and paranoid, Joey tried to launder the money through some mob connections. Meanwhile, Joey's friends, who were with him when he found the money, told authorities. Joey was a wanted man and planned his escape. However, he was arrested at Kennedy International Airport as he was checking in for a flight to Acapulco, Mexico. He was carrying $105,000 in 21 envelopes with $5,000 each. The envelopes were stuffed around his ankles in the tops of elastic socks. In February 1982, a jury found Joey innocent of theft by reason of temporary insanity. The armored car company recovered all but roughly $196,000 of the money.
In 1993, while awaiting sentencing for his sixth drug conviction, Joey hanged himself with an electrical cord.
Money - Pennies from hell...
“Hurry back! Hurry back! Be sure to bring your death certificate, if you decide to join us. Make final arrangements now! We’ve been dying to have you!” Thus moans Little Leota at the very end of the Disneyland Haunted Mansion ride, after you’ve left the “hitchhiking ghosts” and are on the moving walkway. She’s tiny and for some reason some people feel they must throw pennies at her. Poor little thing. She’s named after Leota Toombs, an imagineer at Disneyland that acted for Madam Leota (the head in the crystal ball) and Little Leota - Madam Leota’s voice is another actress but Little Leota’s voice is Leota Toombs.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Money
Sarah, 8.25" x 3.5", acrylics and mixed media on 3/4" MDF 
Detail This is Sarah. She has a lovley new fancy hat. It had cost her a pretty penny, but it was totally worth it!
T. Matthews Fine Art (TiF)
Money
I did this a while ago but it fits for this weeks theme. Here's my interpretation of that "mean green".
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