Cannibal Fuckface [26 Dec 2009|11:20am] johnnyryan My wife needlefelted this adorable Fuckface doll. 2 comments|post comment

[24 Dec 2009|11:58am] stereotypist christmas music aids wolf - pressing graphite 25 comments|post comment

[23 Dec 2009|04:37pm] heylight Googlism for: infinity infinity is the only abstraction that cannot be answered by infinity is blurred out infinity is boring infinity is still infinity infinity is doing infinity is moving to a new ip space infinity is not a infinity is fun infinity is in the number system infinity is only infinate infinity is my favorite episode so far infinity is for children infinity is the only abstraction that cannot be answered by science infinity is forever at a glance infinity is the answer infinity is called potential infinity is an ideal of infinity is not a number; it is the name for a concept infinity is larger than another? thoughts on infinity infinity is not a number or a thing infinity is forever infinity is a wholly remarkable concept infinity is proud to introduce word fall? infinity is the quality or state of endlessness or having no limits in terms of time infinity is found infinity is gold coast's latest entertainment experience infinity is doing clean up infinity is a sister ship to the 91 infinity is one of the largest ships sailing to alaska infinity is the most advanced topsites script in the perl market to date infinity is located on the infinity is located on the 3rd floor of 650 albany street about 2 blocks north of the parking garage back to top infinity is infinity infinity is really big infinity is an expression of these gifts infinity is forgotten infinity is the biggest infinity is a number that is outside our range of detection infinity is not infinity is a fast releasing and long lasting plant food that produces rapid growth in trees infinity is no stranger to success and its services are simply without equal infinity is a primitive value that represents a positive infinite number value infinity is not responsible for late infinity is a magnificent infinity is 0 ; the limit when x infinity is it a true swedish finishes? infinity is a small infinity is neither even nor odd infinity is a file infecting virus infinity is vitalized living water in its purist form and rich in minerals infinity is classified as a primitive value infinity is a member of the american disc jockey association infinity is where things that would never occur would occur infinity is a ministry of ravi zacharias international ministries infinity is the pos software solution that uses a infinity is a infinity is a brand new animated series infinity is 2^ infinity is a powerful macintosh infinity is a rewarding and heart felt listening experience infinity is described in mathematics >> by a limit infinity is truly a fantastic journy infinity is used to refer to processes which can in principle be continued forever infinity is infinity is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web infinity is not a number infinity is pleased to announce that we are moving to a new high tech office about twice larger at 10 ubi crescent #05 infinity is irrespective of size infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds infinity is a members only lifestyle club which has been designed to save consumers thousands of dollars annually infinity is available in black infinity is a revolutionary new material developed by solatube international designed specifically for tubular skylights infinity is very difficult to understand because it does not exist; it is a singularity infinity is converted internally to directedinfinity infinity is everywhere infinity is filled by the infinite; the infinite encompasses infinity infinity is connected to the following things infinity is used in a somewhat different sense to refer to a collection of objects that does not contain a finite number of objects infinity is the basis for creative action infinity is today so well integrated into today's language that we can scarcely imagine many thoughts and expressions without it infinity is just so big that by comparison post comment

belief - o - matic quiz [22 Dec 2009|09:32pm] jedi_master 1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Theravada Buddhism (93%) 3. Mahayana Buddhism (90%) 4. Liberal Quakers (89%) 5. Neo-Pagan (85%) 6. New Age (85%) 7. Taoism (82%) 8. Secular Humanism (79%) 9. New Thought (73%) 10. Scientology (70%) 11. Hinduism (69%) 12. Jainism (67%) 13. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (66%) 14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (63%) 15. Sikhism (53%) 16. Reform Judaism (52%) they only got me at no. 10, this quiz isn't very good post comment

My Upcoming Shows [17 Dec 2009|05:33am] kimya_dawson_ 12/30 Capitol Theater Backstage -Olympia, WA w/ Japanther and Broken Water 7:30 $8 all ages 1/9 The Rickshaw Stop -San Francisco, CA w/ Your Heart Breaks and Angelo Spencer 5pm $12 all ages 1/10 The New Parish -Oakland, CA w/ Your Heart Breaks and Angelo Spencer 8pm $12 all ages 1/11 Zami Coop -Santa Cruz, CA w/ Your Heart Breaks and Angelo Spencer 1/14 The Smell -Los Angeles, CA w/ Your Heart Breaks and Angelo Spencer 8pm $8 all ages 7 comments|post comment

[16 Dec 2009|05:39pm] heylight yesterdays shit was outrageous, i apologize . but i do understand things a little better now . A hijab or ḥijāb (حجاب, pronounced [ħiˈdʒæːb]), as commonly understood in the English-speaking world, is the type of head covering traditionally worn by Muslim women, but can also refer to modest Muslim styles of dress in general. Similar head coverings (Wimple or Wimpel) are also worn by traditional orthodox Christian and Jewish women [1]. The Arabic word literally means curtain or cover (noun), based on the root حجب meaning "to cover, to veil, to shelter". Most Islamic legal systems define this type of modest dressing as covering everything except the face and hands in public.[2][3] According to Islamic scholarship, hijab is given the wider meaning of modesty, privacy, and morality;[4] the word for a headscarf or veil used in the Koran is khimār (خمار) and not hijab. Still another definition is metaphysical, where al-hijab "refers to the veil which separates man or the world from God."[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijab post comment

[16 Dec 2009|12:45am] stereotypist if you are in dallas i will be there seeing family for christmas and doing a signing at lonestar comics on dec. 23rd. okay i will be closing book orders on thursday morning i think so i can finish shipping and not think about that over christmas. i will reopen them early january animal tropical - 20 miles 21 comments|post comment

dude from bg on veils in islam ( hehehe ? ) [15 Dec 2009|07:43pm] heylight me:  ok so i have to tell u this know how when u see a woman with a veil here in the usa most peeps think of like 'oppression' ?  pastelplaid:  yeah  me:  rumi keeps writing all these poems and he talks about like, the illusory nature of the physical, sensible world like form vs essense essence the analogy he uses is a veil like, theres a veil in this 'physical realm' that hides from us the TRuth the beauty of the unity, wahtever u want to call it allah, god, whatever brahman he uses that SYMBOLISM in his poems to talk about the real True Beauty beyond this world , beauty tahts like god, that you cant explain you cant measure u cant define and u cant really talk about so the more i think about muslim womens dress the more i see it as a symbolism the veil symbolizes the illusory nature ofthe physical world so UNDER THE VEIL IS THE TRUTH immeasureable beauty pastelplaid:  but they arent ALLOWED to show their self, rite/  me:  they choose not to . at least some of them,  pastelplaid:  but isnt it islamic law  me:  there are bad muslims just like there are bad americans maybe so, im not sure, probably so but just cause its law doesnt mean its oppressive ? and jsut cause its law doesnt mean its not a good way to approach the world ?  pastelplaid:  well it depends on how the women feel i suppose  me:  like, i can totally imagine being of the muslim faith  pastelplaid:  but i know that, that place i want to go in yemen women arent allowed to go swimming because they cant bare any skin  me:  and having these ingrained concepts of an 'illusory' manifested world  pastelplaid:  i will feel oppressed when i cant go swimming.  me:  and wanting to express it some kind of way thats just the tradtional way of expressing it youll feel oppressed by islamic law ?  pastelplaid:  yeah  me:  the only point im trying to make is that ISLAMIC women dont necessarily feel OPPRESSED by this its part of their faith and i think they PROBABLY see it as a privilege, or a pedestal like an honorific sort of thing  pastelplaid:  but christians arent suppose to have sex before marriage, but they sure as hell want to, and often do  me:  like, wouldnt u want to be symbolized as TRUE BEAUTY, BEYOND ILLUSION ? its not really about being like allowed to do or not do whta you ~want~ to do  pastelplaid:  well sure, but i want to be respected?  me:  its about doing what you feel you OUGHT to do, or expressing your self through symbolic systems that SHOW how you feel things OUGHT to be done  pastelplaid:  i want to be an equal in society, i want to have the same opportunities?  me:  just cause a woman wears a veil doesnt mean she isnt viewed as an equal another thing ive thought about recently is like, feminism its great BUT i think its sometiems misplaced like, women want privilege and respect and jobs and authority but the way they envisage it or talk about it is in a masculine way like, they WANT TO BE MEN not just respected WOMEN respected or honored or valued WOMEN  pastelplaid:  nah i dont want to be a man  me:  feminine beings  pastelplaid:  i like being a woman, i even like having to go through ~monthly~ womanly duties but i dont want to feel like im being held back at ANYTHING because of that  me:  yea i just think that for us from our perspective to assume that a veiled woman is oppressed is ignorant and disrespectful  Sent at 7:26 PM on Tuesday  pastelplaid:  but to assume that they love to be veiled is equally ignorant? i know a lot of them want to respect their religion and everything. and thats wonderful. but if they had a choice, if it wasnt a rule in their religion, i would bet that they would want to feel the sun and wind against their bare skin  me:  the veil doesnt really have anythign to do with it the veil is a symbol of their religious belief if theyre really muslims and have an understanding of their holy book and holy word and traditions and customs the veil is a privilege wouldnt u want to be symbolized as TRUTH AND BEAUTY BEYOND MEASURE ? like the REALITY BEHIND THE VEIL  pastelplaid:  i dont know as much as you do maybe if i did i would feel differently  me:  im trying to think of a good analogue  pastelplaid:  but rite now, i dont agree  me:  sou dont want to be seen as TRUTH AND BEAUTY BEYOND MEASURE ? u dont want dudes to treat you like that ?  pastelplaid:  NO~  me:  i think  pastelplaid:  sure i do dude  me:  wearing veils like that , thats why they do it  pastelplaid:  but thats not equal, is it?  me:  to remind each other over and over if men and women were equal wed both either have dicks or vags  pastelplaid:  if im truth and beauty, then men are just the same  me:  and that wouldnt get us anywhere Sent at 7:32 PM on Tuesday  me:  men adn women arent the same , that doesnt mean they dont have the same capacities in their i guess SPIRITUAL aspects but it means neither is the whole thing  pastelplaid:  but holding one higher than the other? how is that fair? how is that just?  me:  who said one is higher ? a veil doesnt mean one is higher . thats an assumption u bring ! u could also bring the assumption that cause women are 'veiled beauty' that THEYRE higher pastelplaid:  hmf  me:  i knwo that when people talk about these things its very testy sort of stuff like its really easy to say thing s that seem to place men above women or women above men and i recognize that historically traditionally even women HAVE been placed beneath men i just think that in older religions and things, sometimes its difficult to say that men and women are like two halves of the yin-yang that are dependent upon each other neither is greater nor lesser but they arent the same its hard to say that i mean, somebody like me, shit i WORSHIP ladies im a piece of shit in comparison u wont see me nursin no child for 9 months +  pastelplaid:  haha  me:  i just think that cause im really digging the islamic faith that im finding the symbolisms in their culture more beautiful than i did before not to say that EVEYRONE should feel that way its just, i could see why theyd behave that way and feel that way it makes sense to me and i like it  pastelplaid:  r u gunna make your wife stay covered from head to toe  me:  'make' no but if she wants to ill think its so great !!!!!!!  pastelplaid:  and what if she doesnt  me:  she can dow ahtever she wants  pastelplaid:  will you think its 'so great !!!!!!!'  me:  yes.  pastelplaid:  mmhm.  me:  its just a symbol the idea stays the same thats what i get to take with me now veil or no veil, a different understanding of ~woman~   1 comment|post comment

THE MIRACLE [15 Dec 2009|09:48am] johnnyryan I did this 4 page comic for the VICE magazine fiction issue. Click the above image for the link. 3 comments|post comment

Blessing Force [14 Dec 2009|02:07pm] fareldal a bunch of new stuff going on this month. the new meathaus sketchbook is out now, featuring art by: Andy Ristaino, Arik Roper, Benjamin Marra, Bob Flynn, Dash Shaw, Dave Kiersh, Esao Andrews, Farel Dalrymple, Jason Sacher, Josh Latta, HARVEYJAMES™, Inés Estrada, Jesse Moynihan, Katie Rice, Kevin Fagan, Michaela Zacchilli, Mu Pan, Nathan Fox, Nicholas Gazin, Nick Bertozzi, Peter Chung, Rebecca Sugar, Ron Wimberly, Sam Kim, Thomas Herpich, Victor Cayro, Vincent Giard, Vincent Stall, Zachary Baldus, Tomer Hanuka, James Jean, Brandon Graham, Robertryan Cory, Al Columbia, and Chris McD. one of the contributors to the book, nick gazin did a nice interview for the vide magazine. read the interview here. i also did an original comic for the occasion on vice's website. check it out here. thanks nick. some of the same characters from that strip are in the new MySpace Dark Horse Presents Volume 4 TPB that is just out this month. if you're in the portland, oregon area stop by floating world comics. this month to see the show: December Rain - FAKE ROCK BAND POSTER EXHIBIT a group show where over a dozen artists have designed flyers, posters and album covers for bands that don't actually exist. The show is co-curated by T. Edward Bak (Service Industry, Mome, D&Q Showcase). WHERE: Floating World Comics 20 NW 5th Ave #101 Portland, OR 97209 (503)241-0227 here is a small version of my piece: and here are a few other things i did sort of recently a pin up for conan. i will post later when i find out which issue it will be running in. when i was teaching at PNCA i did this portrait of one of my favorite movie directors i did this as a t-shirt design for a hip hop crew in minneapolis called doom tree. i am not sure when the street date is but once that tee becomes available i'll let you all know. thanks. 4 comments|post comment

this is what astrology is [13 Dec 2009|12:31am] heylight * History is astrologically understood by looking at aspects and ingresses of planets, and by gaining an understanding of what these imply, through observation of what has actually occurred in the past, plus astrological inference. Astrological theory, as it has evolved over the millennia, gives some insight into what might be expected to develop at any time of history, through examining the component parts of the astrological situation at the time. These components are: 1. the positions of the planets in the signs; 2. the energy-characteristics of any planets interacting with each other in aspect; 3. the qualities of the aspect(s) concerned and, 4. the stage on the unfolding cycle of aspects between those planets (particularly whether the cycles are waxing or waning). * There is never a deterministic, mechanical influence or effect of any astrological events and phenomena in history – just as there is never a way of predicting how people will respond to rain or sunshine, even though certain modes of behaviour might be expected on the basis of past experience. Planetary motions set up subtle resonance-fields in time, offering, at any moment, specific opportunities, modes and parameters of thought, feeling and action. What humans actually do in relation to such energy-vibrations is entirely our choice, whether made consciously or unconsciously, and a range of responses is possible at any one time – often highly influenced by individuals or groupings in society who possess the position or power to decide, embody and enact such things. These are not always official power-holders. Since we humans do tend to make our choices on the basis of past experience, and since we tend habitually not to consider and enact our full range of options (out of fear, ignorance, powerlessness, habit, or attachment or aversion to past events and strategies), much of our response to history's situations can indeed be rather mechanical and predictable, though they do not have to be so, and humanity periodically strikes out on a new trajectory. We have an unfortunate habit of creating war at times when forward-evolutionary possibilities become available, as if to try to resort ot default patterns, block change or, alternatively, create havoc and a suspension of normal, sensible social rules, within which change can occur. Yet human free-will is the hidden 'Factor-X' in history, adding an ingredient of deeper psychology to all historical developments. Human fascination, accident and adventurousness can be critical factors at times. Astrology is a wonderful means for penetrating into the deeper aspect of human motivation, imagination and creativity, however it is polarised. http://www.isleofavalon.co.uk/GlastonburyArchive/ephem/ec-rules.html post comment

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