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Jamie Kripke

Heyyyoooooooooo…

This morning, I woke up and I felt pretty crappy. And my back hurt. After a strong coffee and time trying (unsuccessfully) to read an essay by Dave Hickey, I was losing hope. I wasn’t inspired to do anything, didn’t want to go to the studio, to write this newsletter. Somehow, I decided to go for a bike ride instead.

Of course, I felt better once I was out on my bike in the sun...moving...breathing…being in nature. A bunch of ideas came to me that got me very excited to get back into the studio. And of course, my back didn't hurt anymore.

As Tom Sachs says, "output before input." Today was a reminder of that. It's so easy to wake up and look at the news (ugh) or scroll on Instagram (ick), and never generate the momentum required to make something.

Output before input indeed!

ALSO...I’ll be showing Expansion at the Aspen Design Conference over Labor Day weekend, from Thu 8/28 - Tue 9/2. AND I'll be hosting a vinyl listening session exclusively for ADC attendees. The deets:

Thursday 8/28 @ 6pm - Exhibition opening
Friday 8/29 @ 8pm - Vinyl listening session (limited to 20 seats). Buy your 3-Day ADC pass here, and reserve your listening seat here.

Aspen Collective Gallery
213 S. Mill, Aspen, CO 81611

I hope to see you there! And as always, thanks for reading.

Jamie

 

The State of Continual Welcoming

And, is it possible to have a meaningful relationship with a salad bowl?

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Seen / Heard / Felt

Blackbird Spyplane: You Can Say No

More excellent thoughts from Jonah at BBSP on staying true to your own vision, not caving to relentless capitalist forces, and “Keeping it a Hundo P.” Also, the Mac DeMarco New Yorker piece by Amanda Petrusich mentioned within is superb.

 

Expansion // No. 09

Archival pigment print mounted to aluminum panel. Seamless aluminum frame and spacer in white powder coat. Signed and numbered on the front.

On view at Aspen Collective Gallery from 8/28-9/2.

from $2,000.00

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