I spent the majority of last week in Toronto, turns out Toronto is about 8000 bajillion times more exciting than Mississauga… who would have guessed?! Ba ha. I always have a good time when I’m there, good people, amazing conversations, free food and this time around fantastic art. Allen and I went to the Japan Foundation in Yorkville (where all the rich people in Toronto live) and saw some really great art.

This painting was my favorite:

The White Room II & Allen (Click to enlarge)

We also too pictures of our silhouettes that actually turned out really cool:

(I’m on the left, he is on the right.)

It was a good time! Sadly, Allen is going to California on Saturday for the remaining weeks of this summer.

I’ll miss him very much.

The Smoking Gun has some pretty messed up art…

In a recent raid on an al-Qaeda safe house in Iraq, U.S. military officials recovered an assortment of crude drawings depicting torture methods like “blowtorch to the skin” and “eye removal.” Along with the images, which you’ll find on the following pages, soldiers seized various torture implements, like meat cleavers, whips, and wire cutters.

When I color pictures, they’re much happier. The torture methods that are drawn are really scary - especially when you put into consideration the fact that they actually do this to people. What really bothers me is the normalization of this behavior to the point where they draw pictures of it.

I’ve always underrated a lot of art. I underrated the importance of art classes, art galleries and the meanings that art can portray. I always find it hard to see where the artist is coming from, unless there is really something there that I can relate to. The art that I found today most definitely had a thing or two I could relate to. Click on the pictures for a slightly bigger image of it, but check out the website for more detailed pictures, and other pictures.

Two million plastic water bottles; the number of water bottles used in the US every 5 minutes

Picture made out of 100 dollar bills equaling $12.5 million; the amount the US government spends every hour on the war in Iraq.

11 000 jet streams; the number of commercial flights made in the US every 8 hours.

60 000 plastic bags; number of plastic bags used in America ever 5 seconds.

426 000 cell phones; the number of cell phones retired in the US every day.

And some people still wouldn’t think that something is horribly wrong with our societies.

While I’m talking about really cool and striking art, I might as well link to this really amazing picture of evolution.

Again, click to see it larger…which you REALLY need to do for this one.

It was my plan to be home tonight by midnight but my roommates have convinced me to stay overnight at our friend’s house… So I’ll be back and posting like mad crazy tomorrow. …Until then you should all check out this artist’s website… she’s fucking insane and some of the stuff she does is gorgeous. Thanks to Allen for introducing her work to me. Its very cool.

Have a good night ladies, lovers and lads.