Wayne and Rebecca Madsen

Again, I tried to go up Rock Canyon and install some prayer flags. This time I made them more coherent, all using the Target Stores' standard shopping bag. I also thought that, with the increase in number of flags, there would be a stronger presence. Although they looked great in person, while standing inside the installation, as seen from a distance, they looked small and insignificant.  read more »

We had some requests to show what our cat looks like now, since she's grown since the last video and pictures we've taken. I guess here's a photo of us just doing what we normally do on a weekend with the cat. Pay close attention to her falling off the bookshelves. That makes me laugh every time I see it!

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Whew. I'm amazed at what we were able to fit into our lives this week given that Wayne had three midterms and I had a midterm and a project that took 30 hours of my time (on top of normal homework and other projects and research of course--I wrote an outline for my new thesis proposal so I'm starting to get somewhere there).  read more »

I just found THE most amazing program, brought to you by the makers of Firefox.

Sure, firefox replaced Internet Explorer for me pretty quickly. It was a much better designed program with better security features. But the developers at Mozilla are at it again and they just release a SUPER-BETA new browser called Flock!.
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Falafel
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1 15 oz. can of garbanzo beans, drained
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1/4 cup dry bread crumbs
1 TBS fresh parsley, chopped
1 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp groun coriander
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp black pepper
1/8 tsp ground red pepper
2 cloves garlic, minced

Tahini sauce
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1/2 cup parsley, chopped
1/3 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup tahini (if you don't know what this is, ask us!)
2 tsp honey
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tsp salt
black pepper

You also need
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2 tsp olive oil
4 pitas (i think that the six-inch variety is nice)
lettuce  read more »

Today in my senior college level english class, my professor wrote some important movies up on the board. Citizen Kane, Gone with the Wind, A Streetcar Named Desire, Dr. Strangelove, etc. When he wrote Dr. Strangelove up on the board, some of the people in the class childishly giggled. He then asked who had seen the film. Out of the entire class, I was the only one.  read more »

Last year, a professor led a discussion in one of my advanced studio classes about student "placement" rates. Most colleges try to collect data about post-graduation placement and alumni involvement with their degrees. In the visual arts program, it is a bit difficult to determine an actual "placement," since degrees don't lead to traditional jobs. Yet there is an even more disturbing track record for visual arts graduates than most other degrees. It turns out that after 5-10 years, only 5% of BFA graduates are still doing art.  read more »

Normal, normal. It was a pretty normal week. I got my big project done for my NLP class (the one I am also the TA for) late Monday night, which counts as 2 days late. Most people turned it in 2-3 days late. But we get 5 free late days to use as we wish, so it doesn't affect the grade for the project. I'm just glad I was able to finish. :)  read more »

Second stage of working on these four pieces. I am still struggling with spacial relationships. I'm happier with the latest one I started and the balance between "media saturation" and visual narrative. Need to start putting these in shows and see reactions to them. You might want to visit here to see what these paintings used to look like a month ago.  read more »