Alright so this drawing is copied from a work by the German artist Albrecht Dürer. I’m glad I was able to type the umlaut (those two little dots) over the letter ‘u’. The original drawing is titled Lucretia. He also made a painting of Lucretia as well. The story of Lucretia is very depressing and makes men look really bad so I’m going to skip it. The drawing is in the Albertina Museum in Austria. It is a preliminary study for the painting “Suicide of Lucretia” that is in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich. I like to list the locations of the artwork just in case you want to partake in a art history wild goose chase. But I digress, the original drawing, according to the book I’m drawing from, was done in black ink. The Albertina website says it was done in “Pinsel in Schwarz und Grau, grau laviert, mit Deckweiß gehöht, auf grün grundiertem Papier, partiell vorgeritzt oder mit spitzem Werkzeug übertragen (?)” which translated into “Brush in black and gray, washed with gray, heightened with opaque white, on green primed paper, partially pre-scored or transferred with a sharp tool (?)”. The question mark in parenthesis leads me to believe that they might be just as confused as I am. I created my drawing in black and white prismacolor pencils on gray cardstock. Prismacolor makes 150 different colors of pencils. I just used black and white in my drawing. Mainly because the original is in black and white.
“Writing for an algorithm is probably the most uninspiring thing you can do.”
This might be the most boring blog post ever. I read that blog posts should be at least 300 words long for the google search engine algorithm to recognize my website. Writing to a algorithm is probably the most uninspiring thing you can do. I mean I should imagine that I’m actually connecting with a person on some level. Instead I’m trying to convince software programs that I’m important. Yes that’s right I am trying to connect with a machine so that someday I might connect with other people. That thought is sad and somewhat interesting at the same time. Later.