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JazmarArts
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[2012-10-27 03:33:01 +0000 UTC]
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 6216; Deviations: 118; Watchers: 57
Watching: 164; Pageviews: 12183; Comments Made: 2222; Friends: 164
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Francis Bacon! But also Frida Kahlo, Rene Magritte, Salvadore Dali, Egon Schiele, Michael Hussar, Camille Rose Garcia, Miss Van, Marina Abramovic, Mark Ryden, Olivier de Sagazan etc. etc.Favorite movies: Hedwig and the Angry Inch!! Pretty much anything David Lynch and David Cronenberg. Secretary, Natural Born Killers, Antichrist, Drive, Beyond the Black Rainbow, Rocky Horror Picture Show. Pretty much anything crazy weird and sexy. Also Will Ferrell!!
Favorite TV shows: TIM AND ERIC!! ALL DAY EVERYDAY TIM AND ERIC!! Boardwalk Empire, Reno 911, Aqua Teen, Twin Peaks, Walking Dead, Dexter, Hung, Bored to Death, Always Sunny in Philidelphia,Pee Wee's Playhouse, Breaking Bad, Superjail!,Rocko's Modern Life, Adventuretime
Favorite bands / musical artists: The National,Nick Cave,Jack off Jill,Lana Del Rey,Leonard Cohen,Will Oldham,Cat Power,Jim Carroll,Electric Six,Arcade Fire,Outkast,The Black Keys,Pink Floyd,PJ Harvey,Rasputina,Fiona Apple,Antony and the Johnsons,Nancy Sinatra,David Bowie,Adam Green etc.
Favorite books: Headless - Benjamin Weissman, No One Belongs Here More Than You - Miranda July, Fear Of Dreaming- Jim Carroll, Cruddy - Lynda Barry, Invisible Monsters - Chuck Palahniuk, The Torture Garden - Octave Mirbeau & The Giving Tree - Shel Silverstein. Bah ha ha!
Favorite writers: NATHANIEL RUBINO!! (but also Jim Carroll, Benjamin Weissman, Miranda July, Chuck Palanuik, E.E. Cummings, Walt Whitman, Andre Breton, Jeffrey Eugenides, Chuck Klosterman, Hunter S. Thompson, Lynda Barry)
Favorite games: The Game, Don't Wiz on the Electric Fence, It's not Jackie Chan, Twister, and Horns, Finger, Thumb!!
Tools of the Trade: Whiskey and late nights, cheap acrylics and christmas lights. This ol' dingy excitable brain and smelly sharpies. Glitter and other (far better) people's words.
Other Interests: ALL THE THINGS!!
# About me
Hello, I'm Jazmar, how delightful to meet you stranger. I bet you're a pretty cool cat. I bet we could be friends if you wanted. So go ahead, feel free to call me by any of my various nicknames. Jazzy is pretty common, how about Jazzy J or try Jazzmatazz on for size. How about DJ 2 PreKariousszz? That's what my man friend prefers to call me. But I am no DJ.I like to paint, or more to the point I need to. It's hard to explain the urge to paint without sounding like a pretentious douche, so my apologies in advance if this winds up being the case. I promise I am not an actual douche. I'm a very shy person and spend most of my time quietly observing the world around me and I take a particular interest in the people in said world. I think the human body is utterly gorgeous, especially if it is a body that carries some air of strangeness. I think our bodies are a very weird and exciting thing that we all struggle with, the private bits in particular and there's just something in that subject matter that refuses to be ignored. I am interested in body modification and the extremes some people take it to. Gender identity is a huge fascination and all the things assumed about our character based on gender as well as the fun that can be had playing with these archetypes. I also like funny little toys and all the different kinds of underwear out there in this crazy world. Also rusty things and sharp things. I am insatiably drawn to anything equally sweet and unnerving, like a bunny with razor sharp teeth or a soft looking person filled with troubles. I dig face paint and rituals, blood, crazy cartoons and art films. I believe it is important to examine fears and discomforts, both physical and mental. I love stories, and the people willing to share them. I see everything we share and learn and create to be hugely important as it's all part of this big crazy story about being alive. I think about space a lot and nature, and this feeling of boundless energy bouncing around between people, plants, animals, objects and environments. I love the sensations that come quietly and never find the right words, because I can never find the right words or piece them together properly. All I know for certain is I love a lot of things and it often terrifies me. So I paint about it so I can sleep sometimes and so that I don't spend my waking hours screaming into open fields and kissing strangers on the face.
I try to make art that is highly personal but vague enough to leave itself open for the viewer to have fun with. I try to let the images come to life loose and freely unhindered in their progression by too much analyzation, though there is much contemplated I try not to let my observations deter my hands from taking the images where they want to go. It's something to do with vibrance and silence and getting caught in the headlights, about stillness and waiting filled with excitement or remembering. I see all the subjects in my paintings as being caught off guard while meditating on something huge and hope that they're sloppy and vulnerable enough to feel like an old friend whispering drunken secrets. I want the colors to make a viewer smile, bright and ridiculous and filled with detail to keep the eyes searching. Hopefully you like it!! If not, my apologies kind Sir and/or Madame and/or furry creature currently stumbling across the keyboard. Hopefully you were able to wade through my ramblings and reach the other side
# Comments
Comments: 746
I finally finished the piece I have been working on!
I'm sorry it took so long. Had to deal with life.
Anyways, I hope you like it!
Thanks again for letting me use your work!
Link: Burnt
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I love it so much! I never get on here anymore and this was such a delight to see. Thank you! You totally brightened my day
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You're welcome! I am really happy that my work has brightened your day!
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A belated thank you my friend!
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A very belated thanks my dear!
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I'm slow to say it, but thanks!
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Thank you so much! And sorry for the delayed response.
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Why thank you! And sorry for the delayed response
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Happy birfdee, friend face! May your day be merry and bright and covered in sparkling fur!
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Where am I? Did I age much? 10 years? Two weeks? What solar system is this. Have I completed my mission? Shit, mang. I been off here for too long. I missed you my dear friend face and I thank you for your kind b-day wishes 
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thank you for the fave, friend! (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ
feel free to rummage among my works if you want, and thanks for stopping by!
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Thank you honey, for all the FAVES! It's like CHRISTMAS only better!
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AWWWWW I'm sorry honey, are you ok? Or at least better??? Devart never stops, does it? Make some scribbles; don't worry about ART!
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For sure, I just need to get some silly little thing going to keep the juices flowing! I'm...alright. Some days are better than others. Doctors are doing lots of tests so hopefully I'll know more about what I am dealing with soon... Thanks for caring <3 You are the best!
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What's happening, kid? As a survivor of cancer et al, I've been through a ton of medical stuff. I wrestled with the medical system for my dad, my husband, myself . . . it's such a BITCH! And! Even though we may never meet, you're not alone.
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Oh damn, I'm so glad you beat cancer and are still here today. I can't imagine how hard and frightening that must have been. Yay for you for getting through it. I am thankfully (knock on wood) nowhere near that bad. Sadly I am still in the unknown area, had a bunch of tests and know it's not diabetes, anemia, or this bacteria issue I've already forgotten the name of. It might be some trouble with my liver, might be an ulcer or some issue with my stomach acid or I'm still nervous it's a yeast overgrowth situation...not really sure yet.
Thank you so much for being a friend and so very caring <3 Hope all is well in your neck of the woods!
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AH, my dear, know I am with you in spirit (and in print should you wish to write!) The stupid adages "one day at a time" mated with "seize the day" pretty much sum up my philosophy. May great good fortune shine upon you.
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Lol, yeah these are my current mantras. Thanks again <3 <3 <3 <3
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It's good to see you back.
I hope you are feeling much much better!
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Well...getting there. Still dealing with some health issues but slowly but surely improving. Work is intense right now but I'm getting a handle on it... Really want to get some art work done...and catch up with everyone else's work! Uggh. SOON!
How are things in your world? I hope all is well <3
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I'm sending you best wishes and positive, healing energy beams for a speedy recovery ~~~
Things are ok here. I'm watching the lightning-bugs.
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Yay for lightening bugs! I only saw them once years ago when I visited Missouri. We don't have them here in Cali, at least not that I've ever seen. They are really neat
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Jazzmatazz.. How goes it? Thanks for the fav a while back. Hope all is groovy
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I am good! And you are welcome. I hope it's all groove city in your neck of the woods as well!
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There is some terrific writing here, Ms. Jaz, you have a lovely literary flow - I really enjoyed this journal entry - it was thoughtful, concise, honestly written and it took me on a wonderful mental journey as you recited your various evolutions. This kind of off-hand, (but still serious and vital) writing is difficult. You've got the foundations for a strong (dare I say literary?) voice. Your conversational style works well with your musings and I look forward to reading more!
OH! I FORGOT! Love the picture, too.
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Oh! Thank you
Lol, the picture is funny actually. I was terribly drunk and in an awful mood and took it sort of to make fun of myself, wearing my favorite glasses that had just broke being overly mopey and lame. It worked though as it made me laugh good and hard at myself which is all we really need sometimes right?
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Thank you so much for the fav.
bless your good soul and fantastic skills.
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