"I tend to party like it's $5.99."

The visit to David Kramer's studio was wonderful. I feel like my sense of humor lines up quite well with his...as evidenced to me not only through his work (which I have seen online before, thanks to a recommendation by Kartz) but mainly through his demeanor and comments when we spoke with him. I find his work to be very inspiring as it prompts me along a path which I am trying to find for my own creative whatsits.

To anyone who is not deluding themselves, a quick look at the world around will reveal any number of depressing injustices and cruelties. But, what are we supposed to do? Sit around and cry all the time? Humor is a useful tool for dealing with the existence of more problems than one could ever hope to solve. I find it way more useful and cathartic than the other awareness-raising method of artists, which is to be poignant and heartwrenching (and this also demeans the subject, if you ask me...using whatever horribleness is targeted by said artwork to take advantage of people's feelings and make them feel crappy and useless and even more depressed. I REFUSE TO FEEL GUILTY FOR STARVING AFRICANS. There aren't channels available to the average person to do anything helpful, assuming they even have the resources for it.)

I am joining the goddamn Peace Corps someday, so kiss my ass.