{"id":12903,"date":"2019-10-26T13:31:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-26T17:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=12903"},"modified":"2022-12-06T19:26:44","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T23:26:44","slug":"its-complex-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/12903","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Complex, Man"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\u201cLook, man, I\u2019ve got certain information, all right? Certain things have come to light. And, you know, has it ever occurred to you, that, instead of, uh, you know, running around, uh, uh, blaming me, you know, given the nature of all this new shit, you know, I-I-I-I\u2026 this could be a-a-a-a lot more, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, complex, I mean, it\u2019s not just, it might not be just such a simple\u2026 uh, you know?\u201d
\n\u2014 The Dude (from The Big Lebowski<\/em>)
\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019m super pumped (in the, uh, parlance of the day), because tonight is The Big LeBOWLski Arty Party<\/em><\/strong><\/a> to benefit the arts in Lexington and Central Kentucky, and it\u2019s a delight to be a part of it!<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s Complex, Man<\/em><\/a> is my contribution to the fundraising event. Ten regional creatives will have their bowling-pin art in the silent auction, and we\u2019ll split the purchase price 50\/50 with LexArts<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, the sponsoring organization. How many nonprofits offer that deal when artists are asked to donate their creative labor to a cause?<\/p>\n

Crafting this piece was pure fun, with pleasant allusions to my Mrs. Bradshaw<\/em><\/a> chair. There are ample references to the Coen Brothers picture, but it\u2019s not only an homage. I revisit my practice of juxtaposing high literacy with the pulpy preferences that many of us harbor. If you\u2019re weary of seeing that in collage art, \u201cYeah, well, you know, that\u2019s just, like, your opinion, man.\u201d <\/p>\n

<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

\nRumor has it that The Dude will make an appearance. Let\u2019s go bowling!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cLook, man, I\u2019ve got certain information, all right? Certain things have come to light. And, you know, has it ever occurred to you, that, instead of, uh, you know, running around, uh, uh, blaming me, you know, given the nature of all this new shit, you know, I-I-I-I\u2026 this could be a-a-a-a lot more, uh, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[242,157,244,202,243,18],"tags":[449,450,453,90,308,313,418,454,178,452,451],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12903"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12903"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16685,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12903\/revisions\/16685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}