King Chimes

Its easy to start to feel old when someone younger than you produces incredible work.

I guess architecture requires maturity as opposed to naivety considering the "work" involved is realized in something way more complex that of a canvas or mp3 or film. A building has a lot of consequences, its beauty isn't in its temporariness.

With that being my academic approach, architects are also artists and its impossible to not appreciate other realms of artistic expression. Russ Chimes has been a favorite of mine for the past year or so and his latest electro addition is no disappointment. Its a new EP and film featuring an incredibly talented and young (-er than me) director named Saman Keshavarz (samankeshavarz.blogspot.com.) I was inspired to write a dissertation on "The Glorified Idealization of the American Landscape built by European Social Constructs." But we'll see how far I get.

http://www.russchimes.com/



Part 1: Never Look Back is the first in a 3-part series from Russ' forthcoming EP. Each tune and respective music video release simultaneously. The next one should be posted this week. The trailer is awesome as well.

The Ocean

The famed 'Lido Torpedo' strategizing

Preferably colder is more refreshing. Jump in and swim real hard, get close to the bottom and try to not move at all, while hoping no waves break close above up on the surface. Listen for silence without even the ringing in the ears. Waiting for that moment of just complete nothingness before the air in your body pulls you up to the surface.

That's the greatest feeling on earth. Floating in free space while concentrating on silence is ultimate relaxation therapy. You're trying to clear your mind with no distractions, while your body is suspended in neither tension nor compression.

Our bodies are 70% water, similar to the earths surface. I'm sure there is some research or writing on the therapeutic power of the ocean. Real estate values obviously benefit from the oceans proximity. But for me its just something I can't live without.