Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Hearts Aflame

I stole "Hot Words" from Ed Ruscha, who used it to describe the process that words underwent in the workshop of his brain.  When the words gained temperature, he painted them.  I particularly like the combination of the location and the mural at San Diego Museum of Art where "Brave men run in my family" marches in white long-legged letters above the black profile of a ship rising sharply at an angle on wave.  



Ruscha "brave men run in my family" la jolla

Which, inspired the Sonic Youth song of the same name:

Jump to 2:00 to hear the lyrics.




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