Russ McClintock - the blog

A branch of the willow tree fell down.

If you don’t have one of these, you a damn fool.

I’ve been rapping for about seventeen years okay?
I don’t write my stuff anymore I just kick it from my head you know what I’m sayin? I can do that.
No disrespect but that’s how I am - Ratatat, lyrics to ‘Seventeen Years’

Installation with fabric swatch and reflection. Site specific.
Update: I walked by this location in late August and the shop had closed down. That’s what the global financial crisis has done: it’s taken away our butterflies.

London often looks nicer in the rain. It doesn’t feel nicer though.

St Johns Wood is a fairly typical area of north London.

WILLARD: Never get out of the boat. Absolutely goddamn right. Unless you were goin’ all the way. Kurtz got off the boat. He split from the whole fuckin’ program. - Apocalypse Now.

Still life with mayo on toast.

“When the seagulls follow a trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea. Thank you very much.” - Eric Cantona

In a moment or two you will know
exactly where you are,
on which side the door,
your wallet, your shoes,
and what today you’ll have to do.
Cities each have a kind of light,
a color even,
or set of undertones
determined by the river or hills
as well as by the stone
of their countless buildings.
I cannot yet recall what city this is […]

“I prefer the ‘naive’ photograph, with a simple, uncomplicated composition. That’s why I like the Mona Lisa so much; there’s nothing to her.” - Gerhard Richter

For 3 medium or 2 large drinks:
Squeeze 3 limes
Shake with lots of ice, 6 oz of tequilla, 2-3 oz on(sic) Cointreau, and a small amount (2 oz) of water into which a teaspoon of sugar has been dissolved. Run the glass rim around the bottom of lime juicer, then salt. Enjoy.

A ginger cat went missing.

Think Green.
Act Green.
Vote Green.

Carol made sweet and sour for dinner.