A Standardized Pattern in Nature

I read a study of the development of human societies. One of the themes that has occurred over and over throughout history is: one group encountering another slightly less technologically advanced; killing them all and taking their shit.

The decimation of the New World and other european imperialization are excellent examples, though it has been going on long before then. I imagine early modern humans, being taller quicker and smarter, when encountered, would have killed off the Neanderthals and any other protohuman species.

I also remembered that this same phenomena occurs in nature where a nonnative species is introduced. If it doesn’t die immediately, they quickly and easily take over. A similar thing happens in the germ world; mold, infection etc.

This seems to be a standardized pattern in nature.

My conclusion to all of this is that Earth has not yet been visited by other beings from another planet.

The book, BTW: Jared Diamond's Guns Germs and Steel.

Nosy Banana

The Shape of Water

swirling of the surfaces
marks barrier between states
showing the path of pressure
demonstrating the waveform they all know
causing self organization
the group becomes powerful
results of distant heat



Surface Ease

06/06/2001 The empty response

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B says:
JV - how is the weather?
jv says:
yo
jv says:
sorry---I am actually drawing, with a pencil and all
jv says:

B says:
wowa
jv says:
weather is beeeaaauuuutifuuullll
jv says:
yesterday was probably the most perfect weather day ever conceivably possible
jv says:
all the way through the evening into night
jv says:
and the next day
B says:
oooooh nice
B says:
ride your bike?
B says:
hey speaking of pencil dwg
jv says:
yupper with the bike
B says:
you are going to need to build up that pencil callus on the side of your middle finger
jv says:
I skidded on the way home drunk last night and I bent the rim about 6 inches off center
B says:
wipe out
jv says:
no
jv says:
just skid and fish tail
B says:
cool
jv says:
smooth and skillfully
B says:
rear wheel?
jv says:
but my rear wheel is like a pretzel
B says:
pretzel is the technical term in bicycling
jv says:
for what?
B says:
twisted wheel
jv says:
I spent 20 min. bending it back in shape so that I could ride home
B says:
ya thats hard
B says:
you should go back to the same shop to get a new one
B says:
complain about the loose bearings - show them
jv says:
I did that yesterday
B says:
explain how that contributed (caused) the mishap
jv says:
he said that the loose bearings came like that
B says:
what an ass!!
jv says:
and that it is just a cheap rim
jv says:
and that my riding made it worse
jv says:
and that I am jumping curbs
B says:
no riding better
B says:
go to a different shop forever
jv says:
guy in my office use to repair bikes and manufacture them too---he offered to put it all back in alignment
jv says:
he said he will fix like new if I take him out to lunch
B says:
cool - steel rims are harder to straighten tho
jv says:
adjust bearing and align rim
jv says:
he likes the challenge I gues
B says:
reasonable trade for food
jv says:
he said all can be fixed in 15 minutes
B says:
braggart


Veer

06/14/2001 Working Drawing Meeting

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B says:
JV ma man, how's the workaday world?
jv says:
umm
jv says:
you?
B says:
good
B says:
actually going to pick up a job today
B says:
damn
jv says:
bout time
B says:
went to my life drawing session at the erotic gallery down the street
B says:
last night
jv says:
wowa
jv says:
sounds great
jv says:
I have to run to a meeting
B says:
ok
jv says:
i can't be late
jv says:
I be back around 4pm
jv says:
caio
B says:
check your e-mail later
jv says:
ok

06/19/2001 Neocon

25:
Never give out your password or credit card number in an instant message conversation.

Peter says:
yo what ;up
Peter says:
how's Chi town
B says:
hey hey Chitown is good. perfect weather now
Peter says:
nice
Peter says:
what else is going down?
B says:
Sailing, some parties, some music
B says:
a little dull tho
Peter says:
yeah
Peter says:
things are mellow here as well
B says:
the sailing in the big lake is great
Peter says:
nice
Peter says:
i gotta boogie, i'll catch you later
B says:
awright mon


19:
Never give out your password or credit card number in an instant message conversation.

B says:
hey ballbag
jv says:
What up?
B says:
went to see my accountant today
B says:
confusorama
jv says:
buy real estate
B says:
ok
B says:
hey, P Kreider's number don't work
B says:
718-902-1240 not in service
jv says:
speaking of which, I have to call him meself
jv says:
802 not 902
B says:
cool
B says:
I went to a couple of parties here last night
jv says:
good boy
B says:
Neocon - big interiors trade show extravaganza
B says:
swanky parties
B says:
I saw 2 girls I know from NY
jv says:
niiice
jv says:
any good?
B says:
aaaaaah
B says:
no


Landscape with Snow

07/03/2001 Rock / Fetish

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Peter says:
Yo brian, what up?
B says:
Hey daddio
B says:
I'm getting ready for a big rock concert
Peter says:
it sounds as though you have been checking out some interesting stuff
Peter says:
who is playn
B says:
interesting stuff is my favorite hobby
B says:
maybe vocation
B says:
The bands: Pantera, Slayer, Static-X
Peter says:
nice
Peter says:
loud
B says:
Ya loud
B says:
I want to get there early to hang out on the busses and get some drinks
B says:
My guys in Static-X
Peter says:
nice
Peter says:
sounds fun
Peter says:
have a good time and bang your head
Peter says:
gotta run and get some food
B says:
bang!
Peter says:
ciao
B says:
awright


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jv says:
sounds like a good night
jv says:
Miami sure is filled with a lot of freaks
jv says:
did you get some whips on rubber girl?
B says:
no whips
B says:
How do you know Miami has a lot of freaks
jv says:
you told me
jv says:
I read your e-mail
jv says:
sounds like fun
B says:
no no in Chicago here
B says:
ya fun
jv says:
oh yeah, you're in Chicago
jv says:
I forgot
jv says:
thought you were in Miami
B says:
you're funny
jv says:
oops
jv says:
same difference anyway
B says:
hot as fuck in miami
jv says:
yeah, lot of freaks in Chicago sounds like
B says:
the sky wants to have a hurricane everyday in miami now
jv says:

B says:
ya, freaky gallery
jv says:
sounds more like a night club scene
B says:
I am not down with that fetish stuff
jv says:
young ravers
B says:
but I do like open sexiness
jv says:
righton bro
jv says:
got any pictures?
B says:
hmmm
B says:
it is a party scene - beer wine
B says:
joints
jv says:
niiiice
B says:
but it is an art gallery exhibition
B says:
The establishment is really a front for a dungeon
jv says:
i see
jv says:
how do they make a profit?
B says:
guys pay hundreds to be humiliated and spanked
jv says:
Dominatrix thang?
B says:
Ya, a large underground "culture"
jv says:
boredom can do that to some
B says:
totally
B says:
I like regular sex
B says:
when people get to bored with that, they need to sexualize something else
B says:
I am listening to NPR right now with the surgeon general on
B says:
discussing a new sexual behavior report
B says:
sounds like a good report
B says:
controversial to church-heads
jv says:
everything seems to be
B says:
they keep going back to "teaching" "abstinence"
B says:
wishful thinking
jv says:
I think I should sign up to that camp
B says:
report says 50% of infectious disease is std, 22% of all woman have been sex assaulted, pregs up and younger
jv says:

jv says:
that sucks
B says:
a religious guy called in saying he didn't want the school tell his daughter about it.
B says:
He said they taught evolution. sex like animals going into heat
B says:
he wanted to tell his kid himself
B says:
you know he won't
jv says:
kill him
B says:
yesss
jv says:
I am meeting with Kreider for a project
jv says:
after we may go and stop by your moto
jv says:
I checked up on it yesterday
jv says:
looks better than ever
B says:
relief
B says:
whats your project w/PK?
jv says:
skin thang
jv says:
I need him to hermetically seal the latex
jv says:
maybe with plexi or resin or both
B says:
does latex melt?
jv says:
disintegrates
jv says:
hardens with light
jv says:
sunlight destroys it
B says:
hmmmm
jv says:
dries, cracks, and becomes very brittle
B says:
taste good?
jv says:
maybe---you should try it
B says:
i'll leave a rubber out on the porch
jv says:
righto


Singers-of-Another-Language

07/13/2001 Summertime vodka galleries

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B says:
hey mon
B says:
happy friday
jv says:
yo
jv says:
I been meaning to chat wich cha
B says:
what is in store for the weekend?
jv says:
how goes?
B says:
good here
B says:
perfect day again
jv says:
last night was big opening night
jv says:
here too
B says:
what open
jv says:
I-20 and all those galleries in that building with the endless stairwell
jv says:
Deitch
B says:
damn
jv says:
Big roof top party on that big building in Chelsea with I-20
B says:
yea, I can imagine
jv says:
someone set off fire alarm and smoke everywhere
B says:
wow fire?
jv says:
cops came
jv says:
I didn't see fire
B says:
smoke
jv says:
someone fuckin round
jv says:
smoke all through the gallery
jv says:
cops came
B says:
tonight all the galleries open here
jv says:
and firemen came
B says:
usually summer is dead
jv says:
niiiice
B says:
Absolut flows tonight
B says:
everyone comes out
jv says:
danger danger Will Robins
B says:
ya it is dangerous
jv says:
sweet
jv says:
Drew's B-day Sat.
B says:
shots of vodka at every gallery adds up
jv says:
Shiva is throwing party for him on her roof
B says:
ah, great
jv says:
Vodka? where?
B says:
she have view of river?
B says:
Absolut sponsors the galleries
jv says:
WOW
B says:
yeah
jv says:
so Pete fixed your bike
B says:
ya, I talked
jv says:
Edward from Clay wants to buy your Moto
B says:
hmmm
B says:
has he a one before?
B says:
has he had
jv says:
no
jv says:
he wants to learn
jv says:
buy bike and pick up chicks
B says:
learn on a race bike
B says:
bike does get chicks
jv says:
how much you want for it?
B says:
new ad says 2000, but 1700 ok
B says:
sportbike with high passenger seat especially good for girls
jv says:
rito
B says:
rotate those hips forward and vibrate that puss
jv says:
I should buy it
B says:
you should all get in on it as a timeshare
jv says:
I need someone to train me a bit
jv says:
it's been 20 years since I rode a motorbike
jv says:
I rode dirt bikes when I was a young lad
B says:
ya, and this one is a bit tricky
B says:
peter ride it around?
jv says:
he rode it to Bklyn to fix it
jv says:
said he needed to have shop and tools and home
B says:
yeah
jv says:
then rode it back
B says:
he said he'd put it back under the scafold
jv says:
right
B says:
I hoped he would keep it under his eye, but he doesn't have a place for his even
jv says:
yeah
jv says:
we talked about that
jv says:
my friend Kevin keeps an eye on it
B says:
oh yea
B says:
allen is cool, especially after it was moved for a day

jv says:
lunch sucka


Linear-Persuasion

08/29/2001 Frying Pan dancing

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B says:
hey hey
B says:
find anything going on htis weekend?
jv says:
hi
B says:
there is a party 3-9 at ps1
jv says:
this weekend is scattered
jv says:
yeah, the PS1 party is great
B says:
scattered?
jv says:
hottest chicks at PS1
B says:
oh yea
jv says:
scattered meaning that everyone I know is going to various locations
B says:
fucking holidays
jv says:
yeah
jv says:
I have to go visit some old friends and some people I use to work for out in PA
jv says:
I don't think I will leave until Sat
B says:
wow
jv says:
not very exciting
B says:
is PA far?
jv says:
I have just been putting it off all summer
jv says:
they mad at me
jv says:
Thurs there is party at the Frying Pan
jv says:
what time you coming in?
B says:
thurs um 8ish I think
jv says:
perfect
jv says:
you wanna go?
B says:
yes, what is fry pan
jv says:
old WWII ship
B says:
oh yea
jv says:
old ship rusted out, full of secret rooms to explore and they turn the existing rusted hull into dance floor
B says:
be sure to wear shoes
jv says:
it's kind of trippy
jv says:
right, shoes
jv says:
good idea---thanks
jv says:
you know of anything else going on?
jv says:
I have been really out of it for a while
B says:
not much art as expected
B says:
a wedding in the adirondacks
jv says:
summer in NYC is real slow and most people I know just lay low and to themselves
jv says:
what wedding?
B says:
Mike J musician in the group with Tom the voice over and Jack Grace
jv says:
Mike, TOm + Jack are getting married?
B says:
I wanted to see fire island, but they are all going to the hills dammit
B says:
group marriage you know
jv says:
i hear fire island is real nice
jv says:
are you going to wedding?
B says:
I think it is far
jv says:
when you moving back here
B says:
end of sept
jv says:
why end?
B says:
um
jv says:
random?
B says:
I am flying in to newark at 6:35
B says:
end of sept 'cause I am paying rent in Chicago til then
B says:
not that important i guess
jv says:
sorry we can't go to shore, parents are always there
B says:
damn,
B says:
maybe a afternoon, how long is train?
jv says:
2.5 hours
B says:
hmmmm
jv says:
you can take ferry to Sandy Hook
jv says:
that is only 45 min
jv says:
nice nude beach
B says:
well well


Wisdom-of-Circumnavigation--am-millerx

09/10/2001 Summer End, Art Season Begin

09/10/2001 blah blah bla

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B says:
JV
jv says:
yo
jv says:
what up?
jv says:
Hey, Did you fix my White Rabbit?
B says:
fix it? sure
B says:
your squeak?
jv says:
not no more. Thank You very much
jv says:
it runs like a dream now
B says:
The one side is still loose, need to tighten that nut
B says:
how did your blood turn out?
jv says:
what did you do?
B says:
I just put oil there
jv says:
niiice
jv says:
thanks
B says:
normal fix - remove crank arms, put grease on spindle area, put arms back on with mallet and tighten
jv says:
when did you have time for that?
B says:
that's the proper fix, oil in your case worked
B says:
but you should tighten the drive side
jv says:
ok
B says:
after a few rains it'll squeak again
B says:
hey does your dvd work?
jv says:
no
jv says:
it hasn't worked in a while
B says:
ah
jv says:
sorry
jv says:
sorry I didn't get to spend more time with ya
B says:
'sok, uninvited holiday drop in
B says:
so did you get lyme or c.f.s?
jv says:
dunno---i have high Titer count in blood
B says:
um
jv says:
leads to believe i 'may' have something like Lyme
B says:
u feel god now?
jv says:
so I am going to take the 21 day antibiotic thing
jv says:
so so
B says:
bacteria?
jv says:
ya
B says:
good luck
B says:
when did you get back from pa?
jv says:
i missed bus that night
jv says:
took bus in morning--i think around 10:30am
B says:
not bad
jv says:
yeah, 8:30 am bus--2 hours
B says:
you should send a longer e-mail describing the opening of the art season there in NY. you went to many galleries?
jv says:
they suck so far
jv says:
nothing to write about
B says:
hmmm usual bad art to good art ratio here in Chicago. many parties
jv says:
gotta run to meeting
jv says:
ciao bro
B says:
awright


Dancing-For-a-Tangerine

09/13/2001 Check friends for injuries

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jv says:
me ok
jv says:
how you?
B says:
glad to hear
B says:
I am shaken
B says:
I feel guilty about getting mad at other petty everyday things
jv says:
yupper
jv says:
Wowa
B says:
damn
B says:
are you working?
jv says:
yup
jv says:
can you imagine if you saw it live
B says:
I bet my moto will be impounded now
jv says:
?
B says:
I did watch it unfold in real time
B says:
Didn't get the smell or good sound
B says:
alarm clock woke me about a plane crash into tower
B says:
I though hmmmm, strange accident
B says:
Turned on tv, like they planned
jv says:
hold
jv says:
off phone now
jv says:
sorry
jv says:
wowa, the site must have been amazing
B says:
I kept gasping out loud
jv says:
it is like a war zone downtown
B says:
jumping up then down
jv says:
War ZONE BRO
jv says:
police everywhere
jv says:
smoke
B says:
how do pete and mari get home?
jv says:
hard to breath here in city
jv says:
I am escaping to beach
B says:
crunchy concrete dust in your lung
jv says:
walk
jv says:
yupper
jv says:
I have to leave now though
jv says:
Everyone i know if fine
B says:
good
jv says:
everyone has sore throat
jv says:
eyes hurt
B says:
keep your eyes clean
jv says:
that thing is still smoking
jv says:
you can still see it smokin' like crazy
jv says:
huge black cloud
jv says:
white cloud
B says:
oof
jv says:
i gotta leave this f'in office
jv says:
tired of it here
B says:
ya live
jv says:
have a good one


There Should be Flowers in the Future

09/21/2001 in the "Zone" of Quarantine

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B says:
hey dude
B says:
are you on?
jv says:
yo
jv says:
]sorry
jv says:
in meeting
jv says:
learned how to ride motocycle
B says:
no prob
jv says:
!!!!!!!
B says:
Been down in the "Zone" lately?
jv says:
not aloud
jv says:
alowd
B says:
allowed
jv says:
i rode Puffy motobike a few weekends ago
B says:
lewd\
B says:
you feel good on it?
jv says:
oh yeah
jv says:
I am a natural
B says:
alright
B says:
I wonder if mine is still on the sidewalk in the "zone"
jv says:
where the keys?
B says:
here
jv says:
bring em on down
B says:
totally
jv says:
got to run, late for meeting again
jv says:
ciao
jv says:
bro
B says:
awww
jv says:
hope all is well

Peter has been added to the conversation.

jv has not been added to this conversation yet.

B says:
Hey Pete are you on?
Peter says:
yeah
Peter says:
ciao
B says:
ciao back
B says:
how is your neighborhood?
Peter says:
ok, gotta run for now
B says:
ok


The Universal Fibers of Connection

09/25/2001 Melted Facades

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B says:
Hello Johnny
jv says:
yo yo
B says:
how do you feel?
jv says:
i feel like riding a motocycle
B says:
good thinkin
jv says:
how do you feel?
B says:
pretty good really
B says:
been in a good mood all day
jv says:
great!
jv says:
i went by the zone on Sunday
B says:
what you see?
jv says:
sure is a lot of debris and stuff
B says:
dirty
jv says:
melted facades of buildings
B says:
oof
jv says:
every building around is covered with dirt
B says:
drifts?
jv says:
big big pile of junk
jv says:
drift?
B says:
get souvenier?
jv says:
nah
jv says:
they won't let you near it
B says:
drifts of dust
jv says:
army is blocking it all off
jv says:
guards, military
B says:
yea, TV news girl Laura lives 2 blk away
jv says:
it is a real war zone
B says:
from there
jv says:
wowa
jv says:
where is she now?
B says:
Laura cant go to apt
jv says:
i bet
B says:
staying with friends
jv says:
niiice
jv says:
did you invite her to stay with you?
B says:
not yet
jv says:
you should
B says:
hmmmm
jv says:
Barry Bliss is playing tonight
B says:
ahh....hear of any apt tips for me?
jv says:
I gotta run and catch that guy
jv says:
no
jv says:
no tips yet
jv says:
i still looking
jv says:
find one for me and you can have my apt.
B says:
keep your ear open
jv says:
and eyes
B says:
called some from v voice
B says:
yb owner
B says:
rent by owner
B says:
I wan to avoid broker
B says:
tell me about the business world
B says:
is architecture in action?
jv says:
no
jv says:
sorry, boss came to chat
jv says:
gotta run out with him
jv says:
talk tomorrow
jv says:
ciao
B says:
ok


New-Architecture--millerx-600.jpg

10/01/2001 drive

Never give out your password or credit card number in an instant message conversation.

Peter says:
yo what up?
B says:
Hey Peter
B says:
Its sunny and I am laughing at some new e-mails

Never give out your password or credit card number in an instant message conversation.

B says:
Hey Johnny
jv says:
HEY
B says:
I'm driving out
B says:
tonight maybe
jv says:
to NYC?
jv says:
wowa
jv says:
not much work around here from what I have heard
B says:
got some business, could be working today
jv says:
in NYC?
B says:
ya
jv says:
great
B says:
old office burned, they need my memory
jv says:
wowa
B says:
how is it in your office?
B says:
productive or dazed?
jv says:
bit of both
jv says:
we are busy for a little while until these townhouses are finished
B says:
i think I'll crash at frederick's for a bit, he offered a spot
B says:
apartment hunting will be better with me on the ground
B says:
hope i get enough time
jv says:
i keep the ear out
jv says:
I tried to call Frederick over weekend
jv says:
his phone was disconnected
jv says:
I think he has money probs
B says:
oop
jv says:
i want to move myself
B says:
new 'hood?
jv says:
yeah! mine sucks!!!
B says:
when do you think you'l move? are you looking now?
jv says:
not really looking yet
jv says:
I waiting for real estate to drop
jv says:
then i buy apt.
jv says:
will drop soon
B says:
goo plan
B says:
good


The Strawberry Acrobat

Rock Show Observations #9

For example, I met a woman from rural Pennsylvania backstage at a rock show. She traveled far with the mother of the guitar player to see her childhood playmate all grown. The show was in New York City, a stunning difference from the hometown in the hills. She wore a decade-old blond hairstyle, an undergraceful gait, and one snaggly tooth. I am sure she is considered hot in her hometown. Here she was in New York City, hanging out with the rock stars. I could sense her nervous, excited, scared of the freaks, be calm, elevated status, bewildered mood. I engaged her in conversation. I seemed to scare her with my artistical talk. Not the danger scared, but the, I don’t know what to say, scared. My specific concepts and unusual words did not sink in.

During the rock show

I watched a front-row bouncer feed his animals.

The meatheaded guy was pacing the gap between the stage and the people packed against the railing. He was eating small things by the handful, maybe nuts. He would stop and look through the multitude. Occasionally talking with people but not looking at them; he would sprinkle his food into the outstretched hand of those he was restricting. Interesting because the restrictor is a member the lower strata of well thought out people and the people who manage to work up to the front row are of the highest strata.

I pursue the Amateur study of Anthropology whenever I can.

Nice-Wallpaper-Pattern--millerx