two songs and a bunch of jokes

music pick number one of the day, today. and music pick number two.

a bunch of great cartoons and jokes that are making me lol while i'm alone in my room.

holographic duplicate of self

i might have already mentioned this dream in a previous blog post... somewhat recently, (i think??). anyways, now there's a visual description to match: 

i was gazing out my bedroom window, towards the same beach i always stare at. a copy of my self was sitting on the other side of the desk, resting her hand on the surface, in front of me, while talking directly to me. i went to put my hand on top of hers. she turned into a hologram and dissipated into the streets below. -- dream from summer 2010. photo collage made 2011.


this dream brought up a lot of questions. a lot of self exploration. and a lot of trying to distinguish the difference between sleeping and wake life. the two are trying to connect and unify. dorey kronick. who is that? what is this person trying to accomplish? where does my personality come from? why do i love the things that i do? what is spirituality? who is this rainbow self of mine that shows up in dreams? colors are always on my mind. bright colors. i have a hard time ever picking just one color. i like to use them all. as many as i can. the light spectrum - ROYGBIV - red orange yellow green blue indigo violet - is a rainbow. light waves. wavelengths. why am i so obsessed with these concepts? 


the other day, a friend told me i have a one track mind. this is not necessarily true, if you ask me. but i do get fixated on certain things and then can't get them off my mind for a good while. 


so to conclude, this image is not quite what my dream looked like, visually. but late last night, as i was experimentally overlapping low quality photos of myself over one another with different effects, i realized that i had pieced together a visual way to convey how i felt about this epic dream last year. i think i may be onto something. 


i'll let you know when i figure it out.

recognition of trying to understand the [silliness] of feelings.

come to this event that my art will be hung at this saturday night <3 


in the meantime, a relevant quote for today...... oh ernest hemingway...

cheers to a new moon

i'm in the mood for some ramblin'.


i'm currently listening to this incredible song:  Spirit Spine: “Ocean of Sand”, posted by i guess i'm floating on facebook. apparently, this artist is from indiana and this is what [i i guess i'm floating] had to say about him:

Indiana-based shadowfighter and mountain slapper Spirit Spine is back with a new album. You might remember him as the kid who took the most literal influence from Panda Bear for his earlier recordings (and that’s putting it lightly)… but now in round two it seems he’s beginning to find a sound of his own.

[MP3] Spirit Spine – Ocean of Sand

I’m a fan of slow-building Krautrock and “Ocean of Sand” does it well, subtly growing in expanse and volume until Joseph Denney’s vocals explode from the noise. Guitars shred manic, static swells, and drumsticks crack under pressure in the song’s epic crest. This isn’t for everyone, but will be face-melting for some of you, as it is for me.




-- personally, i think they have an epic playlist on their site and constantly updated new rad music videos by artists i love, or by artists i will grow to love some day. 


i guess living in the internet era isn't so bad.... at least when it comes to sharing music. my heart goes out to the starving artists and i try to purchase music when i can, but it's always great to hear new songs and new bands by word on the internet. 


social networkingggg.


wow wow wow. this is the song on repeat for the next 24 hours or so. for sure.


along with this song, from the same "i guess i'm floating" facebook page:


Billy Comfort: “Wonder of We (Feat. Steffaloo)”



dduuuuuuude -- these songs will blow your mind. literally. my head feels funny.


okay so, what else?


tomorrow is the last day i have to work on mother's day card designs, but then i move onto father's day. if you had asked me five years ago, what i thought i'd be doing today, i don't know what i would have said, but it likely, would not have had anything to do with greeting card designs. not a bad field to work in at all though. i'm thoroughly enjoying using my creative abilities to come up with graphics and words to say in card form. 


i may or may not be teaching some middle schoolers how to be digital photographers over the summer. i have a third interview coming up. this could be a really fantastic opportunity. i don't think i've ever had the title "instructor" attached to my name. 


i sold 3 small pieces of art @ my 2 week show on divisadero @ big umbrella studios! 2 pieces were actually sold as they were being hung up on the wall, and as a result, didn't even last until the opening. this was very exciting.


this is going to be a good month. i can feel it. 


warpaint -- march 16th, sf @ the independent, with my dear friend, and fellow blogger, meghan smolka, for her birthday :) 


toro y moi -- march 24th, sf @ great american music hall, with another dear friend, and fellow poet, guia.


mark smith and christy are getting married march 19th :) hopefully i will make it to southern california to photograph their wedding.


my dreams come true..... more so than ever before in my life. my dreams are leading me to both beautiful, but sometimes confusing and crazy places. 


on more random small pleasure notes about life lately:  i love an amazing, strong cup of black french press coffee or a black double  americano... just about every single day. i've been taking pleasures in describing things in as detailed fashions as i possibly can. i'm always trying to find ways to spread love, share wavelengths, and vibe with the beings that surround me. it's overwhelming. life is overwhelming me in the best ways possible lately. my senses are heightened. my appreciation for small things goes up on a daily basis. 


is this what growing up is?


is it weird that i'm gathering warmth from my computer instead of a fire place?


technological times.


cheers to a new moon. march 4th, 2011. who would've thought i'd make it this far? i certainly didn't know what to expect out of life. now, more than ever, i actually look forward to it. but at the same time, i live in a cloud.... permanently.

dk art show & life goal updates

Important Life goal:

Get a warehouse.

Get all friends to live in it.

Work. Make art. And music. Be productive. Collectively.

Can you help with this goal?

Can we find a way to make this happen by April 30, 2011?

This is a serious inquiry.

Should/Can I turn this into a kick starter kind of thing?

Check the craigslist.org ad I made. (This makes it official, you know).

Some of Dorey's Mixed Media Masterpieces can be viewed @ the following locations in San Francisco:

Big Umbrella Studios
906 Divisadero St
February 18 - March 2

Le Burge't Salon
2737 20th St
*Opening: Create for the Cause
March 12, 2011
6-9pm

Green House Cafe
1722 Taraval St
Opening to be announced
March - April 2011

Sports Basement
1590 Bryant St
Opening to be announced
May 2011

:)

mind blowing

it's been raining so hard this morning and last night... somehow though, i've managed to stay dry, have lots of tea with friends, share recent dreams (sleep dreams, not like, goals dreams, but those included too, to some extent), and exchange beautiful music and music videos. 

to begin my day, i discovered some new incredible art @ my favorite art/design blog, booooom:

“Buses” photos by Andrew Miksys. -- perfect rainy day photography

Illustrations by Denise Nestor. -- mind blowing pencil drawings that are helping me understand myself and recent thoughts. i beg you to look at this link, if you look at nothing else on this blog. these illustrations are unbelievable.


Tape art by Buff Diss. -- tape art?!?!


Everfresh and Miso paint the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. -- will someone please let me do this to their wall at home some day? 

“Back to the Future”, an amazing series of photos by Irina Werning. People were invited to re-create their old photos. -- i also saw a post today with even more of her photos on the magazine's website that i sometimes work for:  here.

i love this music video from the same blog:  

“Who Knows Who Cares” a Take Away Show by Local Natives. -- incredible live performance in france on video made by take away shows

this is hopefully one of the only times i say omg on my blog, but i promise it's necessary. essentially necessary. OMG -- fucking take away shows is a ridiculously amazingly inspiring music blog that has a bunch of wooonndderrrffuuuullllll bands today being recorded in live, indoor and outdoor, public settings. fabulous performances of some of the best musicians i've heard this day in age that i love. these performances are just amazing. the videos are heart wrenchingly happy. i will probably never say this again on my blog ever again either -- please don't be mad at me -- i just jizzed in my pants. hours of time have been and will be going watching videos on this blog.

lastly, i re-located this mini text-edit file that i saved over the summer of 2010 and just found the other day on my computer, titled "BEST IDEA":


new life goal:

get a where house.

get all friends to live in it.

work. make art. be productive. collectively. everyone has to be on top of it.

cheap rent.

good ideas.

nonstop art and music.

I LOVE MUSIC AND ART. 

life is beautiful

i love taking pictures and i love writing poetry...

(a dorey kronick photograph of some incredible smelling roses in san gregorio that i finally just edited today. details for this photo here)

admit...

admit that things are not that bad

acknowledge that you're whole

and know that everything you're feeling is inside your soul.

i want to draw you naked...

(written on or around 5/26/2010)

i want to draw you naked

i want to see your soul

i want to touch your heart

and i want to fill your bowl

i want to feed you cereal

i want to love your bones

i want to kiss you day and night

and run over all your orange cones

i can close my eyes...

i can close my eyes

i can think

i can feel

i can breathe

the future awaits

the present exists

the past brought us here

continue the flow

and create

(a dorey kronick photograph of some precious little yellow flowers in san gregorio that i finally just edited today. details for this photo here)

are you ready to hear some good songs?

Click here. Don't even think about it. Just do it. "Indian Love Call." By Slim Whitman.

and now, click here. for another amazing song. (i got a private personalized performance today in my living room from battlehooch, singing this song to me. actually, just pat and a.j. sang this song. with a little tom mixed in there. but oh man, was it good. and oh man did i swoon. and oh man did they do a great job. now i'm in love with this song! "crying," by roy orbison.")

my house mate told me that i seem like i've been on ecstasy all week. [this is not a poem.]

too bad i haven't been doing any ecstasy lately. i'm actually just having a really great week. 

i have two art shows coming up that just got confirmed this week -- one at a salon in the mission district in sf and another one at the sports basement in sf. i've never been to either locations, but both shows came to me and asked if i'd hang work. absolutely. seeking out shows can be a lot of work, so when the shows come to me, i usually say yes, of course. 

i also go a job working 1 or 2 days a week at sf's great american music hall. i start on friday and i couldn't be happier about it. i used to work in a music venue in santa cruz and have missed the inspiring creative vibes. i'm happy to be a part of another music venue. show hook ups! lots of good shows coming up in march... i'll be seeing toro y moi there, thanks to my friend who got me the job, who is in the band castle, that i photographed last week. (you can see two of the pictures in the previous blog post.) her husband works at bottom of the hill, and will be hooking me up with show tickets as well :) i also paid to see warpaint i think at the independent next month. can't wait! good music. good job. good friends. good life. lucky lucky lucky streak.

recent dk art & design work

i was hired to take photos for a brand new latin restaurant in san francisco, called pasion. every picture you see on their website was taken by me :) check them out @ http://www.pasionsf.com/!

my friend that i met during my brief time working at pasion started a fairly new band with her husband, called castle. below are a couple of my favorite, totally tripped out shots, [although there were quite a few good ones of the behind the scenes crew]. i was taking pictures while they were shooting their first music video at the bottom of the hill venue, in san francisco, ca. 

i've also been hired to create my own small line of greeting card designs for mother's day, father's day, and one other remaining holiday for tiny prints :) i'll be updating everyone when they choose which ones will be for sale on their site.

inspired by einstein

(this is a self portrait digital photo that i took in may 2010.

i'm sitting on my personally custom painted chair, in front of my barely started canvases 

that later turned into the mixed media masterpiece series.

inside of my san gregorio, ca historic live-in art studio/loft space. 

in other words, dream land.)

i'm having a really incredible week. my spirits are high and i have nothing but good vibrations shooting out of me towards all of my precious friends and family members that i care so much about -- many of whom are going through tough times. i'm very lucky to be having a fabulous week full of deep thought, inspiration, rewarding art and design projects, amazing people, epic sunsets, delicious fruits and vegetables, and warming weather. i love thinking and feeling for myself, enjoying nature, indulging in art, and researching whatever i want to know more about. with that in mind, i spent a good amount of time this morning reading over some famous albert einstein quotes to post on my facebook page to inspire my some of my struggling friends, as well as myself. for a while i was obsessed with him... he's so fucking genius. see some of my favorite einstein quotes below this "exploding thoughts" mixed media piece i made in 2005.

(this is a mixed media piece that i did years ago called "exploding thoughts." click here for details.)

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. 


I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind. 


I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. 


I never think of the future - it comes soon enough. 


A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. 


A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy? 



A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy? 


An empty stomach is not a good political adviser. 


Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves. 


Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. 


As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. 


Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish. 


Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater. 


Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. 


Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized. 


Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler. 



Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts. 


Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions. 


Imagination is more important than knowledge. 


Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow? 


It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.  


It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. 



Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.


Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. 


Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. 


Love is a better teacher than duty.




--thank you, Albert Einstein, for re-enforcing my sometimes seemingly radical thoughts, ideas, beliefs, and concepts on life. 

(this is another mixed media piece that i made years ago called, "life, death and disease." click here for details.)

later this afternoon, after thinking hard about a dream i had over the summer, which i may or may not have written anything about in previous posts on this blog, i stumbled upon a poem/personal note that i wrote february 27th, 2010:


"a night of thought"


what am i supposed to do
to be a part of this world?

how do i stay happy
and make others happy at the same time?
how do i fulfill my dreams
and fulfill the dreams of others?

how do i live life each and every day
and bring beauty, love, peace, and inspiration to people, plants, and animals?

how do i save myself
from falling into the disgusting black hole of society?

how can i live the life that i want to live
and do what i want to do
and make what i want to make
and be who i want to be?

how do i spread good vibes
spread love
spread serenity to everyone?

i want to live a good life
i want to be remembered
i want to put the future in my hands
and mold it like clay
into something amazing
into something beautiful

i want to save my family
i want to take care of my friends
i want to shelter all of the weak, poor, and hurt
from the frightening world around them

i want to love
and be loved
i want to see and be seen
hear and be heard
i want to be bold
brave
self sustained

i want to share my thoughts
and have people care

i want to be the most incredible, brilliant, serene dorey kronick that i can be
and prove to the world that i'm worthy of this life
of this earth, of this solar system

i want to make art
i want to paint
i want to sing
i want to be

i want to stand on a tall mountain and view the scenes below
i want to see the sunset everyday
and appreciate the skies above me

i want to know who i am
i want to save myself
i want to be appreciated

how do i do all of this?

i suppose that is the meaning of life.

travel far and wide and make yourself known

help people, help animals, help the planet

why do we ask ourselves these questions?

how do we get so enraptured in all of these little details?

it seems so much farther beyond survival
but maybe it's not...
maybe all of these things combined are survival

humans have progressed so far that we possess and continue to come up with these kinds of thoughts and ideas

we needed a way to organize it and categorize it

so, i guess, we did our best to do so

the system is certainly not perfect

but i certainly don't have a better idea of how to make it work.

i'm just playing a small part
in a big thing
a really big thing
or so it seems...

maybe when we die
we realize that this was all just a very small time period
life, that is -- our lives
and bigger, more important things -- like holding the universe together -- take over us

rocks, dust, gas, atoms, molecules, "dark matter"
that's what the universe and everything within it is made of anyways right?
right?

maybe i'll just become a single molecule
a very small piece of matter that holds other bigger things together
and my part will be to function with all the other molecules

i definitely can't be the only person who has these kinds of thoughts
can i?

we're all just confused beings in this crazy universe
someone tell me who has all the answers
because i'd certainly like to meet them
and have a conversation about all of this

so many questions...