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Michael

Enlightened clown. A fool & intellectual in the same body. Member since May 13th, '07.

About Me

I love to love, live & laugh. I think outside the box's box. I am a professional photographer and have done freelance work for several publications throughout Ontario. My work has also been displayed at a number of local art galleries and I also shoot weddings, parties, graduation ceremonies and the like.....Although photography doesn't pay me too much it really becomes worthwhile when i see how much someone enjoys my work. Plus its way more fun than some boring, desk gig. .....I also do video for local sporting events such as horse racing and hockey.Below you can view some sample images from my upcoming coffee table book: "A THOUSAND WORDS". This wordless photo collection will be available in select art galleries throughout Ontario late 2007/1st quarter 2008. 166 full colour images. 160 pages. available in deluxe (genuine black leather hardcover) or softcover versions (avail. in multiple colours.) pricing info tba......I'd jump at the chance to do album cover artwork for any interested musical acts....and I'd do any photography for any non-profit organization in a second... a.navbar:hover, a.man:hover, a:hover { color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline;

My Interests

people and creative endeavors of all kinds (whether it be photography, music, writing, filmmaking, acting, comedy, animation, digital art, sculpture, magic, you name it; i'm interested)I'm big on the idea of how ALIVE artistic creation can make you feel.Besides photography I also write my own songs - some with simple folk-styled acoustic guitar and others made exclusively with computers which have much more complicated electronic beats. I imagine I'll be posting some here sometime once I figure out how the hell to do that.I also really like making people laugh and I've been known to perform some magic tricks from time to time. Right now I'm working on something where I light both my hands on fire out of nowhere.I also really like shocking the hell out of people to get them out of that kind of "zombie mode" of going thru the motions and try to get them to do some funny/weird/interesting/creative type ish themselves.I guess my fav thing to do is to get people excited - and whenever I manage to pull that off it really makes my day.Anyways, overall I just like making people feel good and try to spread the positive vibes in evrything I do.now that you've read that you should GET OFF THE INTERNET & GO CREATE SOMETHING!

I'd like to meet:

I don't know, everybody is cool in their own way I just hope I never meet the devil or the current American president (cuz if I did I'd do something that would get me beat up by his bodyguards). Anyways, I'd like to meet the love of my life someday - but not until I'm over 30 ;)

Music:

I just want to hear ideas and sounds I've never heard before, for example artists like: Aphex Twin , Madlib , Squarepusher , Black Dice , Venetian Snares , Fela Kuti , u-ziq , Autechre , Miles Davis , Brian Jonestown Massacre , Boards of Canada , Kode 9 , Animal Collective , Sonic Youth , MF Doom , Can , Ariel Pink , J Dilla , Dungen , Burial , The Smiths , King Tubby , Bjork , Radiohead , Deerhoof , Deerhunter , Air , Liars , Lee "Scratch" Perry , Junior Boys , Bonnie "Prince" Billy , Cannibal Ox , Elliot Smith , Sleep's Jerusalem , The Slits , Lightning Bolt , Brightback Morning Light , Bad Brains , Beach House , Wu-Tang Clan , Beck , LCD Soundsystem/DFA , Electric Wizard , Digital Mystikz , M.I.A , Minor Threat , Joy Division , Clipse, Panda Bear, My Bloody Valentine, Syd Barrett, Amon Tobin, Bob Marley, Timbaland, Spiritualized, ESG, Fugazi, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Burzum, The Cure, Tussle, Metalheadz era dnb, Mike Patton, Velvet Underground, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Clouddead, Talking Heads,

Movies:

anything by Werner Herzog, Harmony Korine, David Lynch, Jim Jarmusch, Wes Anderson, David Cronenberg, Charlie Kaufman, Lars Von Trier, Paul Thomas Anderson, Spike Jonze, Quentin Tarantino, Chris Cunningham and lots of documentaries on artists and musicians (for example the Fearless Freaks doc on the Flaming Lips), political documentaries (The Corporation, Manufacturing Consent etc)go here for a laugh: http://www.abum.com/55658/Late-Night-Special.html

Television:

TV should be publicly owned & operated but some of my fav shows are things like: Brass Eye, Mr. Show , Twin Peaks , Tim & Eric's Awesome Show , Jaaaaam , Nathan Barley , Saxondale, BBC's Planet Earth series, Ali G Show, Sarah Silverman Show, Extras, any standup comedy specials featuring Zack Galifianakis, Bill Hicks, George Carlin, Mitch Hedberg

Books:

any charles bukowski and leonard cohen, No Logo by Naomi Klein, Fast Food Nation, WorldChanging: A User's Guide For The 21st Century, jean micheal basquiat biography, tibor kalman biography, vice magazine , adbusters magazine, Post Secret, Found magzine, colours magazine, any graphic novels by dan clowes, chris ware, charles burns, craig robinson or craig thompson, the cremaster cycle, future shock by alvin toffler, house of leaves, and lastly my own book that i made

Heroes:

Werner Herzog (one of the only people who can capture "ecstatic truth" on film. I don't know what would be harder: dragging a boat up a mountain or trying to calm down Klaus Kinski)Harmony Korine (another genius capable of getting ecstatic truth up on that screen, his work makes you see things in a different way)David Blaine (got magic away from that boring Copperfield type showman crap and made it raw, exciting and fun again, his endurance stunts are awe-inspiring as well)Sasha Baron Cohen (method actor extraordinaire, the smartest and most thought-provoking a comedian you'll ever find)