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CAGE CAGE CAGE

jane2a, a photo by Peter Yumi on Flickr. Today I have been meditating on John Cage writings. This morning I read a bit of Silence before heading out the door. here are some of his writings that have resonated with … Continue reading

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I don’t think of myself as making art. I do what I do because I want to, because painting is the best way I’ve found to get along with myself. (Robert Rauschenberg)

The last two and a half years I have been extremely disciplined in my practice.  I wake used to wake up every morning and make my collage work, then I switched, now I work when I get home from my … Continue reading

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Bridges that I will cross….

Fetish 1. an object regarded with awe as being the embodiment or habitation of a potent spirit or as having magical potency. 2. any object, idea, etc., eliciting unquestioning reverence, respect, or devotion: to make a fetish of high grades. As … Continue reading

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The purpose of collage

“The purpose of the papier colle’ was to give the idea that different textures can enter into a composition to become the reality in the painting that competes with the reality in nature. We tried to get rid of “trompe … Continue reading

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In the dark sky there are constellations, all of them erotic and they break open the streets The streets exceed the house On occasion the body exceeds the self Everyday someone replaces someone and someone’s mother is sad so as … Continue reading

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SELLING MY WORK

I have decided to start selling a select number of prints of my work. If you would like to purchase any of the prints below, please contact me at peter.yumi at gmail.com

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But look at this matter in other lights a man might rather have done than to have left undone after disposing of the embalmed head Was there ever such unconsciousness? contracted, that definition is the result of expanded meditation preparations … Continue reading

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Wood Lice

The cleft was infested with woodlice. the burn was forever there soon, going to the table, took up a large book there, No more my splintered heart and maddened hand This soothing savage had redeemed it.

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My New Years Goals

Research more Talk to more artists about their work Read more poems Read more novels Read more non-fiction Listen to more music Ask artist more questions Work more, at the end of my life I will have said I should … Continue reading

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Top Ten Collages of 2011

Top Ten Collages of 2011 This is a list of my favorite collages of 2011. There are hundreds more that I would like to include in the list. I picked these collage for a number of reason, some because they … Continue reading

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