Assignment 2: Who That Cool Artist

Leon Karrsen

          The artwork of Leon Karssen is honestly just really weird , and if he actually gives a fuck he is doing a really good job of not letting anybody know. His work is fantastic in my eyes, and a humorous but accurate fit for my generation. His simplistic compositions and characters make his work "catchy". Something about his work is seemingly nostalgic, I think it lies in his color palette choices. Bright neons and basic shapes, throw in some super tacky sparkles and some handwritten fonts. I don't know, something about it triggers a feeling of my childhood. Karssen's work is far from kid appropriate however, making it even funnier. As teenagers/ college students we are stuck between being a kid and an adult, we also crass, fed up, self-oriented, and overall crazy. I think Karssen's work also fits that description and thats why he is so popular on the internet today. 

Assignment 1: Questions

I am a fast paced, mentally messy person. I am paranoid and narcissistic. I have to much empathy. I hold to many grudges. I contradict myself. I love dogs. I am over obsessed with aesthetic. I eat to much cereal. I feel the need to define things but I struggle to define things. I am constantly lost, learning, and confused. I make up words. I tell bad jokes. I talk to animals in public.  I am chaotic, and indecisive. I will pet your dog.

Boston. No, south of Boston 40 minutes. 20 minutes north of Providence, Mansfield Massachusetts. So many trees.So many god damn beautiful trees. 19 years, five dogs, 7 cats, twelve rabbits , a guiana pig, hamster, horse,chinchilla, eight thousand fish. Good lord. Suburbia, clean mom, concerned parents, obnoxious child. Catholic school. Catholic middle school. Catholic High School, all girls? Scene phase, strict parents, bad haircuts. Drama club, cant sing, self esteem, boys. School, school, school. Family holidays, ill-awaited gatherings. Drama club, School. Feed the dogs. Let the cat in. Where are you going? Who are you with? Don't use that tone.

 

Honestly I'm not standing on much besides the sheer hope that the future will be bright/ish/er, and the hard work I put into my life will eventually pay off. Life can get pretty darn annoying and depressing. And honestly its just way to much work sometimes. But you've got to remember it will never get any better if you don't try hard. I want to do something fulfilling and satisfactory to me with my life, so I have to work hard.