<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557137372392204702</id><updated>2012-02-16T00:55:53.504-08:00</updated><category term='Introduction'/><category term='Photography'/><category term='East Coast Steff'/><title type='text'>The Mad Collab</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://themadcollab.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1557137372392204702/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://themadcollab.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>The Mad Collab</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06954886731812727118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557137372392204702.post-3545618147209440339</id><published>2009-12-20T12:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-20T12:38:13.777-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Forged Lemons</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_j5Ky9itQBKU/Sy6ITQUKqKI/AAAAAAAAAAw/n20xxbA6YKE/s1600-h/profile.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417417266151729314" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_j5Ky9itQBKU/Sy6ITQUKqKI/AAAAAAAAAAw/n20xxbA6YKE/s320/profile.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Radish1W:&lt;/strong&gt; Remember, months ago, when I caught your gaze in that crowded mobbish mob scene?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;timult_scorn: &lt;/strong&gt;Is that why you called me here?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Radish1W: &lt;/strong&gt;Ion! You sphere! Where are you that you are not where you aren't?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;timult_scorn: &lt;/strong&gt;There are multiple responses I could give you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Radish1W: &lt;/strong&gt;Well...?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;timult_scorn:&lt;/strong&gt; Less than many, but a tad more than few- and a tad must be measured precisely- is the secret alchemical function of a spot of transfiguration (after a minor duration); here, my boy, you have an ablation!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Radish1W: &lt;/strong&gt;Could you more or less say that, when we spoke the last time, you were not completely direct in your manner of confronting me?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;timult_scorn: &lt;/strong&gt;I will say only this: My lonely crawl across the dusk of your understanding finds me a fugitive to all things of great tale. Yet I crawl, and for what? For you to ask me 'which knee did I start on?' Here now is the death-stroke to all good graces!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Radish1W: &lt;/strong&gt;Roots made of mercury and mortar that corrodes from the inside, out! Are these my rank and class?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;timult_scorn: &lt;/strong&gt;There you have it! You must be as you'd have me accuse you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1557137372392204702-3545618147209440339?l=themadcollab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://themadcollab.blogspot.com/feeds/3545618147209440339/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://themadcollab.blogspot.com/2009/12/radish1w-remember-months-ago-when-i.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1557137372392204702/posts/default/3545618147209440339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1557137372392204702/posts/default/3545618147209440339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://themadcollab.blogspot.com/2009/12/radish1w-remember-months-ago-when-i.html' title='Forged Lemons'/><author><name>The Mad Collab</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06954886731812727118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_j5Ky9itQBKU/Sy6ITQUKqKI/AAAAAAAAAAw/n20xxbA6YKE/s72-c/profile.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557137372392204702.post-1674504029994436405</id><published>2009-12-19T11:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-19T11:17:29.783-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='East Coast Steff'/><title type='text'>The long road home</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_j5Ky9itQBKU/Sy0mkEKqAAI/AAAAAAAAAAo/S5I2Pg-mXIw/s1600-h/10858_237027569438_617554438_4232867_5310108_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_j5Ky9itQBKU/Sy0mkEKqAAI/AAAAAAAAAAo/S5I2Pg-mXIw/s400/10858_237027569438_617554438_4232867_5310108_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417028327832158210" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;The Bourne Bridge at 60MPH at 3:30 AM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1557137372392204702-1674504029994436405?l=themadcollab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://themadcollab.blogspot.com/feeds/1674504029994436405/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://themadcollab.blogspot.com/2009/12/long-road-home.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1557137372392204702/posts/default/1674504029994436405'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1557137372392204702/posts/default/1674504029994436405'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://themadcollab.blogspot.com/2009/12/long-road-home.html' title='The long road home'/><author><name>The Mad Collab</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06954886731812727118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_j5Ky9itQBKU/Sy0mkEKqAAI/AAAAAAAAAAo/S5I2Pg-mXIw/s72-c/10858_237027569438_617554438_4232867_5310108_n.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557137372392204702.post-5603460246433521214</id><published>2009-12-16T17:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-16T17:29:04.791-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Introduction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='East Coast Steff'/><title type='text'>Greetings and Salutations!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j5Ky9itQBKU/Sylof9kGDSI/AAAAAAAAAAU/94mf5P1ZyLM/s1600-h/5851_126610914438_617554438_3066475_6276964_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j5Ky9itQBKU/Sylof9kGDSI/AAAAAAAAAAU/94mf5P1ZyLM/s200/5851_126610914438_617554438_3066475_6276964_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415974925200919842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am East Coast Steff. I am a photographer, foodie and music enthusiast. Quite often you will find me combining two out of the three. Occasionally I doodle, but it's usually nothing fantastic. I also keep a personal blog where I write about all the absurdities in my otherwise droll life. I look forward to adding my contributions to this little corner of the interwebs.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1557137372392204702-5603460246433521214?l=themadcollab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://themadcollab.blogspot.com/feeds/5603460246433521214/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://themadcollab.blogspot.com/2009/12/greetings-and-salutations.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1557137372392204702/posts/default/5603460246433521214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1557137372392204702/posts/default/5603460246433521214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://themadcollab.blogspot.com/2009/12/greetings-and-salutations.html' title='Greetings and Salutations!'/><author><name>The Mad Collab</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06954886731812727118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j5Ky9itQBKU/Sylof9kGDSI/AAAAAAAAAAU/94mf5P1ZyLM/s72-c/5851_126610914438_617554438_3066475_6276964_n.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557137372392204702.post-6477142254039259527</id><published>2009-12-09T15:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-13T13:44:25.351-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Launching Point</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;So what is this all about?&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We as a group are artists. When I use the term "artist" or "art" I mean more than just painting and drawing. We are painters, photographers, musicians, writers, video artists, etc. This blog is a place for anyone looking for inspiration.  We are not here simply to post and brag about our own work.  Our goal is to provide a place for people to exchange creative ideas. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This blog was started by a few friends in need of an easy way to communicate and share ideas with other creative people.  We want to provide an eclectic view of the word in a safe, constructive, and stimulating environment for people to come together and share... just about anything.  Think of us as a digital, collaborative sketchbook.  Someone might post a quote, a piece of art they have seen in a gallery, an interesting article they found online, maybe even a picture of a piece of trash they walked by on their way home.  Nothing is off limits.  We want to stimulate peoples' minds in many ways.  Art can come from anywhere or anything.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;To get the ball rolling here is a quote from Albert Einstein:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This says a lot about my art education as of now. I did my foundation year of college at the Art Institute of Boston before fate landed me back on the Cape. Although I learned a lot academically in terms of art while I was there, nothing has improved my art (and my way thinking) as much as being around the wonderful, creative minds that I have met back home.  It is the drive and the energy that the artist brings to the table that makes art. Just like a musician who is wicked pumped to play his music and projects that energy to the crowd; I push my energy through the brush to the canvas.  The energy of the people around me plays a big role in art (even if no one realizes it).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1557137372392204702-6477142254039259527?l=themadcollab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://themadcollab.blogspot.com/feeds/6477142254039259527/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://themadcollab.blogspot.com/2009/12/launching-point.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1557137372392204702/posts/default/6477142254039259527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1557137372392204702/posts/default/6477142254039259527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://themadcollab.blogspot.com/2009/12/launching-point.html' title='Launching Point'/><author><name>The Mad Collab</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06954886731812727118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
