dear google,thank you for letting me know that today was jackson pollock's birthday.i had always been intrigued by his art and his method. last spring i took a contemporary art history class that i just loved. all the artist, all the artwork, everything was fascinating. and of course pollock was one of the first artist we learned about, my first paper centering mainly on him. anyway, it was a pleasant surprise to see this when i went on google today:
haha, my first thought when i saw that was, wtf? did google just pull a pollock? is it his birthday or something? and yes, it was. this has to be one of my favorite of their altered logos. i bet there's a page somewhere that shows them all, huh? oh and what was even cooler (because i'm dorky and find things like this cool) is that when you go to jacksonpollock.org it's a blank white screen but when you click and move you're mouse around you get to create a drip painting yourself. mine's is not nearly as amazing as a pollock, but it was pretty fun to make:
i hope to one day see a pollock in person. and i believe there is one at the museum of contemporary art in los angeles. hopefully, i make my way over there soon.
till later.
