mike k in l.a.

Hello friends. This is where I’ll be updating you on my current thoughts, endeavors and interests from now on. You know…I’ve tried keeping blogs in the past, but always failed to update them enough, letting them reach sad states of dilapidation. I think this time around things will be different because as a graduate student, i’m hoping to be stimulated and inspired in an way that will encourage me to want to write often and in detail. I must admit, I had a hard time choosing a name for this blog and embarassingly, that’s why its taken me well over a week since moving here to start it! But in typical art student fashion, I happened across a famous John Cage quote that I found inspiring.

Cage says “if something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all“. I decided to call this blog “tryitforfour” because I like the way this quote summarizes the open mindedness and excitement to learn and try new things that I’m approaching these next two years with.