Andrew Schroeder

During times of serious decision making, I’m always drawn back to one of the core theories of quantum physics: every time we make a decision, the universe splits into another fragment of possibility. Or, more simply put, there is an infinite number of outcomes possible from any choice we make – serious or not.

A big part of my thought process behind deciding to move to Green Bay and start up Pig & Weasel Press has been weighing all the “what if” scenarios that come from this crazy little idea. In one universe, I stay at my day job. I work there until I retire and my life is the same as it is right now: listless, unsatisfying, and dull.

My point being, simply, sometimes in life, it is better to make a major decision based on knowing which outcomes you definitely do not want to realize.

In the last couple of months, I’ve worked incredibly hard at something that seems incredibly easy to do: doing nothing. Of course it is actually impossible to not do. Human beings are automated machines designed to engage stimuli. However, I’ve been training myself at the timeless art of uni-tasking. Screw multi-tasking and the little high that it has given me in the past. Does a person really need to complete the tasks simultaneously?

There is something incredibly beautiful about doing less and less. Instead of the clenched-jaw feeling of having too much going on, I find myself actually asking myself what I want to do.

There’s nothing more liberating that having that…

I avoided making New Years resolutions this time around… but find that I have delayed all of my resolutions, plans for change, and regrets for my birthday… this Saturday. Most people feel like the “milestone” years are something like 18, 21, 30… but for me, 28 is turning out to be a pivotal year. I’m finally feeling like I can grasp the idea of “satisfaction” and the joy that could come from controlling one’s actions, environment, and lifestyle.

Case in point, I’m in love with this design for a home. It seems like the perfect mix of environments, inside and outside, private and public. The only thing that I would change would be the transparency of the glass. It would have to be adjustable…

Tiny House Design , Archive » Tiny House Cluster Under Glass.

I’m taking a note from the EuroNews “No Comment” section and just posting some images today. After a rather confusing weekend, I am back to my daily grind. Here is just a small sampling of images captured this weekend as I wandered around the Mid-West… trying to get to know things a bit better.

My life is exceptionally simple. I think most people that are saddled with a lack of creativity and enormous student loans have similar arrangements with the world around them? While other people go to movies, go shopping, party, or enjoy being part of the social sphere, I wander.

During my wanderings I find amazing things. Tidbits of life that may or may not prove that other human beings exist, do things, ruin other people’s lives and so and and so forth… It is refreshing.

When I saw this on the ground it was just too good to pass up. I do not know what could possibly indicate that this young man, who cannot control his nearly forked tongue could be responsible for all those things scrawled in Crayola marker around his likeness.

It is exceptionally early and I am already at work. To be honest, I walked through the doors to the building I work in Downtown at… 5:45 AM. Yesterday was probably the most confusing/stressful day that I have experienced in months. A definite low that was intermingled with a few bright spots: (more…)

Justin Lentz

During the avalanche of work yesterday, my friend in Los Angeles – Justin Lentz, sent me this great photograph from a photo shoot he was conducting. I’m excited to see the actual photographs that will emerge from his working process… but this iPhone image has me captivated right now. This little juicy tidbit reminds me of a recent blog post about photography as a lifestyle vs. photography as a strict, project based discipline. Personally, I love it when artists using photography are able to blend it into their practices as a human being… not simply running through the parameters of a project outline. (I will photograph X in X style until someone pays attention to how great thousands of images of X are)

It is only Wednesday and I feel completely drained. This week has been an energy vampire of unrivaled proportions. (Speaking of vampires, I find this article about fried blood on the menu in Chad really disturbing).

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On a separate note: I am finally going to break down and check out the “Quick and the Dead” exhibition at the Walker Art Center this weekend. Perhaps then, I will finally be able to see which ideas in conceptual art are officially DEAD and which ones the Walker has decided are ALIVE. Remember – ideas are just objects.