DAJ Day 24: The Oval

Geocaching on campus! I finally found the one at the top of the Oval... I have no idea why I didn't find it before because it's in the only obvious place.

DAJ Day 23: Headcam

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DAJ Day 21: Covered Up

Inspired by the Rodin sculptures of Burghers of Calais in Stanford's main quad. They are recovering/redoing some of the cement tiles and covered up the statues in moving blankets and tape to presumably protect them. At first I thought it was an art project until I read the sign.

DAJ Day 20: Induction

Inspired by a lovely relaxing day reading up on induction loops at stop lights at Philz in Berkeley.

DAJ Day 19: 2 Months!

Commemorating my first day rock climbing after a long hiatus to rest injured fingers.

DAJ Day 18: Plaid

Tonight was a rough night. I really wanted to make something but was lacking inspiration. Based on a character from a TV show on Hulu.

DAJ Day 15: Doors

Inspired by a picture from my spontaneous trip to Ford Ord. This one was kind of a fail... I couldn't find my exacto knife so had to drastically change plans and couldn't pull it together.

DAJ Day 14: Fountain

Inspired by all the circles on this fountain on campus: the red structure, the shadow, the water.

DAJ Day 12: New Beginnings

Inspired by signing my lease!

DAJ Day 11: Contrast

For this one, I was curious how the same colors would look on two different backgrounds.

DAJ Day 9: Medical Center

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DAJ Day 8: Renegade Craft Fair

Inspiration: A certain geometric designed that popped up in a bunch of different booths at the Renegade Craft Fair in SF. It was too difficult for me to make without a protractor so this was a simplified version.

DAJ Day 7: Pain

Inspiration: A study I did at Stanford where I was supposed to control my brain activation in regions that process pain. It was painful.

DAJ Day 4: My Job

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DAJ Day 3: Found

Inspiration: Heading to the Caltrain station before work, I saw someone put a cup on a tree branch... another really literal picture. This made me laugh because it's art in a way - it's a deliberate action; someone interacting with their environment. It reminded me of this grate at Berkeley Bowl West where people place random found objects. That grate has the feeling of a shrine, and I like to think of those as offerings to the Berkeley Bowl god. I think it's possible that would happen in Berkeley... this grocery story inspires weird amounts of devotion in it's shoppers, including myself. Every time I'm in town, I always stop by, pay my respects and leave a little trinket. So I put the grate in the background behind the tree.

The grate in question:

DAJ Day 2: Layout

Inspiration: Choosing the layout for my former tumblr. Pretty literal.

DAJ Day 1: Sprinkler Night Walk

This picture was inspired by a night walk I took with a friend around my neighborhood. We went to the park by my house and all of a sudden the sprinklers started spraying everywhere. They were pretty much the worst sprinklers ever, spraying light posts, sidewalks and all at weird angles. An alternate name for this piece is "Your Tax Dollars at Work".