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Newspaper Blackout Poems

A guy named Austin Kleon takes a sharpie to the daily post and creates poetry that I like more than any other poems I remember ever liking. His website is located at austinkleon.com

Kids with Cameras

“I used to want to be a doctor. Then I wanted to be an artist. Now I want to be a photographer…”
-Avijit, 11, Calcutta
I just watched the documentary “Born into Brothels” on The Passionate Eye. Holy. What cool kids in such uncool situations. Makes me want to join in and help others by using art. […]

I think…

art is just what we decide to treat as art, and that it has way more to do with the person making it and the people viewing it than the actual “it” itself.
Here are other answers to “what is art?” taken from the streets of the USA.

I’m baaack!

Hey,
So I’m back in Canada and excited about life. This site is finally getting some action, with some new pages with photos of my art.
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 Anyone going to Tokyo in May 08 should check out the brightly-coloured and only slightly overwhelming Design Festa, held on the 17th and 18th at Tokyo Big Sight. It’s the largest art […]

Dear visitors to jilliancyca.com,

I know this blog/website is pretty darn stagnant right now, but as soon as I figure out how to post photos and info about my art (and have it look the way I want it to), I’ll have some stuff happening here. So check back every once in awhile. I plan to have photos of […]

Sitting in Kyoto Station…

Hi! I’m sitting in the HUGE Kyoto Station on Luke’s laptop on some sketchy internet connection that he hacked into. So… thought I’d just write a quick post to say that the two of us are having a good time so far. Went to a big, busy flea market today at Toji temple, ate some […]

big smile

Japan is so much fun!

A new post! Finally…

Hi… I hope there’s some people still checking this. I know I’ve been really bad in the last while for posting updates, but you know… I just sort of feel like, with one month left, I’m so close to the end that most things that I have to tell now can just wait till I […]