In a recent issue of one of the worlds best magazines, VICE did an article called "PINUPS: Fuck eyes--bulletin boards are the windows to the soul". Bulletin boards or "inspiration areas" or any collection of images reveal more about a person, specifically an artist, than anything else. I thought this was interesting because seeing where an artists gets their inspiration or where they start from really gives an insight view into their final product. It also makes me think about the importance of starting or maintaining your own collection of images. In the opening to the article VICE asks "What's better than going over to someone's house and looking at their stuff? Nothing. People's stuff rules." I have noticed that the things people collect directly relate to what they produce in the classrooom or studio. VICE choose their four favorite artist types, a graffiti artist, photographer, visual artist, and the guy who reinvented skateboarding all from different parts of the world. The magazine then sent people to their houses or studios to ask what everything meant that was hanging on their walls or bulletin boards. Its pretty interesting to read what everything is, why they keep it up there and where they got it from. Some of them art pretty funny.

Check it out at: http://www.viceland.com/int/v14n4/htdocs/pinup.php?country=us

It would be fun to talk about where i got all my images from, why i keep them up, and how they influence my work. maybe i'll write my own vice magazine article! Also be sure to check out the DOs & DONTs because they are funny.

--Claire