Logo
We are working on putting up the new issue as soon as I can. It will most likely be up sometime this week, but we need some help with a logo. We don’t have one! Any creative people out there interested in helping up make a logo asap? We will give you full credit and other items for your assistance. Know anyone who good at web/graphic design or illustration that can help or how about yourself? If you do, email us at th.blnk.pg@gmail.com as soon as possible. Thank you for your time and the new update will be the next issue! Remember to ask around for logos, but are you excited?
Blank Page
Blank Page is a collection of art and writing geared to showing everyone that creativity is there and to demonstrate the power it takes to change a blank page, a blank canvas or even a blank screen, to life. We are a collective of strong minds and are always finding ways to make the impossible happen. The publication will run twice a month, if not indicated otherwise. We are looking for new pieces for their new issue, The Fall Preview, due out at the end of the month. If you are interested in submitted, message back here with your name and email or send an email to th.blnk.pg@gmail.com with your name and an idea of what you want to submit. In Art, they are looking for: Photography, Drawings, Collages, Graphic Design pieces and similar art mediums. Writing wise they are looking for articles, rants or reviews on: Music, Movies, Fashion, Prose Writing, Poetry and Short Stories. Please reblog this message and spread the word about Blank Page.
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SUMMER LOOKBOOK '09
ISSUE #1
by Nina P
Blank Page
We are a collection of art and writing geared to show everyone we can that creativity is there and we should appreciate the power it has to change a blank page or a blank canvas or even a blank screen to life. We are collective of strong minds and are always finding ways to make the impossible happen. The publication will run twice a month, once in the beginning and once at the end of the month. Our current sections are as followed:
Calotypes for Photography
Origami for Art (Which includes drawings, collages, graphic design and other artistic mediums)
Scores for Music
Reel Print for Movies
Post-Its for Poetry writing
Manuscripts for Prose writing
Clippings for Interviews
Paper cuts for Short Articles(More Sections may be added)
If you are interested in submitting, please contact us here or at our email at th.blnk.pg@gmail.com
by Kelley Smith
by Kelley Smith
Score: Modest Mouse
No One’s First and You’re Next (EP)
by Kevin Norris
Modest Mouse’s newest EP “No One’s First and You’re Next” picks up from where 2005’s “Good News For People Who Love Bad News” and 2007’s “We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank” left off, mainly due to most of the songs being leftover b-sides from those albums. Because of this there isn’t a significant difference in sound from that period, but thats okay because the musical buffet of fuzzy guitars, thumping bass lines, and chaotic bark of Isaac Brock are all here.
Opening with “Satellite Skin” Modest Mouse sets forth with a poppy guitar jam that recalls the likes of prior hits “Float On” and “Dashboard”. Although both “Satellite Skin” and the following track “Guilty Cocker Spaniels” are fun, upbeat summertime anthems, it isn’t until the rustic banjos of “Autumn Beds” and sinister “The Whale Song” that the EP really begins to gain its momentum. Being the most ambitious track “The Whale Song” provides the EP with an eerie feeling of being lost in an ocean of grooving bass lines, slurry guitars that sound like the crying echoes of whales, and pleading grumble of Brock to “find a way out.” Continuing with ambiguity “Perpetual Motion Machine” is jumpy song full of brassy wails from the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, who are also featured on the moody, eccentric “King Rat.”
While overall the EP is an entertaining listen for both old and new fans, it fails to be a progressive leap forward, however, it is nice to have something to tie us over in between LP releases.
*** 1/2 out of 5
by Kelley Smith
Letter To The Readers
Dear Readers & Friends:
The summer is winding down, but we are far from letting that sneaky feeling in. We are seizing the moment to relish in the summer bliss. This Summer Lookbook is filled with endless creativity, brilliant thoughts and refreshed minds. Take some time and unwind with the wonderful pieces we have in this jam-packed issue. Always remember. Make an adventure with the little time we have this break in the Northern Hemisphere. Even if you cool to the bone, take time to chill and spill deep into the contents of this issue. Creativity is everyone. We’re just trying to show you. Welcome to our first true issue.
Your Friend,
Blank Page
Clipping: Courtney Barron
Courtney Barron \fuh-tog-ruh-fer, noun:
1. A nineteen year old inspiring photographer from Metro Detroit, MI.
2. Classy photog, SLANG.
Interview:
Blank Page: What inspired you to make what you do?
Courtney Barron: What inspired me in the beginning would just be internal, I’d say. I just had a natural curiosity for it since I was young. But didn’t fully pursue it until high school. After I got more into it my inspiration derived from other artists, not even just famous ones. Artists who aren’t famous actually inspire me the most, they seem more real and make my goals seem more achievable. I’ve found myself going to them more now a days when I’ve been feeling a little sluggish with taking my camera out into the daylight. Speaking of which, nature, weather, all things of natural beauty, deeply inspire me. A beautiful day of beautiful weather is probably what inspires me most to pick up my camera and shoot.
BP: How would you describe your art to other people? Do you have a signature to your work?
CB: Mine are all basic, while not being standard. I tend to take a lot if in the moment portraits. I don’t like planning out shoots beyond where the photos are taken. Things tend to get contrived if you do. I try not to slip in to all my work looking the same, which I feel like I do at times. But while variation is good, I do think their should be an air about it where someone could point it out as yours.
BP: Any major projects or shoots in the works?
CB: Not in particular. I have a couple of my friends who are photographers that I want to go on some unorganized shoots with, other than that, just awaiting finally starting up some college classes after taking a year off after high school.
BP: Which do you prefer more: pen or computer?
CB: As far as communication I prefer a typewriter and mailbox. But my ribbon is out so I’ve been confined to pen and paper when sending letters to my boyfriend off at college in Kansas City, MO. I love the feel of dropping it in the mail box much more than pressing the send button with a mouse.
BP: Which do you prefer more: film or digital?
CB: I would say I prefer film for its overall look and ingenuity. I like having hard copies and how much more rewarding a film photo can be. But I primarily shoot with digital due to the cost and overall extra work that goes into film, especially when developing your own negatives and prints.
BP: What is your favorite summer song?
CB: I actually made a summer playlist a week or two ago that I have been adding to here and there. Off of that I’d say In Transit by Albert Hammond, Jr. has one of the best summery feels to it. Anything by him or Ben Kweller I would say is good to turn on while driving with the windows down or partaking in summer activities.
by Kelley Smith
by Kelley Smith
by Ace Kieffer
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