WE FEEL FINE: An Almanac of Human Emotion by Jonathan Harris
I stay up all night because I’m not afraid of the light.
I’ve wanted to mention this for a while, seems like as good a time as any. I’ve been up all night, partying with British “it girls,” American counterparts, girls I love, some more girls I love, friends, and freakshows, always and everywhere. It’s kind of a downward spiral, every night I tell myself I’m done with it, over it, the last time… and every night it continues. After all, what do you really know about yourself until you let it all go, give chaos the driver-seat, try to prepare for whatever is in store.
Around 2006, after Jonathan Harris’s incredible TED Talk about computers, art, and human emotion, I became obsessed with We Feel Fine - it’s his website that catalogues photographs and emotions from the entire internet, creating a taxonomy for the things we say online. I shared the site to my friends, thought about it and how it related to my life, wondered if I could ever stand in the shadows of geekdom or fine art where Harris is a giant… then a few months ago he emailed me. Personally. He found a photograph of me that he really liked, he wanted my permission to include it in the forthcoming WE FEEL FINE book, on the front page of the “Theology and Beliefs” section. What?
No, really, that happened. Long story long, I’m featured in Jonathan Harris’ almanac of human emotion, We Feel Fine, the selection of photographs and related emotions from literally millions of images online and authors over the span of several years. If that didn’t feed my narcissism enough, it’s actually a photograph of me with one of my favorite girls in the entire world, Jennie, and a another along with my mini biography. I’m really grateful to be involved with such an interesting, interactive project, not only to be published, but to be a part of one of the most creative and unique ideas to come from “web 2.0.” Go buy it, or just find me, I’ll buy it for you but I’ll have to sign my entry - it wouldn’t be fair to let all of this ego go to waste (: