My new tumblr

I created a tumblr to reblog Instagram photos since my instagram is private.

http://lathamgreenherecords.tumblr.com/

Sometimes I wonder if I am working too much on some paintings I am doing. Maybe I should learn when to stop. I have tried this on a recent painting of Willard Beach. I decided to leave the water basic instead of water effects, after admiring some paintings of Milton Avery. However, sometimes I think I am somewhat influenced by the opinions of others, and if someone said I should paint water effects I probably would. Perhaps I would like it either way. Sometimes I think “I’ve paid this money for this surface I better put some real time into it.” But if the picture looks better with less time then why do it?

"THIS SYSTEM SUUCKS!!"

A creative mind is restless I think. I see creativity as a search for the new and good things, the better things, the novel things. The creative mind wants to wander and explore new hills valleys and caves.

We use emotional language to get the right release of feeling - we don't say "this system could be improved" - not satisfying - we say "THIS SYSTEM SUUCKS!!" - what we could say is "I am so frustrated by this system!"

TAKE A NICE WALK BY A STREAM AND FEEL BETTER

Czerny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnCKqjJ2AkM


Make the most of him.

Its too boring to make yourself a myth when real myth are far more powerful.

Do not just sing, but paint, dance, write poems, etc..

“The more honor, the more danger.” Aesop

The universe Is a configuration state.

The brain is the source of logic and thinking but also animal desires.

Technology will change as it may but we must all do what we feel is right and what makes us content.

Sugar Reduction Plan - day 4!

So I guess I’m on day 4 of sugar reduction plan. I thought to myself today - “Am I really all done with ice cream, cupcakes, candy, lollipops, cookies…” and yet I have made such a change before, when I went on a gluten-free diet. However, when I went gluten free I really just substituted that with gluten free versions. I gave up pizza and started having gluten free pizza. A lot of the gluten free replacement products are sugary and refined starch but at least they do not cause gastrointestinal distress.

Life really can change, habits can change, and one of the most notable ways I have noticed that people can change is changing what goes into their bodies, be it drugs or food. I have not been bike-commuting since I began the sugar crash plan because I want to focus on that and not put extra stress on myself at this time, since I often feel like I should eat more when I exercise to keep my blood sugar up. (And for some other reasons.) I started riding my bike when my older car died and I didn’t really have money to buy another. Now I have another car and it's pretty great, so I don’t really have as much motivation to bike, though I can. Of course, I didn’t really lose much weight when I was biking every day. Probably because it takes so much energy to burn calories that a 3 mile bike ride isn’t enough exercise to lose weight if you are eating too many calories to begin with. I believe it may have helped lower my blood pressure however and I believe exercise is good for health even if you do not lose weight.

The human body is designed to get somewhat fat and we are very efficient users of energy. (Pontzer H. 2015. Energy expenditure in humans and other primates: a new synthesis. Annual Review of Anthropology. 44:169-187) We are the fattest of the great apes, even when we are athletic.

CARTA: Origins of Genus Homo – Herman Pontzer: Energetics and the Ecology of Early Homo

Cunnane SC, Crawford MA (2003). Survival of the fattest: fat babies were the key to the evolution of the large human brain. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A 136:17-26.

Clearly we have a knack for survival via storage of energy as body fat, and we use a few calories very efficiently, and this has been turned against us in a modern capitalist food environment. We developed the need for increased energy when we started getting smarter and bigger brains.

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/bering-in-mind/the-fattest-ape-an-evolutionary-tale-of-human-obesity/

“Body composition in Pan paniscus compared with Homo sapiens has implications for changes during human evolution “Adrienne L. Zihlmana,1 and

Debra R. Bolterb,c,1

Waking up from a sugar addicted haze means realizing the businesses that are making huge profits off the population are not in it for your happiness. A spoonful of sugar IS the medicine going down. Added sugar helps taste and habitual use of foods, so the consumer makes it their custom to keep buying and consuming. In the historical environment for humans, sugar was rare, and now it is in many foods, even ones that do not taste sweet.

Perhaps we will discover that the need for a lot of exercise is also a myth and a way for business to make money selling gym memberships and equipment.

Hunter-Gatherer Energetics and Human Obesity

• Herman Pontzer , David A. Raichlen, Brian M. Wood, Audax Z. P. Mabulla, Susan B. Racette, Frank W. Marlowe Published: July 25, 2012

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040503

Tour De France

I admire Kraftwerk. I only with they would make a movie.
Some critic said "Electric Cafe" was boring. How wrong, its great. Its just not revolutionary, but it shows great Kraft. I finished a new record called "Tofu for Lunch". Originally it was "Flounder for Lunch" but then that just seemed gross the more I thought about it. They are bottom feeders. I don't think I will probably put it on the www.herecords.com website because I am thinking of changing my distribution idea and using CDbaby instead and releasing less material so people don't get over-whelmed.

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/LathamGreen

Plus then I can maybe be on Rhapsody.com