I don’t know about you, but I often have a little feeling of regret when I think about some other career I could have chosen (besides being a dancer, which is really what I should have been). Lighthouse keeper, Ships-in-a-bottle maker, calligrapher, ocarina soloist, puzzle designer… Many of the activities that are attractive to me have a slightly obsessive, almost autustic trait. But being a musician and digital artist in 2011 is not very far from being a lens maker in the 18th century: you’re mostly home, alone, looking at (or listening to) stuff for hours while you chisel, chip away, retouch.<\/p>\n
I’m very attracted by carpets, especially traditional carpets both from central and eastern Asia. There is something almost mystical about rugs: the symmetry, the color groups, the symbols. Also, a carpet is the ultimate “Ambient Furniture”: you might not notice it right away, but it sets the mood of a space (or, to quote The Dude, “That rug really tied the room together, did it not?”) Unfortunately I can neither afford really nice carpets, nor know how to weave myself one. But I can use Photoshop, so I started to toy with imaginary rug design.<\/p>\n
These decorative themes come from a collection of (I believe) wall and floor decorations (actually they seem to be scans of wallpaper) called Greek Frames, Borders and Accents<\/em>. The music, a revamp of David Crosby’s classic Traction in the Rain<\/a>, belongs to a series of remixes<\/a> I made in the past 6 years.<\/p>\n For the full experience, make sure to turn on 720p HD<\/em> in the bottom right corner of the Youtube player (it becomes available once the video is playing), or click here for a direct HD link<\/a>.<\/p>\n