Announcing…

I’ve been working on a number of things behind the scenes, trying to
get everything all neat and tidy, standing like good soldiers in
formation so that I could roll out a bunch of new exciting Acetylene
Eyes features today.

That hasn’t worked out anything like I planned. Thus, I’m slowing my roll and taking one thing at a time.

Two things:

I’ve
always wanted this project to feature a broad cross section of
depictions of desire. Early on, you may remember I had a what I hoped
would be a recurring feature–namely, bringing on guest curators
to take the reins for a week to offer you glimpses of what other people
think is beautiful, important and sexy. In practice, that’s proven
WAAAAAY more difficult to accomplish than I could have anticipated.

I’m working to make 2017 the year where a one-week guest curatorship becomes a semi-regular Acetylene Eyes feature. (At this point the goal is one guest curator every other month in 2017.)

Without further adieu, I am ecstatic to inform y’all that I’m handing over control of this blog to the incomparable Lyndsie Alguire aka @suspendedinlight from January 8th through 14th.

Lyndsie is an honest-to-goodness Renaissance Woman–a brilliant mind, talented musician, an accomplished model and an up-and-coming photographer/image maker to watch.

Secondly, many of the ideas I have for leveling up Acetylene Eyes require resources I don’t really have. Guest curators receive a small sum for their labour. (Believe it or not, it takes a metric fuck tonne of effort to keep this beast running.)

I am also looking to produce a handful of short video regarding process with artists I admire. There’s nothing definite lined up just yet. But the cost is a daunting obstacle as the three people I most want to interview live in far-flung locales and will require travel and access to production quality video equipment.

The point is this project is something I enjoy doing and will always be 100% free. I’d just like to do more and do it better. (It’s maybe stupid, but between this and other creative endeavors I’m trying to make it so that in 2018, I’m supporting myself at least 50% between this project and my other creative endeavors.)

Point is, if you like what I do hear, please consider supporting the work done via our Patreon which you can find here or by following the Support link at the top of my page.