January 20, 2007


See the Flockers: Andrew Simone


This is an oil painting of me done by John Scott Murdoch. It is fairly typical, notice: the bags under my eyes, the collar hanging out of the sweater, and the strange halo surrounding my head.

I use this as my image, despite it typicality, since it is a painting and, therefore, only a simulacrum of my true self. And, to further this postmodern ridiculousness, this is a picture of the painting of me (a simulacrum of a simulacrum!!). Welcome to the hyper-reality that is the internet.

You may click the painting to see a true simulcrum and a better atypical likeness of myself. And, in the spirit of one-up-manship, I have provided an audio comment on this project.

Lastly, I still read Ezra Pound, smoke and need a shave. And I want Cooper’s glasses.

Oh, and I do have a personal blog.

posted by Andrew Simone in Meet the Flockers 

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14 Responses to “See the Flockers: Andrew Simone”

  1. John Pakaluk on January 20th, 2007 at 3:12 pm

    I still read Pound as well, though less stylishly (i.e., with a beard and a cigarette).

  2. Sheila Ryan on January 20th, 2007 at 3:23 pm

    Cooper’s glasses would add a certain je ne sais quoi to almost any man’s appearance.

    But they would not transform him into Cooper. Nor ought they.

  3. Deron Bauman on January 20th, 2007 at 3:31 pm

    I love the photo of you on flickr.

  4. Andrew Simone on January 20th, 2007 at 3:41 pm

    Thanks, Deron. It was taken last night in front of my friend’s apartment in old North St. Louis.

  5. Andrew Simone on January 20th, 2007 at 3:42 pm

    Some things are too much to ask for, I think, Sheila.

  6. Sheila Ryan on January 20th, 2007 at 4:04 pm

    I know that I have never gone so far as to seek transformation into Cooper.

  7. Brandon Hobson on January 20th, 2007 at 4:11 pm

    Yes, I see the halo! I see the glazed look in your eyes–from the liquor, I take it?

  8. Andrew Simone on January 20th, 2007 at 4:16 pm

    Actually, the painter happened to be my old bartender, um…so yes.

  9. Mary Jeys on January 20th, 2007 at 4:21 pm

    Has this ruined “it”?

  10. Andrew Simone on January 20th, 2007 at 4:23 pm

    I don’t think so. I am with Deron, this is way more fun than I thought.

  11. Sheila Ryan on January 20th, 2007 at 4:33 pm

    “It” withstands ruination.

  12. Andrew Simone on January 20th, 2007 at 6:04 pm

    it just struck me that brandon may have ment my flickr photo, in which case the glaze in my eyes is ennui: Life beats a man down.

  13. Cindy Scroggins on January 20th, 2007 at 8:37 pm

    Okay, Andrew, you can’t fool me. You posted a link to something-or-other a few months ago–a mini film of you holding up books important to you, and your whole self appeared at the end of that. I saw it, and it looks nothing like the portrait. As I recall, you resemble Vincent D’Onofrio (a marvelous person to resemble). Show us the real thing!

  14. John Buaas on January 21st, 2007 at 9:14 am

    Andrew,
    Just comparing and contrasting your Flickr picture with this. This one crops out a cigarette that he’s holding; and, given that Faulkner’s three requirements for writing were “paper, tobacco, whiskey,” well . . .