MATTHEW CHEVLEN
Slacker Suicide.
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
You named me Jonathon. I slouch into my couch. I turn on the TV with a sense of self-loathing. It beeps like a gameboy when I turn it on. The picture is crisp. The definition is high. The sound is surround. This TV cost me a thousand fucking... more
Mr2 Build: The After
1992 TOYOTA MR2 WIDEBODYit will eat your children. ... more
I Can't Say That You're Gone.
Photo: Elizabeth BarrAir hangs heavy outside my window.patches of sun migrate along my bedspread.I can't say that you're gone.You were never really here...I breathe deep but the heavy hanging air draws thin and cool.I can barely believe the... more
Goodbye Jonathon
You named me Jonathon. I slouch into my couch. I turn on the TV with a sense of self-loathing. It beeps like a gameboy when I turn it on. The picture is crisp. The definition is high. The sound is surround. This TV cost me a thousand fucking... more
Half Drunken Ruminations On Time And Culture.
Birthdays and New Years are meant to remind us of the cyclical nature of time that we've all been enslaved to. We're meant to say, one year ago this planet was exactly where it is now. But the Universe is expanding. We're rocketing through space at unfathomable speed. The sheer power is overwhelming. ...and yet... We are on the surface. From our perspective all is still. It's only when one takes the long view (the REAL long view) that we can gain some sense of scale. Everyone has ambitions. Everyone wants to make an impact on our culture. Everyone wants their lives to have mattered. ...and yet... If you extend the timeline long enough than no cultural, political, or social statement, no matter how influential is of any importance. For what use is culture to dust? ...and yet... We live in a more limited timeline. Our view is narrowed, focused. The long view for us is perhaps a hundred years. It's easy to think that we're important. It's easy to think that we'll matter. And we do. We DO matter. But only right here. Only right now. ...and yet... ... more
Mr2 Build The Before
So my long suffering MR2 project car is about to be complete. I've sent it off to the man who originally worked with Toyota in the creation of the Toyota Racing Development..... more
Matthew Chevlen tends to write in the third person in most of his biographical information to make it seem as if he is so important that people are writing about him. In fact, he is actually writing this himself. Matthew Chevlen grew up in Beverly Hills, went to the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design. After graduating he worked in the film industry on various projects in New York, Montreal, and Los Angeles. His first film is currently in development. ℵ
