About Perfect Laughter

About the Blog

Perfect Laughter is an art and design blog with a two-fold mission. First, we want to be a resource for creative people, especially those in Detroit. By sparking inspiration and spreading knowledge about what’s going on in our own backyard, we hope to bring a lot of isolated artists together into one community. Second, we want to tell the rest of the world about the talent hidden here. If you’re creating something in or around Detroit, or have anything else to tell us, we’d love to hear from you.  You can contact us at heyyouguys [at] perfectlaughter [dot] com.

About the Writers

photo credit: studio 6.23

Christina and Dennis are a husband a wife team who make stuff in Detroit.  Since they began dating in 2005, they’ve seen The Decemberists nine ten eleven times.  The most disastrous meal they’ve ever cooked together has been an unfortunate pot of vegetarian chili.  Dennis has given Christina both the best and worst Valentine’s Day gifts she’s ever gotten: a Nintendo Entertainment System and a colander, respectively.  Dennis’s eighth favorite actor is Tim Curry.

Dennis’s street art inspired paintings can be seen at Rivers Edge Gallery, 323 East, Naka, and online at dennisjacobsart.com.  Christina will soon complete a print design program at the College for Creative Studies, and an online printmaking portfolio is in the works.

About the Name

The name Perfect Laughter comes from a Charles Bukowski poem entitled “Roll The Dice”, in which he encourages readers to take risks and go after their dreams. His gravestone’s inscription, “Don’t Try”, also comes from this poem.  We think it says a lot about Detroit culture and our own feelings about our mission.

Roll the Dice
by Charles Bukowski

if you’re going to try,
go all the way.
otherwise, don’t even start.
if you’re going to try,
go all the way.
this could mean losing girlfriends,
wives, relatives, jobs and
maybe your mind.
go all the way.
it could mean not eating for 3 or 4 days.
it could mean freezing on a
park bench.
it could mean jail,
it could mean derision,
mockery,isolation.
isolation is the gift,
all the others are a test of your
endurance,
of how much you really want to
do it.
and you’ll do it
despite rejection and the worst odds
and it will be better than
anything else
you can imagine.
if you’re going to try,
go all the way.
there is no other feeling like that.
you will be alone with the gods
and the nights will flame with
fire.
do it, do it, do it.
do it.
all the way
all the way.
you will ride life straight to
perfect laughter,
its the only good fight
there is.