Jul 13, 2010 0
I was working on an ad for the segd conference + expo which will be in Montréal in 2011. It made me think of this wonderful public art. On our visit there a few years back we discovered the lipstick forest. Both Margaret and I wandered through the trees and played a bit of hide and seek. It is brilliant!
Jun 9, 2010 0
What is the difference between a materialist, an idealist, and an existentialist umpire?
A materialist says: I calls them as I seems them.
An idealist says: I calls them as they are.
An existentialist says: They ain’t nothing, ’til I calls them.
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Instant replay diminishes the game.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/sports/baseball/04tigers.html?hp
May 15, 2010 0
Saw this and had to share it. A wonderous time-lapse view of the vocanic erruption in Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull – May 1st and 2nd, 2010. The beauty and power of nature.
Enjoy.
Jan 26, 2010 0
It seems as though we are seeking slower ways to enjoy ourselves. Most of this is illustrated in the rituals around food that have come to pass, a need to find slow food.
Just when I thought that espresso style coffees had completely taken over the planet — I found the movement for pour over coffee. I know this better as Melitta style… or drip coffee.
This is a Japanese video of the process.
Jan 9, 2010 0
A sad day for Gumby and Pokey. Art Clokey, the animator who created the lovable, bendable clay creation Gumby over a half-century ago, died. Many a saturday morning was spent cereal bowl in hand watching the green guy and his orange pony pal.
It was Eddie Murphy’s SNL Gumby sketch 40 years after the birth of Gumby that finally created some financial reward to Art. The cultural icon is still popular today and has even moved into the new world of social media — Gumby has over 134,000 fans on Facebook.
hulu.com currently has some Gumby available for viewing.
Oct 19, 2009 0
” We are not living through an economic recession, but a reorganisation of our society.”
I believe this quote is true what about you?
Oct 16, 2009 0
I love toy cameras. The Holga is a favorite.
Here’s some photos to enjoy from the pool for World TOY CAMERA DAY.
Maybe you’ll want to pick up a toy camera and shoot some FILM again.
Enjoy!
Jul 11, 2009 0
The screen door slams
Mary’s dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch
As the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that’s me and I want you only
Don’t turn me home again
I just can’t face myself alone again
Don’t run back inside
darling you know just what I’m here for
So you’re scared and you’re thinking
That maybe we ain’t that young anymore
Show a little faith, there’s magic in the night
You ain’t a beauty, but hey you’re alright
Oh and that’s alright with me
You can hide ‘neath your covers
And study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers
Throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain
For a savior to rise from these streets
Well now I’m no hero
That’s understood
All the redemption I can offer, girl
Is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it good somehow
Hey what else can we do now
Except roll down the window
And let the wind blow back your hair
Well the night’s busting open
These two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real
To trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back
Heaven’s waiting on down the tracks
Oh oh come take my hand
Riding out tonight to case the promised land
Oh oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road
oh Thunder Road
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
Hey I know it’s late we can make it if we run
Oh Thunder Road, sit tight take hold
Thunder Road
Well I got this guitar
And I learned how to make it talk
And my car’s out back
If you’re ready to take that long walk
>From your front porch to my front seat
The door’s open but the ride it ain’t free
And I know you’re lonely
For words that I ain’t spoken
But tonight we’ll be free
All the promises’ll be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes
Of all the boys you sent away
They haunt this dusty beach road
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
They scream your name at night in the street
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
And in the lonely cool before dawn
You hear their engines roaring on
But when you get to the porch they’re gone
On the wind, so Mary climb in
It’s a town full of losers
And I’m pulling out of here to win.
Feb 26, 2009 0
OVERLOADED by Len Cowgill
This is how I feel at exactly this moment.
Can’t write when I am like this.
Jan 2, 2009 0
I thought it was about time to visit my flickr friend Jacob and look at some photos. They inspire me in the quietest kind of way. It is difficult to explain. I just needed to look into his studio and reflect upon what it takes to make art. The meditation – the journey.
The photographs don’t require commentary.
Tags: blackand white, circle, studio, art, thinking
Nov 16, 2008 1
This is my first post about our new neighborhood.
It’s been just two weeks since we moved into walking distance of our studio. Now we will have many new adventures. We can’t wait.
I would like to say that we have a neighborhood name like Bella Vista, or Old City, or Northern Liberties. But it seems we aren’t quite anything yet. Some people refer to the area as Graduate Hospital… but that’s night accurate and doesn’t feel right either. Maybe we’ll have to work on a name even if it is just for us.
We were walking around the new neighborhood checking out the architecture, looking for the little gems we could watch as the seasons change and we came upon this door. I thought maybe it was a store entrance, no a restaurant or bar or coffeehouse. The whole entrance was very honest in its appearance. Inviting comfortable. What kind of food? — Some kind of fusion cuisine of course. But what could this word be? Rall, Rass, Roll? Just couldn’t figure it out.
I’ll google it.
Then just a block up we found this:
Nov 4, 2008 0
Voting isn’t enough. You have to be able to reason too.
sent to me by my friend carol.
Aug 30, 2008 0
Do you use these lightbulbs? Do you like the light they cast? What do you when one breaks? Got any small childeren?
I’ll answer first. No I don’t use them. No I don’t like the light. Don’t have to worry about it. No kids.
Did you know these bulbs contain mercury? You may remember that thermometers with mercury were banned. Ok so it’s only a little bit of mercury, but a little bit is more than enough. Mercury does not go away. Don’t want to eat fish with Mercury do ya? When the bulb breaks the mercury is released into the air… yep.
With congressional mandates we’ll be seeing lots more of them.
I hate these things. Not because of what they look like I think the physical shape is sort of cool. I hate them because people can’t even recycle or dispose of glass bottles or paint cans – just imagine millions of these poison light bulbs.
I’m stocking up on incandescent bulbs.
Tags: mercury, bulbs, light, recycling, greenish, environmental
