I love these self-challenge blogs.
The idea of daring yourself to make something new and creative everyday isn't new, but having an online gallery to display your works and an audience to whom you feel obligated to is certainly a wonderful external nudge to getting concepts turned into reality.
That's initially why I started this, the thought that the blog would be a gallery to fill with my own creations...
Sometimes I want to be a little more focused in my posting, but other times, it feels good just to riff.
That said, enjoy a few of my favorites
Skull-a-day, Cleveland Daily Photo, Daily Monster
Take the time to watch the monster vids, I love seeing how he goes from abstract ink spills to distinctly personable creatures.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008
Circus Peanut - be afeared no longer
In college I worked in the costume shop for a designer who was wonderfully eccentric - right down to having a Circus Peanut Phobia.
Now... how one cultivates a Circus Peanut Phobia, I have no idea.
They're not exactly around every corner - you don't run into them on endcaps at the grocery or trip on them at the Quickie Mart.
They usually have to be to sought out, requested, ordered online.
So I have fondness for the Circus Peanut, because I thought if I ever needed to bend her to my will, I was fairly certain I could do so with the humble orange marshmellowie peanut.
Imagine my glee when I found Bent Objects blog - he seems to have a fondness for orange foods and wonderful series of Circus Peanuts doing what they must do in the wild.
Now... how one cultivates a Circus Peanut Phobia, I have no idea.
They're not exactly around every corner - you don't run into them on endcaps at the grocery or trip on them at the Quickie Mart.
They usually have to be to sought out, requested, ordered online.
So I have fondness for the Circus Peanut, because I thought if I ever needed to bend her to my will, I was fairly certain I could do so with the humble orange marshmellowie peanut.
Imagine my glee when I found Bent Objects blog - he seems to have a fondness for orange foods and wonderful series of Circus Peanuts doing what they must do in the wild.
Hyeres 2008
The Sartorialist's last few posts have showcased some from the city of Hyeres in the South of France.
Curious as to what brought them to this locale, I went looking and found that there is an international fashion and photography weekend each year. I know its technically fashion week here in Cleveland, but somehow it doesn't speak to me in the same way as a village on the Med...
What can we do to make Cleveland have some of the charm of this village?
We have a number of the elements...
*access to water's edge
*sand beaches (not a word negative - they are beautiful regardless of your preconceived notion of 1970s pollution in an industrial town)
*creativity
*youth
*diversity
*artistic acumen
Why not a Hyeres here?
Curious as to what brought them to this locale, I went looking and found that there is an international fashion and photography weekend each year. I know its technically fashion week here in Cleveland, but somehow it doesn't speak to me in the same way as a village on the Med...
What can we do to make Cleveland have some of the charm of this village?
We have a number of the elements...
*access to water's edge
*sand beaches (not a word negative - they are beautiful regardless of your preconceived notion of 1970s pollution in an industrial town)
*creativity
*youth
*diversity
*artistic acumen
Why not a Hyeres here?
Curating Waste
There's a new exhibit at the Allen Art Museum in Oberlin focusing on the detritus of consumption.
I've always been a fan of that museum: it's compact enough to allow for a deeper appreciation of what's there, the academic culture and history of the institution underly the accession strategies AND it's free.
So take the 40 minutes to drive to Oberlin in May to see the exhibit, hit the FAVA galleries, get a cup of coffee downtown and take a walk around the square.
I've always been a fan of that museum: it's compact enough to allow for a deeper appreciation of what's there, the academic culture and history of the institution underly the accession strategies AND it's free.
So take the 40 minutes to drive to Oberlin in May to see the exhibit, hit the FAVA galleries, get a cup of coffee downtown and take a walk around the square.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Bare Jr.
Every now and then I hit the interweb full force to find songs long lost to time...
Today I was looking for Bare Jr. vids or mp3s - I went to see them about 4 years ago at the Beachland and have NEVER had a concert experience surpass it - it was what I hoping for from the Feist concert - but a decided lack of liquor, no dancing room and a fairly formal venue made it hard.
Bare Jr. was one of those spectacular combinations of energy and good music that I need to seek out more.
That said - I found no vids of songs that I really wanted to share by them... except this one... man, this guy fully deserves his 15 minutes - if only for having the balls to put it all out there - and the song is pretty good, too.
Today I was looking for Bare Jr. vids or mp3s - I went to see them about 4 years ago at the Beachland and have NEVER had a concert experience surpass it - it was what I hoping for from the Feist concert - but a decided lack of liquor, no dancing room and a fairly formal venue made it hard.
Bare Jr. was one of those spectacular combinations of energy and good music that I need to seek out more.
That said - I found no vids of songs that I really wanted to share by them... except this one... man, this guy fully deserves his 15 minutes - if only for having the balls to put it all out there - and the song is pretty good, too.
Sea Lion Woman
This is the song that featured the shadow play of legs...
I can't not stop and listen when I hear this song now, because all i see are those beautiful curvy legs keeping time to the beat.
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