Mash // Kick // Walk // Dance
There’s something about this article and the collaboration it highlights that just makes me giddy. For centuries artists have found each other, discovered something magical when they combine forces, and created magnificent works of art…sometimes they’ve been unable to finish because they didn’t have the fame to get funding, or they had no audience. But today with the internet, artists can have instantaneous fame – and yes, even fortune. (Well, maybe not fortune…but the ability to raise enough money on Kickstarter to fund your project within one week due to...
read moreElegant Oops
This short film won best video in the Experimental category at the Vimeo Festival + Awards. Though the concept might sound boring, or at best amusing, I believe the execution of this amateur hour remix is phenomenal and compelling. Chris Beckman (using a concept by Billy Rennekamp) took 37 reclaimed YouTube videos and seamlessly edited them together at the points in which the cameramen/women lose control of their camcorder/smart phone/etc., and the result feels like one camera being tumbled through time and space, moving from one haphazard situation to another. From the camera’s POV...
read moreFind Your Genius
This talk by Elizabeth Gilbert really spoke to me. As an aspiring artist who wishes I could find and focus my inspiration, I often blame myself for not being productive enough. I wonder what’s wrong with me when I don’t feel that driving and unstoppable need to create, like so many other artists seem to feel. According to Gilbert, maybe the problem is that I haven’t found my genius yet. I have to say…the idea that there is some unknowable spirit out there that helps drive creativity is quite comforting, much like finding religion in the face of death. But at a primal...
read moreIt’s a White Christmas, and I’m Capturing It All
This has been a fantabulous Christmas. I managed to feel good about my gift-giving extravaganza without going into debt (OK, so I’m broke…but at least I’m not in the negative). Plus, my wonderful husband and mother and father all chipped in to get me a digital SLR camera plus accessories! I hope to relearn all of the photography skills that I have completely forgotten…over time, of course. In other news, I have no idea what to do with this website. I don’t feel like a blogging type of girl…and yes, I understand the irony after my other post re:...
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