I don’t have anything new for you today, but I recommend you have a look at these wonderful sand drawings by Andres Amador. The mind boggles at the attention to detail and precision under time-pressure that are required to make these works of art. ↬ Tip o’ the hat to Bob. A Year Ago: A…
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Tasty
Love this! It’s both practical (you can actually learn how to make guacamole) and phantasmagoric. I adore the gaming theme that runs through it. Supah clevah! ᔥ via zefrank.com A Year Ago: Arabesque Yes, it’s another brown picture.… [read more]
A Little Funk
This kind of improvisational bravura delights and inspires me. It’s important to remember, however, that this is a skilled performer—he’s not only creative and playful, but obviously also incredibly hard-working. His fluidity may originally have come more easily to him than to the rest of us, but I can guarantee that since then he has…
Why yes, I AM fabulous!
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a horse more conscious of its audience than this one. The stallion pays perfect attention to the trainer at the center of the arena, but also visits and poses for the camera and onlookers (presumably) behind the window at left. Picture this gorgeous creature prancing across a flowering mountain…
A Little Perspective
Last week I had the pleasure of attending a lecture by Lawrence Krauss entitled “Why is there something, rather than nothing?” It was a mind-bending overview of contemporary cosmology. I have always been fond of the big questions, even when the likely answers point to my own insignificance and profound existential emptiness. The universe is…
The Cat in the Box
The world class performance artist Maru gives us another brilliant piece, demonstrating his deep roots in Japanese culture. This is the record of a box cat. I am beginning this account in a box. A cardboard box that reaches just to my hips when I put it on over my head. That is to say,…
What Snow Is Good For
[Hat tip: kottke.org] Big fat, juicy, flaky flakes of snow are snowflaking their way down to the ground in mass quantities. I suppose you could say it’s quite beautiful. And—for fifteen minutes anyway—I’d probably agree. Winter has finally arrived. When I was much, much younger, I enjoyed skiing. This was back in the day: skiing…
Look Up
The single most reliable practical advice I can offer people who want to shake themselves out of aesthetic doldrums is “Change your point of view.” Now obviously that can be construed metaphorically, and while that’s indisputably a good idea it doesn’t quite count as practical advice. No, I mean it literally: change your point of…
Finishing
ESPN: The Finish Line 2 – Short Feature from Evolve Digital Cinema / IMG on Vimeo. I saw this first on dooce.com. Perhaps you’ll find it as apt for New Year’s Eve as I do.
Another Destination for the Bucket List
[Midnight Sun | Iceland—I recommend the largest size and highest resolution you can muster for this one.] I’ve seen so many fantastic pictures from Iceland that I’ve resolved I really must go there one day.