and now for something really creative...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-rlkzR-1Mk

1) chop up records, make patterns
2) set a little wheelie robot to run around the track playing the bits of sound
3) enjoy

neat!

My ideas, stolen again.

(Okay, not really.)

About a year ago when I was noticing the billions of condos being built on the lakeshore, I thought it sad that only half of the residences have a lake view. I thought, hey - why don't they make a building that rotates a quarter turn every week, so that everyone can share the view?

An Italian architect is working on a very souped-up version of this, and it will be built in Dubai, naturally.

click for link & video

wow. i'm ahead of a trend!

according to this article, cocktail hats are making a huge comeback

i sketched a series of whimsical cocktail style hats last year! didn't actually get around to illustrating them. perhaps i should! i was going to do them on black illustration board, in metallic inks.

note to self: get on this!!!

the coolest clock i've ever seen

click to watch the video

a clock with over 150 hands? yes. it makes no sense unless you watch the video. the hours appear and disappear, so you can tell the hour and approximately the half hour, but not every minute.

and really, isn't that close enough?

so beautiful, so odd...

i love the Steampunk look. if only it weren't so expensive, complicated, and uncomfortable.

everyone looks like they've been dressed for a movie set - and likely a movie i'd want to see. Futuristic Victorian... what's not to love?

i desperately need some of those sunglasses / goggles with the side bits. let me know if you find them anywhere.

once again, lack of budget forces creativity

Click for article

No money for a camera crew? No worries... a Manchester band played in front of surveillance cameras, then through the Freedom of Information Act, requested the footage. It's actually quite an interesting video, and very timely.

I find it fascinating that some of the most creative projects seem to evolve from lack of money, lack of time, lack of resources. It forces people to rethink everything they've ever thought. To reconstruct and cobble bits together. To blend old fashioned and new fashioned in seemingly odd ways.

Restrictions are food for your creativity. Like being forced to eat your broccoli.

Online Graffiti

This is far too amusing... go to paintthatshitgold.com then enter whatever website you like.

It lets you use gold (or silver or black) spraypaint or marker to deface the website.

Childish? Yes! Hilarious? Yes! Something funny to leave on coworkers screens if they leave their computer unlocked? Muah ha ha haaaaaa...

apparently, it's not illegal to deface money

...in Canada.
Source: http://www.cdn-money.ca/cdnmoney/servlet/cmtHelp?help=bill-faq#illegal


Click for $5 TRON

video of "the true artist"

take a good look at what he's painting...

you can NEVER take a joke too far...

just when you think a gag is awesome, add programs, a jumbotron, and a blimp...

click for Improv Everywhere's "Best Game Ever"

deadlines really force creativity in a good way!

this album writing contest is truly kicking my butt in the best of ways. if there is a tight deadline, and my honour is on the line, i will get the job done. but if there is no consequence to my missing imaginary deadlines, so much falls by the wayside. i somehow finished several new painting in a week before my last (and last minute) art show at the martini lounge. why can't i crank it out like that all the time?

perhaps i'll be announcing challenges and self imposed deadlines to you, my friends, so that you will kick my butt if i slack off too much.

creation in all forms

i haven't been painting lately, and it's been bubbling under my skin... it feels like something is off. but i've had adrenaline whiplash from Saturday's big show, and before that i was rehearsing like crazy, and sick... it's always something.

it's time to get cracking though - spring art festivals, i need to do more shows in cafes & restaurants, i need to get the nerve to submit to galleries (i have a HUGE mental block about that).

to start off, this week/weekend i'm just going to paint for the pure fun of it, with P-Funk cranked and the good irish cream coffee in hand. i have sketches for some really fun little heart themed paintings - just before Valentine's Day, so it's perfect! Instead of an overpriced Hallmark card, i think it would be far nicer to give heart-art to your sweetie. or to yourself! a symbol of love in your home is a good thing. (yeah, i know... i wear too much black to be a hippie, so what the hell is going on, right?)

anywhoo... i'll be posting Valentine Heart Art paintings next week. cheap & cheerful! please give me a shout if you're thinking about picking one up, and you could request a certain colour combo.

in writing news, i really need to get this new spoken word CD recorded & finished, but i feel like there are a few more pieces i need to write. just don't know what they are yet. hmmm.

creating... processing... breathing...

there is so much going on right now that my time isn't divided well. i'm using the forces of intense chaos instead of a plan. but i have to go where the energy is or i'll achieve nothing.

current on the Do List:
- reworking a website for a friend
- designing a CD cover & materials
- designing a tattoo
- new paintings
- new spoken word pieces for 3 upcoming shows
- new spoken word CD this winter
- new chapbook/zine is finally finished just binding & hoping to sell some tonight
- writing new songs & polishing those under construction
- practicing guitar & vocals for 3 upcoming shows
- High Heels Lo Fi promo & shows idea brainstorming
- need time & money to buy some clothing as stuff is falling apart
- Art Bar work
- making up a set list for tonight's show.... still reworking one of the pieces i'll be reading.


i have to remain totally committed to Not Taking On ANY New Projects until the spring. really.

would anyone like to volunteer to be a free personal assistant? heh heh...