November 29th, 2010 | Filed under: Blogs | Add a Comment »
It’s time to just get this out in the open. Much of the time, when something shows up on this blog, it’s because I’ve just seen it featured on the excellent Lines and Colors, an art/illustration/et cetera blog by Charley Parker.
Read it, live it, love it.
November 10th, 2010 | Filed under: Blogs, Notes | Add a Comment »
Wow. Have I really posted up two hundred random notes about cool and/or odd things here?
Nifty.
Well, I suppose it’s appropriate that this one is yet another “Hey, I haven’t checked this out in depth, but it seems cool,” kind of post.
I want to read these two articles when I get some time:
Oh, AND, these anatomy tutorials are pure gold. They’re like cookies made of edible gold… that’s how good they are.
Hooray for 200!
October 6th, 2010 | Filed under: Blogs | Add a Comment »
My stunner of a wife came in today and said, “Have you ever gone to catalogliving.net?” I said no. She said, “Go there. Immediately.” I did.
And now I’m telling you to go there. Immediately.
September 21st, 2010 | Filed under: Blogs | Add a Comment »
At 7am today, I had an at-first-quite-bleary-but-rapidly-becoming-rockstar-amazing conversation about art with Andrew of VsTheBrain. Conversation ranged from Stravinksi’s Riot to the Liberated Imagination to the DC Midcity Arts District.
Yeah. It was one of those good conversations.
Anyhoo, he told me about two blogs that were instant adds to my RSS feed, and I suspect you might want to add them as well. They are:
And
Enjoy… I know I’m planning to.
August 13th, 2010 | Filed under: Blogs, Typography | Add a Comment »
Some nice stuff on the interwebs today. Smashing Magazine has a roundup of a few high-quality fonts… for free!
I picked up…
August 13th, 2010 | Filed under: Blogs, Identity | Add a Comment »
I previously mentioned the Slice identity by Manual. One of my favorite blogs, Brand New, now has their take on the brand update. Guess what? They like it too.
What’s not to like?
July 23rd, 2010 | Filed under: Blogs | Add a Comment »
Smashing Magazine has a LONG article in ranging interview format on the meaning of art, both in general and specifically as relates to the digital age.
I didn’t finish it, since I’m at the beach right now and the last thing I want to do is stare at a computer screen, but the half of it I did read was thought-provoking. Check it out!
July 20th, 2010 | Filed under: Blogs | Add a Comment »
Sometimes different cities throughout history have acted as acupuncture points for change and movements. Art movements in particular are place-based; there needs to be an aggregate of talent in the same place, collaborating and supporting each other. A handful of beat poets, a community of French impressionists, a clan of talented musicians…
These pockets and subcultures of artists have proved to be very important influences on our modern thoughts, worldviews and paradigms. It feels as though Washington DC is coming to that kind of moment in time; the conversations are pivotal, the polices and decisions made here have international impact. A lot of eyes are on this city right now… and there is a space and need for an increase of artists here, and I think many people feel it. Many people in DC have communicated to me their desire to have more artists and people of the creative class to be here. People ask me all the time, “How can we get more of you here?”
So what if we made this a reality? What if the District of Columbia intentionally created the conditions for an infiltration of artists to come here to work and create, even if it were for a short period of time? I’ve talked to many artists who said that right now, for the first time in their lives, they would consider moving to DC to do their work and contribute to its fabric… on one level, it’s all a matter of logistics and finding a uniquely affordable place to live. On another, its about our vision for what can become and our creativity in making it be.
I would LOVE to see the District and community manifest this opportunity to create a historical moment in time where it created a voice changed history and culture for the better… but a city can’t do that without a strong community of artists. Artists amplify who we are and where we are going. What better time to do that right now, than in Washington DC?
What would happen if 10,000 artists moved to Washington DC for a 6 month commitment? How would our world change?
— Christen Lien
(From a recent interview on ReadysetDC with Christen Lien)
