Humor
Julian Beever
Happy Labor Day! I was going to take a break but since I’m working why not go ahead… You’ve seen Julian Beever’s work in forwarded emails that take forever to open. I’ll only post a few here. His work deserves credit because he’s taken anamorphic perspective to new heights, or should I say new “lows.” His sidewalk, chalk drawings bring it right to the masses. He shows up in various cities and just starts painting. He was in Glasgow during the International Summit while my son, Piers was there on a church trip in 2005. His website shows his many works but videos may be better to show the process,…
Stop Making Sense
Yeah, I know this is an old song by The Talking Heads, but I just have to add a little revelation that I just discovered while on my recent trip to Rhode Island. I was talking with one of my digital pre-press gurus, Phil, who went to school at RISD, where David Bryne (lead singer of The Talking Heads also went to school), about things to do in Rhode Island. We come up here every year to spend time with my in-laws, so for more than 20 years, I thought I knew almost everything there might be to do here, especially in this small state. However, I’m open minded enough…
Conversations @ Dancing on YouTube
OK, you may have seen the wedding video of the attendants and bride and groom dancing their way down the aisle on YouTube. I thought it was pretty cool too, especially the faux Slow Mo part (which the news clips seem to leave out). What I’m more fascinated by is the viral wave that took over after it was posted (July 19th). The couple was featured on Good Morning America; there was a story about it the Washington Post and they were featured on ABC’s Nightly News that night (July 24th). That’s pretty crazy. If they aren’t publicists they should be. The conversation came up about this at dinner that…
