Inspiration
Surgery
I notice art in a lot of places, but I also recognize when something is so innovative that it is art in the mere doing. This is the case with this new type of surgery called natural orifice — using the body’s natural openings as entry and exit areas for conducting surgery, which minimizes scarring and potential risk. This is a no brainer but at the same time so out of the box that it wasn’t thought of until now. Warning: this video at this article link contains some graphic visuals of the actual gallbladder removal and surgery, so it may be disturbing to some viewers, but I grew up…
Animation
I’m too tired to write but trying to stick to my schedule of 3 posts a week. When I first saw this animation by Glen Marshall as posted the Wired Blog Network, I was mesmerized but became even more intrigued when I learned it all stemmed from his original animated work called “Butterfly.” Music Is Math from Glenn Marshall on Vimeo. Coincidentally, my new business has a lot to do with butterflies and transformation. I’ve always been fascinated by them by their vivid colors and complete metamorphosis into something free and beautiful. In Art History/Christian art they are symbolic of the resurrected human soul as seen through the life cycle…
Golden Girl +
I’m excited about the new James Bond Movie, Quantum of Solace. Seeing this post from the DailyMail below made me remember all the previous Bond films and how I’d watch them growing up and watched them with my own family. This picture is eerie, but also artistic in the sense that one can actually see the application and the creative process of how that goo got all over that Golden girl gone oily for the latest movie. I like how they referred back to the original Goldfinger, in set-up, placement of figure and slick covering — but in this case with a more gruesome, updated Oilfinger version. Also, Mathieu Almaric,…
