Still feeling ill 😦 so another short post…
Here are some gifs created by Guillaume Kurkdjian – to see some more, click here.
Very cute 😀
Unusual Images
Olden Day Colours
This is a film of London, taken, in colour, in 1927
This process for colour film was created by William Friese-Greene in the last part of the Nineteenth Century, but it was his son, Claude, who created a series of moving pictures using his father’s process. The film itself is originally black and white, with each frame exposed through two different coloured filters, then stained either red or green – I think the film above resembles old hand coloured photos.
It’s amazing to think that there were colour films in the Twenties… but this one is supposed to be the earliest example, even though, to some historians, it may not have been entirely successful.
This shows clips from the film –
It was made by Edward Raymond Turner – in 1902.
Lego Meets Srandebeest
I just played this to my boys… lots of interest, although we agreed that we’d need more pieces (and more specialist pieces) to build it..
There are downloadable instructions for the walker section on the You Tube description..
It’s very clever, and must have taken hours of work. Slightly creepy, though..
The concept is based on the work of Theo Jansen, who builds larger-than-life-size “animals”, which he lets loose on the beach. They’re wind powered, completely, I believe, but I’m not sure..
Just imagine seeing one of these coming at you on your peaceful stroll on the strand..
They’re very beautiful – majestic, even. They’ve been progressively modified to withstand the elements, with the view to eventually letting loose a “herd”, to freely roam the beaches…
Beautiful..
.. but did I mention creepy?
How To Succeed In The Arts…
..by Neil Gaiman, at a commencement speech at the University of the Arts last year.
The problems of failure; the problems of success..
… secret freelancer knowledge 😀
I got to this clip from this blog, which is about the “Imposter Syndrome” (also referenced in the speech) – the “unshakeable feeling that you are getting away with something, and that any moment now they will discover you.”
I would think that’s a quite common feeling in all sorts of professions, but possibly more prevalent in the arts..
It’s what you do with it that counts..
Letting that feeling rob you of the enjoyment of successes in your field would be sad..
Allowing it to prevent you from ever attempting to succeed would be worse..
A Boy And His Atom
I’ve been seeing this around… the world’s smallest stop motion film..
.. IBM researchers used a scanning tunneling microscope to move thousands of carbon monoxide molecules..
Cute 😀
Unexpected Love
I know You love me
All the time
Your heart has told me
Through Your words.
I hold them close
To comfort me
But sometimes, still,
You catch my eye –
The curtain lifts –
Eternity.
In random places,
Signs, and times,
When disappointments
Crush me down..
You send me hearts –
A glimpse, but clear,
In everyday,
In every need.
Coincidence, some say –
And yet
I know You’ve
Put Your heart in mine.
Reflections On A Future Past
Our local Gallery has a Steampunk exhibition on at the moment. I’m not sure how much longer it’s on for, so thought I’d check it out while I can.
I like what I’ve seen of steampunk… I’d happily wear most of what I’ve seen (especially the boots. The boots are cool.) I’ve done steampunk themed ATCs before, but I’m still not sure what to do with it. It can be called “the greatest era that never was”, and encompasses modern technology, but set in the Victorian era. I like the way it looks.. except when I try it. Then it just looks.. weird..
Just have to keep on trying..
Here’s some other people’s interpretations..
Butterflies and birdcages!
The first inline skate?
…something with dials..
A sort of ray gun..
I-pod case.
…and phone.
mirror..
A skeleton steamship.
steambubbles..
A time machine and a teabag jiggler..
A winged heart (called newromancer)
… and a winged helmet.
I’m planning to go to a masked tea party in May, and I’d like to do something like this… we shall see 😀
Quilled Paper Anatomy
Wow! This could make studies more interesting…
I can’t imagine the time this would take… it takes me long enough to write out notes!
1000 Fields of Roses 