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TED: Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity

sissT — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 09:24:18 +0000

Last Saturday at craft 2.0 I had a chat to Lucy from felt.co.nz and told her about my current disappointment with myself, my artwork and my progress for my next show (with only 5 weeks to go). She told me about a TED talk and today sent me the link.

Elizabeth Gilbert’s talk is inspiring, comforting and strangely uplifting… A must see ^_^…

This makes me activate my sheer stubbornness and resilience, and if those will be the most mediocre illustrations ever, f*** so be it, at least I showed up ^_^…

Good night, sleep well!

Os Gemeos, São Paulo, Brazil – Work in Progress on Youtube

sissT — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:42:22 +0000

Find of the day: The famous Brazilian streetart twins in action. Love to see their drawing techniques. I first saw their work in a book on Streetart in Brazil ‘Graffiti Brasil’ by Lost Art, Caleb Neelon, and Tristan Manco (also available in the Wellington City Library ^_^…).

If you would like to see more images visit the Os Gemeos group on Flickr.

Quote of the Day

sissT — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:01:50 +0000

‘you do not have to maintain a strict mathematical accuracy here, a creative chaos needs to be maintained’

Yuri Norstein about his animation

Part of the Yuri Norstein Documentary is available on youtube.

Hedgehog in the Fog 1975 , Yuriy Norshteyn, Moscow, Russia

sissT — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:57:46 +0000

Hedgehog in the Fog (Russian: Ёжик в тумане, Yozhik v tumane) is a 1975 Soviet animated film directed by Yuriy Norshteyn, produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow.

The little Hedgehog get side tracked in the fog on his way to meet the bear.
I can’t believe that I only discovered it today. Reminds me a bit of Zdeněk Miler’s ‘Little Mole’ from my childhood.

Jeremy Fish, at Fecal Face Dot Gallery, San Francisco, USA

sissT — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:04:46 +0000

Jeremy Fish painting a mural at Fecal Face Dot Gallery in San Francisco. Music by EL-P. March 2009.

^_^…

Streetart in Melbourne – Part Two

sissT — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:03:15 +0000

On my second day in Melbourne I decide to just stroll around rather than having a plan :-)… funnily enough this way I stumbled upon the well known Blender Gallery and Studios who organise street art tours guided by artists. For now I am content strolling to the city on my own, but if you do not have much time this might be a very good idea. They seem to be really nice www.melbournestreettours.com.

I would guess that these are all Miso’s (miso + ghostpatrol ABC documentary) work.

More in the Melbourne Streetart Flickr Set…

Submit Mail Art, Mail Me Art 2.0

sissT — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:01:57 +0000

Now… seeing that I never made it to Mail Me Art 1 –I definitely will have a go this time. Submissions should be open till December. Darren keeps it a bit open ^_^…

How to submit your mail art

“Mail Me Art 2 will run for around 6-8 months. For more information about the project, please click here. If you’re after some inspiration, you can see examples of work from the first Mail Me Art project here.”*

P.S. The LCS email Newsletter is one of the few I actually bother loading the images, so if you are heading to the website, you might consider signing up.

*)…Text stolen from the MMA website

Quote of the Day

sissT — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:57:43 +0000

…because this part won’t be like a comic book. Real life does not fit into little boxes that were drawn for it.

Elijah to David in M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Unbreakable’

All the boys by Joulu, Irena Zablotska, Lviv, Ukraine

sissT — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:05:02 +0000

All the boys by Joulu, Irena Zablotska.

I love her Sketches Set on Flickr.

Joulu, Irena Zablotska’s website zablotska.com.

Winter in New Zealand

sissT — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:54:42 +0000

Sometimes I have to remind myself why I am actually living here :-). Picture taken last Sunday while driving from Christchurch to Arthur’s Pass. More on Flickr…