Archive for July, 2009
Soul: An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth
In: Soul
31 Jul 2009One of my favorite corners of all the internet: Bruce Mau Design’s Incomplete Manifesto for Growth:
“Written in 1998, the Incomplete Manifesto is an articulation of statements exemplifying Bruce Mau’s beliefs, strategies and motivations. Collectively, they are how we approach every project.”
Read the site for the perfectly written blurbs under each of these points (often just [...]
Soul: Dobby Gibson
In: Soul
29 Jul 2009I’ve recently begun reading poetry. Something weird happens to me (and I assume you) when I read poetry: I begin to write poetry. When I look at a painting, read a book or hear a song, I don’t paint, start chapter one or create a new tune. But poetry seems so accessible. [...]
Soul: Graffiti
In: Soul
28 Jul 2009Subversive and weird graffiti that shocks and stirs is potent to me.
I’ll leave the moral and legality issues to another blog. See tons more beginning here.
Soul: historia de un letrero
27 Jul 2009I’m not in Chicago this week, but I’m posting work that inspires my creative side. Today: If Neo was a poet instead of a kung-fu master.
Your Turn: Vacation
In: Your Turn
25 Jul 2009There must be thousands of ways to do a vacation.
My favorite? Some version of sitting by a body of water, reading a book, listening to Radiohead, eating good food and sleeping in a comfortable bed. Throw some silence, wildlife and stars in there and we’ve got ourselves a stew.
This week, if all goes [...]
Soul: Margot
23 Jul 2009I won’t be around this time, but if you are, Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s are playing Sunday at Wicker Park Fest, around 8pm.
Here’s “Pages Written on a Wall”.
Soul: Inspired Bicycles
23 Jul 2009I possess a bike.
Danny MacAskill owns a bike.
Soul: Contact Juggling
22 Jul 2009I’m going to be out of commission for a couple weeks with work and life. Instead of going black, I’m going to release a steady trickle of stuff that inspires me. Video, poems, music, and more.
Today, one of my all-time favorite YouTube vids, from the Japan Contact Juggling Convention. This [...]
Color Deficient
16 Jul 2009The doctor examined my eyes and told me three things:
1. I have a slight astigmatism in my right eye
2. I’m slightly nearsighted in my left eye
3. I am color deficient.
So I’m getting glasses for night-driving, far-away slides, etc. And I thought I’d be bummed about that, but I kind of love the glasses I’m [...]
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