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Oh, here, my tale
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The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
Douglas Fairbanks as the greatest drug addict/detective in the history of cinema! Brilliant film from 1915 with a postmodern ending and you can see that being friends with Chaplin really,…
9 Years.
Yep, been 9 years since I started this blog today! Had no idea where it was going when it started but I did get to participate in the largest ongoing…
A Relationship
Just a scrawly line scribble that turned into, curiously, unconsciously, gender shaped objects. Filed under: art
Paused Gravity
Paused Gravity The silent accord Between the tidal bore and the falling backward Off the cliff The fire red maple leaf Giving up clinging to the twig Which itself is…
Hugs With Arms: art for folks who give a damn
After a little more than a year quietly toiling away between client projects, I’ve finally unveiled my own pet project, Hugs With Arms. Spurred by stories of socially-engaged artists who…
dispatches from the community of readers’ advisors: r.a. in a day 2014
Last week I attended “R.A. in a Day,” an annual one-day mini-conference on readers’ advisory – that is, finding books for readers. It happens that the manager of my own…
Using Turntablism to Address Climate Change
Climate change id the biggest issue facing humanity today and it’s no surprise to see artists express this through art. In Calgary this month there’s an exhibit by John Folsom…
On solving things
This still frame taken from CBC video shows Kevin Vickers, gun drawn, walking down the hall moments after the death of Michael Zehaf-Bibeau inside Centre Block. (CBC) http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa-shooting-the-face-to-face-encounter-that-ended-the-attack-on-parliament-1.2812802 No SWAT…
Seven little cats in the grass
It’s been a week of tired. Sometimes I despair that so much is on the edge. I have no work held back, no posts queued up, no drawings hovering. Then…
Composite clouds
Painted in Paper, assembled in Procreate. Filed under: art, digital, drawing, iPad Tagged: clouds, rain
The in-law chair #2
Actually quite a stylish chair. Filed under: art, digital, drawing, iPad Tagged: chair
The in-law chair #1
Filed under: art, digital, drawing, iPad Tagged: chair
Big blue balloon
Meow Paper by 53 introduced a collaborative social network in it’s latest version. Someone posts an image, someone extends it. This word balloon was posted. I added the little cat,…
more art and culture in the suburbs: indian art activism and the baps mandir
In September my mother was here for her annual visit. I always plan some art or cultural attraction for us to take in. This time she was recovering from some…
Detail from Bonaventura Berlinghieri
I love the elegant and sophisticed stylization in this image by Berlinghieri, a relatively obscure artist of the Gothic. Pg 45 of the Uffizi Gallery by Guinti. There’s so much…
Ghost cat
Here is ghost cat without my moaning. Filed under: art Tagged: Cat, ghost, moan
Stop waking me up I’m trying to sleep
The digitizer on this iPad has some brain dead spots, it seems, where Pencil in Paper looses its brain. Either it’s Pencil, some sensitive coding in the app or the…