This is my second year as a contributing artist for the Museum of Contemporary Art’s annual fund raiser. The completed mask is due sometime near the middle of November. Last year, I waited until the last minute. Getting started is my main objective for this weekend. I’m thinking it’s going to be part stone.
Brochures from: […]
I used to generate massive (gigapixel) stitched panoramas using an arcane piece of software called PTAssembler combined with an even more obtuse tool — the workhorse underneath — Panorama Tools. This pair of tools is an amazingly flexible powerhouse; but not for the faint of heart. At HP I had grand visions of creating a […]
“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or […]
There’s a big hullabaloo today in the global blogosphere. “Blog Action Day”. While it’s an interesting experiment in internet-assisted awareness generation, tomorrow and next week it will mostly be forgotten. Let’s watch.
Sure, I care about the environment. But one recycled newspaper at a time isn’t going to get us there. If the projections of technology’s […]
After a long body-fitness drought precipitated by breaking my foot a year or so ago*, I am finally getting back into a fitness routine. In part, I have my new employer to thank: they pick up 100% of the monthly fee. I did my first major workout this morning. The club I’ve joined is quite […]
Last evening, I had the opportunity to sit not 3 meters from the amazing Russian classical pianist Olga Kern in concert. Olga won the Gold Medal in the Eleventh Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, considered to be the best and toughest piano competition in the world. She is the first woman to achieve this honor since […]
Just happened to check in on the Uniqlock (scroll down) and noticed that they’ve updated both the soundtrack and the syncopated videos. be sure and check out the on-the-hour variations.
A recent world-wide movement is gaining attention. This is very shocking to some (including individuals close to me). The world is loosing Faith. It occurs to me that this is merely another example of inevitable accelerating change. This trend started many centuries ago with the earliest philosophers who formed the first rational science-based foundation for […]