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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Comic Creators – THANK YOU
This is the ending of one of my most favorite cartoons I read while growing up (well, passing into adulthood). Needless to say, when the ending was announced by Bill Watterson, I was feeling mixed emotions: … Continue reading
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Writers – The Start
Words… They’re the start of the story, literally. Of course, I’m partial because I am a writer. Some people see the world in images, and others see it in words. Put together, we get the technicolor world that we live … Continue reading
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Callie Is Also Swoon(ing)
I was excited to see this Ted Talk by Callie Curry, who is also known as Swoon. She is one of the geniuses (the others being the New Orleans Airlift and many, many more artists and supporters) behind The Music … Continue reading
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The Greatest Speech Ever by Charlie Chaplin
http://youtu.be/2gRAszcUx-M I used a different video of this speech in another article I wrote, but this speech (from The Great Dictator) simply deserves to be shared over and over. It is especially fitting for our times, which are currently moving … Continue reading
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OMG – Douglas Adams Talk
I just stumbled on one of the last talks of a hero of mine: Douglas Adams. He’s my hero because seriously, who has a mind like his? Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and its many successive volumes that took us … Continue reading
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Copyright Is Flawed
Anyone who is looking at original creative works has seen this logo. It signifies that the work is protected by the laws that cover copyright to protect the creator’s work. As a writer who writes original … Continue reading
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Korehira Watanabe – Master Swordsmith
http://vimeo.com/32113233 Korehira Watanabe is only one of 30 master swordsmiths left in Japan. This beautiful documentary short, directed by Takeshi Fukunaga and made By Etsy.tv, tells how he’s followed his love and passion for making swords for over 40 years, even … Continue reading
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Guy Denning’s Emotional Colors
I saw these images a while back and was struck by the emotions in such simple lines and sparse shading. You can tell when someone is … Continue reading
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Greg Brotherton Is Ghouly
This has got to be the single sweetest ghouly sculpture that I’ve seen. It’s called “Listening In”. And the awesome thing is that the artist, Greg Brotherton, is … Continue reading
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Our Dreams Are Big
This is something that I wrote a while back, but it never got published so here it is: Point of the Arches, Olympic National Park (Kevin McNeal / Nat Geo) Inspiration strikes in a moment of absolute … Continue reading
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