Category Archives: Creative Ramblings

When Adam Ellis Is Bored on Facebook…

Most Facebook users post pictures of themselves, loved ones, and more. And it looks like you’re providing Illustrator extraordinaire, Adam Ellis, with lots to get inspired from. Here’s just one of his caricatures that he drew during his more lucid … Continue reading

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Street Art Is Back In LA

Street art is alive and well in LA, even after the end of the MOCA-LA show earlier this week. Brooklyn Street Art, Thinkspace, and C.A.V.E. Gallery (Venice, CA) is presenting a show, Street Art Saved My Life, that will open … Continue reading

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Philip Levine – US Poet Laureate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVjThtw6XMk After reading the NY Times article announcing Philip Levine as our next US Poet Laureate, it’s poetic to put this up as he is a voice who speaks for the working class. His words are not the flowery words … Continue reading

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Speed’s Beauty

                  It almost looks like a painting right? It’s actually a long-exposure shot taken by photographer AppuruPai of Japan’s first fully computer-operated New Transit Yurikamome line that connects Shimbashi to Toyosu, as … Continue reading

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Vilize – An App That Inspires

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro2aZWrgU9Q&feature=player_embedded#at=29 Vilize is an web app that wants you to help build a shared visual culture. You can search their database of inspirational designers, upload your own contribution, and even collaborate on research of shared folders. And the discussions will … Continue reading

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Tattoos With A Message – Social Tattoo Project

Our world issues seem to get bigger and bigger, and yet the attention that is paid to them is fleeting at best from the mainstream. The ones who care the most, and remember the most frequently, are the ones directly … Continue reading

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Italian Seaside Gelato

              It looks like the seaside has swept into the middle of London with the Dri Dri Italian Gelato ice cream store. And this is just a temporary pop-up shop for the Front Room … Continue reading

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Art In The Street Exhibit’s Final Day at MOCA-LA

Update on 8/11/2011: For all of the controversy that this show garnered, it still attracted more support: Art In The Streets sets record for MOCA-LA. I had to put up this video by a fan (artDysfunk on YouTube) of the … Continue reading

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And Then There Is Simply Beautiful

And sometimes there is simply beauty that stares back at us by its sheer existence. Marian Bantjes’ Valentines For Love:                          

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Art That Makes You REALLY Think

– found through artinfodotcom tweet -> Al Farrow -> Catherine Clark Gallery Honestly, when I first saw this story, I had a moment of shock. This piece might offend some of you, but it will make you think about consequences. … Continue reading

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