New Blogger tool kit

This new Blogger and it's design tools is very impressive. The amount of customization is incredible and it's all done live, in real-time.

Ah, television. The object of our attention. To lure us away from the world around us. Great video clip.


Television is a drug. from Beth Fulton on Vimeo.

Poignant video

Here's a great video for WWF made by Leo Burnett agency. Beautifully done and a poignant message to boot. Enjoy.


Space Monkey from Leo Burnett on Vimeo.

Window gardening

What a great idea. Gardening from your window. Great idea for children too, I would think. Showing them the joys of gardening, even in this restricted environment.

The Fountain

Watched one of my favorite movies, "The Fountain" by Darren Aronofsky and starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz. I love the overall theme and concept, the visual aesthetic and of course, the music by Clint Mansell. There is little CG effects in this film and all the wonderful "space" scences throughout the film were a collaboration between Aronofsky and a certain Peter Parks, who is a specialist in macro photography. Essentially, many of the efftects were done in camera, using chemical and bacterial brews, shot under a macro lens. Seemingly, they shot over 20,000 feet of film in production. The laws of fluid dynamics, create an ethereal world that will, I suspect, hold up over time, much like Kubrick's visuals in 2001. I know the film has some flaws, but it's such a beautiful undertaking, and a brave film too. I think it's well worth checking out.

Roxy Music, 1972

Ah, the good old days. Found this on youtube and brought a smile to my face. Interesting that the location in the Royal College of Art too. Such freedom and exhuberence; I think it's great. So far ahead of so much music from that time. It's almost hard to remember that in context. Still if you look at the top 40 for 1972, I think you get the idea.

James Castle Exhibition

Went to see the James Castle Exhibition the other day at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and blown away by his work. I had only seen small reproductions of his work previously but when you see the work up close, and the sheer volume of work, it's simply mind-boggling how much this man produced in his lifetime. The exhibition is very well organized and displayed and there is also a very informative short film on view that I would highly recommend to see if you go there. One of the people interviewed in the film said that looking at Castle's art was like looking at the history of art but it's all in one person, and I thought that was a great way to describe the many kinds of art on display in the exhibition from painting and drawing to sculpture, surrealism, deconstruction, collage etc. The show is only open until January 4th so there's not a lot of time left to see it. Here's a sample of the video.