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Wow. When I first saw these (via Pondly) I was amazed, and then I discovered more and saw the scale that this chap is drawing at. Mind blowing. Gorgeously realistic. What a talent.
Spaniard, Juan Francisco Casas uses ballpoint pens to create these portraits.
Awesome. I can't even comprehend the detail.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Linus likes to make people feel good. He photographs himself with props and arty paper cut-outs. Check these out. If you want more see his website.
Linus & The Feel Good Factory is a one-man operation based in Hong Kong.
Clever and witty and fanciful... see for yourself.
Rolling through the bay is an abstract toothpick sculpture of San Francisco. Made from 100,000 toothpicks. Not only is it a gorgeous piece of art, it also has four ping pong ball paths that roll through different landmarks.
The artist, Scott Weaver, spent 3,000 hours on it over a period of 34 years. He started building toothpick sculptures in 1968, when he was 8 years old. In 1974 he started a new sculpture and added the Golden Gate Bridge and Lombard Street, that was the start of Rolling Through the Bay.
I didn't know anything about Rodrigo y Gabriela this morning. Now I do. I love that about music, art, life!!
They are a Mexican guitar duo, who combine Rock, Flamenco, Jazz, Metal and Folk and have been doing their thing for a decade now. They used to earn a crust playing in hotels, and being metal fans, they had a repertoire that included Slayer, Megadeth, Testament. But no one would have guessed that. Not the way they play them.
They played in thrash metal bands together in Mexico, and spent the past 10 years mostly in Dublin (a great city for sure).
I went to a slam poetry workshop on Sunday, part of the Global Poetics Tour and was introduced to the genius that is Ken Arkind. Here he is doing Maggie! A fantastic poem, that makes you realise what poetry can be. Fabulous.
Also had this incredible woman. Mahogany L. Browne, who blew me away. Something really funk singer going on and it's poetry. The beat, the phrasing, wonderful to hear.
And I also had the pleasure of hearing from Jive Poetics, another New York Slam Poet Champ (I say that like they're a buck a tin, so not the case, when I say 'another' I mean one of the three mentioned).
My absolute privilege to hear each of them.
And, I learned something. When you are in the know... you snap your fingers in the bits you like (guess that saves interrupting with applauding in the usual way). Learn something every day.
This guy is amazing. I love him!! He's a work of art himself. And his music is gorgeous. He's also very handsome - a cross between Johnny Depp and Prince, that adds to the whole delightful package.
Check this video out. What an outfit, love love love it. It's the performance installation for Museo del Novecento Milano Italy.
So this stunning and talented chap is Australian. He has a Japanese Mum and Australian Dad. He plays harpsichord, vacuum cleaner (ya), cello, all sorts. He started playing classical music very young. Was immersed in it from two years old, and by ten he was playing Mozart internationally.
His photo shoot for Rolling Stone (Russia). Devine! Dreams are made of this!!
Now I can't ask for more than this; Deepak Chopra and Richard Dawkins talking about quantum physics.
A few disagreements, but great conversation between two very clever thinkers with very different points of view. It's an excerpt, so very short, though still a fascinating combination.
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