I’m very much an amateur photographeur, but I do dig a few of the shots I was able to get away with last night. Maybe someday someone will buy me one of those big fancy cameras that grant instant photographic skill (or just photographic snobbishness).
You are currently browsing the archive for the Arting category.
…as the world turns.
Lots more happening in July as well. Check the Brantford Arts Block site for all the details. The facebook group link may have more events as well. (Pencil poster by Tim Southern — he has skills with a nib)
I’m sad I missed this event on the weekend. David Hind brought his “things” and there erupted under tarps amidst rain and sun a drumming sound. Of course, I can only imagine the power of said drums since I wasn’t there… but you can imagine it, I’m sure.
Brantford Arts Block is killing it this year, helping to make the downtown a bright, and energized place for any and all.
Here is a video of Dave doing his thing, with musical accompaniment by Train…
This is a daily cycle with which I am far too familiar…
Compelling and Poignant Moments From the Daily Life of Lois
I love the drawing style too. Wonderful, expressive body postures and expressions. Reminds me of so much of art school days. More of Lois’s work can be found here.
Tags: art, illustration
Got pointed to this great tool for visualizing publications online. issuu has an incredibly simple and quick process to upload your content and there seems to be a great base of creativity already on the site.
I uploaded this to test it. It is a collaborative online arts mag that I contributed to a couple years ago. Give them pages a turn!
How many categories do you fit into? I think I spot at least 15 that would describe me… Man, I’m a Geek!
The sketches continue at ExtraLife’s flickr stream. He is a fantastic cartoonist.
I’m chewing over some things that I may post on the blog.
In the meanwhile, here are some photos I snapped after work today. (Easy subject matter.)
Blogged with Flock
Everyone goes through a candle photographing phase…
I’ve come to a fairly obvious conclusion. The right and left hemispheres of my brain do not like each other. I think I personally get along fairly well with both, but together, they do not want to play nicely. I came to this realization over the last few weeks in this place I now call home… the cubical near the front of the office at Cook where the whir of the laser printer prevents me from fully enjoying my music.
So I’ve been consumed with very technical tasks such as data entry, editing, text layout, orderforms and html over the last few weeks. During this time I was also responsible for a few scattered creative projects (all these projects are creative in some regard, but that said, there is still a distinction to be made) that now have either passed their expected due date or have been passed on to outside design houses. Why did this happen? I can assure you, not because I am not able to create the lovely pieces, but because I can’t start them! I am finding it impossible to switch my brain between the two worlds. I’ve tried to work on one creative piece over and over and it keeps looking like a spreadsheet or something!
So, today, I delivered an ultimatum to myself. Well, I delivered a few… One, I will go home at 6pm. No buts. Two, I will only work on creative projects and keep the printer going. Guess what! The pressure seems to be off! I’m nearing completion of the creative piece. All morning I poured myself into it. I allowed myself to drift around, to experiment, to undo, undo, undo… and I’m now getting somewhere!
I should have the piece done tomorrow, but I will not go back to orderforms until it is in the can. I can not go back and forth. It really drastically affects my creative output. It makes me feel bad about the process too… When doing an orderform you just keep moving. More and more fills the page. But with a creative project there are many points where a once colourful page gets erased and you start over and start over and start over. When in techno-mode I start to believe that maybe I’m failing when actually, it is just part of the process… but it is so easy to forget.
So, my tea is yummy, my artwork is pretty, and there are only 2 hours left in the workday! I feel a bit more successful.
About Me
My name is David. Who I am is something that is currently being explored. This blog is one place where exploration happens. I am a husband, son, brother, reader, thinker, arter, and dreamer.
Locally I’m involved with the Brantford Arts Block. I’ll probably be frequently blogging about artings and happenings connected to our ragtag operation.
This space promises nothing of value; simply because the places where I find value may not be the same places that it is located for you, but I hope that through this space we can walk together for a while.
Thanks for visiting.