I'll Wait in the Car

I got this image from this guy's blog, which has many interesting things to see. I googled Marios Perakis, the artist who did this piece, but nothing really came up. Bummer! I guess I'll wait in the car till he shows up.

Kite Season

Today it's sunny and breezy, the perfect kind of day for flying kites. I thought this image matched my feeling of lightness - I'm that little girl on the right being swept away by her kite.

Stefan Sagmeister

I just got the new Stefan Sagmeister book, "Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far," which I had seen on some other blog recently. I didn't really read the article, but I stared at the cover art for a really long time. I found the book the other day at a bookstore in Potrero Hill and it hit me like a ton of bricks. I like everything about this guy - his perspective, his execution, the way her writes - and the lovely chapbook-style packaging is an added bonus. Each booklet talks about one or two of his recent projects (he creates sentences out of unusual materials or circumstances), and the backstory adds a lot to each of the pieces.

Here's one of the pieces on his website: Being Not Truthful Works Against Me.

And here he is at the TED Talks!

I don't know what it is, but this man's work has profoundly changed me. I hope you'll take a look.

Steve Lambert

While eating sandwiches and basking in the sunshine last weekend, my friend mentioned the work of Steve Lambert, a UCD grad student from a few years back. I checked out his website and I really like a bunch of his projects.

Simmer Down Sprinter is my favorite: it's a video game where you have to relax more than your opponent to win the race. Your hands are resting on sensors (similar to the kind used in lie detector tests) that monitor your heart rate and temperature. If you stress out, the video - which features Steve running on a track - slows down or starts playing in reverse, so you're essentially running backwards. The video on his website is definitely worth seeing. I wish they'd make this for Playstation.

Why We Travel

I'm flipping through the New York Times' online slideshow called "Why We Travel," and it's reminding me just how excited I am to be planning my trip to visit Allison. Here's a quote they pulled from Robert Byron's "First Russia, Then Tibet":

“The supreme moments of travel are born of beauty and strangeness in equal parts: the first panders to the senses, the second to the mind; and it is the rarity of this coincidence which makes the rarity of these moments."