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From the pages of Badger Sportsman
Editor's Note: This story originally appeared in the Badger Sportsman magazine.
One afternoon in 1964, my dad, Ted Sr. had just purchased a new lemonwood re-curve bow from the local sport shop and was excited about doing some bowhunting for whitetail deer. He wanted to know if I would like to do the same. I had an old green fiberglass bow, which I still have to this day. I use it to shoot fish, and I have done some pheasant hunting with it. I shot about two dozen lost arrows at birds before I managed to bag two, one on the ground and the other in flight, it was all luck, not skill. Of course, I needed some new hunting arrows. I picked up some top of the line arrows with a wooden shaft, Turkey feltings and two blade broadheads. I had plenty of field tip arrows for target practice. This was going to be a whole new ball game for me. After shredding up a few bales of hay, we were ready for the big stuff.
Sometime back my stepmother, Irene, introduced my dad to her hair dresser, Edward Pawinski. He was an avid bowhunter for more than 18 years, and I might add he was very successful at it. In Ed's later years, before he passed, he had written several books and publications and on the art of bowhunting.
When the season finally opened, the three of us hunted in many different locations around the state, including the Horicon Marsh, Eldorado Marsh, Clintonville, and on my stepfather's 157-acre farm just north of North Fond du Lac. I still hunt on the farm to this day, which is now owned by my stepsister, Sue, and her husband, Joe Ford, and family.
One night in early November, Eddy (now that I knew him, he let me call him Eddy), called to say that he had set up a hunt on a friend's land near Vernon Marsh, just southwest of Milwaukee. Of course, we could not pass up an opportunity like that!
We arrived before daybreak on a very cold November morning with the temperature around 10 degrees. The night before, the temperature was about 40 degrees with dense fog, and a light mist of rain. With the temperature drop, the fog and rain turned to a heavy frost that covered everything; trees, the grass in the fields, even the barbed wire fences. The dew drops that were on the tree branches were frozen in place. As the sun was coming up, like tiny light bulbs, they began to turn on one by one, until all was a sparkling glow like a Christmas tree. It was breathtaking to see one of nature's most glorious displays on such a crisp, clear cold morning.
It was about 10 a.m. when I began to notice that my extremities were not coping well with the cold, so I rummaged around in my backpack for my Steno stove and a can of now frozen Ravioli. Once they were warmed up, it hit the spot. I was warm now, except for my feet. I decided to slowly mosey over to the spot where dad was sitting.
I had worked my way along the edge of a tree line with an open field to my left. As I walked up a small hill, I came to a crest where I could see dad. He was starting to stand up. He was in a small patch of brush with a few bunches of trees around him; it looked like good cover. Just then, out of the corner of my eye to the left, I caught sight of movement. It was a huge deer, just walking, pausing to look back for a bit and then walking some more, looking like it wasn't in a big hurry.
It was about 100 yards from me, and then I saw the HUGE rack reflecting in the sun. A buck, a monster of a buck! It was too far to count the tines on the massive rack, but it was a real "Wall Hanger." I froze in my tracks. I wasn't cold anymore. I was warm from having a big time adrenaline rush!
The big buck was undeniably heading straight down the fence line to where my dad was posted! I could see dad was ready with his bow poised. The wait was on. After a few more stop and gos, the buck stopped right in front of dad and must have been 10 yards or less. Dad was now at full draw, but he just held there.
I'm saying to myself, "SHOOT DAD, SHOOT!" But nothing!
He just stood there at full draw. I figured he was cold, but frozen in a full draw position? Really? I swear it seemed like an eternity, then Dad let off on his bow and just stood there, I could see the monster buck with steam pouring from his flared nostrils like a big locomotive getting ready to say, "ALL ABOARD!"
Then, with a loud snort blow, he pulled out of the station and, in a bounding flash, he was gone! I guess he must have winded dad. I stood there with my heart pounding for a few minutes in awe, wondering what happened to the man that taught me how to hunt and fish. Did he blackout? Buck fever? Or what? I just witnessed the biggest opportunity of a lifetime on 300 plus pounds of flesh and rack that might have been a green score of 190 or better, bound over the hill.
After my heart had calmed down in my chest, I walked down to dad and sat down beside him on the log he was sitting on. We didn't say a word, just sat staring at the spot. After a few moments, he turned to face me with a big wide grin on his face and said, "Did you see him?"
"WELL YA!" I replied. "What in the wide world of sports happened? How come you did not let the arrow fly?"
He shook his head and said, "I just could not shoot because that was the most magnificent animal I have ever encountered. He was so gorgeous with that steam venting from his nostrils, that huge rack held high in the sun and the muscles rippling throughout his body. It was like looking at a photo on a cover of a hunting magazine. That sight will forever be a trophy for me," he replied.
I put my arm around him and said, "I don't think we should tell Eddy about this."
We packed up our gear and both of us were smiling from ear to ear when we finally got back to the parked GMC carry-all truck, where Eddy had just arrived also.
"What's with the happy stuff?" asked Eddy.
"Oh nothing," we replied.
With the grins on our faces, he knew something was up, but we never did tell him, but somehow I think he knows by now.
The next day, on the phone with dad, we had talked about the experience we encountered and laughed some more. The call ended with me saying, "Next time hunt with a camera!"
Remember to always hunt with a friend, that way you both will have the same deer hunting stories to tell. You may add to your stories over time, embellishments if you will, whatever you see fit.
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Apple's iCloud Could Help Merge iOS And OS X Into One OS
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The time may come when iOS and OS X become one product. In fact, one influential analyst believes that day could come sometime next year, according to the International Business Times. According to Peter Misek, an analyst at Jefferies, Apple's upcoming iCloud launch will be the catalyst that merges Apple's two operating systems. When that happens, "Users will log on to a device where the profile, content and apps will be customized and optimized for the device." According to Misek:
"We expect OS merger to start in 2012-13 and complete in 2016. Our preliminary view is that Apple can use a 32-bit ARM architecture to address the vast majority of the OS X ecosystem's needs in 2012-13 except for high-end professional devices. When 64-bit ARM is available in 2016, we believe Apple will have a single OS and hardware architecture."OS X Lion, which launched for Mac in July, already looks a lot like Apple's iOS platform (see Launchpad and Mail, for example). Plus, the Mac App Store is an obvious result of the success of the App Store. This isn't the first time we've discussed the possible merger of iOS and OS X. In fact, in June we thought some discussion of it would happen at WWDC. However, that didn't happen. Still, it still makes a lot of sense. And, at least according to one analyst, it could happen next year.

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Does 'The View' Have Any New Shows During the Week of April 15?
After getting spoofed by the SNL crew over the weekend, fans of The View probably wanted to see how the ladies at the table would react Monday, April 15. Instead, they got a repeat broadcast of a March episode featuring SNL's own Aidy Bryant.
Had Bryant been scheduled for a new show, she would have been able to walk everyone through her "princess of Arizona" Meghan McCain impression. Chances are it would have been fun for all concerned.
However, it was no accident. ABC's broadcast schedule shows the encore presentation was planned. The same goes for the April 16 show. On Tuesday, viewers will get a replay of the March show that featured Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Preet Bharara.
In fact, there will be repeats of The View through April 19.
'The View' will be all repeats from April 15-19.
Every episode of the week will be an encore presentation. On Wednesday, the March 27 episode featuring Stacey Abrams will run. Thursday's show takes the audience back to February, when Mary J. Blige and former View co-host Sara Gaines appeared.
On Friday, it will be a replay of the episode from early this month that featured Taraji Henson and 2020 candidate Tim Ryan. While there are a few quality shows in there, fans won't be getting any new material.
That may be disappointing for folks hoping to watch the ladies weigh in on the latest gossip and news out of Washington, but at least one co-host is staying busy during the hiatus this week.
Otherwise, the rest of the gang seemed to be enjoying their time off enough to laugh at themselves following the SNL send-up. (Whoopi, always a light tweeter, was the only one who didn't mention the skit on her Twitter account.)
Joy Behar may have had the best line of the bunch. "Finally an actual female is playing me. Thank you Kate [McKinnon]," she tweeted.
'The View' returns to ABC April 22.
After the week off, The View will return Monday, April 22 with new episodes. At press time, there were no guests scheduled yet, but you can imagine there will be at least one member of Congress coming to discuss the release of Mueller report.
As chaotic as the political discussions can get on The View, it typically makes for better TV than the infomercials the audience occasionally sees (as they did with the cast of Shark Tank last week).
Meanwhile, it should be a good opportunity for Whoopi to continue working her way back to full strength. Following the serious illness she overcame earlier this year, she could probably use the week to recover from her return to the workplace.
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Hong Kong bars 12 opposition candidates from election
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Hong Kong authorities have disqualified 12 pro-democracy candidates from upcoming elections, deepening political tensions in the Chinese territory.
Opposition legislators had hoped to obtain a majority in the Legislative Council (LegCo) in September's poll after Beijing's imposition of a highly controversial national security law.
Among those barred are high-profile activists Joshua Wong and Lester Shum.
The government said the candidates were not fit to run for office.
It said they could not be considered to be abiding by the constitutional duty required of lawmakers if they:
- advocated for, or promoted, Hong Kong's independence
- solicited intervention by foreign governments in Hong Kong's affairs
- expressed "an objection in principle" to the imposition of the national security law by central authorities in Beijing
- expressed "an intention to exercise the functions of a LegCo Member by indiscriminately voting down" any legislative proposals introduced by the Hong Kong government, "so as to force the government to accede to certain political demands"
In its statement announcing the disqualifications, the government said the decision was taken in line with Hong Kong's mini-constitution - the Basic Law.
"There is no question of any political censorship, restriction of the freedom of speech or deprivation of the right to stand for elections as alleged by some members of the community," it said, adding that more disqualifications could not be ruled out.
Joshua Wong, who rose to prominence as a teenage activist during protests in 2014, said the decision showed "a total disregard for the will of Hongkongers" and "tramples upon the city's last pillar of vanishing autonomy".
[I was just disqualified from LegCo election, despite being the biggest winner in #Hkprimaries]— Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 😷 (@joshuawongcf) July 30, 2020
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The new national security law has been highly controversial in Hong Kong, a former British colony which is now part of China but was given unique freedoms in an agreement before the transfer of sovereignty.
The law was widely condemned by Western governments, but China says it is necessary to restore stability in the territory, which was hit by months of pro-democracy protests last year which often turned violent.
The opposition candidates disqualified on Thursday include four incumbent lawmakers, four district councillors - including Mr Shum - and activists Ventus Lau Wing-hong, Gwyneth Ho Kwai-lam and Alvin Cheng Kam-mun, in addition to Mr Wong.
The Civic Party, one of the city's pro-democracy parties that had members among those barred, said the disqualifications "exploited the right of Hong Kong people to vote", Reuters news agency reports.
Its four disqualified members were Alvin Yeung, Dennis Kwok, Kwok Ka-ki and Cheng Tat-hung.
A widely anticipated move
By Grace Tsoi, BBC World Service, Hong Kong
The mass disqualifications of pro-democracy candidates had been widely anticipated after young candidates were barred from the previous legislative poll in 2016. They came as a heavy blow after the pro-democracy camp held primaries in which more than 600,000 voted, just a little more than two weeks ago.
Many of the barred candidates are young and support more confrontational tactics to fight for their cause. But it came as a surprise that four candidates from the Civic Party, which was founded by a group of lawyers in 2006, were also banned. The party is considered a more moderate wing of the democratic movement.
There has been speculation that the government is planning to postpone the Legislative Council election by one year amid a new outbreak of coronavirus. Critics say the government wants to delay the election because the pro-Beijing camp faces a stunning defeat, as they did in last year's district council elections.
On the other hand, the government says candidates cannot perform the duties of lawmakers if they vote down any proposals and force the government to meet political demands after securing a majority. Then the next question is: will any opposition candidates be allowed to run in the future?
At a news conference in Hong Kong, Mr Kwok, a founding member of the Civic Party, said it was clear Beijing was trying to silence opposition.
"Today we are seeing the results of the relentless oppression that this regime is starting, not only just to take away the basic fundamental rights and freedom that was once enjoyed by all Hong Kong people under the Basic Law... but they are also trying to drive fear and oppression into our hearts and [in] this we must not let them succeed."
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab condemned the decision. "It is clear they [the opposition candidates] have been disqualified because of their political views, undermining the integrity of 'One Country, Two Systems' and the rights and freedoms guaranteed in the Joint Declaration and Hong Kong's Basic Law," he said.
The UK's last colonial governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten, said Beijing was carrying out "an outrageous political purge".
"The National Security law is being used to disenfranchise the majority of Hong Kong's citizens. It is obviously now illegal to believe in democracy... This is the sort of behaviour that you would expect in a police state," he said in a statement.
The office of Beijing's top representative in Hong Kong said it firmly supported the disqualifications and that those who were disqualified wanted to paralyse the government and subvert state power, Reuters reported.
Amid speculation the government could postpone the election due to coronavirus, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Wednesday Hong Kong was on the verge of a "large-scale outbreak" that could cause hospitals to "collapse".
What is LegCo?
The Legislative Council helps to make and amend Hong Kong's laws.
It is made up of 70 seats - but only 35 are directly voted for by the public.
Another 30 represent "functional constituencies" - these are voted for by smaller groups representing special interests, primarily businesses, banking and trade. Historically these sectors have been largely pro-Beijing.
The last five are made up of district councillors who are elected by the public.
This system, where only a proportion of councillors are chosen by the public, has been called undemocratic by critics, but supporters of the system say it helps avoid populism and protects Hong Kong's business interests.


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Amazon's rapid office expansion in New York continues with a move into a distressed asset in Herald Square.
The e-commerce titan has signed on to occupy all 122K SF of the WeWork in 2 Herald Square, The Real Deal reports. The company is also in negotiations to occupy some of the building's vacant ground-floor retail space, where Victoria's Secret is currently the only tenant.
The 11-story, 354K SF building, which also has the address 950 Sixth Ave., is owned by Sitt Asset Management, but its failure to refinance its CMBS loan has put it on the edge of foreclosure, TRD reports. Paramount Group, which already owns preferred equity on the building, has reportedly held off on plans to buy the leasehold as the Sitt brothers battle in court.
The leasehold comes with a defaulted $250M mortgage owned by SL Green, which has begun foreclosure proceedings, according to TRD.
Amazon has made deals for nearly 500K SF of Manhattan office space in the last two months alone, between 2 Herald Square and its 360K SF lease at Brookfield Properties' Five Manhattan West in the Hudson Yards neighborhood. While that office is scheduled to open next year, Amazon reportedly already has employees in 2 Herald Square.
If Amazon's retail location in the building comes to fruition, it would be its fourth store in New York, after locations at Columbus Circle, SoHo and 7 West 34th St., a block away from 2 Herald Square. Its largest real estate footprint in the city, however, will belong to its 855K SF distribution center in Staten Island when complete.
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CORRECTION, NOV. 21, 2:30 P.M. EST: A previous version of this story said an Amazon store would be the third brick-and-mortar location for the company, but an Amazon store recently opened at 7 West 34th St., making the potential new store Amazon's fourth. This story has been updated.


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We are just a few weeks away from the inauguration of our 46th President. There will be numerous events happening before, during & after inauguration including a very special event called the Peace Ball. The Peace Ball is Voices of Hope & Resistance. Recently, I sat down the creator of the Peace Ball – the owner of Busboys & Poets, Mr. Andy Shallal.
For those you have never heard of the Peace Ball, can you tell us what it is
The Peace Ball is a gathering of artists, activists and progressives who come together to celebrate the accomplishments that had taken place in this country through the past decades. Certainly, in the past few years, we have seen a tremendous shift on many issues such as marriage equality, criminal justice reform, healthcare, education, many things. There has been a lot of changes taken place. Sometimes we forget to stop for a moment and smell the roses.
This is the third Peace Ball and I heard that this year it will be held at the National Museum of African-America History & Culture. Where were the first two held?
The first one was held at the Postal Museum, which is right next to Union Station. That was a beautiful, much smaller venue. We had about 1600 people during that time. We were way way sold out. The second we did was at Arena Stage in Southwest DC here by the Waterfront. That one had about 2700 people. So, this time we wanted a place that was very special because we knew it would be a special moment no matter who wins. In a sense, it's about open resistance that we have been talking about as our subtext to the museum is that it's the Voices of Resistance. We wanted to make sure that we find a place that would be ideal to represent that and there's no other place that represent more than the Museum of African-America History & Culture.
Absolutely, considering it just opened a few months ago and its right down the road from us. How did the Peace Ball come to be since it just started two Presidential elections before?
The first time it started was when Obama was elected. It was very special moment in American history. It was about the person. It was about the moment. More than about issues. It was really about less issue driven, it was about the individual. Having the first African-American to be President of the United States was historic. Many of us who worked very diligently on that campaign, we wanted to make sure that we do celebrate because we worked our asses off. We were there in the streets. We were there with our resources. We were there with our friends. We were pounding the pavement. We rented a buses and went out to Ohio and canvassed Columbus, OH. I mean we were really all in. When the election results came in, it was a euphoric moment for so many people.
So the next morning, I remember waking up and I'm thinking "I don't want to lose this moment. Let's do it. Let's expand on it. Why don't we do a ball?" I've never been to a ball.
Never, I am not really a ball type.
So, how can you go from not being a ball-type of person to planning a ball all of a sudden?
The ideal was that we need to do a big celebration. Why not a ball? This was big enough to a ball when Obama got first elected. So, we decided let's do that! We started searching for a great spot and we did. We hired people and we got it all going. It was a very exciting moment and we were very fortunate. We had amazing guests and amazing performers. It was an incredible night.
So 2013 happened and we were veterans by then. We had done it. So we naturally wanted to do it again. This time we started the planning in August…
It was August 2012, that you planned the second Ball?
Yes, we started planning before the election which happened in November. We started this one (2017) by going around looking for a venue and making sure that we had a venue secured. Then we had some friends and allies that we knew, would be part of this of this gathering. And that what we did. We were very fortunate to get the Museum of African-America History & Culture for the venue. Once we knew we had that, we had a lot of work to do to make sure that we hold an event that is commensurate to the value and the importance of this museum. So we brought in people who are iconic to the civil rights movement. People like Angela Davis to be the honorary host for the event. We wanted to make sure that there were performances and there's opportunities to dance and really experience it. For uplifting performances, we got Esperanza Spalding and Solange as our two musical guests.
Busboys and Poets will host the Peace Ball: Voices of Hope and Resistance at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on Thursday January 19, 2017. Join us in celebrating the accomplishments of the past four years as we renew our vow to be the change we wish to see in the world. Museum exhibits will be open throughout the evening. VIP Tickets are priced at $300 and include exclusive pre-entry at 7:00 p.m., with food and beverage in an intimate setting. General Admission Tickets are priced at $200 for 8pm entry. To learn more or to purchase tickets, please visit https://2017peaceball.


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From jump-roping to belly-dancing, juggling to singing, this year's McDaniel Showdown Talent Show was a night to remember. Produced by senior Steven Carney, the show featured acts of all shapes, sizes, and talents that performed for their fellow classmates in the hopes of winning one of the three grand prizes.
The talent show was held Saturday, April 16 from 7:30 to 10:30pm in WMC Alumni Hall. Tickets were only $5, but Carney said that patrons "receiv[ed] a lot of entertainment for their $5 ticket."
Last year, the first place prize was $75, the second place prize was $50, and third place was $25, and as college students, who would pass up the opportunity for a little padding in their wallets?
All proceeds went to the Relay for Life organization, to support cancer research and treatment for others. Carney said, "Each year, many people die from cancer, so it is important to obtain a cure for such a deadly disease."
There are usually a large number of acts (last year there were thirteen), so the chances of having a friend in the show are great. There can't be anything more entertaining than seeing someone you know serenading a crowd or showing off their talents.
"The winners will be judged by the audience, so the goal of a performer is to win the support of the audience in order to win the show," said Carney. Spencer Fothergill won the competition.


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I have had this recipe sitting in a notebook, and these pics sitting on my computer, for a while. I've been meaning to make it again and get some better photos, but I have been reasonably chocolate-ed out lately and so it has gone to the wayside. However, today has been claimed as 'World Nutella Day' so even though I will re-make the spread and take new photos eventually, I felt it was my duty to post this today in both celebration and revolt. What's one more chocolate recipe before we get back … [Read more...]
Loaded Oats for the New Year
I was having a look back at some posts from the end of 2011 and realised that for someone who doesn't really eat sugar there were a hell of a lot of desserts and almost no savory dishes being shared... oops. Some of it has to do with my ongoing struggle with nighttime photography and not having the right lighting [vow to sort that out sooner rather than later] because most cooking is being done after getting home from the real-life job. And while I used to snap away and post delicious recipes … [Read more...]
Banana & Almond Butter Stuffed French Toast
Happy Bloggiversary to me! 84th & 3rd turned 1 year old last week and to celebrate I turned the computer off, boycotted cooking and went to yoga, I deserved it. A whole year, can you believe it? In honour of this momentous event I made French Toast for brunch this past weekend. Not this French Toast, or this one but a whole new beast - Banana and Almond Butter Stuffed French Toast. And it doesn't stop there... vanilla, orange juice, and oh, right, Bourbon. Because you can't really have a … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Pie Spread
Um, yum, just yum. For as much as I love Cake! I am at least as equally obsessed with Pie! Not the crust bit mind you, in my opinion it really just gets in the way of the business end of pie - the filling. Sweet, savory, creamy, fruity, whatever, I could sit with a pie tin and eat the whole middle bit - one small spoonful at a time. Now I've just shared with you my crusade on pumpkin, so what else to do but get straight to the point on this one. Apple, pumpkin, spices and voila, a spread … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Pie Pancakes
It is officially autumn in America-land. The seasons are changing, Halloween is full steam ahead there are pumpkin recipes everywhere. Sydney on the other hand has not yet woken up to the fact that it should be getting warmer here, and although it is now light until after 7pm [thank you daylight savings] it still feels more like winter than spring. All of these things combined, along with the promise I made to continue the 'brunch we never had' and the fact that shortly the trip recap will … [Read more...]
Cornbread Waffles with Cinnamon Apple Compote
Now I figure that all this trip recapping will go on for quite a while, and in the meantime the least I can do is make you brunch. That said, it is only fair to let you know that the sub-title of this post is 'the brunch we didn't have until now'... Someone Tweeted a pic the first day of Blogher from Cafe 222 in San Diego. I looked it up on The Google Machine and decided that as it was just on the edge of Gas Lamp, and only blocks from our hotel, we needed to go there immediately if not … [Read more...]
Pancake Face
So when I was young, my grandmother used to bribe me to go to church with her. 'Come on, ammoninni, [pronounced 'ah-MO-ni-ni' and possibly spelled 'amuninni' it means 'Let's go' in the Sicilian dialect of Italian, but we always thought it was 'Hurry up'. It got said A-LOT] it's Sunday, lets go to church and I'll take you to IHOP afterward for breakfast, you can get anyyyyything you want.' and off we would go. I remember sitting there for the hour or so and wondering what on earth required … [Read more...]


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#a1 :: Bodywork dolly
February 15, 2008
sildenafil this 'popup','width=500,height=500,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0′); return false">Here are some of the posts I had the most fun writing and/or shooting.If you like any of them, maybe you'll email one to a friend who might enjoy it, too. And if you just discovered this site, any of these is a good place to jump in:
Rubber Ghoul
Drain Valve/Bell
Saab Front Wheel Bearings
Nuclear Bomb Test Souvenir
Battle Suit
Brownie Hawkeye
Vinyl Frog
Minnie Ball
Spoke Wrench
Art Deco Reading Lamp
Spiky Silicone Keychain
Fuckin' Wirenuts
Doll Leg
Shalom Bracelet
Last Resort
Novelty Lighter
3 Red Demons in a Little Rowboat
Fortune Cookie
Wallpaper Print Block
Welcome newcomers: For clarity, I have swapped this post's halves from its originally posted state. Note also that I'm running around cleaning up some bad internal links – a legacy from when I switched to WordPress at the end of the 2004-2005 run … mr …12/16/08
The old man lived in a small trailer park in one of the Carolinas, by a huge stand of bamboo. He sat beneath the awning of the old Airstream with his second wife. I don't remember her saying much. But I remember him bouncing me on his knee, asking questions, listening with that sort of benevolent, distant warmth that I came to know ever so briefly as grandfatherly.
We had ridden in Frog Belly, our beaten third-hand two-tone Ford (?) for so many hours to get there. Down from the little Connecticut college where my father taught and would later turn to glorious painting, where my mother wrote like a weaver, with focus and care. That evening, after lemonade and maybe it was fried chicken, I lay in the motel room nearby, all of six or seven years old. Night heat smothered any chance at sleep, which was already elusive, thanks to the rock'n'roll band blaring from a stage beneath bright lights in the field next door. Insects keened outside, the cicadas out in force on their once-every-17-year cycle of birth, sex and death.
The next morning, we went back over to the trailer for breakfast. And my father's father took us out to the bamboo afterwards, where he cut chunks from a stalk and fashioned it into a little two-piece slide whistle that he gave to me. I wish I had kept it. I can't even remember what became of it – I must have left it behind because the aching memory puts it only and fully in that place, no other. Just there, blowing the bamboo mouthpiece and sliding it up and down the octaves – and then it was gone.
Joseph Wayne Reed Sr. was my father's father – a medical corpsman in WWI and a Red Cross medic in the Pacific in WWII, a Linotype operator for the St. Petersburg Times in his later years. Heart disease killed him – I remember, he was overweight and not too athletic – when I was eight.
Four years later, my father gave me his ring – white gold and onyx. I have worn it every single day of my life since then. Dad had the stone flipped over to hide what must have been a lifetime of chips and scars, and new gold added to the bottom where abuse and wear had ground it down to the thickness of a kite string.
Once in 1984, body-surfing high at Misquamicut, Rhode Island, I thought I had lost it to the sea. The empty-handed sensation of realizing this was a head-to-toe shock that overpowered the full-body battery of cold October breakers and left me feeling naked, careless and stupid. At this point in my life, my young journalism career seemed to have fallen apart and I was casting about for some sense of direction. So I bounced on tiptoes in the surf as my mother had taught me there long ago, and tried to absorb the loss of the ring as an omen – a clean break, a fresh start, a way out to new thinking. Weak, I thought. Fuckup. I dragged myself back to the parking lot to towel off in abject depression, which shattered in a paroxysm of joy only when I realized that I had sensibly stashed the ring in the glovebox of Steve's Celica before jumping into the ocean.
I nearly lost the ring again 20 years later. A brain-crushingly bad week at work sent me home in a funk, and drumming seemed the only way to shake it off. Pounding out amateurish polyrhythms and 2/4 tribal stomps at full volume in the empty house, I pummeled the shit out of my kids' tubano until my arms tingled. Then I looked down and saw that not only had the circle of white gold cracked, but the stone had disappeared and the empty prongs gaped up at me in blinded reproach. After five solid minutes of knees-and-fingertips searching through the pile of the thick Oriental rug around the drum area, I found the small, black stone, and resumed breathing. Our local jeweler set things right, and my arm is complete again.
My wife says she considers this the ultimate Heavy Little Object – it's not the sort of archetypal machined steel gizmo upon which I first focused this site. But it is of stone and precious metal, and freighted with meaning and worth beyond the reach of my words. It's part of me, and a good place to stop – maybe so I can devote a bit more time to my other blog – and think about where I'm headed next.
This site is dedicated to my parents.The contest results are here.
The British Natural History Museum did something extraordinary on the grounds outside its magnificent building – a diversion from the ossified remains of dinosaurs and sloths and the over-loved "interactive" displays of swimming hippos and oversized scorpions:
They built a hothouse, adiposity filled it with plants, and started cultivating butterflies.
These were just two of the fantastic array of insect ephemera on display in Amazing Butterflies which closes, sadly, on Aug. 17.
If you're in town, whether you have kids or not, go have a look
I've missed this blog. Hello, this web old friend.
This black lump of cast iron could be any number of things: A chunk of railroad tie fashioned into a doorstop, approved (or so claimed the antique store owner in Cutchogue, Long Island who sold it to me for 9 bucks over Christmas). An anchor for wayward blueprints on windswept building sites, perhaps. An "equalizer" stuffed into the boxing glove of an outmatched pug.
Instead it's a simple tool: Hold it behind the car-body panel you're undenting. Smack the panel's outside with a hammer. Hammer, meet anvil – rock the dolly back and forth a bit as you taptaptaptap the steel – and eventually the dent is shallow enough that you can cover the rest of the blemish with Bondo. That's what I did with Steve's car.
The backstory on all this?
Four years and eight days ago, I declared a purpose for Heavy Little Objects:
I collect heavy little things.
Tools, parts, toys, instruments, tchotchkes – the weight of some new thing in my hand, often small, metallic and well machined, compels me to add it to my life.
It's instinct by now. I can't say why these things are important, or why I haven't bothered cataloguing them until this […]
Three years ago to the day, I signed off, after spending an entire year posting one heavy little object per day, every day.
I launched it in homage to the 100 demons exercise that Japanese tradition once demanded of a painter: Buddhism says one must overcome 100 demons in a lifetime – so I took care of 3.65 lifetimes of them, and learned some things along the way:
- A blog can be art
- Blogging daily frees you of the need to make anything very serious on a regular basis, yet somehow adds up to a work of a certain value and weight
- Maintaining an absolutely-every-day-without-fail blog – especially while maintaining another blog – is like swimming in an endless pool with a sackful of bowling balls in your teeth.
But I've missed this – writing, shooting, corresponding with the small, warm band of fellow eccentrics who used to follow this daily indexing of obsessions.
So here goes again.
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The Enormous Turnip Digital Story with Audio tells the popular story with adapted language, especially for EFL/ESL/EAL students or for beginning readers. Listen and read or read then listen to check.
There are 29 different cards in this deck for you to use in class, online or to send to your students so they can listen at home.
The audio is recorded in Scottish Standard English.
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Other useful phrases that the kids can learn include: "Come and help!" and "The (turnip) doesn't move". It's also a good version of the story to internalise sentence structures such as Subject, Verb, Object: "The (man) pulls the (turnip)" and simple reporting language: "he says"; "they say"; "….says (the girl)". There are also some good basic examples of the present simple tense.
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Is Yoga Dangerous?
Recently, a mother in suburban Toronto protested when her daughter received yoga instruction in a public school class. A Roman Catholic, the mother was worried that her daughter was thereby being indoctrinated into the Hindu religion.
Was she?
I've taught Hinduism as part of a world religions survey course for close to thirty years. Hinduism is an extremely variegated religion—so diverse, in fact, that many scholars think there is no such (single) thing as Hinduism: the term is just a catch-all for "all indigenous Indian religion." But yoga certainly is practiced by many forms of Hinduism, and it is Hindu terminology (in the original Sanskrit language) that dominates its practice here in the West.
Still, is yoga in public schools something Canadian Christians should protest? Should anyone? Should everyone?
It depends.
I consulted a yoga teacher: a young woman raised in a Christian family, educated in Christian schools, churched in Christian churches, and graduated from a Christian university (Wheaton College). She also happens to be my niece, and her picture graces the head of this article. Here's what Leanna says:
"In high school, there was a local studio that offered donation-based yoga. My friend and I started going to classes as a cheap, fun activity. After a few classes, I fell in love with doing yoga.
"I've been doing yoga for nine years. Three years ago, I decided to get certified as a yoga instructor. I have my 200-hour-level training, and with that I've taught public and private classes and have trained other aspiring yoga instructors.
"There are so many types of yoga, and people practice them for different reasons. Some people practice for a workout, for mind-body connection, as a treatment for anxiety and depression, for rehabilitation from injuries, or as a spiritual practice.
"Western Christianity often ignores the body in spiritual practice. Growing up in an evangelical Christian household, I was hesitant about attending a yoga class because of the way Christians around me viewed yoga. After practicing just a few times, however, I felt more connected to God than I'd ever felt through any Christian practice I'd e


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ZTE and the Ningxia Branch of China Telecom have completed the network construction for the cloud-network synergy project, implementing device provisioning in a private industrial network and service deployment in some local networks in Ningxia, China.
According to a press release from the international provider of telecommunications, enterprise, and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, this private industrial network will be one of the two planes for private industrial slicing networks of the Ningxia Branch of China Telecom.
ZTE and the Ningxia Branch of China Telecom have worked out a solution to interconnect ZTE's cloud network PE with the STN private network, MAN, e-Cloud, and Centralized Security Platform to help the operator cover user experience-oriented services in all scenarios.
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I just finished reading Growing as a Christian 101: A Guide to Stronger Faith in Plain Language by Bruce Bickel and Stan Jantz. It was an easy read and one that I enjoyed very much. I like books that are practical and in plain language and this one met both of those criteria.
I have to admit though, as a perfectionist, that self-help books sometimes wear me out. I think a lot of self-help books set us up for failure before we ever open the front cover because they are so chock full of suggestions and "things" for us to do that it would take a superhero to be able to carry out all the "suggestions" or "recommendations" they give. I've read self-help books where it would be humanly impossible to do all the things listed that it tells one they must do to accomplish X. Sometimes I'm overwhelmed by the 2nd or 3rd chapter. And as a perfectionist, I often feel that I HAVE to do every single thing in the book to get the most out of it. I've learned that's usually impossible. So I've failed before I've barely started and if by chance I do finish the book, I'm left at the end feeling mentally exhausted.
While I loved this book and it didn't leave me feeling like a failure and exhausted like most self-help books do, I still feel I'm suffering a bit from information overload and still left trying to absorb what I read. I made a rule a long time ago never to read two self-help books in a row. My brain couldn't take it, nor could my self-esteem!
I decided that I would treat myself to a refreshing break and I would re-read a favorite children's book. I scanned my book shelves today and decided on Charlotte's Web by E.B. White. I was first introduced to Charlotte's Web by my third grade teacher. I remember every day after our lunch period, she would sit in a wooden chair in front of the black board and we would gather around her in a semi-circle on the floor in front of her while she read aloud Charlotte's Web. This book mesmerized me. I loved it. I remember reading this beloved children's classic to my two young sons for one of their bedtime stories.
I'm so looking forward to reading this book again.
Just out of curiosity, how many of you adults still read children's books? I think it's good for one's soul, not to mention it's just downright fun. If you had to choose a children's book to read now, what would you choose?
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Matangi Island Resort - Treehouse
If you ever had a treehouse when you were a child you will know how much fun it was to climb up the tree and see the world from a different perspective. Can you imagine how much more fun it would be to do this, with your vantage point overlooking one of the most beautiful islands in the world?
The treehouse accommodation at Matangi Private Island Resort lets you relive that childhood memory and you get to do it in style.
Can you imagine waking up to birdsong, fresh clean air and peace and quiet every morning? This is how it will be for you when you choose to spend some time on Matangi Island Resort. The island is a perfect hideaway if you want to just enjoy some alone time, and it's ideal for honeymooners to wind down and relax.
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RBL Theatre Players – The Show Must Go On!
RBL Theatre Players – The Show
Must Go On!
Following the disappointment of the cancellation of the 2014 Pantomime 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves', Director, Producer and writer Mark Lake and the entire panto cast have insisted that the "Show must go on!" So Mr Lake has now found a new venue, rewrote the script and Abracadabra he has come up with a full two hour show to entertain the hundreds of theatre goers who would have otherwise been disappointed.
"We were all a bit down after completing a whole swathe of rehearsals in the summer heat, but this setback only served to spur me on to produce a 'one night only' event featuring a spectacular evening of comedy, song and dance numbers from our previous three productions."
The show will take place at the Ambassador Suite of the Le Chateau Lambousa in Lapta, commencing at 7.30pm on Thursday 4 December with seating limited to 350 on the night.
Mr Lake added: "We were determined to make at least some income this year for the RBL Poppy Appeal and we sincerely hope that all our friends and followers will come along to support us on the night. We will also hold a raffle for the Appeal during the interval."
Reservations, at 35TL, can be made by either contacting Andrew Cowley on – 0533 883 0445 or by emailing him at – email@example.com or by visiting the RBL stall at the Lambousa market on Saturday mornings. As a sign of loyalty priority will initially be given to customers who have already pre-booked for the original pantomime.


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M.A., University of Iowa, 2006
B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004
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Major Gifts Officer
David Sacks is a major gifts officer at ELPC, focused on individual giving, family foundations, and planned gifts to help ELPC achieve its long-term vision. David previously worked for the University of Chicago and The Harris School of Public Policy in roles focused on alumni engagement, annual fundraising, and leadership giving. His career spans non-profit development, political fundraising, and database management.
Hiking and biking across the Cook County Forest Preserve trail systems. Hagar Park Beach in Western Michigan where you can bring your dog. Forest Park Nature Center in Peoria, overlooking the Illinois River.
Climate change and environmental destruction are the defining threats of our time. If I'm going to spend all my time thinking about them anyway, I'd like to incorporate them into my work. And if I'm raising money for a cause, it has to be a cause I believe in.


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Certain things become so strongly associated with an era that they become timeless. This is certainly true of Nils Strinning's shelf system, String, which was designed in 1949.
It may seem strange that something as simple and humble as this little dainty light shelf with its thin side panels has become one of the twentieth century's foremost design icons. The reasons are several; the thin packaging is simple and cheap to transport, the shelf is easy to assemble, the shelves can be quickly repositioned, shelves of various depths can be combined and books are held in place by the side panels, it is stable and can be extended in all directions. whether the wall surface is large or small String is functional. It's the side panel which gives String its character. elegant and clean-limbed are the coloured threads, a slender "ladder" ascending the wall, ingenious, variable, flexible.
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Brass Symposium makes performance a learning experience
The sounds of trumpets, trombones and tubas will fill Del Mar College as it hosts its second annual South Texas Brass Symposium on Friday, March 3 and Saturday, March 4.
Spreading the joy of brass music is a lifelong goal for Scott Hagarty, associate professor of trumpet and music theory at Del Mar College.
"We created the South Texas Brass Symposium to promote performance, education and awareness of brass music in South Texas," Hagarty said. "Our goal is to bring in world-class musicians and the region's best professionals together at Del Mar for master classes, clinics and performances, so we can create learning opportunity for students, community musicians and the general public."
World-famous tuba soloist Patrick Sheridan and William Scharnberg, University of North Texas professor and principal hornist of the Dallas Opera Orchestra, will headline this year's event.
Sheridan has played for the White House band and all over the world.
"Sharing art drives me to perform," Sheridan said. "It doesn't matter where. Even for pieces of music I've played thousands of times, I still get a kick out of watching and listening to an audience get moved emotionally by a performance."
Scharnberg is leading off the symposium on Friday, March 3 with a master class.
"A master class is when a student performs a piece for a guest artist in a one-on-one session in a public forum on stage," Hagarty said. "Then the guest artist will work with that student on the piece they performed to help them improve upon their performance."
This year's symposium has added a competition contest for brass trio. Musicians were asked to send in a 10-minute or less original and unpublished music to be judged.
"Fifty-two composers sent in music represented by eight different countries," Hagarty said. "It was hard choosing just one but we did it."
The winning piece is "Merci M. Poulenc" by Carleton Macy of St. Paul, Minnesota.
The main events of both days will be at 7:30 p.m. The Del Mar Faculty Brass Trio will headline on Friday, March 3. Sheridan and Scharnberg will perform Saturday, March 4.
What: South Texas Brass Symposium
When: 1 – 7:30 p.m. March 3, 10 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. March 4
Where: Fine Arts Music building on the East Campus of Del Mar College.
Cost: Registration for the Symposium is $10, which includes entry to all events.
Information: www.delmar.edu/music/stbs/index.html


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Over the years I've had my music, my videos, my interviews on a number of great websites, in magazines and on radio shows, but it's always dope to get recognition by a media outlet you haven't been recognized by before. My video popped up on HipHopDx which as most of you know is one of the biggest Hip Hop sites online.
One of the things I've learned is that if a media outlet posts something of yours on their site and that post doesn't get a lot of views, well, they have no incentive to continue to cover your work. So it's really important to check out the artists you like/love when they're posted on these big sites.
That being said, please check out the post on HipHopDx and leave a comment. It only helps to further spread the word about good music!
Thanks and PEACE!
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Running away from the Kardashians and hiding in a library under a pile of clothes!
Hello from the Causeway! So apparently we are not the only ones who are in love with our beloved causeway…rumor has it that the Kardashians want to move in for three months. Yes, you read right. According to the Belle … Continue reading
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Isaac is cramping my style…
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A free MIT education is the way to go!
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Sheriff: 'Nerf wars' brought Lakeville teens together before fatal crash
Police investigating the deaths of two Lakeville South High School students say a game of "Nerf wars" is what brought the group of teenagers together before a fatal crash – but still aren't sure what was going on in the car at the time of the accident.
At a press conference Friday, Dakota County Sheriff's Office Captain Jim Rogers said officers recovered Nerf guns from the scene of the rollover crash on 225th Street last week, in which John Price, 18, and Jacob Flynn, 17, were killed. Two other teens were injured.
Sheriff Tim Leslie said Nerf wars "caused" the crash, in that it brought the four teens together to take part in the game. But investigators have not yet been able to establish whether the teens were shooting at each other in the car when the accident happened.
He said they continue to investigate whether the game caused the distraction that led to the rollover, or whether another factor was involved.
Rogers also revealed only one of the four people in the car was wearing a seatbelt, with Price and Flynn said to have been thrown from the pickup.
Nerf wars a popular game for high schoolers
Nerf wars have become a popular activity for students at Lakeville high schools, with players using the fake guns to shoot foam pellets at each other. Some of the games can be quite elaborate, with a long list of rules and a cash prize for the winners who successfully carry out "hits" on rival teams.
Police have not yet spoken to the pickup driver, 17-year-old Alexander Hughes, who remains in critical condition in the hospital. The fourth person in the vehicle, 18-year-old Mason Kohlbeck, was released a day later and has since returned to school.
The Lakeville community has been mourning the deaths of the Lakeville South High students, with Price being described by a friend as an "easy-going, funny guy," while Flynn, a football player, was a "great kid" with a "contagious smile."
A woman who saw the crash occur previously told the Pioneer Press the truck lost control and flipped on its own, making it highly unlikely another vehicle was involved.
Police have also debunked rumors that some of the teens were riding in the bed of the pickup when the crash occurred.


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Originally posted August 2019 on doperadcool.com
Hello! My name is Gavin and I'm a 3D designer/animator. I've lived and worked in Osaka and Paris and am currently working as a Motion Design Director at R/GA in New York City. Nowadays, in my free time, I'm trying to make vibrant, surrealist 3D animation that doesn't take itself too seriously but still retains a high level of quality.
My goal is always to make someone smile, and show them something that they've never seen before and just can't help but watch over and over.
Have you always been a creative person and what has lead you on this path to where you are today?
I would say that I've always been creative. I definitely have my parents to thank for that. They were both artist representatives in New York City and moved out to the middle of nowhere in Connecticut when I was 2. So they always had all of these art books lying around – books about illustration, photography, logo design, fonts, etc. My toys as a kid were wooden blocks, magic markers, Legos, paints, needlepoint, and clay (among other things), and I was mostly forbidden from video games and Cartoon Network.
When I was around 10 years old they got me Bryce 3D and that was my first foray into the world of 3D. My brother-in-law, an architect, also used to show me how to use Form Z around the same age. I've actually found my work from around that time online, and it's very embarrassing. Around middle school and high school I shifted more towards video and making funny videos with my friends. So I went to college for filmmaking, because I wanted to develop a career making comedy films or sketches or something. But during the last two years of college I started doing an internship with The Onion as a motion design / vfx intern. This was how I really started developing my Cinema 4D and After Effects skills. 10 years of freelancing later, here I am.
Is music a key element in your creative process? How does it help you spark joy in others when sharing your art?
Spark joy! Nice Marie Kondo reference. Man, she makes me want to throw everything I own in the garbage. It's very therapeutic.
Anyway, music is definitely a crucial element in my process. I have a playlist of songs that I plan on using for future videos. I feel like in my personal work, I've always really been into the connection between video and audio. When things link up, it's just so satisfying to me, and it can be very powerful when used effectively.
In my current work I'm trying to really convey a feeling of happiness, almost to the point of exaggeration, so what could be better than music that makes you want to dance? Also, the absurd juxtaposition between "cuteness" and "high-intensity" has been a consistent theme in my work, even with older stuff.
When I was younger, I was absolutely obsessed with guitar. So I spent years learning how to shred like Yngwie Malmsteen and Paul Gilbert, learning music theory, rhythm, etc. So music has always been a big part of my creative side as well. Nowadays I'm frequently calling upon that skill set, and it's very helpful that lining up beats and measures comes very naturally to me. I've been making all of my loops at 120 bpm, so that I can animate at 30 fps easily. It also works out nicely for the kind of music I use since it's usually around 120-130 bpm and I don't need to change the tempo too much to match the visuals. It also makes the loops easily usable as concert visuals, since everything is rendered at the same tempo and can be sped up or slowed down globally to match a DJset.
You've had experience traveling the world working within different work environments and cultures. How has being exposed to a multicultural art world effected your creativity?
Just for some context – I spent 3 months in Paris working at a French studio, primarily on the opening title sequence for Secret Story, a campy French reality show that's basically the cultural equivalent of Jersey Shore.
After that, I moved to Osaka for two years. The first year I enrolled in a Japanese language school so I could have a student visa to stay in the country, and I was required to take 3 hours of Japanese class per day. I'd go home after class and work from home for American clients on my laptop. After a year in class, and once my Japanese was good enough, I did a ton of interviews and got hired by a Japanese company that makes Pachinko games, and they sponsored my visa for a second year.
Pachinko, by the way, is the Japanese equivalent of casino games. It's very extra.
Being exposed to a multicultural art world has given me an interesting and diverse pool of work and experiences to draw inspiration from. Reflecting on it now, the stuff I was doing in France was very vibrant and over-the-top, like my current work. And in that work, it was very important that the elements in the scene helped tell the story. So perhaps I was influenced in that way. And when I first started playing with developing my own personal style, I was pulling a lot of influence from Japanese architecture. I think what really affected me the most, however, was living and working with people in different cultures, and getting exposed to a lot of different ways of thinking. Even learning other languages and thinking in different linguistic structures helped me see the world in different ways.
My experiences abroad helped me become a more thoughtful and empathetic person. It's also helped me build relationships with people in my industry who've come from abroad, since we can relate on some level that I don't think a lot of Americans can. At the very least, we can commiserate over the fact that learning motion-design-specific vocabulary is a confusing pain in the ass and it can be difficult to look up translations for words in our field.
A lot of your recent projects have been very upbeat, cheerful, and fast paced. How do you feel that art is a tool in creating happiness within people?
To me, art is an opportunity for communication and human connection. Whereas normally we're used to communicating through text or voice, art gives you the chance to communicate with people through methods that they haven't encountered yet. You might experience a work of art and then have a realization that you wouldn't have been able to understand if it were expressed to you only with words.
So, I think art has the opportunity to be a really powerful medium to get ideas across. I also feel, especially as a motion designer, that art is about how succinctly you can communicate your ideas. I really liked the book The Design of Everyday Things, which is about communicating ideas and function through design and form instead of words. On a related note, I remember a quote from a great documentary about the Voyager missions called The Farthest (It's on Netflix). There's a part where they're making the golden record and they're trying to figure out how to represent the entirety of Earth in only a hundred photos. And Jon Lomberg says,
"What art is about is taking something that's small but can represent the whole."
And I think that's really beautiful. What elements do you focus on to represent the idea you're trying to share? That's up to the artist, and everyone will have a different way to show the same idea, based on what they highlight as important and representative.
So, with all of this in mind, I'm trying to bring different elements together that can effectively communicate happiness through my art. In a sense, I'm also totally projecting my values of happiness onto my expectations of others. I think birds are hilarious. Making them dance makes me happy. And combining this absurdity with abstract surrealism goes back to that juxtaposition of cuteness and intensity that I was mentioning earlier.
My work started out with heavy Japanese influence and then shifted a bit when I made some concert visuals for Yung Bae, who's aesthetic is very summer-themed. So that helped me bring some happiness into it as well. Who doesn't like summer? After every piece, I keep track of what I think worked and what didn't, and use that as a set of rules to guide further work. So I'm trying to distill my process down and refine how I create, and at this rate, it's heading towards improving my artistic sensibilities and, of course, increasing happiness 🙂
What, in your opinion, makes for the perfect creative environment?
In terms of a physical work environment, I suppose I'd recommend working in a space where you feel comfortable. So, create a space that draws you in – whatever that means to you. In terms of a creative environment in the psychological sense of the word, I like to surround myself with art and new ideas as much as possible. I like going out into the world and getting inspiration from museums, nature, concerts, dj events, escape rooms, architecture, storefront displays, anything and everything, really.
Your space should make you feel motivated to create as opposed to having to work around obstacles to get there.
My Instagram feed is only artists (other than family and friends), so even when I'm spacing out and flipping through Instagram I'm still getting inspiration. I also love reading, even though I only make time to read during my commute. Even just 30 minutes each way adds up over time. I read 26 books last year on the subway, and this year I'm already up to 18. There's so much to learn from and draw inspiration from. I've just started reading Setting the Table by Danny Meyer, which is about how he created a hugely successful restaurant empire by placing enormous emphasis on hospitality, and even in that I can see parallels to motion design and building experiences that people will enjoy.
Reading has really helped me gain a lot of perspective and insight about the world, and taught me a lot about psychology and human dynamics. I've realized that being an artist isn't only about building your artistic skill set – it also has a lot to do with how you understand and interact with the world and build relationships with people. How else will you find stories to tell?
Having worked with large media companies such as The Onion , how has your lighthearted spirit carried over into the many freelance projects you've worked on over the years?
I think the best thing that working in comedy has taught me is to never take yourself too seriously. If you take yourself too seriously, you can end up looking like a parody of yourself without even realizing it.
If you do or make something embarrassing, I've found it's best just to realize you are worth laughing at and laugh with everyone and move on. You can always do better next time. Working in comedy has helped me learn to love laughing at myself and my work. It's also really helped me get along well with people in the industry.
What is a new skill you've added into your process recently?
Recently I've been trying to develop my design sensibilities and visual storytelling. I've been trying to be more aware of how I use color, contrast, and lighting to draw attention to important parts of the scene that I want to highlight. I've also tried to become more aware of what I want to communicate stylistically by using objects, colors, and textures that communicate a theme and build an emotional connection, as opposed to playing around with primitives and hoping I can find something visually interesting.
To many, I'm sure this seems obvious, but I never learned how to be a designer; I went to film school, and then got into design through comedy. So I've always been missing a lot of the foundation that I feel is pretty basic to many artists and designers. I definitely have impostor syndrome and am constantly in awe of "actual artists": people who can model, sculpt, paint, or draw. It just seems so impossibly superhuman to me!
My girlfriend can paint photorealistically, and when I look at her work I'm just, like… completely blown away. I just don't understand how to do it. What if you want to change the lighting, or the color of an object? I think I would die. At some point, I would really like to learn how to draw, and eventually sculpt. I think designing my own characters would be the next big step for my work.
What's one piece of advice or encouragement to other creators out there?
If you'd like your work to be noticed, you'll have to figure out how to stand out. This will be different for everyone, but the only way to stand out from everyone else is to incorporate yourself into your work, because nobody else has the ability to show that.
What makes you unique?
What are your passions?
What do you think about the world?
That's what you need to make art about. Show that to people and build a connection with them. Develop your craft and then tell the story that nobody else can.
Anything you would like to plug: (links, social accounts, or products)
My new website: www.shapiro500.com
Where you can use all of my animations as full-screen party visuals, right in your browser. You can change the tempo on the site to match your DJ set, download all of the loops for free, and also check out a big Spotify playlist with the music from the animations.
Also the iPhone (iTunes Store) game I made myself and released last year:
Icy Heights – www.icyheights.com
Thank you for the great questions!