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Mark Menjivar traveled the US for three years taking photographs of the insides of people’s refrigerators. This refrigerator study is a fascinating glimpse into the American diet. “You Are What You Eat is a series of portraits made by examining the interiors of refrigerators in homes across the United States. For three years I traveled around the [...] Perhaps the greatest web comic ever, Brendan Jones’s 3-volume series Breakfast of the Gods is now complete. A terrific bit of surreal, hand-drawn animation, The Head by parquerama. Click through for the larger version at Vimeo. TheHead / hand-drawn animated short from parquerama on Vimeo. I found this at Neatorama (who found it at Urlesque). It’s a picture of a real person made up to look like a painting. Photo ©Copyright 2009 by Peter Kun Frary “Although carrying a heavy SLR can be a drag, it’s worth it when a great image leaps out and bites you on the arse. Recently I [...] Still working on comps, but here’s a love poem (actually, I guess it’s more of a sex poem) in honor of Valentine’s Day. Carpe amore, y’all. To his Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell Had we but world enough, and time, Here’s a terrific post by Kari Chapin, author of The Handmade Marketplace. It’s a post about creating a community for small-business crafts people. “I really believe that building community around yourself and your business can be a big part of whether or not you are successful. Connecting with other like-minded artistic people, joining a local craft [...] Jon-Kyle at Repository asks: “Why is it that with the ease of publishing available today people so often choose to re-post content as opposed to create it?” Frank Chimero offers a thoughtful response. “Most people will never make anything. Because making something is work. Optional work, at that. Design, art, writing, whatever: it’s work, and work is hard. [...] Voltaire was appalled at those who blamed the citizens of Lisbon for the earthquake that destroyed their city, just as many today are appalled at Pat Buchanan for claiming that the Haitians are somehow responsible for their own tragic natural disaster. UNHAPPY mortals! Dark and mourning earth! Don’t forget, 21st century troubadour Jonathan Coulton will be playing at Nova 535 in St. Pete on Friday, January 15. It’s an all ages show and Paul & Storm kick it off at 8pm. I hope I see you there! For those of you unfamiliar with JoCo’s work, here are a few samplings to whet your [...] Helen Killer peruses Etsy looking for the most oddball, inexplicable, and stunningly bad works of amateur art and promotes them on Regretsy. JB has been obsessed with this site for a week now, but I’ve only started checking it out. My favorite part is their photoshop efforts “View it in a room,” where they take [...] Ethel Smith: tico tico (Hammond Organ)Uploaded by mrjyn. – College experience videos. From Bathing Beauty (1944), a romantic comedy with Esther Williams and Red Skelton. I wrote a story. A fiction story. As a presentation! I did this instead of making the charts and graphs I need for my paper. This idea for a sitcom sort of randomly popped into my head this morning. Here it is - It’s called The Discoverers. It’s about these nutty, geeky Canadians who have built a DIY space exploration outfit and are going to explore strange new worlds. In the first episode they’re launched into space, while napping their instruments [...] It’s been a long time since we’ve had a poem. Here’s one by Bukowski. THE GENIUS OF THE CROWD there is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average and the best at murder are those who preach against it Nifty animation for Beethoven’s Fifth.
Q: What do the colors in the bar-graph score mean? I think if some of these underwater sculptures had webcams I could watch them for hours. Something about these works make me feel very peaceful and serene. Below is “The Lost Correspondent.” Check out this post at WebUrbanist for more underwater art. “The Lost Correspondent portrays a man sitting at a desk with his typewriter. A [...] Jim died of a heart attack. He was only 60 years old and he died. Clear explanation of why we need health insurance reform (h/t tiny little dots) Animated by Andy Lubershane. Alex Pickett has a great post about street artist Jacob Christiano and his sidewalk chalk ad work for political campaigns. “Even if you don’t know who Jacob Christiano is, chances are you’ve seen his work: long poems carefully lettered in brightly colored chalk along St. Petersburg sidewalks. Or, more recently, Christiano’s work has appeared on the [...] Lovely time lapse shot of downtown Tampa. H/T Digital Urban. HD Time Lapse of Downtown Tampa Florida from AlanSmithee on Vimeo. Mark Newport knits superhero costumes. I’m particularly fond of this Fantastic Four costume (presumably for Reed Richards). Though lounging around in this Batman costume might be more comfortable. Don’t forget to check out Tampa Daily Photo for your daily Tampa photo. A wonderful collection of posters and prints for sale. “Poster Cabaret began selling limited edition gig posters online in 2002. Originally inspired by the early art work of Jay Ryan, Emek and Derek Hess, the website has grown to include the top artists of the underground poster scene. The current website launched from Austin, [...] Hat tip to St. Petersblog for pointing to this awesome image of Christos Mysterio Jr. at Pale Horse. Be sure to check out the Pale Horse blog. “Pale Horse is the Graphic Design Studio of Solo Artist Chris Parks: (JBisMe is an occasional guest contributor to Re/Creating Tampa. Here she recounts her recent visit to see the American Idol stars in concert.) On account of my fascination with Adam Lambert, I did something very uncharacteristic for me: I attended the American Idol concert last night at the St. Pete Times Forum. My good friends JG and [...] Patricia Waller makes the best plush toys. Waller lives in Germany and shows her work at exhibitions. Fred Ellis’s cartoon of Puritan Justice researching new ways to torture Sacco & Vanzetti might remind some that torture has long been a policy of the USA. If we stop people torturing in our name it will be a bold new policy rather than a return to the way things used to be. Fred Ellis was [...] The Smithsonian has a great online exhibit of their Latin art collection. This is Death of Rubén Salazar by Frank Romero. Click image for a larger version.
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