October 15, 2007 at 8:56 am · Filed under play
I got my 5 year (ok maybe 3) state fair fix yesterday morning. There weren’t any batches of new rabbits yet, but we did check out the pigs (mama pig had a litter of about 8 cuties, all sleeping except 3 who were busy chowing down), goats, cows and donkeys.
Our favorite was Smithfield, a pot-bellied pig who paints. His owner sells his paintings on eBay to help cover his medical costs for treatment of nasal cancer at the NCSU vet school. The vet school is across the street from the fairgrounds. He was terribly excited to have people come over and see him - he wagged his tail relentlessly! Video here.
The other highlight was a 40th scale model operable crane like the ones newly installed at the port of Wilmington. There was a life size operation chair with all the same levers and doodads as the real thing. Kids, mostly little boys, took their turns at moving shipping containers from boat to truck and back. I asked the PR chick if only kids were allowed to play and she said, “Oh no - adults can do it too, want to try?” I declined, b/c I didn’t want to take up a slot & there were plenty of kids in line. They also had a looping video of the arrival of the cranes which were made in China.
October 12, 2007 at 8:50 pm · Filed under lighten up
They know it’s fall. They are like magnets to our laps as soon as we sit down. I’m officially converted out of cat haterdom: I picked out this groovy new cat toy. It’s a scratchy thing and has a catnip ball under the sisal scratchy part. It apparently also is a napping device, even though some of the nappers are too big to fit.
The owner of the ears in the shadow to the left is currently comfortably asleep in my lap.
October 10, 2007 at 9:43 pm · Filed under grist mill
Some choppy thoughts on the show Kid Nation:
Tonight’s episode dealt with religion. It’s amazing how well they resolved the issue, beginning with an impromtu invitation to gather around a bonfire and say whatever kind of prayer or good wish they felt like saying, and being ok if people didn’t want to come. And they opted for a library of books over a putt putt course in the middle of town. The library had a religious text associated with each religion present in the kid population.
Kids have an innate sense of what is fair & what is right. Each week this show is filled with raw humanity unfiltered by hidden agendas and cloying bullshittery typical of adults. What the hell happens between 12 and adult? We all turn into assholes? Inside every single adult is exactly what’s on the screen every wednesday on this show. Why do adults hide that? What is so taboo about being scared or sad or mad - enough so that you cry openly whether you’re a boy or a girl? I never lost that complete spontaneity & honesty of emotion. People sense that in me and I think they see it as fragile or something. It’s just sensitive, and it’s identical to what these kids say & think & feel on this show. My kid feelings, mind and heart are just wrapped in an adult body.
I think it’s the best thing to hit TV in a damn long time. Next week they tackle politics.
September 1, 2007 at 8:24 am · Filed under projects
If it’s not sentimental and we’re not using it, out it goes. First line of attack: kitchen. The more we shed, the less we have to pack & move next year. Simplifying is now in full bore. That is all.
August 17, 2007 at 8:39 am · Filed under noise
In keeping with my record of launching businesses that die, Creativity Applied LLC will uphold it’s obligation at the end of the month. Domain name and all - expire. So I’m transferring any posts I wanted to keep for the CA blog over here. No, you’re not dreaming.
August 17, 2007 at 8:25 am · Filed under lighten up
So when the behemoth is too big or busy frying other fish to acknowledge the little ones, the little ones find another way. Robert even includes a link to see if it’s been picked up by the eye in the sky.
May 26, 2007 at 9:10 am · Filed under play
German artist binds 454 pages of laser cut profiles of his own house into a single book. What a cool way to experience space - like a series of building sections in sequence.
Thanks to Eric Gjerde for the link.
May 26, 2007 at 8:15 am · Filed under play
May 15, 2007 at 11:41 am · Filed under play
rally underway in downtown Raleigh….one moment….Ok I’m back. Good luck to these guys at their upcoming DC rally.
There are a couple of interesting things about this campaign from a creativity perspective. One: it is a marketing campaign for the city of Asheville (Spend 5 day weekends here!) which has morphed into a serious movement to cut work hours in this country. It’s backed up by numerous statistics about the quality of work being unrealistically tied to the amount of time one works.
Two: it’s much easier to tone down a wild idea than to dress up a boring one that’s been done and overdone. So the idea of a 5 day weekend opens up the exploration of, ok if we can’t have 5 days off, how about 3? or how about building down time into project budget & timelines?
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