Merry Merry Merry

Julie — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:24:50 +0000

On this day of solstice as the world slows down and the starry night is long, I want to express my gratitude for all the wonderful experiences I’ve had with the friends, clients, colleagues, partners and teachers who’ve crossed my path during my many travels this year. My life is richer because you are in it. Thank you!!

May your holiday be filled with joy and may all your wishes for the coming year come true.

Much love, Julie

PS–I used some iconography from a couple of my clients (Victoria’s Secret and Burt’s Bees) in this visual map just for fun.

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This week’s whimsy: Save the words edition.

Julie — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:18:55 +0000

A small collection of whimsy—pure and simple. Just cool stuff creative people are contributing to the world that catches my eye and lightens the moment. Might generate an idea here or there. Might inspire something. Might just be fun and remarkable.

Whimsy= dream+vision+flight of the imagination+hope+desire+just kinda cool+enjoy

A rainbow in your hand beats two in the sky.

Ever held a rainbow in your hand? You can.

Words crying out for attention. And they’re adoptable.

How can you not like something that’s called Save the Words? A collage of seldom used words crying out for your attention. “Me, me, pick me!” So many to chose from and learn about. And they all need good homes. Words like:

Divinipotent adj. Having strong divinatory powers
She discovered water beneath the well and now thinks she’s divinipotent.

Pessundate v. To cast down or destroy.
There are certain people who believe that the Berlin Wall was pessundated by some strategically placed termites.

Could spend days here and I might. Note to self: revisit before the next Scrabble tournament.

One day poem–catch it while you can.

I love installation art having created my fair share of it. Especially installations that are outdoors, using the changing elements as part of the work. Especially if they have words. This one has both: The One Day Poem. The artist, Jiyeon Song, uses the sun to illuminate words onto the surface below but it only happens during certain times of the year. *swoon* Love this! Love!

The doodling! The humor! The idea! The funny!

An action packed 3:12 minute video called A Brief History of Pretty Much Everything delivers on it’s promise. Wow.

An art student, clearly an overly ambitious art student, created this for a class from 2100 pages of flipbooks with cartoon drawings. A ginormous amount of doodling. It’s amazing and hilarious. Seriously, watch the whole thing.

Something a little more cerebral but just as ambitious.

And finally, another installation, this time a kinetic sculpture of 714 metal spheres, hanging from thin steel wires that move independently, creating shapes from seeming chaos. Cool stuff.