Jeremy Rifkin: Empathic Sociability
Just discovered Jeremy Rifkin today. His ideas and wisdom speak to my own heart. Watch the video below! “Empathic sociability… rethink the institutions of society and prepare the groundwork for empathic civilization.” Never has the world seemed so completely united-in the form of communication, commerce, and culture-and so savagely torn apart-in the form of war, [...]
Inspiration at the Pasadena Art Center
Above: My third completed art piece under the direction of Clara Berta! **** I always said to myself that I would go back to school once I found myself perched in one spot again. A quick little visit to the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena stirred those sentiments. I was tagging along with [...]
Animals from X-Ray Seashell Art
Yet another example of the intricate beauty of nature. Not to mention the awing creative capacity of the mind… to see things differently. From Lost At E Minor: Radiographer and artist Jim Wehtje has a knack for creating unusual animal art. His new collection Arranged on Black showcases a variety of intricately placed and overlapping [...]
Mind Scraps: ‘The Social Network’ Suggests Facebook “Friends” are an Illusion
Facebook Feels Unfriendly Toward Film It Inspires Behind the scenes… [Mark] Zuckerberg and his colleagues have been locked in a tense standoff with the filmmakers [of The Social Network], who portray Facebook as founded on a series of betrayals, then fueled by the unappeasable craving of almost everyone for “friends” — the Facebook term for [...]
Mind Scraps: The DNA of Music… The Beginning of the End of Idolizing Talent?
Improvox is a new iPad application developed by the concert pianist Robert Taub and his company MuseAmi. Improvox came about after Mr. Taub tried to help his kids learn music. (New York Times) Amazing, exciting… and thought-provoking. So I’m seeing a trend here… this program which can turn a tone deaf crow into a harmonized [...]
Small Clicks to Make One Think
The latest video from my mastermind friend Ishac Bertran begs one to ponder the simple processes and tools we take for granted in our daily lives… Check it out:
Mind Scraps: New Soul, Warrior Soul
I call her La Cebollita because, well, that’s what she calls herself. She sent the following to me in response to my post about the Pterodactyl: I’m reading about the Pterodactyl and the Embracer, and I’m remembering how odd I sometimes feel around desensitized people, how disorienting their adaptation to ugliness is. I’m amazed at [...]
Diesel Fumes on My Face…
I woke up yesterday thinking my skin looked clearer and fresher than normal. This made me happy. A quick refreshing wash and I felt yet better. Then, I walked out the door only to be quickly blasted by thick cloud of diesel smoke from a passing bus here in Chihuahua, MX. ‘So much for my [...]
Celebrities Tweet, Begay Creates
From Lost at E Minor: Got a spare five minutes to kill? Check out the Museum of Modern Celebrity Tweets. Every Tuesday, talented artist Odessa Begay creates a visual representation of a celebrity’s 140-character message, unless, in his words, ‘my hands fall off and my computer explodes’. Simple, really.
Fair Trade Honey in Guatemala
Coffee is the fair trade commodity of choice in Guatemala, but the Tennesean reports that some university students are aiming to broaden the spectrum of fair trade goods produced in Guatemala. An excerpt from Entrepreneurship Can Help Rebuild Communities by Jeff Cornwall: The town of Chajul, located in the mountainous region of Quiche in northern [...]
Music to Their Ears
I’m beyond convinced that the young minds behind the Copenhagen Institute for Interaction Design are not only modern day geniuses but new leaders in action. Check out this project that aims to let displaced persons express themselves through the Wii… and music (how do they come up with this stuff??): Acclimatising Refugees Empowers the user [...]
Typed Letters with a Handwritten Touch
Three students at the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design have come up with a way to put the endearing touch back into the personal letter. Say goodbye to the anonymous feeling of an email: Scriba is an application that reproduces the ritual of writing a personal letter, capturing beyond the keyboard. When you write a [...]
Trendy Tights
Bold and sassy. These tights make a statement! Lost at E Minor can be credited for finding and featuring these little must-haves from Le Queues de Sardines:
Obsessed with Projects: Introducing Dual Blogging
Ladies and gents… I’ve started yet another project. It’s an experiment of a new concept that I came up with (at least I think I did) called dual blogging. Basically, it’s a blog that features two main contributors that blog in a conversation-like, back-and-forth manner: A remark and its retort. Often, a friend, Justin Mayfield, [...]
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