Eliza Hodgkins 1812
09-25-2008, 10:41 AM
BoingBoing.net is truly what is says it is: A Directory of Wonderful Things. Regurgitation is part and parcel of the blogging community, I think. I read a post on BoingBoing.net and I reference it on multiple forums to bring attention to something that I find remarkable, beautiful, horrible, hilarious, ruinous, delightful - a little piece of magic in the real world…
More than anywhere else online, I find items of interest on BoingBoing and I’m relieved to know there are intellectual detectives out there working hard for us. They seek and find (as well as create) some of the best things life has to offer, similar to how the folks at Talk Soup seek and find some of the worst.
Also, more than anywhere else online, BoingBoing makes me feel woefully inadequate. There are so many people out there in the world doing awesome and creative things with technology, art, documentation and business, and they aren’t making excuses about why they never have the time. At least once a day I read an article that has me saying, “Oh, man, I wish I thought of that.” This puts a tango dance of excitement in my belly, but hasn’t yet put a fire beneath me. Within everyone and everything is potential, wasted or used. Here, in my opinion, is some beautifully used.
http://www.ninakatchadourian.com/languagetranslation/images/sortedbooks/sharkjournal/Bleeding-Optimist.jpg
This work combines a love of reading, books, photography, derivative art, storytelling, color and brevity. It’s so simple, so seemingly easy to put together; all that was needed was the light bulb think bubble and some effort to find the right phrases and book designs to create something both lyrical and presentable. Makes my heart blush.
Maybe it’s brilliant. Maybe it’s gimmicky. Maybe it’s whatever you want. Every day I seek a “crush of the day” in the form of a work of art, and today this is my crush.
More than anywhere else online, I find items of interest on BoingBoing and I’m relieved to know there are intellectual detectives out there working hard for us. They seek and find (as well as create) some of the best things life has to offer, similar to how the folks at Talk Soup seek and find some of the worst.
Also, more than anywhere else online, BoingBoing makes me feel woefully inadequate. There are so many people out there in the world doing awesome and creative things with technology, art, documentation and business, and they aren’t making excuses about why they never have the time. At least once a day I read an article that has me saying, “Oh, man, I wish I thought of that.” This puts a tango dance of excitement in my belly, but hasn’t yet put a fire beneath me. Within everyone and everything is potential, wasted or used. Here, in my opinion, is some beautifully used.
http://www.ninakatchadourian.com/languagetranslation/images/sortedbooks/sharkjournal/Bleeding-Optimist.jpg
This work combines a love of reading, books, photography, derivative art, storytelling, color and brevity. It’s so simple, so seemingly easy to put together; all that was needed was the light bulb think bubble and some effort to find the right phrases and book designs to create something both lyrical and presentable. Makes my heart blush.
Maybe it’s brilliant. Maybe it’s gimmicky. Maybe it’s whatever you want. Every day I seek a “crush of the day” in the form of a work of art, and today this is my crush.