and so on...

I have been reading and other stuff. Also undergoing several days of frustration. I have received an old laptop as a gift. and it was my intent to use it in the creation of inkjet monoprints. But it is bound by some sort of security package that won't allow me to load on new programs to make the monoprints. I'm at the end of my rope. I am contacting some computer gurus for help and I know that Google is my friend. So I've taken a breather from the computer.

I've been reading a new issue of Wired and watching the TED lectures. The combination of the two have induced thought. Much thought. I find the thought processes of creativity most interesting. It is very interesting to hear creators explain how the germ of an idea grows into fruition. There was also some interesting stuff on creativity in Robert Genn's biweekly newsletter. The parallels between creative endeavors whether painting or architecture or film or cooking are very interesting.

So... in the vernacular of the common fold: "Ain't that sumpin else!"

ad infinitum

I have continued to work on the monoprints but this is the first one I have don by cutting the stencil rather than tearing it. A swivel knife would have made it easier. i scanned one of my sketches to get the image. By the way, I have started to use a pencil in my sketchbook rather than a pen. I got some hairspray to use as a fixative but in the small travel size. It will be difficult for me to change from the black ballpoint though.

I am still spending most of my time on video as for as creative pursuits gp. I have some six hundred pis fro vacation to put into an interesting slideshow. It's almost overwhelming.

drooling

Help

Recently, I have be a slakard in adding to my blog. My bad! I have been involved with certain creative endeavours. This Ulead Video Studio just fascinates me. There are so many things you can do. One of my favorites is creating slide shows. We have hundreds of photos from our travels. With the software you can zoom and pan the stills to give the illusion of motion and even add such things as rain, snow or lightning.

About the left. It is a CD for the hearing impaired. How can this be you ask. By reading the CD of course!

Video

I'm getting too much into video. It is all consuming. I dream of mash-ups. I look at my lunch on my plate and begin imagining how it would look animated. Every photo becomes part of a slideshow. Every drawing needs to be animated and every scrap of video needs a new soundtrack. It's not that I'm obsessed but when I refer to seeing some one wide angle the film is running off the sprockets in my mind.

I simply must find a way to share my knowledge via how-to videos. It is late and I'm about to fade out....