GILBERT MUSINGS: Art Collected

October 20th, 2009

Stylish Motion Blur Photography

There are two figures in the photo, can you see both?

Things I have Learned In My Life - by Stefan Sagmeister (Book Cover)

Drawn to New York

Revealed in a new edition from Universe Publishing—New York: Line by Line, From Broadway to the Battery—the drawings most obviously evoke Saul Steinberg’s New Yorker work, particularly when Robinson’s whimsical skeins of pedestrians march across our streets. But Steinberg was a fabulist, creating a city of swooping giant calligraphies and anthropomorphic traffic. Robinson, by contrast, was giving us an ultracrisp experience of the overwhelming muchness of New York.

Photo: © Robinson and from “New York by Line: From Broadway to the Battery,” Universe Publishing, an imprint of Rizzoli New York, 2009)

Understatement: Visually pleasing.

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October 19th, 2009

‘Yellow Cake’ Animated Short by Canadian animator Nick Cross is the story of a small town of happy little bakers driven to terrorism by the greed of their leader and cake-starved cats, resulting in the town’s ultimate destruction.

How to Clean Up a Fallen Humpty Dumpty

Ever drop that egg and spend more time than necessary cleaning up the gooey mess? Raw egg is notorious for not clinging to paper towels.

According to the book ‘Urawaza: Secret Everyday Tips and Tricks from Japan’, all you need is extra salt for a spill. The salt gives the egg something to stick to and makes it easier to pick up. Hmmm…this will go in my folder of “Quirky Things To Do Or Use Just In Case Of…”.

I still haven’t tried the put Soy Sauce Over a Small Burn trick I picked up a few months ago. Hmmm..I wonder what the probability would be on what is more likely to occur first, the burn or the egg?