It’s that time again. You know, that time when Pantone announces its Color of the Year for the coming year and I comment on the ridiculous, over-the-top verbiage they use to describe it. But this year is different. Yes, the text still gets ridiculous, stepping way out there on evolving society and gender fluidity, etc., but this … Continue reading It’s Color(s) of the Year time
By now you’ve probably seen something about Peregrine Church’s Seattle Rainworks on TV. I had, several times, and was intrigued. But I always missed the part where it’s explained how he creates his work. The secret, it seems, is a hydrophobic spray coating. He gives “street art” a whole new meaning, and I can only … Continue reading Rain works in Seattle
I don’t have to worry about offending and losing a bunch of paying customers (aka $$$), so I’m going to put in my two cents’ worth on this story. Saturday a woman named Cheryl Shapiro was shopping in a Northridge, Calif., Walgreen’s and spied some holiday gift wrap bearing swastikas. Horrors! And in a Hanukkah display to … Continue reading Swastika? Hmm …
Quick, before you read anything else, what do you think of this color? Marsala, aka Pantone 18-1438, is Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2015. Pantone describes it: “While PANTONE 18-3224 Radiant Orchid, the captivating 2014 color of the year, encouraged creativity and innovation, Marsala enriches our mind, body and soul, exuding confidence and stability,” … Continue reading Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2015: Marsala
Four Tibetan monks will labor for two weeks to complete this mandala, an intricate sand painting meant to instill in the viewer compassion for all living things. At the beginning and end of each day, they gather for prayer and meditation, and at the end of the two weeks, in a dissolution ceremony on October … Continue reading Intricate sand painting to be returned to sea upon completion
This is too beautiful not to share, although you may be one of more than 4 million who’ve already seen it. We’ve all seen morphing, age-progressing photo sequences, but this progression is the work of a very talented artist. Of course, I may be biased because at one point it looks very much like my … Continue reading There is beauty in this world
