What happens when BamBam is bored out of his head at work ?

This

& This that made the cut so far ...


And more of the same to finally end a long long long day....

If you consider yourself to be creative then read this

I hate "linking to post" posts but this is too long but just about the best advice I have read regarding how to go about dealing with creativity. This is not talking about art or writing it is about being creative in what you do the passion firing up inside of you whether its in photography, programming anything that you consider yourself to be passionate about, "your own brain-child".


My favorite 2 points

6. Everyone is born creative; everyone is given a box of crayons in kindergarten.Then when you hit puberty they take the crayons away and replace them with books on algebra etc. Being suddenly hit years later with the creative bug is just a wee voice telling you, "I�d like my crayons back, please."

So you've got the itch to do something. Write a screenplay, start a painting, write a book, turn your recipe for fudge brownies into a proper business, whatever. You don't know where the itch came from, it's almost like it just arrived on your doorstep, uninvited. Until now you were quite happy holding down a real job, being a regular person...

Until now.

You don't know if you're any good or not, but you'd think you could be. And the idea terrifies you. The problem is, even if you are good, you know nothing about this kind of business. You don't know any publishers or agents or all these fancy-shmancy kind of folk. You have a friend who's got a cousin in California who's into this kind of stuff, but you haven't talked to your friend for over two years...

Besides, if you write a book, what if you can't find a publisher? If you write a screenplay, what if you can't find a producer? And what if the producer turns out to be a crook? You've always worked hard your whole life, you'll be damned if you'll put all that effort into something if there ain't no pot of gold at the end of this dumb-ass rainbow...

Heh. That's not your wee voice asking for the crayons back. That's your outer voice, your adult voice, your boring & tedious voice trying to find a way to get the wee crayon voice to shut the hell up.

Your wee voice doesn't want you to sell something. Your wee voice wants you to make something. There's a big difference. Your wee voice doesn't give a damn about publishers or Hollywood producers.

Go ahead and make something. Make something really special. Make something amazing that will really blow the mind of anybody who sees it.

If you try to make something just to fit your uninformed view of some hypothetical market, you will fail. If you make something special and powerful and honest and true, you will succeed.

The wee voice didn't show up because it decided you need more money or you need to hang out with movie stars. Your wee voice came back because your soul somehow depends on it. There's something you haven't said, something you haven't done, some light that needs to be switched on, and it needs to be taken care of. Now.

So you have to listen to the wee voice or it will die... taking a big chunk of you along with it.

They're only crayons. You didn't fear them in kindergarten, why fear them now?

&

27. The best way to get approval is not to need it.

This is equally true in art and business. And love. And sex. And just about everything else worth having.

About 15 years ago I was hanging out in the offices of Punch, the famous London humor magazine. I was just a kid at the time, for some reason the cartoon editor (who was a famous cartoonist in his own right) was tolerating having me around that day.

I was asking him questions about the biz. He was answering them as best he could while he sorted through a large stack of mail.

"Take a look at this, Sunshine," he said, handing a piece of paper over to me.

I gave it a look. Some cartoonist whose name I recognised had written him a rather sad and desperate letter, begging to be published.

"Another whiney letter from another whiney cartoonist who used to be famous 20 years ago," he said, rolling his eyeballs. "I get at least fifty of them a week from other whiney formerly-famous cartoonists."

He paused. Then he smiled an wicked grin.

"How not to get published," he said. "Write me a frickin' letter like that one."

So here is the link of the post by Hugh Macleod on "How to be creative"

Draw-in.. ichinen mai, and a quasi question tag

Well this occurred to me since someone has clicked on the Draw-in tag and I only have a few of my drawings there... not that I scanned many of my recent ones but it was worth adding.
Now I mostly like to draw cartoonish anime stuff, but started doing some portraits about a year ago so here are a few :D

And I came across this which I found pretty interesting; they asked 8 people(3 writers, 3 scientists, and 2 broadcasters) six questions in science.

Can you Answer them ? (btw I got 4.5/6)

Q: Why does salt dissolve in water?
Q: Roughly how old is the earth?
Q: What happens when you turn on a light?
Q: Is a clone the same as a twin?
Q: Why is the sky blue?
Q: What is the Second Law of Thermodynamics?

answers in the link above

ENJOY!



This is not my drawing but my coloring only

A perfect circle - 3 libras

Art interpretation is the mirror to the soul. It is not so much the intention of the artist but the interpretation of the audience. The more varied the interpretation the deeper the message the more personal the experience. Enjoy Art !

threw you the obvious and you flew
with it on your back, a name in your recollection,
thrown down among a million same.
difficult not to feel a little bit disappointed
and passed over
when i've looked right through
to see you naked and oblivious
and
you don't see me.but i threw you the obvious
just to see if there's more behind the eyes
of a fallen angel,
the eyes of a tragedy.
here i am expecting just a little bit
too much from the wounded.
but i see through it all
and see you.
so i threw you the obvious
to see what occurs behind the eyes of a fallen angel,
eyes of a tragedy.
oh well. apparently nothing.
you don't see me.
you don't see me at all.

Destiny Dribble

image by i lovegravy(hope she/he doesn't mind me using it)

Voice 1: if we had no knowledge of preordained destiny we would be making less excuses and committing less sins

Voice 2: Nope not really, since If we Don't have any knowledge of destiny(it not existing in our realm of thought) there wouldn't be an all knowing quality for God because it wouldn't make sense. So If you follow your chain of thought without being all knowing, people will think some sins will be unseen and hence more sins will be committed. That is if you consider that our morals are based on us being punished and not being intrinsic to our humanity which is notable but beside the point.

Voice 1: Hmm I don't agree.

Voice 2: why ? which part?

Voice 1: not sure, no reason it just doesn't feel right

Voice 2: :D no way am i going to start arguing against faith, I would never win

Haven't lost it yet! but this one was real, thought I'll be random with it.

more randomness my latest drawing (a commission or a favour or a gift not sure what to call it) Hello John......

ENJOY!
ps. music play list update (rue de soleil - angel eyes, deepak ram - night in lenesia, zero 7 - destiny, Moloko - time is now, phish - billy breathes)

Interstella 5555 by Daft Punk - The best Music "movie"

This is probably one of my favorite albums of all time "Daft Punk - Discovery" and to boast that its the only album that has all its songs part of really nice intricate story that gives a body and sentimental value to the songs.

Am sure that atleast the majority are familiar with the 3 first singles "one more time", "aerodynamic" and "Digital Love" but there are more jewels to this album.

Not sure if you have 68 minutes to spare but those are 68 minutes well spent, here is the movie :D
Part 1a "one more time"
Part 1b "Aerodynamic"
Part 2 "Digital Love" - "harder, better, faster"
Part 3 "Crescendolls" - "Nightvision" - "Superheroes"
Part 4 "High Life" - "Something About Us" (those simple lyrics mean so much to me I LUB this one)- "Voyager"
Part 5 "Veridis Quo"(very very nice ambient background music too bad its too sad for my wedding) - "Short Circuit"
Part 6 "Face To Face" - "too long"
Part 7

ENJOY !

Images Galore --- sites, thoughts and some sounds :P

Well not in the writting mood lately (more like am scared to post what I wrote since it will piss people off) SO ENJOY


Life In China - Boy we can't complain :
courtesy of EastSouthWestNorth

Rush Hour But where is the A/C ??

I see ... people .... lots of people (incase you are wondering this is an "instant lottery ticket purchase line")

Plowing the fields, when there is a shortage of life stock why not use life ?!

Coal Minor

An Airy Haircut

A Quick Fix

It's a plane, its a newspaper...... NOT ! just your average perfectly packed abandoned baby -_-'

Hercules Personal carriage service

A Bird (??) eye-view of a planet:

Whippin-Cream 10 mile HIGH ! (click for a full wizz .... of course courtesy of NASA)

Step 1. Spell it. Step 2. Do IT. (Photo by David B. Page Click for the whole collection)

Power of the Mind

For the light hearted:

.... And the award of the worst actor in a leading role goes to ....

That sounded like a great idea ...duh!

Listening to : Loreena McKennitt - The murmur's dance (A Good escape from the world just what the Dr. prescribed)

Poetry ......

How come poetry has fell from grace .....
Am a fan of Lauryn Hill, wish she could come back with some kick ass music very soon

I love this piece, some clasical critique will murder it (much like the way scholars view poetry in the arab world) .

here is the transcript

Rotating bodies, confusion of sound
Negative imagery, holding us down
Social delusion, clearly constructed
Human condition, morals corrupted
Trapped in reaction, lawlessness war
Dissatisfaction from bowels to core
Devil’s technology, strategy for
Human mythologies, urban folklore
Sick of psychology, counterfeit cure
Wicked theology, robbing the poor
Scheme demonology mislead the pure
Strictly strategically studying war
Light shown in darkness, image exposed
Few can see through the new emperor’s clothes
Lustful this hustle turn humans to hoes
When the blind lead the blind
Just more trouble and woes
It’s the mind that they chose
Its designed to stay closed
Standard of jokers, court just a logic
Sick looking cosmics, from schoolyards to college

Primitive man with civilize knowledge
System collapse and he still won’t acknowledge

God is the saviour, studies behavior
Trying to fix the mix mind that he gave ya
Stiff-necked scholars on prescription meds
Wishing their problems were all in their heads
Morale dilemma, pride is the root
Misguided from youth, heart divided from truth
Egyptians and Grecians, spiritually dead
Imperially led, by the gods in their heads

Motives and thoughts

Industrial wealth
Global economy, in it for self
Heart full of madness, covered with kind
Pleasure designed to take over your mind
Furnished in godliness, painted in good
This tainted priesthood got real saints misunderstood
While classes in government, set up the veil
And cultivate minds for more mythical tales
Typical Hollywood follies good girl
While vice and corruption take over the world

Motives and thoughts
Check your motives and thoughts

Blind with the wickedness, deep in your heart
Modern day wickedness is all you’ve been taught
Lied to your neighbors, so you get ahead
Modern day trickery is all you’ve been fed

Motives and thoughts
Check your motives and thoughts

Marionettes .... Alive kicking, and bigger than ever !!

This was definetly a jaw dropping video, definetly a "rub my eyes" moment.


Its just amazing how it is conducted, the interesting thing is that you disregard the conductors and all the people around it and focus only on her.

Hope it brings a smile to your day
ENJOY
ps. glad i stumbled upong on it here, 3quarks daily

Seriously ! seriously .......

Well I came across this -----------> Roba's blog (and far Away)

I couldn't help but remember this
<--------------


For anyone who answered no to the question, SERIOUSLY ?!

Ya Baby GROW GROW

Hmm I should be about to head and have some fun ! it is the weekend after all
but for some odd reason here I am posting this.
A friend of mine got me itthose lil games on a website where the objective is simple MAX OUT EVERYTHING ! and the reward see the quirkiest animations i seen in a while
its really fun just playin along, and pretty addictive.

here is the website do enjoy !
http://www.eyezmaze.com/grow/cube/index.html

Time to go out and have some fun
EnJoY

What was never meant to be !

Hmm ok so am going down my list, and ever since i fixed up the template am using here i was wondering if i should include my sketches or not. i.e. my sketches for the header of this blog!
So for the lack of better things to do this morning, and the inability of me to structure up a sound argument I will do just that.

<-- So this is one of the first. I actually done this while attending the microsoft security seminar (obviously you can see that some habits die hard) btw this was done with pencil, i just quickly colored it as wildly as I could. I still like it. So this is the second attempt and something I really wanted to get on the header. I even started coloring it ! but then I just had a better image in my head and went with it

So that brings us to the implementation before the last. This I spent sometime working on, I was semi content with the coloring job, and I really liked it as a whole. two problems stopped it from making the cut. First it was too big and i didn't want to chop it up. Second I couldn't figure out a way to fit in the Tag of this blog. So the only thing that was left is the bullet :)

p.s. I wonder if people can figure out the words in the header, and the other word that is spelled out ?
Listening: Shingetsutan tsukihime OST - Sacred Moon