Odilon Redon
What a goldmine I stumbled on to.
It was one of those days when you recall something you used to love viciously and return to it instantly. I remembered the French Symbolist artist Odilon Redon and his works – pastel butterflies, jewel-colored boats, primary pegasi, ghostly saints and flowery Ophelias. The stuff of swooning.
I’d seen his works in Paris and the MET and ever since I’d been hankering for a copy of Beyond the Visible… but thankfully after a while of scouring the internet I found this veritable bank of high-quality, relatively high-resolution images of Odilon Redon’s art. Hoo-ray!
Finally a site where full-text Japanese does not hinder my agenda.
Monsieur Cabinet: Words & Type
Stumbled upon these succinct witticisms of Monsieur Cabinet, a collection called Words & Type. Monsieur Cabinet himself is David Thompson, a graduate of Kingston University in London who currently teaches Graphic Design at Leeds College of Art – and I have to say I’m on my toes wanting to take his class. Also, the fact that his About Me page lists farcical reviews from his friends is excellent and worth a glance.
These text based works have a great humor about them, something I can relate to seeing as about 50% of my own jokes involve butchering the English language.
I blame it on the ESL.
His other works are equally adoration-worthy, and there really isn’t enough room here to post all the awesome that he’s made – recommendations include his series: 1000 Awesome Things, Celluloid Satire, and Beautiful Drains.
I’ve a strong feeling I’ll post more of him in the future.
On creativity
I’d call myself actively creative. Even reactively so.
Whether it’s escapism or fulfillment or boredom or any of a number of reasons, I intrinsically gravitate toward creation. And this is true for so many people – probably even most people.
Creativity shows itself in different ways. Some people manifest this creativity through their ‘knack’ for coming up with unique ideas for parties or events, some see unused spaces and transform them into places filled with purpose and people, and others – like my roommate – find the same fulfillment in cooking and baking.
Simply put creativity is domestic.
Continue reading On creativity…
Tiny Showcase
Okay, awesome. Right when I was needing my weekly dose of really great quality art from an assortment of eclectic artists, wonderfully huge preview images, and general color play, I went back to check out Tiny Showcase – and remembered how great it is.
Tiny Showcase is a great online gallery that releases a new print every week by various artists. Their trick is that each of the prints is ‘tiny’, about 4″x6″, costs a little more than your average CD or book, and is printed on special archival ink.
Think of it like age-proof postcards with really kick ass, witty, playful art.
On top of all that they donate a percentage of the profit of each print run to the charity of the artist’s choice. One tip: they sell out fast.
I especially love these space ships by Esther Watson. For more of them go, go, go to her website.
Superhero Supplies
“Ever vigilant, ever true.”
The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company seems to have all the fixins for any double agent, cyborg, or aspiring wonder woman. Somehow this site seems to be exactly what I want from the internet right now – serious humorous creativity wrapped in a neat graphic design wrapper.
As if websites can be modern storybooks.