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Art

Four Questions Finale

February 6, 2009 · 0 comments

Almost a year ago, now, I got some new toys. A couple days later, I ran my mouth off about how armed and dangerous I was. Inspiration had left me starry eyed, nothing was going to stop me, and when Joseph Thornley asked me what it was all about at the first session of Third [...]

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Desert Afterlife Haiku

January 30, 2009 · 1 comment

If you’ve never stared
off into the distance then
your life is a shame…

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Artvertising

January 19, 2009 · 1 comment

So, when Apple uses a Feist song in one of their iPod commercials, does the Feist song stop being art? Or if a movie wins at both Cannes and the Oscars (and is subsequently admitted to the Criterion Collection), but features some subtle product placement (e.g. the protagonist has a Starbucks coffee on their desk), [...]

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Product Placement Paradox

September 26, 2008 · 0 comments

I came across this in the archives of Chris Brogan’s blog. Even though I share Lynch’s frustration, I feel that product placement is kind of paradoxical (at least for my generation): we’re more likely to notice if an actor/character is consuming a non-branded product
For example, I’ll notice it if Brad Pitt is drinking Acme [...]

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The Dude Abides

September 5, 2008 · 0 comments

I came across this on Michelle McCormack’s site. If you haven’t seen The Big Lebowski, you have better things to do than surf the net.

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Summer Dusk

September 3, 2008 · 0 comments

Now that summer is pretty much done, I thought I’d post a summer sunset because I’m deep that way. Here’s a shot of dusk in Wasaga Beach, a summer resort town that has the same sense of hopelessness as a Don Henley song.

Watch Summer Dusk in HD
iPhone Version

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A few months ago, I showed off my new toys and said that I had something new cooking. Shortly after, at the first session of Third Tuesday Montreal, I refused to tell Joseph Thornley just what it was all about.
Time passed and that one project changed into two (and got held up a bit as [...]

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