Category Archives: Inspiration

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And the Pursuit of Happiness…

Maira Kalman, illustrator and author, has started a pictoral blog on the NYTimes site called “And the Pursuit of Happiness.” Her first piece is a visual journal of her feelings about the inauguration. Sometimes pictures really do say more than words. Her pictures (and some … Read More

Khoda

Found this ages ago via Colourlovers (OK, maybe only a month ago,but it’s been sitting in my tabs ever since). It’s a gorgeous short film made entirely of a series of paintings (the film description begins “What if you watch a film and whenever you … Read More

The Sky…

So this year, the International Year of Astronomy don’tcha know,  I’d love to get as good a look at the sky as the makers of this video (found via Astronomy Picture of the Day). I’m looking more and more forward to camp all the time. … Read More

Where I would love to live…

This fantastic video, found via Craft magazine’s blog, is … well … fantastic. In my head, I sometimes feel like I live inside my books, but it never looks this cool. This Is Where We Live from 4th Estate on Vimeo.

Monkey King

The story of Monkey, and his journey to the west, has always been one of my favorites. I’ve read my favorite abridged translation about 3 or 4 times, and I just recently finished reading the 1400 page original version (well, yes, it was a translation, … Read More

by Patrick Moberg (via Conscientious)

Bending Light & Color

This artist creates the most amazing abstract “photos”, without a camera. Very inspiring. Bending Light & Color With Alan Jaras by COLOURlovers

Gerry Pacher Fine Art Photography

Gerry Pacher takes some of the most amazing photos. I’m inspired every time I see a new photo on my aggregator. This one really caught my eye, minimalist, but infinitely appealing. I highly recommend taking a gander at his blog, new photos fairly frequently, or … Read More

Green Frogs

Life in Color, at National Geographic

A little photographic and color inspiration, on the Life in Color galleries at National Geographic. Each image is also available as a wallpaper. I know I’ll be downloading a few. And I’m sure my Mom will nab this one. (via Colourlovers)

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Jeff Masamori Photography

In a word, inspiring. jeffmasamoriphotography.tk (via Digital Photography School)