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cosas mínimas
A couple months ago I came across the soon-to-be-launched Uppercase Magazine. The cover immediately drew me in; it was credited to an illustrator by the name of Blanca Gómez. This promptly led me to her blog and etsy shop for more. I couldn’t resist ordering a set of her prints. Can’t wait to get these [...]
pocket sandwich math
So I was recently recalling an old ’80s infomercial for a fabulous little kitchen appliance dubbed the SNAKMASTER. It was essentially a small electric sandwich grill that presses your creation into little triangular pockets. I think they’re fairly commonplace now, but whoo boy, it seemed like a real innovation to me at the time. Somehow [...]
parallel universes
This is a page from a little storybook I drew for my sweetheart. It stemmed from a lovely random morning conversation about something in the world we needed to take care of – view the whole set to find out what! All sentiment aside, it was fun to make. I really, really like working in [...]
le ballon rouge
Ahhh, this. It’s beautiful and you should watch it. It’s about childhood and balloons and Paris and colors and more. ‘Nuff said. Directed by Albert Lamorisse in 1965. According to imdb, the only short film to win a non-short film Oscar, ever (it won Best Original Screenplay).
svefn-g-englar
This is something beautiful, and if you haven’t seen it before I would like to share it with you. From fat cat’s site: Director : Agust Jacobsson and Sigur Ros Date : January 2001 This unforgettable and award-winning clip, conceived by and supervised by the band with direction by Agust Jacobsson features the Perlan special-needs [...]
springtime in austin
Things have felt especially sensory-spiked the past week — could be that it’s finally started raining again. That loamy, damp spring smell is always a bit of a high in and of itself. Incidentally, Demeter has1 a fragrance called “Wet Garden” that almost kinda approximates it (unfortunately the scent evaporates way too quickly, as is [...]
