Remembering Steve… Apple posts tribute video.
A year ago today, former Apple CEO Steve Jobs died. Describing the time as “sad and difficult,” Apple CEO Tim Cook posted a fitting video tribute and message on the company’s homepage today. “One of the greatest gifts Steve gave to the world is Apple,” says Cook. “Our values originated from Steve and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.”
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This image of fruit is just a figment
of my imagination…
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I needed this back in 1974! (Aside from that… it’s a great idea.)
Katie Hatz | http://katiehatz.com
“Get A Damn Job is a kit designed for people who are looking for a damn job. It includes a book of job interview advice, cards with questions interviewers commonly ask, breath mints, and a pouch full of other useful items (tiny notebook, dental floss, nail file, comb, lint brush, etc.) to help you look and feel your best for this important and often stressful occasion.”
Katie Hatz is a designer and illustrator in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As she has always loved books most of all, she is thrilled to be working at Quirk Books, designing the kinds of things she’d probably want to make anyway if she didn’t have a job sucking up all her time. When she’s not making awesome books, Katie designs and writes for CMYK Magazine, an excellent quarterly publication that showcases emerging creative talent in the fields of design, illustration, photography, and advertising.
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Abstract by Alexander Calder, 1961.
I’ve seen a few of Calder’s “mobiles” since art college days in the early ’60s - including one in a village where he had his studio in France not far from here… and although this artwork is two-dimensional, it still creates a visually “slow motion experience” for me like his 3-D mobiles do.
Black… Red… White…
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“Motion Study” (Bewegungsstudie) ~ Rudolf Koppitz.
Rudolf Koppitz (1884-1936) was a Czechoslovak photographer (often credited as Viennese or Austrian) and “photo-secessionist” whose work is seen as maintaining the photographic style of pictorialism well past its heyday in light of the straight photography and modernist movements in photography at that time. Koppitz was one of the leading representatives of “art photography” in Vienna between the world wars, and is best known for his works of the human figure including his iconic “Motion Study” and his use of the nude in natural settings.
In 1923 he took the nude self-portrait “In the Bosom of Nature” in which he framed himself by tree trunks, rocks, snowy mountains; posed to convey a dreamlike harmony reminiscent of a symbolist painting and graphic art. Around Koppitz created his masterpiece “Bewegungsstudie” (“Motion Study”) in which he photographed dancers from the Vienna State Opera; the nude dancer, credited to be the Russian Claudia Issatschenko but is more likely, her daughter, the ballet dancer and choreographer Tatyana Issatschenko Gsovsky b.1901, with her head thrown dramatically back and flanked by three dark-robed women, which lends “Bewegungsstudie” to the highly decorative and symbolist tradition of the Viennese Jugendstil.
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“Portrait of Anna Akhmatova”
by Nathan Altman (1914).
Nathan Isaevich Altman (1889-1970) was a Jewish, Russian and Soviet avant-garde artist, Cubist painter, stage designer and book illustrator who was born, grew up and began his art studies in Ukraine, Russian Empire.
**Ed’s note: To be able to see like this, let alone be able to paint the vision one has in this way, is a special gift… this is one of the most beautiful paintings I have ever seen, and it will stay in my memory forever.
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“Abstract I” ~ John Piper, 1935.
One of my favourite art books is “Piper’s Places ~ John Piper in England & Wales” - co-authored by Piper and Richard Ingrams - which captures so extravagantly, the beauty of the English (and Welsh) countryside and village which has now been over-run in too many places by the spread of expensive homes with swimming pools… all of no character and which will never be recorded artistically by anyone. However, the above “abstract” painting is very different from those in the above mentioned book, and one which will re-stimulate my interest in his works.
From Wiki… Piper (1903-1992) was the the son of a solicitor, born in Epsom, Surrey, educated at Epsom College and later trained at the Richmond School of Art, followed by the Royal College of Art in London. He turned from abstraction early in his career, concentrating on a more naturalistic but distinctive approach. As a child, John Piper lived in Epsom which was, in those days, in the countryside. He would go exploring on his bike, and would draw and paint pictures of old churches and monuments on the way. He started making his own guide books at a young age, complete with pictures and information.
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Five of Clubs…
A few days ago I found this single playing card in the street. However, because it was from one of the black suits, I was hesitant to pick it up… until the next day, that is, when curiosity got the better of me and I returned to the same spot, and picked it up with the sole intention of inserting it between the rear-wheel spokes of my fixie bike. I then read a few web pages about this specific card… and oddly, or perhaps as destiny decides, I was quite suited to it! The following is an extract from what I found about my find… and in particular, my ‘self’.
Fives represent changes, variety, opportunity, travel, escape and fluctuating life experience.
Five of Clubs are restless in the mental field.
Five Of Clubs combine desire for changes and new experiences with the power of the mind. Restless, seeking, trying to find answer to millions of questions running through their head, they can’t be happy with monotonous life style. Five Of Clubs need constant movement and travel, sometimes they are too impulsive to stop, look and listen. They are constantly meeting with an obstacles, and never know quite well what to do with it. They want movement and wide travel – eager to go anywhere rather than remain where they are. The mistake they made is dashing off on impulse, refusing to plan in advance or count the cost.
Five of Clubs have flexible mind, natural curiosity, variety of interests and many talents and abilities and as any Club, they need sound education to be successful in life. Five Of Clubs have natural inclination for good education and when they stop learning just for the sake of knowledge, and start applying what they have learned in practice, success is guaranteed.
Not often well suited for marriage, the desire to have a family is there, and the experiment usually made. In marriage, they are apt to be secret jealousies and suspicions, as well as a change in their own feelings.
In childhood many Five of Clubs experience insecurity in family finances. They may find it difficult to make financial decisions, but in reality they have spectacular potential to make money. If they enjoy all things money can buy, there is a good chance they’ll be able to enjoy themselves. Of course, using sound advice of someone they can trust in finances is always a good idea.
Five of Clubs like to remain their personal life a mystery. They might be secretive about their plans, hopes and friends. Should watch out for jealousy, and remember that it works both ways. Five Of Clubs are not likely to be a part of traditional religion, but there is a good possibility they can become interested in spiritual and philosophical studies and this will certainly be the best thing they can do for themselves – to fulfill their restless nature by acquiring the higher purpose.
Even Five Of Clubs are not likely to search for people and situations involving personal sacrifice, but they want to be good sports and companions, and when asked for support, there is no chance they will avoid the responsibility, even when it is not theirs.
They might be skeptical about any kind of spiritual knowledge, but there is a spiritual giant in this card which might come out in their middle age. If it does, following this road will help Five Of Clubs to control their strong and impulsive emotions.
Peace of mind comes from the willingness to accept life as it must be lived – constructively.
Scott Bergey artworks…
From his Flickr profile… “Scott Bergey was born in Chatham, Ontario Canada in 1967. Arriving late to the art world he did not start painting until the age of 30. Having no formal training, what he lacks in technique he makes up for in creativity and style. His artwork is a combination of innocence and sophistication.
Clearly influenced by artists like Paul Klee and Jean Dubuffet his work is highly textured, raw and childlike although not childish. He builds from simple things - a piece of paper and a brush - but challenges himself to explore texture, colours and techniques. His pieces are contemporary but have a retro feeling. His sense of humor appearing frequently in is art. “
OMG… this takes me back to the early sixties!
I know, I know… they say, “If you can remember the Sixties you weren’t really there”… but I have many, many memories from that period at art college from repeated viewings of ‘Jules et Jim’ (in French, of course) to frequent sessions of lunch-time sex…
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“Spring Secrets” ~ Robert Kipniss, 1980.
Although this lithograph was undoubtedly made in America, it could have been created in the part of France where I have lived for more than a decade… so visually, and perhaps spiritually, similar is the local countryside I walk and cycle though in Spring and the other seasons.
*There are many more Kipniss lithographs at http://www.weinstein.com/kipniss/litho.html
Railway overhead power supply wires…
an abstract silhouette design of lines and shapes that reflect how I am trying to progress with my own art.
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