book covers as art

i’m fascinated by the work of thomas allen…

American photographer Thomas Allen constructs witty and clever dioramas using figures cut from the covers of old pulp paperbacks. Using salacious pulp art drawing’s of the ’40s and ’50s that covered books such as ” I Married a Dead Man” and ” Marihuana Girl’, Allen constructs one set of pictures up close while obscuring another, and in the process creates a different context. Each piece is given a brand new storyline, though never quite strays from their cheeky origins.

see more of his work at Thomas Allen’s Book Art Photography

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Tagged as: art,books May 19, 2009 @ 09:17 am

what i’m up to…

it’s been a busy couple of months and likely to only get busier. 

first, i finally got my haircut.  they took 18 inches off!!!  it hasn’t been this short since i was 4.  i hate it.  i fully expected to hate it, but it’s *shorter* than the length i had envisioned when i thought i was going to hate it for being short.  ah well, it will grow and i’ll never cut it this short again.  i can’t even make a pony tail :(

then, i was sick for a week.  fun, fun.  some kinda kidney infection or something.  fever, lower back pain.  the more fluids i drank, the less my lower back hurt, so i spent an entire week drinking gallons of water, cranberry juice, and gatorade and then peeing every 20 minutes.  annoying, because otherwise, i felt fine, just really really fatigued.  thankfully, ~that~ has passed.

i have several crochet projects in the works: the crocheted moonkin is done, but needs it’s pattern typed up.  (i’m toying with the idea of not only selling the pattern, but smaller versions of the actual stuffed animal as well.)  i’ve a couple of baby gifts to finish for my ex-roomie and his wife who are expecting their first baby.  (catman having a baby… i’m still in ~shock~.  ~shock~, i say.)  plus, a monkey to crochet for a friend and a couple of other designs that i’d like to give a try.

  i’d read the book “why we hate us”, which took me FOREVER to finish…. mostly because he was exactly right.  all the things he talks about… i hate, but it’s rather difficult to read a book about all the things you dislike… without getting irked while you’re reading it.  so i kept putting it down and going back to it.  that said, i DO suggest the book, as it’s a very insightful look into our current culture:

“Dick Meyer is a man with a list of hates. Meyer, NPR’s new editorial director of digital media, can rattle off plenty of examples: corporations that profess to care about you, the words “managed care,” and reality shows that promise a shot at love with a celebrity called Tila Tequila.

Those are some of the gripes to be found in Meyer’s new book, Why We Hate Us: American Discontent in the New Millennium.

All those little complaints are indicators of something bigger, Meyer told Steve Inskeep: a lack of trust in public leadership and an overall weakening of public morality.”

i’m working on a video for my mom’s department to use at christmas for their charity program.  i’ve got the beginning of it put together, now it’s a matter of getting the audio settled and adding some extras here and there AND i’m still working on a couple of websites as well - a new site to be finished as soon as my client has time to devote to it and a bit of a redesign for http://www.hypnobird.com.

plus, it’s ~rodeo time~ so i’ve been ~immersing~ myself in country music the past couple of weeks.  i’d really like to make it to the livestock show this weekend.  we shall see.  hope everyone has a great weekend!!

on that note:

the tractors - baby likes to rock it

which of course just led me to:

Kenny Chesney She Thinks My Tractors Sexy

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Tagged as: crochet,books,music,me,hobbies,videos,personal March 20, 2009 @ 03:55 pm

the wisdom book

i want this book.

“no one can teach me who i am.  you can describe parts of me, but who i am and what i need, these are things i have to find out myself.” - chinua achebe

“your best work is your expression of yourself.  now you may not be the greatest at it, but when you do it, you’re the only expert in it.” - frank gehry

“love something.  i think we’ve got to learn to love something deeply.  i think it’s love.  it sounds sentimental as hell, but i really think it is.” - andrew wyeth

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Tagged as: art,books,quotes,videos February 26, 2009 @ 03:57 pm

interesting iinks!

Poor cats - the worst mouse traps—LOL, these are so just like my cats

Walden, and 99 other Free Online Books Every Student of Humanity Should Read —i say ~everyone~ should read these.  i was pleased to see that i’ve read a good many of them and was even more pleased to see that the rest were available for free online!

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Tagged as: humor,lolcats,books,links,lists February 14, 2009 @ 08:57 pm

shelfari is ~teh coolest~

i’d had my books listed over on gurulib, but i found their site to be cumbersome.  after stumbling onto shelfari, i decided to move everything over to it.  it’s just taken me this long to get my books imported, then checked against what i actually have, and organized.  (not due to the site, but cuz i’m slow!)

if you’re an avid reader, want to join a book discussion group or get advice on what to read, check it out!

for whatever reason, their widget doesn’t like my site, so you can view my bookshelf here!

(now to find more time in my day)

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Tagged as: books January 30, 2009 @ 01:44 pm