By Melody:
Journal of Animals
Published in 2008
Table of Contents including
Wildebeasts and Prologue
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Widows and Orphans
Who thought up these typography terms?
These terms make me pause seeing as between the two of us, I'm the widow and she's the orphan. Even in these days, it seems unusual to be walking this path.
Wonder what it was like in the early days of typesetting for real-life widows and orphans? Were there superstitions? Where they to be feared?
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Sunday, October 26, 2008
can of learning
can of learning, originally uploaded by hurricane_cat.
What's in the can?
Legacy of Learning Book Cover
dont_hangup
From a brochure assignment exploring the problem of school violence in Toronto: Will provision of anonymous hotlines be helpful?
The Latest: News update from Galit Solomon of CTV News Sun Dec 7 , 2008 6.37 pm
"Student hotline mostly fields calls about bullying ctv.toronto.ca
Eleven months after a student hotline was set up at the Toronto District School Board, officials say it is proving to be a success. Since it was established, 625 calls were place to the hotline. Of those calls: 95% were made during the school year, 70% came from elementary school students, 50% provided enough information for follow-up action" http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20081207/TDSB_hotline_081207/20081207/?hub=TorontoNewHome
enigmatic toolbox
enigmatic toolbox, originally uploaded by hurricane_cat.
This toolbox was orginally meant to transport graphic design supplies. It travelled a fair bit, eventually becoming a special effects makeup kit. Finally it became a real toolbox and I was able to organize it well; all those little screws and nuts and bolts nicely sorted, great pliers, foreign screwdrivers. I put a lock on it so that the baby wouldn't play with the contents.
The last time I saw this toolbox, I was feeling compelled to do some building and catch the sunrise at the same time. It was halloween and I got spooked, left the toolbox at a cafe. Later I returned to retrieve the toolbox, confirmed found at this same cafe, but apparently whoever found it and took it home, tossed it away as well.
The drawing in the creepy polish poster style reveals a mystery: whatever did happen to that red tool box?
OF recent interest to me, is the astronauts toolbox, accidentally released into space. It's moving really fast--takes about two hours to orbit the earth. You can see the path the toolbox is taking in space by clicking on the following link: http://www.n2yo.com/?s=33442
If you want to read about the astronaut's toolbox mishap: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/lost-in-space-the-astronauts-toolbox-1025056.html
My Pontiac
I was impressed that a pontiac -solstice 2007-could have the look of a luxury concept car.
Monday, October 13, 2008
budweiser- hailing taxi scene
budweiserpaint, originally uploaded by hurricane_cat.
homework assignment: a still from storyboard for beer commercial
The drawing was made from my imagination last fall. People wanted to know where is this club? Now I have a clue.
Thanks to my mother who told me about this place she went for lunch when she was in Edinburgh this summer. Edinburgh is my first home. And this place is called The Dome, which is previously Royal Bank of Scotland. Now it's a Restaurant and Bar. I googled it and thought it was surprisingly similar to the picture in my imagination that became the Budweiser drawing.
http://uk.archiseek.com/scotland/edinburgh/dome.html
2008 questions about race
A questionnaire loaded with questions about race was sent home to parents so the school could get a better idea of the student body.
Not sure how to answer these questions, and have a few of my own like why the race card in this day and age?
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Saturday, October 11, 2008
carrot cake
The day I finally got my carrot cake right-
hand shaved carrots and with cream cheese icing.
Friday, October 10, 2008
House Arrest
Well, not quite house arrest but it would be hard to tell the difference. In the beginning I would sit in the window sill, early evening, and watch people go by. Each day was worthy of a large X on the wall and the prize was to make it to the next. Really I was thinking it would be temporary. After a few weeks, I would feel freedom, go flying out the door.
Its been six years now, wings clipped and barely leaving the neighborhood by day and never leaving the house at night. And I like it this way.
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