Friday Museum Sketch

by on August 2, 2013 at 11:18 am
Posted In: Art

masks1Well I did the free first Thursday at Seattle Art Museum. yesterday. Because I have a membership I generally avoid it because the usually large crowds make it difficult me to get into my sketching zone. But I had gone downtown for The Pioneer Square Art walk and decided to stop at the museum as a way to finish my evening. (and use the bathroom before a long ride home)

This time I was actually enjoying being there to watch people look at the art. But I did get around to looking doing some quick sketches.

These are mostly pieces I’ve sketched before but I found looking at them at different angles to be interesting and informative.

The top right picture is a Congolese Hemba mask. the rest are examples of  the Igbo people  from  Afikpo  in Nigeria the one on  the bottom right is a “Mma Ji” or Knife Yam mask .

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Asimov Speaks

by on July 28, 2013 at 9:04 am
Posted In: Test

Asimov577140_713400565356066_1876114456_nHaving heard way to many creationists, pundits and other idiots and con artists going on way too much recently; this truism has got to go viral. Thanks to the great George Takei for bringing it to my attention.

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Audiobooks on Youtube

by on July 24, 2013 at 12:25 pm
Posted In: Test

Well one of my favorite audiobook channels on Youtube got the axe. It was a shame as it was all of the early Discworld books read by Nigel Planer that I had been having no luck finding anywhere else so it will be missed.

I always feel just a little conflicted about audio books on Youtube. Technically I should be against them because obviously this is copyrighted material but at the same time I go through  a lot of them and the more sources I can find the better.

Whenever I stumble over something good I will listen to it as quickly as possible because since it is all copyrighted material it is only a matter of time before the owner finds out about it and sits on it HARD. Even though I want to spread the word I don’t want to draw attention to it as you don’t want the wrong (well technically right but you know…) people to find out about it too soon. Therefore it’s best to give your friends broad hints on how to find it but strictly word of mouth and never, NEVER post a link. The best posters know to label their material in a relatively round about way and regrettably a lot of the best channels rock the boat in a way that feels like a balance between cluelessness and sociopathy.

So sooner or later these pages and channels are found out about and cease to exist. They will be missed. Still they were fun while they lasted.

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