Editors note: Although the title has been directly stolen from "If you give a mouse a cookie" by Laura Numeroff, the blog post will not end with cookies, mice, or milk.
Thanks for the inspiration bro. To be continued...
Giving thanks for type
I finished up these Faces of Type cards just in time to take them to Indiana over Thanksgiving and have my über-talented sister-in-law photograph them.
One of my favorites in the set is "R" which was convenient since my 3 year-old nephew — whose name starts with "R" — took an interest in them. It made me incredibly giddy to watch him rearrange, play, and ask me to help him spell words with the cards.
Perhaps my true calling is creating flash cards with faces and tape...
Friends, grab your donkeys
I love public transportation. Yes it’s dirty and unreliable, but the true gems of public transit are the people. Recently, I started cataloguing some of the amazing things I overhear. Its fun already, isn't it? This one comes to you from one of our friends in the 'Loin. It's a couple of months old but that doesn't mean I forget how amazing it was to hear these words frolicking out of this guy's mouth and into my ears.
Is it still art
...if I'm just being cheap?
As an Official Fair-Weather Fan...
Dressed in my orange and black best, way to go Giants!
Working with leftovers
There is a stack of left over letters printed on index cards from the experimental alphabet workshop I conducted earlier this month. And tonight they were calling my name. This issue of faces and letters just won't go away. Tape inspiration courtesy of Victoria Montgomery
Leading an experimental type workshop
Last Friday I stood in front of approximately 75 students to give an artist lecture and lead an experimental type workshop. Here's a taste of the awesomeness that ensued. In short, it was amazing and I've got a few hundred pictures to edit. More to come.
