Think you are good at something? Try this one on for size. Stephen Wiltshire is an artist with an incredible memory. He also has autism, but that may be beside the point. Give him 45 minutes to look and he will recreate your city with incredible accuracy in just a few days. (thanks Listverse!)
Month: July 2008
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Summer Is For Bubbles
Here’s a simple hack. Lost your bubble wand? Run into the deli and pick up two straws and twist them together as shown here, and presto! Giant bubbles to Mars! Indestructables is a fun website with plenty of neat projects for kids, and for grown-ups too.
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NYC Ghost Subway Station
We have been anticipating our trip to the abandoned City Hall subway station for a couple of months now. We are going today! There’s a nice write up on the stop at Forgotten NY. Can’t wait! You have to join the Subway Museum to go.
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Zoos Bring Out The Beast In Us
I think if I was President-For-A-Day I would ban all advertisements — except for ones for zoos. Why do zoos inspire such creativity? Did you ever play with the Build Your Wild Self from the Bronx Zoo? That was fun, but the San Francisco Zoo’s bus stop campaign rivals it. Snap a photo when you wait for your ride, then get home and send it on to them. Check them all out here.
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Clean Water PSA
It’s a problem for all of us. What to do?
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Totoro Forest Project
The forest on the edge of Tokyo that inspired Miyazake to create MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO is being threatened. Where does beauty go when we let it disappear? Hmmm.
The good folks at Pixar are sponsoring an auction (you know, like on eBay) of all these great drawings to help save the forest. Tell your folks. Tell your friends.
But you don’t have to buy anything. The best things in life are always free, right? They have set a website showing work by other artists inspired by this movie. I could look at this site for hours. In fact, I have!
Everyone loves this movie, but how great is it to see how it has inspired so many imaginations? Now there’s another project for a rainy day: where’s your Totoro? Let’s see those drawings.
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I Worshipped John Lennon
When I was fourteen, when I was twelve, when I was seven, John was the one. But I never met him. When Jerry Levitan was fourteen he snuck into John’s hotel room with a tape recorder.
I love the idea of animated documentaries. I recently saw Waltz With Bashir and it’s my film of the year for the moment. It won’t come out until fall (and is completely something else than this) so you will have to content yourself with this remarkable work for the time being. Josh Rashkin’s I MET THE WALRUS was nominated for Academy Award in 2007.
