Category Archives: Drawing

Cookies/cute for the cold

Some heart-warming (and artery-clogging) items for your consideration. A 98 year old man makes brilliant prints with Microsoft Paint. What does the fox say??? Fan Art. Cardamom cinnamon chocolate chip cookie doughs! And cookies.

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space – it is nice

Watching the Overview Effect reminds me of my favorite TS Elliot quote: We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. … Continue reading

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Camping here I come!

And to mark the occasion, a sketch from a New Hampshire fireside two years ago. ps – apologies for product placement

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they didn’t turn the circus into a [chair], but they did turn the [Eames] office into a circus

Circuses are awesome… for visual inspiration, their carefully orchestrated chaos, and “not showing the blood” that goes into any good product. (For more on circuses, design and awesome, please see Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter)

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Feet for thought?

Barefoot College teaches ‘uneducated’ rural women to become solar engineers, and bring electricity to their home villages. VANS: A sketch of my sister’s favorite shoes.

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Garden therapy, and a boat

Gardening is the most therapeutic and defiant act you can do, especially in the inner city. Plus you get strawberries. – said Ron Finley in this sweet TED talk … Happy spring! Here is a boat drawing. Quick sketch of … Continue reading

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fanatically* feminist friday

Once upon a time, N64 was developing a time-traveling, dinosaur-fighting adventure game with a… with a female lead character? Named Krystal. Close to release, the whole thing was sacked, and Krystal became a sideshow in a Star Fox game. . . . … Continue reading

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in the clouds

Sugata Mitra explores what children can learn with access to a computer, the web (and a grandma cloud): And I drew a robot! [Insert appropriate metaphor / caption here.]

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blue (ode to)

This awesome radio lab podcast outlines a time when people may not have noticed the color blue. Kind of like Douglas Adams’ Somebody Else’s Problem Theory: “The brain just edits it out, it’s like a blind spot. If you look … Continue reading

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Mount Jefferson Climb !

Last weekend we climbed Mt. Jefferson in New Hampshire! I felt completely safe and competent the entire time. And a picture of the real event!

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