This quote hit me where I live, pun intended. A “guest house” is a perfect and profound metaphor for the daily experience of being human and standing at that threshold where we either invite in the “unexpected visitor” or send him packing along with his freaking “crowd of sorrows”. Rumi crushes it again.
Bigger, more customizable chalkboard backgrounds for designers Challenge: Lately I’ve had several requests for backgrounds that have particular features, like more “chalk” blur, or fewer scratches and specks, etc. I’ve also been asked to provide backgrounds at larger sizes for posters and signs, especially for weddings, menus, etc. So… Solution: Rather than reinventing the wheel and creating multiple versions of the chalkboard background files, you get to do all
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Traffic-Related Typography Thing #1 Sometimes life dishes out serendipitous moments like it’s an all-you-can-eat buffet. One moment you’re sitting at a stop light, idling both mechanically and mentally, and you notice out of the corner of your eye something slightly askew—a thing out of place, context, space and/or time. Or in this case just a weird-ass traffic sign. So it was on my way back from Costco, when this
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James Taylor’s Zen-like lyrics to “Secret O’ Life” wound up in my head one evening while my sketch pad was at arm’s length. The result is what’s above…which was easier said than drawn, which is sort of the point of the song. “The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time. Any fool can do it, there ain’t nothing to it. Nobody knows how we got to the
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Sometimes the phrase “couldn’t have said it better myself” truly applies. Maybe not that I “couldn’t” have but suffice to say Christopher Poindexter beat me to it. Credit where credit is due. More of his words here.
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“Phoems” are a game I’ve been playing. Rule #1: Go through my archive of iPhone photos and pick one. Rule #2: With a minimum of fuss and bother, write a poem to go with. I was shooting to post one Phoem per day but like most everything I try to do daily, it ends up weekly, or as the mood strikes. So be it. For now it’s just good
I almost feel like apologizing for this little slice of weirdness but not all random encounters along life’s roads are happyhappyjoyjoy, sometimes they’re just odd and disturbing. And so I refer you to Rule #7 in the Rebel’s Manifesto ; “Embrace your dark side”. Done and done.