snowflakes and blackvampiressnowflakes and blackvampiresI have always loved arts, but I stopped creating things myself the past years. To get back on track I started with atcs a year ago and it really helped stimulate my creativity. Now I am slowly trying to start bigger scale work. Articles
Speed Shopping (100 Ideas 26)
2007-12-16 18:35:00 Mim and Casey already completed this task, so I hurried with it too. Yesterday I only had 30 minutes to got to 3 stores before the shops closed. I hastened through the aisles of the supermarket and just took everything which looked appealing to me. Illustrated are not only the groceries, but everything I bought on Saturday.26. Illustrate your grocery list.This sketch is inspired by the blog Obsessive Consumption. Everyday Kate Bingaman-Burt posts a quick sketch of her daily purchase. I think she´s been doing that for the past 3 years.I did everything in a quick and fast style too, but the boots were very pretty difficult to draw fast. (I remember my last drawing of shoes. These high-heels took a long time.)Link to Mim´s postLink to Casey´s post100 ideas More About: Ideas , Shopping , Speed
Introduction To Literature By Franz Dobler
2007-12-13 18:32:00 © by Franz Doble rFranz Dobler is a German author, journalist and DJ. Check out his website (German!) and blog for more information about him and his work.I have been reading books ever since I can remember, but I owe him my love for special books and authors. About 15 years ago I would receive a book every Christmas from him and usually the book or author would be new to me. 1996 I received "A Christmas Memory" by Truman Capote. This little book and Franz Doblers´own work started my love for reading books by Capote and lead to authors like Charles Bukowksi, William S. Burroughs and many others.I´ve got about five of Doblers´ books and I´m very fond of his style too. But I have to admit I started to appreciate/enjoy his writing only when I was about twenty years old. And I still have to read his biography about Johnny Cash: "The Beast in me. Johnny Cash. Und die seltsame und schöne Welt der Countrymusik.". It´s waiting for me in my book shelf.A few weeks ago I found out that he als... More About: Literature , Introduction
The Road To Nod
2007-12-13 15:46:00 The Road To Nod is a black and white movie about wrong decisions and their consequences. The premier was shown in Frankfurt July 28, 2007. I do hope it will be shown in Munich too."It's not what you think it is. It's Nod. That is the Biblical land Cain was searching for after murdering his brother Able. And that is, metaphorically speaking, also the place criminal Parrish is searching for in director M.A. Littler's feature film "The Road To Nod". "The Road To Nod", which ably blends elements of film noir with road movie elements and a dirty delta blues soundtrack will celebrate its international premiere on July 28th in Frankfurt. The main character Parrish, whose attempt for redemption while serving a nine-year sentence was more of a lip service is quickly back to his vicious habits after being released from prison. But times have changed as have his old business partners, so he soon finds himself on the run from trouble. Also starring is actress, creator, producer and directri...
Yak Shaving
2007-12-13 13:24:00 By chance I learnt a new expression and I love it:yak shaving (idiomatic) Any seemingly pointless activity which is actually necessary to solve a problem which solves a problem which, several levels of recursion later, solves the real problem you're working on.(via wikipedia) More About: Shaving
Maschine Girl
2007-12-11 12:19:00 This is the next movie I´ll have to see. A Japanese High School girl seeks revenge on the ninja yakuza family who killed her brother and cut off her left arm which has been replaced with a machine gun. (from Director Noburo Igushi)(via otomano) More About: Girl
Rashomon - Papillon D'Amour
2007-12-10 04:07:00 My husband posted about Rashomon by Akira Kurosawa today. That reminded me of this video "Papillon D'Amour" by Nicolas Provost which I had seen some months ago."By subjecting fragments from the Akira Kurosawa's film Rashomon to a mirror effect, Provost creates a hallucinatory scene of a woman's reverse chrysalis into an imploding butterfly. This physical audiovisual experience produces skewed reflections upon Love, its lyrical monstrosities, and a wounded act of disappearance. " (via wikipedia.com)In July 2006, a Japanese court ruled that all Japanese films produced before 1953 are part of the Public Domain. So you can watch the whole movie (1h27m) here or here. The movie "Rashomon" is Akira Kurosawa's adaptation of Ryunosuke Akutagawa's short story dealing with the subjectivity of eyewitness evidence in the solving of a crime.
Q & A 1: Childhood In India
2007-12-09 12:13:00 I´ve been lazy lately with posting new stuff and haven´t taken a pen in my hands for many days. Holidays here always mean too much eating and a greater need for sleep. Anyway I have been pretty screwed up the past weeks and I should start drawing or sketching again, as that lifts my mood.So Mim asked me a question about my childhood:"How come you grew up in India ? What was your family doing there? Did you love it?"My dad was a development worker. You actually can not choose the country you are sent to, but he was lucky to be sent to India twice. So 4 years I spent in Kottayam, Kerala (South India) and later 5 years in Alwar, Rajasthan (Northwest India).I can´t really remember a lot of Kottayam but I went to primary school in Alwar and that time is still very present in my mind. I went to an Indian school (learning English, Hindi and a little bit of Sanskrit) and didn´t have any education in German. The first years back in Germany I had to struggle to catch up. I did love the time w... More About: Childhood
Hanukkah Game - Personal Questions & Answers
2007-12-04 19:40:00 © by tcm13Tonight and the next eight days we are celebrating the festival of lights. I followed an interesting game last year which was set up as an Advent Calender. And on each of the 24 days till Christmas something about that person was revealed.I´m starting a similar game. For each of the eight nights of Hanukah I´m going to answer a question - no matter how raunchy, secret or embarrassing the answer might be. So in case you have some burning questions just take your chance and write it down in the comments section. Let´s see whether there will be enough for eight days.© by thebubmanOur hanukkah coins disappeared! Two days ago a little guy stole into our kitchen and took most of our chocolate coins. He hid in the bathroom and ate all of them. :) So this year we won´t be having as many of them for the festival as I had planned to. More About: Personal , Questions , Answers , Festival , Game
European Filmfest- Big Nothing
2007-12-04 13:51:00 Yesterday I went to see another (and probably my last) movie at the Europa Filmfest. I found out yesterday that it was the first European Filmfestival in Munich. Just another two days to go, so if you are in Munich check out some of their movies. They have a great collection for the fest.So this time I saw the movie Big Nothing with David Schwimmer* and Simon Pegg. Big Nothing is the story of two nice losers who decide to blackmail a porn-addicted priest and everything goes wrong. The movie makes you laugh real hard and manages to shock you at the same time. And beware of Miss Teen Oklahoma!* I didn´t know that David Schwimmer shot any movies or anything apart from Friends. More About: Rope
And Gold!
2007-12-03 17:06:00 And believe me: I didn´t post the really disturbing pictures! You can explore that by yourself at Carioca.© by carioca (all images) More About: Gold
White...
2007-12-03 16:56:00 At who killed bambi? I saw some interesting pics from the photo production house Carioca located in Bucharest. What caught my eye were the pics which showed mainly one color. I´ll show you some of my favorites and let you explore the site yourself to see more. © by carioca (all images) More About: White
Hidden Message (100 Ideas 34)
2007-12-02 10:09:00 Boy, this task really made my hand hurt. But it was a good excercise for being more patient. There is a secret message hidden in the pic, but it is hard to find. But once you see it, it is obvious.34. Fill an entire page in your journal with small circles. Color them in.I admired Mim´s and Casey´s colorful circles, but then I used my favorite color combination (red & black) again (though I had planned to do something more colorful). Strange!BTW: Casey joined the 100 ideas project. Welcome! (3 people are even more inspirational.)Link to Mim´s postLink to Casey´s post100 ideas More About: Ideas , Message , Hidden , Mess
Europa Filmfest
2007-11-30 12:20:00 "Europa Filmfest"MunichNov 28 - Dec 5, 2007@ Gloria Filmpalast!I enjoyed the movie yesterday evening and maybe I´ll find the time to watch another few movies of the fest. Maybe on Monday? We´ll see...You can download the time table and the programm for the fest here.(Copyright for all images posted here by Europa Filmfest)
European Filmfest - Venus (2)
2007-11-30 11:52:00 The movie yesterday was sad, lovely and funny too. Two aging actors and close friends lives are turned upside down when Ian´s niece's daughter Jessie moves in to his flat to care for him. The provincial girl turns out to be a nightmare for Ian. But Maurice develops a romantic love for the girl fifty years younger. Maurice: I will die soon, Venus . Can I touch your hand?Jessie: That's one chat-up line I haven't heard.Maurice: I'm impotent, of course.Jessie: Thank Christ.Maurice: But I can still take a theoretical interest.Jessie: Have you been thinking about me?Maurice: All the time I was in hospital.Jessie: What did you think about me?Maurice: I saw your body.Jessie: Which part?Maurice: Your hair. Your feet. Your legs, your behind, your eyes.Jessie: My eyes?Maurice: Your elbows. Your cunt.Jessie: Oh, shut up. You can touch my hand.(He kisses her hand)Jessie: Only with your fingers. Anything else will make me vomitous.Maurice: Can I ask you, have you ever been in love before?(She ... More About: European , Rope
European Filmfest - Venus
2007-11-29 14:36:00 Yesterday was the first day of the Europa Filmfest in Munich. How could I possibly have missed the opening movie yesterday evening?Anyway, I still prefer the Asia Filmfest and the Fantasy Filmfest. While I try to watch as many movies as possible at these fests, I´m pretty content with watching maybe only one of the movies at the European Filmfest tonight: Venus . More About: Rope
My Art Will Be Published!
2007-11-29 12:15:00 Well... at least one of the portraits I drew. :)Rama Hughes sent me a note. The Artist´s Magazine is going to write a story about The Portrait Party and they want to print the portrait I did of Christine and the one she did of me. What a wonderful surprise and boost to my self-esteem. It is my first piece of art which is going to be published. And it was the fourth portrait I ever did in my life. It is still one of my favorites. I need to get a copy of this magazine. My portrait of Christine Castro (Maganda.org, Darling Design) (original pic) is on the left and on the right you can see her portrait of me (original pic):"The Artist?s Magazine celebrates the creative life and the creative act, the artist as well as the art, by showcasing the best work?in all media and in all styles?of the best artists working today. With beautiful color reproductions, engaging interviews, lively discussions of timely issues, practical lessons in craft, and news of exhibitions and events, The Artist?s... More About: Published
100 Tage Bücher - 100 Days Of Books
2007-11-28 13:40:00 By chance I discovered another blog some weeks ago. "Hundert Tage Bücher" (100 Days of Books ) is a nice blog about 100 days at a Guerilla- or Pop-up-Book-Store* with readings and exhibitions. I enjoy reading the short posts with lots of pics. As I love books and as the owner (Dorin Popa) said he´s specially proud of his selection of books in the sex and fetish corner I just had to go there.© (2007) by Dorin PopaSo Saturday evening, I hurried out to drive across town to this little book store . Just as I reached the store, the owner came out and locked the door. You know what? When I asked him whether he had already closed the store for that day, he opened up again and let me browse through the books for half an hour. Thanks for that! I really appreciated it.Actually I didn´t find anything in the sex and fetish corner but I did find some great comics (100 Bullets Samurai, Neil Gaiman: Sandman, etc.), novels (Truman Capote: Summer Crossing) and art books. Though the store is tiny th...
Four-Letter Words (WTJ)
2007-11-28 02:16:00 This one was an interesting task. The results somehow show the way I am and the way Benjamin is imo. My pages are filled with simple fun little pictures. I just enjoyed doing them. And Benjamin thinks a lot more about the things he does and is a lot more complicated. At least that is my opinion. Any thoughts, Benjamin? ;)"A page for four-letter words (WTJ)"Mine:I didn´t write down words, but drew four-letter words in German. I´m surprised how many of them are four-letter words in English (marked in red) as well."Glas (Glas), Herz, Dach (Roof), Ofen (Oven), Rose (Rose), Wein (Wine), Auto, Nuss, Salz (Salt), Eins, Zwei, Drei, Vier (Four), Acht, Neun (Nine), Zehn, Mann, Frau, Kind, Mond (Moon), Erde, Welt, Ball (Ball), Igel, Hose, Buch (Book), Mars (Mars), Baum (Tree), Nase (Nose), Boot (Boat), Hemd, Rock, Hand (Hand), Fuss (Foot), Mund, Cola (Coke), Fass (Cask), Topf, Bart, Auge, Kamm (Comb), Maus, Geld"Benjamin:Benjamin: "When I opened up this page for the first time I immediately kn... More About: Words , Letter
The Gulmohar Tree
2007-11-26 18:25:00 Mim´s favorite tree is a pine, but she lists a lot of different trees she liked at the place she used to live before. And suddenly all these trees popped up in my mind which I always looked at in awe. So beside the Weeping Willow you can count the Gulmohar tree (Flamboyant tree), Orange trees, Magnolia Tree s, and Neem to my list of favorite trees. Except for the Orange tree, I remember all of them as a common sight in India.The last 5 years of our stay in India we lived in a very dry place along the border of the Thar desert. Except during the short Monsoon the landscape used to be brown and dry. So imagine driving hours along the road, barren earth, scarce vegetation, scorching heat... and suddenly this bright tree flames up right in front of you. It´s amazing! More About: The G
Search Terms 7
2007-11-26 15:04:00 More search words which led to my site:poet way to say goose bumps (I love this one. Any ideas?)eat the ones you love (?????)snowflake nude (You won´t find any nude pics of me on the net. You´ll have to come and ask for it! ;))german vampirepink vampires (Never heard of a pink one.) More About: Search , Terms
The Human Behind The Avatar
2007-11-23 02:09:00 I was invited to contribute to the fuelmyblog book "The Human Behind The Avatar ". The book is to show that bloggers are real people. And the 15% commission the community would earn on each book will be donated to the charity Doctors Without Borders/ Medicins Sans Frontiers."If you want to know why I started blogging, then you better check out www.postsecret.com :-)You´ll find art in various forms at my blog snowflakes & blackvampires: my art, your art, movies, journals, music and a lot more. Most of it is black or white, light or dark, pleasant or weird. Basically it forces me to be more creative and I really do need that."
A Letter For The Future (100 Ideas 2)
2007-11-22 20:07:00 Of the first few tasks Mim and I agreed on doing, I kept postponing this one. I had an idea what I would like to do, but didn´t feel like starting it. But I did buy a nice red envelope and two beautiful sheets of paper with a watermark.Today I finally wrote the letter. It was easy once I started writing.3. Write a letter to yourself in the future.I plan to open it on New Year´s Eve 2009. The content means a lot to me. Of course I had to blur the text. It is too personal to show it to everybody.Link to Mim´s post100 ideas More About: Ideas , Future , Letter , The Future
Ponderosa by Tricky
2007-11-19 16:12:00 Here´s a song I found by chance on youtube. It talks about a weeping willow in the lyrics.Ponderosa by Tricky The place where I stand gives way to liquid linoUnderneath the weeping willow lies a weeping whinoThe place where I stand gives way to liquid linoUnderneath the weeping willow lies a weeping whinoThe mind's a crowd -- search for the the spacesAnd turn around time's gone, take ten paces.Been up ahead - can't make head or tale of itI drink till I'm drunk, and I smoke till I'm senseless.You see in black and white, feel in slow motion,I drown myself in sorrow, until I wake up tomorrow.The illusion of confusion is not from where I am sat(Tricky: recycle resemble me)Different levels of the devil's company[Primera.]They lead us outside, take us out quietlyTo the cage through the barsYou see scars: results of my rageThe place where I stand gives way to liquid linoUnderneath the weeping willow lies a weeping whinoThe place where I stand gives way to liquid linoUnderneath the we... More About: Ricky , Icky
EDM #145 - Weeping Willow (100 Ideas 18)
2007-11-19 15:52:00 My favorite tree has always been the weeping willow. The curtains of drooping branches that sweep the ground are beautiful and make the tree a great hiding place. They are pretty common here in Germany, but I have only once been under one. In Autum they have a special golden glow due to the then yellowish leaves. At our last parting bending between boat and shore . . . That weeping willowby Masaoka Shiki (1866-1902) More About: Ideas , Willow
Stick Boy And Match Girl In Love by Tim Burton
2007-11-15 18:10:00 Stick Boy liked Match Girl ,He liked her a lot.He liked her cute figure,he thought she was hot.But could a flame ever burnfor a match and a stick?It did quite literally;he burned up quick. More About: Love , Tim Burton , Stick
Burn! (WTJ)
2007-11-15 01:51:00 Today, I´m not adding anything to this post. It is Benjamin´s text, who is doing the project with me."Burn this page (WTJ)"Benjamin: "Many years ago I also burned a page. It was a love letter and the burning was part of a ceremony. I was sure by burning the letter my words would find their way straight to the addressees heart. Sending it, getting it read - that's at least what I thought - wouldn't transport my feelings in an adequate way.I used a glass ashtray and lighter petrol. I put it on a small metal plate on my bed and set the letter on fire. It was a light blue sea of flames. And while the paper turned brown then black I was still sure I would have done the best thing I could. Until - the fire made the ashtray burst into two pieces. The rest of the petrol flew onto the plate. It got hot, so hot, that the quilt on my bed started melting. I panicked, tried to extinguish the fire. But it got worse. The plate slipped from the bed and what was left from the fire burned a serious...
Sushi (100 Ideas 4)
2007-11-14 12:40:00 Dinner time is always very busy, specially with the kids around. No chance of being able to draw my dinner then. So I decided to draw my lunch. Usually I only eat something small at home. But yesterday I saw this delicious box full of sushi waiting for me right there on my way back home from an appointment. I decided to treat myself as I love sushi and haven´t had it for about 5 years! I´m sure I was also inspired by a sushi drawing done by The Renaissance Chameleon. I saw it the first time about 10 months ago and I really like it very much. It also got me to do more Moleskine drawings.4. Draw your dinner.You can´t imagine how difficult it was to draw the sushi instead of eating it. So I had to do a quick illustration... always eating the parts, which I had already completed drawing. Give me more!You can find a lot of sushi drawings in Moleskines at flickr. I guess, it is easier to draw your food when it won´t get cold while doing so.Link to Mim´s post More About: Ideas , Sushi
Pour, Spill, Drip, Spit, Fling Your Coffee Here (WTJ)
More articles from this author:2007-11-12 22:21:00 Last week finally I started Project 1 "Wreck this journal" (WTJ), which celebrates creative destruction, with Benjamin. I was surprised he wanted to do this with me as it takes some time and who´s got spare time?But then we did the first few pages of the journal together and I could see how much he enjoyed destroying his copy of the journal. You can´t imagine how much fun it is to fill/destroy the book in a messy kind of way.Before we started I had to get a third copy - just because it looks lovely without our messing around and because I really felt sorry for this wonderful little book. So now I have got a clean and empty copy of the journal and one which is already brown and messy after filling the first page."Pour, Spill, Drip , Spit , Fling Your Coffee Here (WTJ)"Benjamin made his stains this way:Benjamin: "I hate those unavoidable coffee stains on my white office table. So I decided just to sprinkle some tea onto this journal page. Stupid me: Those sprinkles were hard to notice.W... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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