My friend Marleen just gave me some sad news: she had a painting stolen on Friday from her exhibition at the HSBC Building (Pendulum Gallery), less than 24 hours after the show’s opening night. Even worse, it’s one of four which are meant to hang together. It’s tough to imagine someone having the guts to walk out with a 4′x4′ painting, isn’t it? From a bank building, no less?
I told Marleen to try thinking of it as a compliment to her work. The work is really lovely so I recommend you check it out if you get the chance. Exhibition details on Marleen’s site.
Posted: July 21st, 2008 under Art.
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This past weekend I took part in a SoundOut Improv Choir workshop with Viviane Houle.
There were 22 participants (all women for better or worse) and we had such a hoot! I haven’t laughed so hard in a long while.
When I learned about the workshop I was quite intimidated by the improv aspect. But now I can see, as Viviane said, that training for improv is good training for life. We are improvising all day long and I think this practice will help me to be just a little more fearless. It already did that in the workshop context, in just a few hours over the weekend.
Bravo, Viviane! Can’t wait for the next round!
CC licensed photo by ktylerconk at http://flickr.com/photos/ktylerconk/2394470300/
Posted: July 15th, 2008 under Goofy, Fun & Cool, Life.
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I received the latest newsletter from Quest Food Exchange, an organization I’ve written about before. They do an amazing job of diverting food that would otherwise go to our landfills into “nutritious meals and hampers, garden and greenhouse compost and animal feed”. Now they’re expanding their great model across the province.
So without further ado, I present their current wishlist in the hopes that someone in my network can help them out. Read more »
Posted: July 10th, 2008 under Activism.
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PutPlace is asking you to “show your data loss disaster face” to win a one year subscription for 100GB data storage, plus $200 USD Amazon gift certificate.
I created the contest banners for Darren (PutPlace is a client of Capulet Communications), so I thought I’d share it with y’all. You could have a lot of fun with your entry, dramatizing a story that happened to you or even making one up. Read more »
Posted: July 3rd, 2008 under Computers & Tech, Goofy, Fun & Cool.
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As regular readers know, I’ve been brainstorming business names for myself for a while. (OK, since forever!) I just came across these articles with interesting perspective on brand names:
- Brand Names that Zag - A list of good vs. bad brand names from different niches, e.g. Olay (sounds soft like the skin it promises) vs. Noxzema (sounds toxic and is difficult to spell… I had to look it up just to write this.)
- The 6 Naming Styles - Brand names can be arbitrary (Apple), descriptive (Netflix), and so on. The distinction betwen Suggestive and Metaphorical is fuzzy for me, though. Aren’t metaphors suggestive?
Looks like there’s other great stuff to read on that site. Hat tip to Chris Wilson of Fresh Peel for the link.
Posted: June 28th, 2008 under Marketing.
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