Wednesday 10 Mar 2010
Crab Fishing
Slow Food A kama'aina family fished for the evening's dinner of crabs.
Hanalei Pier.Kauai.HI.USA | August 2009
Submarines
(S)old Souls Retired submarines with their innards on display.
Pearl Harbor.HI.USA | August 2009
Retail Strategy Creative marketing techniques around town - some more inspiring than others.
Houston.TX.USA | Summer 2009
Daunting to Delicious Challenged myself to figure out what one does with an acorn squash.
My experiment: Cut|Scrape|Bake|Scoop|Mash|Toss with caramelized shallots.
Houston.TX.USA | September 2009
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Tayyba Kanwal Blogs [v.]
For non-artist parents of budding artists PDF Print E-mail

learningtolookFor the fine-arts-challenged, such as myself, I've needed help supporting my children's budding interest and skills in the fine arts. They are getting ahead of me! So I've been looking for resources for parents to help them better reinforce these skills and interests during family activities etc. And I've found a book I've fallen in love with.

At first glance it doesn't seem like much - the plates and figures of art reproductions aren't exactly coffee-table-book material. But once you start reading, it is an incredible crash course for what to look for in all sorts of visual artistic expression--from painting to prints to sculpture to architecture; from proportion to color to form to the space and setting of a piece. The book talks in layman terms about what makes a piece of art interesting and which of its qualities and techniques/materials have what impact on the viewer.

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What your words really said PDF Print E-mail

Want a visual representation of the main themes in your piece of writing? Stick it into Wordle and see what you really said. You might surprise yourself with the subconscious themes that pop up in your work. Wordle churns out a unique piece of word art by parsing your piece and sifting out the high frequency words. The more often you used a word, the larger it shows up in the Wordle. And if you're in it for more than just navel gazing, and actually want something that looks pretty, it lets you play with the fonts and colors. Sweeeeeet! Check it out on wordle.net

Here's a wordle of a children's essay I wrote for Houston's Public Radio.

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Who knew Tim Burton was a writer? PDF Print E-mail

Nay, a poet. This video is almost (...almost) worthy of Edward Gorey.

Tim Burton's Vincent on You Tube