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Slow Food A kama'aina family fished for the evening's dinner of crabs.
Hanalei Pier.Kauai.HI.USA | August 2009

(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

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For non-artist parents of budding artists

For 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.

An alphabet book like none I've come across before or since. I think my favorite page has to be "N is for Neville, who died of ennui." What more can I say? If dark humor is your thing, I recommend getting your hands on a copy of this.

The Gashlycrumb Tinies, Edward Gorey

Who knew Tim Burton was a writer?

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