Week 12

Nov 24/10 - Last night I went to a concert of authentic New Orleans jazz music. The first half of the show was enjoyable but wasn't particularly breath taking in my mind. It wasn't until Allen Toussaint came on stage that I noticed a huge difference in the performance of the other musicians. He brought a beautiful harmony to the group and even seemed to tame but also play with the priorly hidden talent of the others. Toussaint introduced a song with the description of a famous AXE commercial and announced that the song from that commerical was done by him. It brings a new appreciation for the song to me, because quite often you don't think of the absolute beauty of a song in a commerical, you're usually focused on the ad itself. The experience was overall very enlightening and refreshing.

Week 11

Nov 18/10 - I was introduced to a popular video collage on youtube called AMV. It is a montage of famous songs, quotes, or phrases synced to random suiting anime shows or movies. I am not a huge fan of amine but even this video, I found easy to watch for its full length of an hour and 26 minutes. I have a huge passion for video editing, espeically taking things from a completely different context and giving the situation a new meaning. Perhaps that is why I connected with this video so greatly.
While watching the 5 video I developed the idea of creating my own "DMV" which would be the same idea only with Disney videos. I've already begun a list of videos and songs.

Week 10

Nov 10/10 - I have been inspired to redesign my student website. I was looking at my classmates' websites and it forced me to think about the condition of my own. I realized that into my second year I have developed an apathy for the layout of my website and messily posted assignments up without any concern for organization. The more I surf the web the greater my inspiration expands. Generic, professional websites such as Facebook or Google are the sites I am most commonly surfing and because of its technical functionality that I don't tend to receive any inspiration from those sites. It's once I start wandering onto websites I have never seen before, that have more of a creative and artistic touch, is when I start thinking about what I am capable of creating.
Here are a few sites I came across that drove my muse wheels:

• http://www.ink2art.com/
• http://www.darasgarden.com/
• http://www.osvaldas.info/

Week 9

Nov 4/10 - Today I was waiting at the streetcar stop to go to class when my neighbour offered me a ride downtown. I graciously accepted. He owns pigeons that he breeds, raises, and races. He was telling me that he was on his way to the exhibition for the Royal Winter Fair. It was clear he was displaying his birds down there because I could hear them cooing the in the back. To me, all I see pigeons for are rats with wings. I think their appearance is nothing of beauty and that they have little to no intelligence. But when my neighbour was describing to me the other birds he was surrounded by in the fair; hens, turkeys, etc. he described them with such enthusiasm that made me realize, that these creatures really are beautiful. They may seem pea-brained and dirty on the streets, but when they're bred in captivity that can be quite remarkable.