Newsmakers

Bad Lip Reading: The Art of Digital Dissing (Part Deux)

December 15, 2011

Just for laughs. If the The International Congress of Humor is right — “laughter is down 66 – 82% worldwide compared to what it was in the 1950s.” Experts say back then people laughed on the average 18 minutes a day — and today, we are lucky if we average between 4-6 minutes. So I [...]

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Bad Lip Reading: The Art of Digital Dissing

November 27, 2011

Call me sophomoric,  but when I watched these clips, I laughed until started gasping for air. The kind of out-of-control laughter you experience when you’re supposed to be silent, and reverent in church. As of this writing, the author of this extraordinarily popular – unintentionally irreverent — viral video series remains anonymous. My hunch is — [...]

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Twin Towers: The Artist’s View

September 12, 2011

(Pic #1)  ”Sept 11″ mixed media on paper, by “Shara” Images bombard our brains by the thousands every day – and it seems lately, it’s an all-day thing. Some take our breath away, and stay with us for years – i.e., the picture known as “the falling man” from 9/11,  the stunning green-eyed Afgani refugee on [...]

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Handwriting: A Lost Art — Found Again

August 14, 2011

Morgan Library showcases the beauty — and intimacy — of artist “LISTS.” If you’re Generation Y, or in the latest group of tech-savvy kids who don’t remember life before texting, my hunch is good penmanship is not on your BFF list. In fact, TIME Magazine posits “we are witnessing the death of handwriting.” According to [...]

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Salvaging Beauty from Destruction

June 30, 2011

The demise of a local landmark reveals stunning visual treats. In my last post, I wrote about the demolition of one of Southern California’s most recognizble roadside landmarks, the Wagon Wheel Motel on Interstate 101 in Oxnard. Given its storied history, it hurt to watch it gradually disintegrate into a pile of splintered beams and waste. [...]

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