Why Morning Linkage Died and What’s Next for ShinyMagpie

Short ver­sion.  A switch from cura­tion to creation.

Slightly longer ver­sion. Morning Linkage was  path to find­ing my way back into think­ing about sto­ry telling. It is now time to start telling sto­ries of my own again.

There’s an even longer ver­sion but that should prob­a­bly stay between me, my ther­a­pist, and the hap­py band of weirdlings on the WW list.

What will you see here next? I’m still work­ing on that. I hope it’s about sto­ries and how they get built. Words, pic­tures, sounds, places, dirt, and stars.

 

 

Random Linkage (Sept 19)

Caren Alpert takes pho­tographs of food through a microscope.

Here for exam­ple is a pineap­ple leaf.

Caren Alpert's image of a pineapple leaf
pineap­ple leaf detail

Many more includ­ing sprin­kles, a spooky sun-dried toma­to, and choco­late cake.

via: fea­ture shoot

 

 

Belgian ads advis­ing you to “Take the Bus” done for the bus com­pa­ny De Lijn. Produced by Creative Conspiracy for the Duval Guillaume agency.

Ants:

Penguins:

via: PaperWalker (which you should look at just for the head­er art)

 

 

Cheeky smile of the day: Mr. McQueen’s Licence Internationale de Conduire. Trials and Scrambles.

McQueen's Int'l License
would you trust this man with your motorcycle?

 

via: Gunslinger

Random Linkage (July 27)

A real­ly love­ly lit­tle side­car rig. Honda CB550. The rebuild is appro­pri­ate for the era and the paint is so sweet.

very nice sidecar
lit­tle CB550 makes a great tug for this lit­tle chair

via: BikeEXIF

A look inside the mind of builder Dustin Kott. Cafe Racers from vin­tage Japanese bikes. By Benedict Campbell.

via: Return of the Cafe Racers

 

 

From Emily Carrol who does dream­like comics and sto­ries. a tale of sil­very hair and a cov­etous crow. Anu-Anulan and Yir’s Daughter.

Anu-anuland and Yir's Daughter
Anu-Anulan and Yir’s Daughter

 

 

Cut paper, pop-up books, and pro­ject­ed lights & images, bring Ice Book to chill­ing life. This video gives you an idea of what the piece looks like in per­son and how it is cre­at­ed. Davy and Kristin McGuire.

 

via: Coilhouse

Random Linkage (July 17)

Villagers! vikings! Castles, swords, and … dinosaurs? Dinosaur Battle Town, Eddie West’s 4th year project will thrill the 4 year-old boy in everyone.Yeah, it remind­ed me of Howl’s Moving Castle just a lit­tle too.

 

 

The effec­tive­ness of sim­ple mate­ri­als used in a clever way. Paper, pens, scis­sors. Not to men­tion the charm­ing not quite English of its creator.

Every cup of cof­fee con­tains its own soul, extract­ed from your feel­ing today.every cup of cof­fee is like a mag­ic show con­tain­ing dif­fer­ent jour­ney and bring­ing the unend­ing imag­i­na­tion and surprises.With a sip of cof­fee, you not only taste your own sto­ry, but also change your per­spec­tive of the world.

Stop motion essence of coffee :)

 

 

Expressive - white and blank space.
Sara Burgess

 

 

More papery won­der­ful­ness, insects, leaves, and very spe­cial 3‑D forms. Sara Burgess works with white paper and an x‑acto knife.

via: Oh So Beautiful Paper

Random Linkage (April 3)

Talented dancer, com­pos­er, and film-maker. Daniel  (cloud) Campos. “Music Box’  about find­ing the per­fect apart­ment, the vid fea­tured at the moment will make you smile.

If you can bring your­self to watch “Rain Dodger” you’ll get a gig­gle but it may be too much for many con­sid­er­ing the ridicu­lous rain we’re hav­ing right now.

More envi­ron­men­tal sound. A giant xylo­phone cre­at­ed in the woods by Drill Inc. A slow rolling ball and a gen­tle incline pick out a famil­iar tune. Images from the shoot.

Robot hap­pi­ness. Well used, retro style toys by Cris Rose.
dirty faces and warm hearts

Extreme cam­era geek­i­ness, with the Girl DP. How to make very cus­tom bokeh fil­ters. hearts, stars, moons, and *words* in daz­zling fuzzy light.

making words with light

… do not read below this line …

And com­plete­ly, irre­deemably, unnec­es­sary: a My Little Pony/Dark Knight mashup. Worthwhile com­ments on the dai­ly what.

you were warned.