A la peanut butter sandwiches!

by Danielle on February 25, 2010

Hurry over to the National Post to see all the Muppets from Sesame Street.

Forty years worth of muppets all in one place. Rollover each one to (re) learn their name and the season the muppet was first introduced.

Did you know Bert had a twin brother named Bart? Honest! And he looks just like someone I used to date.

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Gotta have art

by Danielle on February 22, 2010

This lovely fellow agreed to be in my blog.  He’s from Neglia Design in Toronto and he made this T-Shirt at summer camp. Not recently, no. In the early 80s.

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Is your city dressed for success?

February 22, 2010

First impressions count, it’s as true for cities as it is for job interviews.
What do people think when they see your city? Hard perhaps for you to see because you’ve got old eyes. So instead, think of something in your city that’s a little bit new. A building, a bench, a sculpture. You’ve got new [...]

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How to change your life

February 19, 2010

How to change your life? Give up. Don’t give up trying to change your life. Change it by giving up.
The society I know values persistence. Right now the Winter Olympics are playing out on our TV screens with testimonials to the effort and diligence of the athletes. If persistence were a painting, it would be [...]

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The Artist Project Toronto | March 4-7, 2010

February 17, 2010

The Artist Project Toronto | March 4-7, 2010: this is my favourite Toronto art show.
People often ask me how they can find artists – affordable, unknown and GOOD. This is where.
If you cannot attend the show, spend some time on the Artist Directory web page: The Artist Project Toronto Artist Directory.

Here’s what the Project [...]

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Not another Coach handbag

February 15, 2010

How do arts advocates get other people to see value in arts and culture? People do care, they do think art is important. Facts bear this out, see this blog post Art is Good For You.
What doesn’t happen often enough is what marketers call the ‘conversion’. We’ve got people nodding, yes, art is important, but [...]

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Information, beautiful AND useful

February 11, 2010

Information is beautiful. In my last posted I solved a pressing dilemma: could one be creative and analytical at the same time? Yes, resounding yes. A great example of this in the realm of information design. Brilliant people take information, make it easy to consume and bam! it’s useful.
I first learned about information design at [...]

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Is analyze the opposite of create?

February 9, 2010

Read is the opposite of write, listen is the opposite of play and watch is the opposite of perform. Looking at it in black and white, though, none of these statements ring true to me. Absolutes never do. Yet the process of analysis needs to recognize absolutes – but even the result of a calculation [...]

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18 months later

February 7, 2010

Eighteen glorious months ago I left the corporate world to head for happier shores. Gone are the long holidays, the bonus, the big paychecks, the fancy title. Gone are the people who try to do your job, who are bullies, who swear at you, who take credit. Gone is my super-skinny self – the result [...]

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Sculpture game

February 6, 2010

My Picasso-head post was popular so here’s another game.
There are three sculptors. Two have recent, local connections to Toronto. What are they?
http://www.artsology.com/sculpture_find.php

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