Category: Play
Cycling, video games, movies, anything I consider play
Top art films
So I wanted to list my top art films, that is films about art, not art films like David Lynch’s Eraserhead. I can’t really put these in any particular order but I thought I would describe why I like each film so much. Woman in Gold Starring Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds …
Ma’agalim
I came across this charming animation video on reddit which /u/xChipsus translated. Ma’agalim – Jane Bordeaux from Uri Lotan on Vimeo. Nights turn into days Days turn into years And among them I was going faster in circles Winds are blowing on me Blow on the back of my …
Ma’agalim
I came across this charming animation video on reddit which /u/xChipsus translated. Ma’agalim – Jane Bordeaux from Uri Lotan on Vimeo. Nights turn into days Days turn into years And among them I was going faster in circles Winds are blowing on me Blow on the back of my …
Favorite U2 Songs
I have been a U2 fan since 1988. My parents took my sister and I to the UK and the rental car we had had a CD player. Nicole and I pooled some money and bought “The Joshua Tree” and listened to it over and over for the entire summer. …
The French Canadian
Have you ever had a London fog? It’s a drink at Starbucks which is English Breakfast tea, steamed milk and vanilla syrup. At Balzac’s they offer a Parisian mist, which is essentially the same thing but with French Breakfast tea. Well I came up with my own I call “the …
More pottery samples
So I worked on another set of sample tiles. This time it was bronze, called Lamp’s Bronze. The recipe is pretty straightforward with nice results but I am having troubles with changing it. The base recipe is Lamp’s Bronze 7 – Ball Clay 86 – Cedar Heights Redart 7 – …
Lessons from pottery
I am learning some very important life lessons since I started throwing pots. The most obvious to me is patience. Patience is everything in pottery. First in throwing. If you try to rush a piece and pull to hard your piece will end up lop-sided and uneven. Since “there is …