Escher.. in Lego

Being an un-ashamed lego addict as a kid, Andrew Lipson's site had me rather giddy! He has recreated some of Escher's famous works in Lego, and they are pretty awesome.





Lego seems to be a pretty popular medium, I've seen it used in stop-motion style animation quite a few times (music videos especially - think the last one I saw was the White Stripes?)

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On another completely unrelated note, if any of you are wannabe petrol-heads like me, check out the Nurburgring Webcam for some car-perving action!!

Over and out.

Chema Madoz

Jose Maria Rodriguez Madoz or Chema Madoz is a Spanish photographer, best known for his black and white surrealist photographs.



I am a sucker for black and white photography, having been brought up with both my parents and my brother heavily into it as a hobby, and Chema's work particularly appeals to me as it mainly focuses on everyday objects and forms, which is what I tend to photograph myself.



I often find surrealist work confusing, and thus, uninteresting as a lot of it just seems too much effort to me! But Chema's work is understandable in its simplicity which I especially like.

Post Secret

I'm guessing most of you are aware of this project/blog, it's something I check out on a regular basis - probably because I'm REALLY nosy by nature!!
The basic premise is that the general public submit secrets written on postcards which are collected and posted in the blog. There is also one (or more?) books available featuring selected works from the project.

Post Secret Blog

Some really diverse and interesting things crop up, from the seemingly desparate and genuine confessions; hurredly scrawled:



To the more hope-they-aren't genuine, slightly disturbing efforts:



I highly recommend you all check postsecret out if you haven't already, it really is very interesting, to me all the work just seems so vibrant and alive knowing that there is real emotion behind each piece.

Stumble Upon

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In a similar vein to my first post, I have a few tricks up my sleeve for when I'm stuck for inspiration on a project or for if something has just become a bit... stale.

Stumble Upon is a great application for firefox/ie which never fails to find something interesting and/or inspiring.

Try it today!

Work Work Work

Was shown this recently, should ring some bells with most of you!!

Panoramas....

Been taking quite a few recently, I got a new 'everyday' camera just before summer and it'll make panoramic photos on-the-go, so although they are no where near as accurate as the ones I post-produce with my other digital camera, the effects produced can be quite interesting, especially when used with the extra wide-angle lens.

Procrastination

Procrastinate –verb (used with object)
1. to put off till another day or time; defer; delay.

Exactly what I've been doing since my work placement fell through, it's about time I got round to my Glog.

But, I also find myself procrastinating when I am stuck with a problem or idea - and how does one procrastinate.. without the procrastinator!!



www.theprocrastinator.co.uk

I love mine, it sits on my desk and If i'm ever stuck for inspiration or am just SICK of looking at the same project for the last zillion hours I can just pick it up and scribble away (also v. good for last minute presents for people who have everything.)