High Five Yogi

My good friend and excellent all round human Yogi sent me this you tube link for a guy who cycles round New York high-fiving people. He sent me said link with an accompanying request; to put it on this blog. However, if I am being terribly honest, I did not like the video that much...I almost did, but not quite (sorry Yogi). However, since I'd cleverly and hilariously replied to his 'you should put this on your blog' comment with the genius retort 'I'll put YOU on my blog' - I will.


Also, Yogi is coming out to stay in New Zealand with me in 2 weeks time! I am proper excited.

Alyssa Monks

OK, hang on...so, first of all look at these images from Alyssa Monks 2009 portfolio.

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Will

Done it? OK now you're ready I can tell you that these are in fact paintings not photos. Jaw sufficiently dropped? Pretty ridiculous really. Seeing her paintings kind of makes me want to paint immediately and kind of makes me want to never paint again. Either way I still can't get my head around the beautiful details. Check out the rest of her portfolio here. Found through the always great Please Sir.

Nixon are awesome...

Nixon have released a whole load of new watches recently. This Newton Digital is my favourite though...I really, really want it...maybe next pay day. The blue one is particularly rad but if I'm feeling grown up I'll get the black one instead

White Box

There are many things to love about this video by Makoto Yabuki. The soundtrack works perfectly, the animation is quaint and cute without being too much and the camera work is soft and lovely. However, after four minutes and eight seconds of feeling quite warm and fuzzy inside, my favourite, favourite thing about this video is the way those coloured pencils are so well lined up. They are just so lined up. Fantastic.

Through Reuben Miller, originally posted on Share Some Candy

Life-Size

I've always enjoyed things that are out of scale. Like when mugs or glasses are huge and it makes me feel like a borrower...you know like Ian Holm in that TV series I used to watch. But there are not normally many opportunities to enjoy the reverse of this...until now.

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Door

Life-Size is a series of photographs by Cynthia Greig from Detroit. The images are of her friends and family holding and struggling to utilise everyday objects in miniature. She says that as "smaller scale surrogates of the original, the miniature seems to imply the existence of some kind of alternative universe where we are like gods, omnipotent and in control." Interesting concept and the photos...well, they are gorgeous.

Magnifying Glass

By the way, I found Cynthia's work through a new favourite blog Please Sir. You should go there next.

Watch Listen Tell

To record a band live and outdoors with a stills camera in video mode and make it look as beautiful as this is quite a feet I think. The way it's shot is so soft, and the occasional well timed focus pull keeps the whole thing intimate and honest.



Watch Listen Tell comes from director Dave Tree and is by no means new to internet world. It is the first time I have seen the videos though, and seeing as no one will read this anyway it doesn't matter if it's not breaking news. The you tube channel is well worth exploring with some excellent bands including the new Mercury Prize winners, Speech Debelle. My favourite though is the Florence and the Machine track My Boy Builds Coffins