tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16826203661598471422024-02-19T05:30:29.438-08:00CRAFTINGEllenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18195548156063387894noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682620366159847142.post-41380687658906080872012-03-25T13:08:00.002-07:002012-03-25T13:21:35.629-07:00Art & Drawing<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 16px; ">'shorn of any faith in God, the arts have become imbued with the qualities of a secularised religion. The only immortality anyone believes in now is the immortality of the artist, whose soul is encapsulated in his works for all eternity.' - Will Self</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 16px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 16px; ">Tomorrow is the first of a new monthly drawing meeting, I'm running. It is a 'drop in' style at Cornerstone church office premises in Kingston.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 16px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 16px; ">I've been looking online- revisiting the advice of my Art foundation tutor (I learnt from him over ten years ago). I found some refreshing and good advice to approach drawing with a new sense of adventure. However, before embarking on this new drawing activity I am happy to remind myself and be ready to remind others that drawn artwork is not the immortal treasure we often deceive ourselves into believing it is, with our investments of time and money to go to see masterpieces, or preferring quiet Art galleries to lively church meetings. It is good to be skilled and work hard to draw well as drawing is a skill and a gift from God. But to many in these times, Art in itself can become a God.</span></div>Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18195548156063387894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682620366159847142.post-56931933925255055332012-02-21T14:50:00.000-08:002012-02-21T15:13:24.770-08:00Perfect<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiEPPUNqWY6lTWcMS1yPDhF1O9ZV0ZabjEtDSyALxbMMdVNGGMiCj39sdIpZkzTEcx4zqhxYJ1qUig2gOuFhBwjXfAuuI2qrSh4C6rTIDfYv5ZNeNV1IylllzigIkl5Qdxpm5AAccVLXk/s1600/Billy-Corgan-Perfect.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 220px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiEPPUNqWY6lTWcMS1yPDhF1O9ZV0ZabjEtDSyALxbMMdVNGGMiCj39sdIpZkzTEcx4zqhxYJ1qUig2gOuFhBwjXfAuuI2qrSh4C6rTIDfYv5ZNeNV1IylllzigIkl5Qdxpm5AAccVLXk/s320/Billy-Corgan-Perfect.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711725601165665746" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Billy Corgan sang a song entitled 'Perfect' on the Smashing Pumpkins 1998 album Adore… in this picture (that I have hand- drawn copies of, numerous times in the past) from one of the singles on the album, he looks to me to be an angel-like image (but phoney) of perfection, a bit like Sinead O Connor in 'Nothing Compares' video.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>These past few days I have felt a heightened awareness of other peoples expectations of perfection in the people and spaces around them. And the negative feelings this produces (in me!).</div><div><br /></div><div>So in turn I've become more aware of how I also follow this pattern, in projecting my own ideas of perfection onto others and myself.</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV7y2MSaJSV7r-5OGN9D7gkkQc1WDLJRSEgzmKSUq05BgStq9ybRRhc9p9ijUGepTZ8MjSxgS_DfFHVd1xlWe8Xw5oyfGg7X31UFs42SGQaJv7HPYOy-vhugmtg6JEvq2B_GwXltgdS70/s1600/Anthea+Turner+-+Perfect+Housewife.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV7y2MSaJSV7r-5OGN9D7gkkQc1WDLJRSEgzmKSUq05BgStq9ybRRhc9p9ijUGepTZ8MjSxgS_DfFHVd1xlWe8Xw5oyfGg7X31UFs42SGQaJv7HPYOy-vhugmtg6JEvq2B_GwXltgdS70/s320/Anthea+Turner+-+Perfect+Housewife.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711725508949600258" /></a><br /><br /><div>Anthea Turner 'The Perfect Housewife'.</div><div><br /></div><div>In Cornerstone Church, Kingston that I am part of, the teaching repeatedly emphasises the importance of understanding grace - admitting that we cannot achieve perfection in our own power, from our own efforts. This is in contrast to previous churches I've been in, where the emphasis would be 'what am I doing for God?'. I'm not criticising the latter teaching as it was presented in the context of the believer receiving Gods grace, then being encouraged to follow up with action, not being lazy about their personal commitment to follow Jesus.</div><div><br /></div><div>But it is true that as Christians we do need to be repeatedly hammered and commit to being personally conscious of the gospel of grace, that nothing we do on this earth will ever earn us a place in the eternal perfection of being with Father God in heaven, a place of no imperfection. It is a free gift from God to you when you admit your sin to him and ask Him to rescue you.</div><div><br /></div><div>"To all perfection I see a limit but your commands are boundless" - The Bible, Psalm 119:96.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18195548156063387894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682620366159847142.post-32190393533162392862011-11-15T12:10:00.000-08:002011-11-15T12:12:52.149-08:00Jesus and the Sabbath<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUzqDvZ4Tqr1hqLZaIwnOMv_AVsjf_fByr7WYMazpWJ-qbFLrT326sIcYGqZbmuwjUPH4kpuP8WAMuY_jBJZpMPTio_N3luMJsdttLwATUEsMYCfOCoSwkcLgjHgQrww72yDtZtCA5Rws/s1600/JATS-FINAL.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUzqDvZ4Tqr1hqLZaIwnOMv_AVsjf_fByr7WYMazpWJ-qbFLrT326sIcYGqZbmuwjUPH4kpuP8WAMuY_jBJZpMPTio_N3luMJsdttLwATUEsMYCfOCoSwkcLgjHgQrww72yDtZtCA5Rws/s320/JATS-FINAL.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675317677387623250" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>I designed this graphic for a current series of sermons in Cornerstone church. </div><div><br /></div>Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18195548156063387894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682620366159847142.post-42626272993108064072011-09-19T11:04:00.000-07:002011-09-19T14:24:59.817-07:00September Pictures<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0F5PntwISww7NHsRJ1dve5n-US_Zqj12T8yWAdbaO2poItZjOHU3AIs600mzp-vRLcgcvYqbOMgE31org8uv4zHZmfNJbJHPoczzNnZiycld4tQhQch3GoQf46TgZZkCwK1Lc7K3nd2M/s1600/yellow+map.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0F5PntwISww7NHsRJ1dve5n-US_Zqj12T8yWAdbaO2poItZjOHU3AIs600mzp-vRLcgcvYqbOMgE31org8uv4zHZmfNJbJHPoczzNnZiycld4tQhQch3GoQf46TgZZkCwK1Lc7K3nd2M/s320/yellow+map.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654184487330388482" /></a><br /><div>The Map I'm working on.</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVBrfanQNM0QqYMB3CtrDGREqZ9tHCSZ8gAs7EBfouap-HY5H_RumHo5GoMePFTPZ2HaO25t-ow7GQAHhN-thOlnf_hepoyuE4bdL5BU9WN6Y3Tx78VZWkVYzUg50kM1j2U7WG-puSv6s/s1600/blog+clippet+deer.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVBrfanQNM0QqYMB3CtrDGREqZ9tHCSZ8gAs7EBfouap-HY5H_RumHo5GoMePFTPZ2HaO25t-ow7GQAHhN-thOlnf_hepoyuE4bdL5BU9WN6Y3Tx78VZWkVYzUg50kM1j2U7WG-puSv6s/s320/blog+clippet+deer.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654133507053258722" /></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVBrfanQNM0QqYMB3CtrDGREqZ9tHCSZ8gAs7EBfouap-HY5H_RumHo5GoMePFTPZ2HaO25t-ow7GQAHhN-thOlnf_hepoyuE4bdL5BU9WN6Y3Tx78VZWkVYzUg50kM1j2U7WG-puSv6s/s1600/blog+clippet+deer.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>Grasshead, from the workshop last weekend.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioBV2QZzcjwx8PIdf6dk6Td7fXYTsMzloIS_jGG4H0lGHozOwEk_idziHZdL00f8nEfKZXhn7OOBMMn1AnRNnVVcWidCX5JtdDQEySRG7ghzC5naqZ_kn603NOc9j3hWUovBcBzki0xRQ/s1600/Photo0029.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioBV2QZzcjwx8PIdf6dk6Td7fXYTsMzloIS_jGG4H0lGHozOwEk_idziHZdL00f8nEfKZXhn7OOBMMn1AnRNnVVcWidCX5JtdDQEySRG7ghzC5naqZ_kn603NOc9j3hWUovBcBzki0xRQ/s320/Photo0029.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654133357970009410" /></a><br /></div>Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18195548156063387894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682620366159847142.post-48240422302576328152011-09-04T15:04:00.000-07:002011-09-04T15:10:46.108-07:00Grassheads, MapTwo creative projects this week!<div>
<br /></div><div>I've taken Monday afternoon off work to spend all afternoon and evening creating a beautiful map of Kingston for September freshers to be given at the Cornerstone stall in Freshers week. I need to be 'fresh' and friendly about this.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>Grassheads workshop on Sunday afternoon. I am drafting an email appealing for ladies used tights! Maybe my boss will donate unwanted elastic bands that the postman leaves on post bundles. This will be very exciting if I plan it right. The possibilities are endless. Stop motion animation of grass head hair growing anyone?</div>Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18195548156063387894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682620366159847142.post-59186152444277950622011-01-10T12:08:00.000-08:002011-01-10T12:32:18.563-08:00ReadingI'm currently reading a fat book called 'The Way We Live Now' by Anthony Trollope, set in 1870s London. I recognise some of the posh road names from customer references at work. My job is in an office providing curtain poles to mainly London based Interior Design Companies.<div><br /></div><div>I'm now on page 552 and am very proud of this.<div><br /></div><div>Why? The honest answer, to impress my Dad, or at least have something to talk to him about. When I told him last year I had read a Jane Austen book 'Persuasion' he said to try some Trollope. Its an opportune time, now that I live in New Malden without a television or boyfriend.</div><div><br /></div><div>It has been a labour of love but at 75% of the way through the book it has started to become more interesting and I feel able to enjoy reflecting on the meaning of the characters and to try to work out what the author is trying to say. I am now eager to discover the authors conclusions on who should end up marrying who, who will be wealthy at the end and if there will be a sense of justice.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, back to my Dad.</div><div><br /></div><div>He is one of the most amazing, humble and intelligent people I know. He has written many small plays and in February (19th, 20th and 21st), two of them will be on show at the Roses Theatre in Tewkesbury, acted by TADS (Tewkesbury Arts and Drama Society). I think he is also acting in both. I cannot wait to go as I saw one of the plays in October last year and it was cracking, and expertly directed by TADS member Oonagh Hughes. I have read the other one 'Committtee Meeting' and it will be interesting to see it on the boards.</div><div><br /></div><div>http://www.rosestheatre.org/live/tads.aspx</div><div><br /></div><div>So I wanted to show him that I respect his opinion enough to read the whole of this blooming book. As he is getting on in years I thought it would be a good idea to create more connections. It turns out he hasn't read this one though, but I intend to have finished it by February when I'll pass it on to him.</div><div><br /></div></div>Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18195548156063387894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682620366159847142.post-10307708965681521432010-11-02T12:32:00.000-07:002011-09-19T15:18:40.568-07:00Vote for me! Vote Vote Vote!<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="http://enterthepitch.com/1287106671.pitch" target="_blank">http://enterthepitch.com/1287106671.pitch</a><br /><br /></div><div>I hope to put images of the storyboard onto this blogspot.</div></span>Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18195548156063387894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682620366159847142.post-80188189707531232292010-11-01T11:44:00.000-07:002010-11-01T11:47:50.966-07:00I designed these flyers for Christmas events!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS7VNvWqkypA7_RXSMFX0iFbBwlkGHi3pX6-vz6gGs0ElsiOFwFJNF3JvI3SKboMLatcrGp8eNqPzBlJCXdt7kRSLprVlUy0fVW2qTno4p9y8reRZDELo2YgJRWlpVKQpY-Y717fn2bxQ/s1600/cbc+with+flame+.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 224px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS7VNvWqkypA7_RXSMFX0iFbBwlkGHi3pX6-vz6gGs0ElsiOFwFJNF3JvI3SKboMLatcrGp8eNqPzBlJCXdt7kRSLprVlUy0fVW2qTno4p9y8reRZDELo2YgJRWlpVKQpY-Y717fn2bxQ/s320/cbc+with+flame+.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534654664724602706" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCK8a58AsT8GvXS4PqARXs7Kp1agKzIN6CviK-0t_0WJUPhnXLgLsiFwwc872p2ySAUHuNC_QPLqc4F8Pu_owk_F4PIuGOOaL9ZLXIOET3e2FRWvhlWCSNufneKHvO1yuEhbHEeHNzg28/s1600/be20102.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 224px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCK8a58AsT8GvXS4PqARXs7Kp1agKzIN6CviK-0t_0WJUPhnXLgLsiFwwc872p2ySAUHuNC_QPLqc4F8Pu_owk_F4PIuGOOaL9ZLXIOET3e2FRWvhlWCSNufneKHvO1yuEhbHEeHNzg28/s320/be20102.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534654658982152594" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIF4qtKqwp8ruo_YUfZJXJj_UNjx9gJISvOOI0_yWsV0ci8VGWBVzJoHdiQPNgXT0-hdc4XjBtQphpz7LaRAjMmxiUYL5dhkkuADrH264HKpo4BVbOMkaXpHApLJ2G9i7uWRAew6_AG6o/s1600/ratct2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 224px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIF4qtKqwp8ruo_YUfZJXJj_UNjx9gJISvOOI0_yWsV0ci8VGWBVzJoHdiQPNgXT0-hdc4XjBtQphpz7LaRAjMmxiUYL5dhkkuADrH264HKpo4BVbOMkaXpHApLJ2G9i7uWRAew6_AG6o/s320/ratct2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534654651147890322" /></a>Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18195548156063387894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682620366159847142.post-7070967633970905812010-10-22T10:11:00.000-07:002011-01-10T12:05:42.613-08:00leafy paths in my mind<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">'Caught some grief from a falling leaf, as she tumbled down to the dirty ground' - Counting Crows<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><br />Walking home through leafy autumnal paths… on the way home from work, by the fields near Ruxley lane, I see horses, bugs, birds, ducks, leaves, spiders, blackberries, bumps on the road.<br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">In the mornings on the way to work I saw the same kingfisher swoop its way down the stream two days in a row. A flash of blue. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">But on my way home I get my best creative thoughts, inspiration to write songs, poems and draw pictures, in my head.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I am really grateful to God for this. A friend isn't a Christian but in his spare time is writing a graphic novel. Something he had in mind to do for a long time. He finally has been on a roll with it, like he can’t put the pencil down.<br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">He told me he feels a profound gratefulness for this time of creative release.<br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Today I was reflecting on my day. I'd had a bad affect on a colleague because of a sinful impatient attitude in me. This led me to reflect on past work-experiences. I used to work in a mental health day centre, five days a week.<br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">As the only person in the premises without a severe mental health issue, throughout the day my actions must have affected the heightened fragility of those around me. What damage I may have done back then, when in a bad mood.<br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">:/</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:";"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And I remember that when I did hit problems there, I spoke to people from outside organisations for help and advice. They told me that REALLY it was the same problems in 'normal' organisations. And there is no normal well run organisation anyway. There are always power struggles and constant battles.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This annoyed me a great deal as I really wanted someone to acknowledge the severe difficulty of my circumstances and stand with me and offer support.</span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This aside, what occurred to me on my way home is that there is a truth behind the point my 'advisors' were trying to make.<br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">All humans are extremely, extremely, profoundly fragile. Regardless of mental health issues, illnesses or any other difficulty of varying harshness. How we treat each other affects us massively.<br />And I see this as yet another philosophical reinforcement for belief in God. We are so complex and utterly dependent on something bigger holding us together in this mad world.</span><br /></span></span></span></div></span>Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18195548156063387894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682620366159847142.post-65108182398373799292009-10-14T11:36:00.000-07:002011-01-10T12:07:02.070-08:00My animation is up!<a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fvimeo.com%2F6842438&h=b646448faec7a5f35ca0bea707bc5bfb">http://vimeo.com/6842438</a><div><br /></div><div>And if you like Neils music, check him launching a new album at the luminaire, kilburn high road, London on Friday night from 7.30. £5 at www.wegottickets.com/event/54145</div><div><br /></div><div>Ooooh, too much excitement for one month!</div>Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18195548156063387894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682620366159847142.post-217273617734740942009-08-20T14:48:00.000-07:002009-08-20T14:51:41.285-07:00life without garfield<a href="http://www.garfieldminusgarfield.net/">http://www.garfieldminusgarfield.net</a>Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18195548156063387894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682620366159847142.post-10400677389397757812009-08-10T12:34:00.000-07:002009-08-10T13:11:13.693-07:00Races & Faces<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAvHgflZO-94O2MJ_FlRGOggjUepL6i9v1CD17O5GLFmh2eG6ch3Xr9CbPW3QtEBtz1EWQNGjfK1fJF4MUQgnlkSOLlV64iBA1X_WKaxplHGIHLHh3aoRrJJCGFJRW4lT9Nr1YiMtYqE/s1600-h/elguy_001_01_X1_0020.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368425890028471234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAvHgflZO-94O2MJ_FlRGOggjUepL6i9v1CD17O5GLFmh2eG6ch3Xr9CbPW3QtEBtz1EWQNGjfK1fJF4MUQgnlkSOLlV64iBA1X_WKaxplHGIHLHh3aoRrJJCGFJRW4lT9Nr1YiMtYqE/s320/elguy_001_01_X1_0020.jpg" /></a><br /><div><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDiOfLyMTxUvPXSUS-G2Rwq9aZGlYe6a95YStFoJn0g9HcTh7XVZ1213GQQfrklSyyVdFEh1YM67j7co4Jr22CfyBSXK0Hhd_JiXfXkTXWsrmA9xPSEJa7w5Ngh3XKYYpAoSGppYeFeUY/s1600-h/004.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368425877547215922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDiOfLyMTxUvPXSUS-G2Rwq9aZGlYe6a95YStFoJn0g9HcTh7XVZ1213GQQfrklSyyVdFEh1YM67j7co4Jr22CfyBSXK0Hhd_JiXfXkTXWsrmA9xPSEJa7w5Ngh3XKYYpAoSGppYeFeUY/s320/004.JPG" /></a></div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-r3joN_IbEVSE38c0uiqqOyT_yGnctK5MiIHVY-IV1c-n9aYFtOxcWx3h2u_cHtI7RbG_-WaObFwlRMVcag-AyoTmv0gQ7J8TRBc4T8YOjgXH2o7TVaE15LNRynu7pvNiWTvirh5UA3s/s1600-h/014.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368425883213485746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-r3joN_IbEVSE38c0uiqqOyT_yGnctK5MiIHVY-IV1c-n9aYFtOxcWx3h2u_cHtI7RbG_-WaObFwlRMVcag-AyoTmv0gQ7J8TRBc4T8YOjgXH2o7TVaE15LNRynu7pvNiWTvirh5UA3s/s320/014.JPG" /></a></div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN4UMQ_WYV85dOtTfqBFESYinewDkPKY9Wib3tX84F3R97uinXQ6NyfUSoNMLcLLlzLPo8pFa57j-qCZHE4H-I1sFS6n-rMNIJ_mSuPVEBZi8TcOtAHYHW2wMnZCliV5okM1DZVYr5tSw/s1600-h/070.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368425886556945106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN4UMQ_WYV85dOtTfqBFESYinewDkPKY9Wib3tX84F3R97uinXQ6NyfUSoNMLcLLlzLPo8pFa57j-qCZHE4H-I1sFS6n-rMNIJ_mSuPVEBZi8TcOtAHYHW2wMnZCliV5okM1DZVYr5tSw/s320/070.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />The last two weeks sermons at church have been very inspiring and relevant, from Hebrews (one of my favourites) about running your race. Through these messages God has been motivating me to complete this masters course and this project.<br /></div><div><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-: EN-GBfont-family:'Times New Roman';" ><a href="http://www.co-mission.org.uk/fcc/sermons.php">http://www.co-mission.org.uk/fcc/sermons.php</a> (the sermons aren't up yet, but I guess they will be soon as some of the admin crew are away)</span></div><div> </div><div>Woke up earlier than usual this morning and read some of 1 peter. So throughout the challenges of the day 1 peter 1 verse 7 kept reminding me in a new and amazing way of the reality that 'faith is of greater worth than Gold' having an everlasting beauty and worth.</div><div><br />Despite having 2 hours to play with in the morning before tutorials due to waking up, I managed to make myself late as I got distracted by a new creative idea for my project. I was going through my flower pressings collected last week at the allotment in order to photograph them at University under a rostrum camera (as seen above in first image). </div><div> </div><div>One of the flowers stuck to my finger accidentally and to my delight I saw a face appear on my fingertip. Thoughts of super-speedy finger animations and collages caused me to get trigger happy with the camera and before I knew it I'd missed my bus.<br /></div><div>In a way I've not applied the last sermons message very well as it was about being 'trainable' and annoying my tutor is not the best start to the week in applying that message as I believe I should listen to and value his advice as difficult as I find it. I might have some nice pictures today but will I have a film in five weeks time and finish this race? For a start I'm going to stop blogging, going out, and watching films and animations now. Research over. </div></div></div>Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18195548156063387894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682620366159847142.post-16423214055056510472009-08-09T10:31:00.000-07:002009-08-09T10:32:36.294-07:00good animations on youtube<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><span style="font-family:Calibri;">At last, found a channel on youtube full of really excellent animations! </span></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">http://www.youtube.com/user/pentruochi#play/uploads/43/ziL9-OqYk2M<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18195548156063387894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682620366159847142.post-84330736756084990112009-08-08T04:33:00.001-07:002009-08-08T15:47:59.013-07:00EncouragementsHey ho!<br /><br />Crafting wise I'm feeling fruitful and hopeful. Gary Powell (the external examiner) was an extremely cool chap, full of positivity and encouragement for all. I mentioned God a few times talking about my animation and asked him to clarify after 'are you a Christian' and he said yes, which was good to know there is an uplifting Christian artist about town (I like his stuff).<br /><br />Also good news on the time-lapse front. I want to use time lapsing live flowers in my animation, overlaying them on drawing. See my first experiment here from the allotment trip from the last post: <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/6011686">http://www.vimeo.com/6011686</a><br />Having sent out messages to over 20 time lapse artists last week, who've posted their flower videos online in various sites, I recieved one positive answer today.<br /><br />Dan Linfield: <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/danlinfield">http://www.vimeo.com/danlinfield</a> who also plays the piano pieces in his videos, a pianist, curiously like the subject of my animation. Spooky. The extra wonderful thing about this is he has uploaded about 12 suitable flower videos. Most of the people I contacted had only uploaded one or two videos.<br /><br />R.e. life...I sold two compact cameras on my second day at Jessops! Woohoo! This had nothing to do with me though... just two extroadinarily passive and I guess affluent customers. I did set off a security alarm in the process. :)<br /><br />A family member has the swine flu :( but maybe better now than later.Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18195548156063387894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682620366159847142.post-45400900775675513812009-08-05T15:19:00.000-07:002009-08-06T07:17:36.938-07:00weepop!Had an eventful & tiring day... first day at Jessops, lovely people and customers... then trying to create a time lapse flower animation with friend Matisse in flower allotments in New Malden all afternoon in the humid hot weather... we enjoyed a brief attack of flying ants which was a refreshing break from the time lapse monotony.. <div><div><div><div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVBMzNtXcqq22GGWPjJebDZV96xj3-qRDZNt14r_9r2nZMgyhHjk9WyIKqGvbSBleOQsMy_NUDKTCso8viBWsq5QgCjuEpdq6ciHD3okUmGYGiLaJv81nEh0uo_x6nv92hFfMyTCRrYc/s1600-h/P8050009.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366613514552639666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVBMzNtXcqq22GGWPjJebDZV96xj3-qRDZNt14r_9r2nZMgyhHjk9WyIKqGvbSBleOQsMy_NUDKTCso8viBWsq5QgCjuEpdq6ciHD3okUmGYGiLaJv81nEh0uo_x6nv92hFfMyTCRrYc/s320/P8050009.JPG" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">The day was completed by coming home to the arival of my copy of Amidas EP 'if the wave loves two suns'.</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;"></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0UJkLxIkBPNAm-hIiUQIt1ICrIJs3N6TgHeiEt9IizrlVOZg6GX78OlU7Tn6PM0LynDyP9FPcpeyHt5aSsA8tmtK9vvO8po74KhvuMTq2mZMPB1gbXNUXKo8_HhUNHOkZCwgQeiNt-c/s1600-h/P8050147.JPG"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 156px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366612842069114418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0UJkLxIkBPNAm-hIiUQIt1ICrIJs3N6TgHeiEt9IizrlVOZg6GX78OlU7Tn6PM0LynDyP9FPcpeyHt5aSsA8tmtK9vvO8po74KhvuMTq2mZMPB1gbXNUXKo8_HhUNHOkZCwgQeiNt-c/s320/P8050147.JPG" /></span></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36LRafYZxi_HqfbDDEJa6RHXRqK5Yvtt_55dzZlUXXrEo8rYCeIDuyPvKUMZ1J2OCgDNsMH7y78XHu_jnXfoHKdz-7ihZOu2dYmlaqqWxwZN3PDcJORQaPlLUgczPWDUxPnue-Vrv2nc/s1600-h/P8050131.JPG"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><img style="WIDTH: 213px; HEIGHT: 167px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366612864789448338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36LRafYZxi_HqfbDDEJa6RHXRqK5Yvtt_55dzZlUXXrEo8rYCeIDuyPvKUMZ1J2OCgDNsMH7y78XHu_jnXfoHKdz-7ihZOu2dYmlaqqWxwZN3PDcJORQaPlLUgczPWDUxPnue-Vrv2nc/s320/P8050131.JPG" /></span></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs5L3_1xY9zj100bGkhhb0tGULGYXCMCd3SpyGKZ0rb-dZZIxbdcwsvYxoQlCq9oIsot_pPQ72hMQpC5LDI73KPqaKr6SPXRrJPWuIL9I0IzutXzFbMrMXQ5o2Han61OwncsmPiZr4sTo/s1600-h/P8050148.JPG"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><img style="WIDTH: 213px; HEIGHT: 169px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366612861707485378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs5L3_1xY9zj100bGkhhb0tGULGYXCMCd3SpyGKZ0rb-dZZIxbdcwsvYxoQlCq9oIsot_pPQ72hMQpC5LDI73KPqaKr6SPXRrJPWuIL9I0IzutXzFbMrMXQ5o2Han61OwncsmPiZr4sTo/s320/P8050148.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;"> </span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">My friend Andy is in Amida so I've followed them over the years. I bought the EP through weepop, following the link from Amidas website. </span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/amidaband"><span style="color:#ffffff;">http://www.myspace.com/amidaband</span></a></div><div><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">I'm overwhelmed by weepops personal touch. Handwritten address, company stamped envelope (the postman didn't stamp my stamp so i also have a reusable stamp), handwritten personal note to me. A personalised sticker with printed Amida artwork. A free weepop BADGE. A sherbet sweet. then another handwritten card.The EP cost me about £4 including p&p so I recommend you buy one of the remaining 93 copies of the EP before the rest of the nation falls in love with weepop and Amida.</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;"></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccSMA88zrQUaAcJ_HW7Calenn05nuDOsaNeRXyPXlHKN0jsE-GCOLg1PBUWZahIRF4Uv-7sq5fPh9w-aqY33GWDxoBhmIZo_osFJuNWC3q7YxE-aoZjSqH6lB8lQs93l-x0I09W3-frQ/s1600-h/P8050149.JPG"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366612849428287730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccSMA88zrQUaAcJ_HW7Calenn05nuDOsaNeRXyPXlHKN0jsE-GCOLg1PBUWZahIRF4Uv-7sq5fPh9w-aqY33GWDxoBhmIZo_osFJuNWC3q7YxE-aoZjSqH6lB8lQs93l-x0I09W3-frQ/s320/P8050149.JPG" /></span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;"><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">I already knew three of the five songs and am impressed with the re-recordings of those, with some new angelic strumming and seismic keyboarding. I have to think about the two new ones a bit. Right I'm done in and out like a light </span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz</span></div></div></div></div></div>Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18195548156063387894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682620366159847142.post-54799185442837639952009-08-04T13:50:00.000-07:002009-08-04T14:04:18.526-07:00Neil McSweeney<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><cite><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';color:black;"><strong></strong></span></cite></p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><cite><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffffff;">For my final project, I'm making an animation to this track.</span></span></cite></p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><cite><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';color:#ffffff;"><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Neil+McSweeney/_/Flowers"><strong>http://www.last.fm/music/Neil+McSweeney/_/Flowers</strong></a></span></cite></p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><cite><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';color:black;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Neil is from Sheffield.</span></span></cite></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><cite><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';color:black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Ysr8UMdxhTodK1n40slvXajf0uNh99GU53BAnHXcwx0gqfMBhKF-pYaCdd3uEzHBmDH6CNzOlK4crUB4MHEdGjBw0Sdb_oNw_scHNbr_mjBlXivmHUoobFWxaAn7ds1bo2Ae6MnHM-c/s1600-h/neil.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 230px; HEIGHT: 189px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366216497658246370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Ysr8UMdxhTodK1n40slvXajf0uNh99GU53BAnHXcwx0gqfMBhKF-pYaCdd3uEzHBmDH6CNzOlK4crUB4MHEdGjBw0Sdb_oNw_scHNbr_mjBlXivmHUoobFWxaAn7ds1bo2Ae6MnHM-c/s320/neil.jpg" /></a></span></cite></p>Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18195548156063387894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682620366159847142.post-80765838306875656472009-08-02T07:34:00.000-07:002009-08-02T08:04:28.142-07:00Music Video Log<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4dDbRt-72QhzS1HVcOmKGBaOx0A8wVMv3x9M4m-AzX3XY-Seb_9xVDojkb54dt51XlEPNY8Im62EKHRCUru4fDuGtRRuDHMzKkHkzdeevc45FQyRN-U-LEVmipy2Nw7BQp56TAISxOI/s1600-h/oasis4.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 237px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365381552013463074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4dDbRt-72QhzS1HVcOmKGBaOx0A8wVMv3x9M4m-AzX3XY-Seb_9xVDojkb54dt51XlEPNY8Im62EKHRCUru4fDuGtRRuDHMzKkHkzdeevc45FQyRN-U-LEVmipy2Nw7BQp56TAISxOI/s320/oasis4.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUzGPwg0WEJ9ZhBy8wcCbBPdEndWRms_VeneECuyN3ClYDmr27YKVidHtG-pyBKAIoMCnMbrMZylgl0qoPweo3b4XFUmf0tHyxZxJ4AZEAOtCF0DVmya6msrcEZ6VqlZFVOytZDFDqK0/s1600-h/oasis3.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 237px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365381551317110466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUzGPwg0WEJ9ZhBy8wcCbBPdEndWRms_VeneECuyN3ClYDmr27YKVidHtG-pyBKAIoMCnMbrMZylgl0qoPweo3b4XFUmf0tHyxZxJ4AZEAOtCF0DVmya6msrcEZ6VqlZFVOytZDFDqK0/s320/oasis3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_8nVbg-njJ-ylTxYrW5WRYHVhpsEIbsLFbmO49nPN_01C11It_s91CMIxBlTgTTuiKZpZ0GgOY4HuM2sXrSabPTjkGrnK0tmQypu8sD3_yGJzb54miCSqpTQgjVzV4gZXWxsxv0YAkjw/s1600-h/oasis2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 237px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365381548555782034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_8nVbg-njJ-ylTxYrW5WRYHVhpsEIbsLFbmO49nPN_01C11It_s91CMIxBlTgTTuiKZpZ0GgOY4HuM2sXrSabPTjkGrnK0tmQypu8sD3_yGJzb54miCSqpTQgjVzV4gZXWxsxv0YAkjw/s320/oasis2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Have been watching 'festival favourites' on VH1</div><br /><div>Most relevant to my project was <strong>'Live Forever' Oasis </strong>video directed by Carlos Grasso, where the band are digging up what looks like a community garden, only at the end you realise it is a grave. They bury their drummer in it, but then he ressurrects himself at the end holding drumsticks. I can't stand Noels slurry vocals myself but the words are quite relevant to my own garden themed music video project: </div><div></div><div><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:78%;color:black;" ></span> </p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:78%;color:#ffffff;" >Maybe I don't really want to know<br />How your garden grows<br />I just want to fly Lately did you ever feel the pain<br />In the morning rain<br />As it soaks it to the bone<br /><br />Maybe I just want to fly<br />I want to live I don't want to die<br />Maybe I just want to breath<br />Maybe I just don't believe<br />Maybe you're the same as me<br />We see things they'll never see<br />You and I are gonna live forever<br /><br />Maybe I don't really want to know<br />How your garden grows<br />I just want to fly Lately did you ever feel the pain<br />In the morning rain<br />As it soaks it to the bone<br /><br />Maybe I will never be<br />All the things that I want to be<br />But now is not the time to cry<br />Now's the time to find out why<br />I think you're the same as me<br />We see things they'll never see<br />You and I are gonna live forever<br />We're gonna live forever<br />Gonna live forever<br />Live forever<br />Forever</span></p></div><div>Also watched:<br /></div><div><strong>'Right here, right now' -Fatboy Slim</strong>, showing animal evolution in an eastward scanning journey until a big fat man wearing a 'why try harder' T shirt ends the journey by slouching on a bench prompting the camera to scan upwards, signifying the end of the journey.</div><br /><div></div><div><strong>Elbow 'Any Day Now'</strong>, very simple illustration of job direction/confusion in an unbothered young person. Love this song, reminds me of when I worked in a mudane job with one other engraver who gave up career path of graphic design for monotonous work and his family in Sheffield</div><br /><div></div><div><strong>'FEAR', Ian Brown</strong> I hadn't heard this before, really clever wordplay in the initials of the word' Fear' </div><div></div><br /><div>E.g. </div><div>Forget Everything And Remember</div><div>Forget Everybody And Remember</div><div>For Everything A Reason</div><div></div><br /><div>There were more lyrics like this! Then a chorus of 'you got the fear? with references to beliefs and religion'. The video is of Mr Brown on a bicycle ride in reverse, starting in Chinatown (London or Manchester I'm not sure which, but I'd thought London). It seemed to me to be about progress of your journey in life.</div><div></div><br /><div><strong>Frans Ferdinand 'Take me on' </strong>Great graphical style with newspaper print and typefaces enlarged and carefully selected, clever laboured animation of figures.</div><div></div><br /><div><strong>Blur 'Boys N Girls' </strong>Kind of tacky video.</div><br /><div></div><div><strong>Katy Perry 'Hot N Cold' </strong>2008. I enjoy this video of a bride annoyed at an indecisive groom.</div></div></div>Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18195548156063387894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682620366159847142.post-48285190521707032572009-08-01T06:50:00.000-07:002009-08-01T07:17:25.576-07:00Simba<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEVtC1-myinRzbJTfWEpIFbfGH-kxd4srlLfiDrGDYpkG0fkqpygEMEwZwQ2xc8UFB22qpyB-atMPNWTK8ZigET1fyq2a__VmbTCG2XezF4YGgyKYiMCo2NGJPhLv1F2Kx0DbiiO-lrIQ/s1600-h/Image006.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364993735038505442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEVtC1-myinRzbJTfWEpIFbfGH-kxd4srlLfiDrGDYpkG0fkqpygEMEwZwQ2xc8UFB22qpyB-atMPNWTK8ZigET1fyq2a__VmbTCG2XezF4YGgyKYiMCo2NGJPhLv1F2Kx0DbiiO-lrIQ/s320/Image006.jpg" /></a> Simba is 16 years old and my landladys cat. Whilst practising the piano for tomorrow morning in church, the cat jumped up and started nudging my with his nose. He is quite big and I am quite ticklish so this was quite distracting.<br /><br />These events might not seem that strange to cat people out there. However, this is REALLY UNUSUAL!! He keeps himself to himself usually and only rubs my legs occasionally if he wants feeding. His bowl was full of food today and I'm actually slightly worried about him because of this outburst of affection. He is very arthritic and mid-nudge he kept twitching and I wondered if he was simply craving care!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnt9gvfD49qDiSg0LL1cb_d431OtUcZ1tiuqng-38b5V5AanjsfpJIXYp4doQdzf6G2NXkJZ2FEwEHzL2ANE0X0EtGbKY8O18QG8-UddzFsrQeklVLCyQ1r8WBpCcCjICRmkmbPwiVeV8/s1600-h/Image007.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364993730759569218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnt9gvfD49qDiSg0LL1cb_d431OtUcZ1tiuqng-38b5V5AanjsfpJIXYp4doQdzf6G2NXkJZ2FEwEHzL2ANE0X0EtGbKY8O18QG8-UddzFsrQeklVLCyQ1r8WBpCcCjICRmkmbPwiVeV8/s320/Image007.jpg" /></a> I wrote this note for my landlady<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpBN_Llo1wYiPcEnRIKCHXFwCLsS8FUF7ByPFlejw2bGoNDO3Vgi0tIY_So5ns_YHySY9XPp0qvTQupd_nCtsN3z4JyPXy5EmO60Y_KHv14wNUVbmp9CZSYs2WdepHq10I5BoXe8-r_YA/s1600-h/Image004.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364993728451223378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpBN_Llo1wYiPcEnRIKCHXFwCLsS8FUF7ByPFlejw2bGoNDO3Vgi0tIY_So5ns_YHySY9XPp0qvTQupd_nCtsN3z4JyPXy5EmO60Y_KHv14wNUVbmp9CZSYs2WdepHq10I5BoXe8-r_YA/s320/Image004.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Y0_lGf-KGCvUzosQ3bUjMzKHB_jFshyqjOEsxaCgl7Hhf2tZsf-6wn1MwdEf_YVa3Scc_nZd1cuWtRttjeF-RHaqRV6d37SL2JqN9URpRingKXn_hBlDh6iEnOJUtq2YrRjqjXjM2-E/s1600-h/Image001.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364993720250058434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Y0_lGf-KGCvUzosQ3bUjMzKHB_jFshyqjOEsxaCgl7Hhf2tZsf-6wn1MwdEf_YVa3Scc_nZd1cuWtRttjeF-RHaqRV6d37SL2JqN9URpRingKXn_hBlDh6iEnOJUtq2YrRjqjXjM2-E/s320/Image001.jpg" /></a> I'm trying to play this Simba!<br /><br /><br />Simba did give me an idea for my Major project - as I was playing he seemed to be listening to the music and responding! Which reminded me of this music video i love, by bens fold. It seems that there is a chimp with marital problems who comes in and helps Ben and his band set up the piano in the studio. You then watch the chimp listen to Bens playing as he sits on the sofa. </div><div></div><div><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDpiBYy5iNA&feature=PlayList&p=A71046A18303F6EC&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=1">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDpiBYy5iNA&feature=PlayList&p=A71046A18303F6EC&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=1</a></span></p></div><div></div><div></div><div>Maybe I could have a cat respond to the piano playing in my music video (MA major project)!</div><div></div><div></div><div>Other exciting news - I start working in Jessops Tuesday morning. More excitingly for me I researched Gary Powell today - he our new is external examiner for our final projects. I'm quite overwhelmed because he seems to be an artist interested in the very same kind of issues and visuals that I love and also seems to be a Christian writing openly about his faith e.g. here:</div><div></div><div><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><a href="http://domain742622.sites.fasthosts.com/faith2/gpcontact.html">http://domain742622.sites.fasthosts.com/faith2/gpcontact.html</a></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">I'm more motivated to work hard now because I feel like were singing from the same hymn sheet & I kind of dont want to let him down with shoddy results! He works in similar painterly aesthetics and I imagine will be more critical because of the similarities. Yelp!</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal">I smell of old cat now (he drools and malts at once)!</p></div></div>Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18195548156063387894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682620366159847142.post-63870186392184543872009-07-31T02:42:00.003-07:002009-07-31T02:45:49.231-07:00an old drawing<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWRqCEmtmz9YIkuAKHhzQxjKSJNkDymu0X9DT5XFNZw364zhJNvx5sGQjCAJBnl8eOAkx3HZaBv8rBksOJaCzZhN3KAzahgpVHOp1Eb52Mn7gJuD3od524F_epWatFFvJUkJi30PK8Wt8/s1600-h/lorna+illustration1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 232px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364557823158847282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWRqCEmtmz9YIkuAKHhzQxjKSJNkDymu0X9DT5XFNZw364zhJNvx5sGQjCAJBnl8eOAkx3HZaBv8rBksOJaCzZhN3KAzahgpVHOp1Eb52Mn7gJuD3od524F_epWatFFvJUkJi30PK8Wt8/s320/lorna+illustration1.jpg" /></a><br /><div>I drew my flatmate and her dog last year, one day after work - I was looking for a piece of work to send someone as an example of my drawing style and almost sent this. I remembered that I quite like it!</div>Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18195548156063387894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682620366159847142.post-67886005342579564172009-07-30T04:50:00.000-07:002009-07-30T04:58:28.504-07:00Portfolio<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxo7dQLpDyNUdKQS4oLVCXGyn6rJa_entab5puigz5rXUnha5zftf3gLpSWzQIvJemsGSm1W3UzEG2UR6MeNw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18195548156063387894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682620366159847142.post-62633973262398419552009-07-29T09:29:00.000-07:002009-08-06T07:17:06.362-07:00Green PenToday I had a job interview at Jessops, to be a sales assistant at 12 hours per week. I figure this will be manageable whilst completing my studies and will give me some small job comfort about the future months, and bolster my confidence to get other work. Jessops have a good customer care reputation and I always want to improve my people skills.<br /><br />The manager was extremely lovely. He told me that he had drawn a star on my CV because I had been friendly to speak to on the phone. He handed me a flourescent green marker pen and asked me to sell it to him. Afterwards he said that he would have bought the pen. Well he already had technically. Regardless of whether I get the job, I'm thankful that maybe I have some potential to sell green pens.Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18195548156063387894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682620366159847142.post-59631263141690067192009-07-28T10:30:00.000-07:002009-07-28T10:35:15.769-07:00Thomas HicksI guess this guy is my favourite animator, partly because he has a passion for music videos too & he's a kingston BA graduate- I only just found his vimeo page where you can see all of his videos, hurray! I did see him give a talk at Kingston but unfortunately couldn't hang about to ask questions at the end because of a groupwork meeting.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.vimeo.com/1458603">http://www.vimeo.com/1458603</a><br /><br />awesome!Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18195548156063387894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682620366159847142.post-70498783448683691982009-07-28T02:50:00.000-07:002009-07-28T03:47:08.331-07:00All you have is care<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjFUpeu3FwsQwcLsBacB53KwEU9lVvqR6RLBf76bvFiKeTYI5Q1aVvFMOuaFBUU8c6qVGAQ5fnnydcNBBb9P6fePEzhx1tHroSmgmVlZBCYFVORb9er0-aRvy27vXUGAKJrUCyVIv-5Ls/s1600-h/knee1.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363449540027242098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjFUpeu3FwsQwcLsBacB53KwEU9lVvqR6RLBf76bvFiKeTYI5Q1aVvFMOuaFBUU8c6qVGAQ5fnnydcNBBb9P6fePEzhx1tHroSmgmVlZBCYFVORb9er0-aRvy27vXUGAKJrUCyVIv-5Ls/s320/knee1.jpg" /></a>Following on from watching Citizen Kanes Godless excess recently, and having watched the first ten minutes of Rupert Everitts documentary on sexual tyrant Lord Byron last night, I remembered a trip to Battersea Arts Centre, back in April. This was to see a Kneehigh performance of 'Don John' with my sister and her boyfriend. In the past my sister worked at kneehigh, based in Cornwall, on the administration side of things.<br /><br /><br />We didn't realise beforehand it was a modern reworking of Mozarts Don Giovanni, and the Don Juan stories. There was quite a bit of lurid content on stage with rape, sex and violent scenes where I looked the other way, and which caused my sisters boyfriend who I sat next to and had just met for the first time perhaps a little awkwardness. However, trying to brush this aside, I was blown away by the whole production and the cleverness of the direction, by Anna Rice.<br /><br /><br />The set was astounding for a start, the live musicians were superb and at the end of the show I was pulled up onto the stage by one of the handsome dancers in the show for a bit of a twirl! Quite an experience.<br /><br />The most moving scene however was toward the end when the ghost of the 'Commandatore' gives a speech to Don John but faces us the audience. This is a war hero whom Don John had murdered, after raping his daughter who'd been struggling to care for her very ill father.<br /><br />I cant find the relevant quotes from the script online, but he was talking about the wretchedness of life and then repeating <strong>'all you have is care'.</strong><br /><br /><p>So then the speech ended <strong>'and you John, you have none'</strong> and I think with that line in mind Don John then died. </p><br /><p>In my understanding of the word post-modern, I would label it such with this show as a sign of our times in being so over the top and sensational, bandying about references to futile religion with a lovable but mocked priest as one of the main charachters. The directing was so powerful, when the speech came about care, it reminded me of the glorified so called 'good' people, that work in charities or as carers or in the NHS, or social worker friends. Maybe people do want some spiritual direction or to make conclusions about life when they visit a theatre. I felt a bit sad that someone might come out of the show reaffirmed that they can choose to be a good person out of their own strength, by showing care. That they are not the excessive hedonistic Don John portrayed, so everything will be okay.</p><br /><p>I had a look at the some clips of the closing scene of Mozarts Don Giovanni online, where the ghost appears to Don and they mostly ended in Don falling to his death into flames. In the opera the commandatore asks Don Giovanni (in Italian) if he will repent. Don refuses and then complains 'who is ripping my soul apart?' before falling into what seems to be a tradition of live flames being used in the theatre.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguzY81q88ia13ALxpTFBwyF6aRUNsmdt3nkynT47XWSVMQNnEGrmfIoDGfBG_71_VeUR7y7pckHYOnW0jwQqFng-XzOnUv4pIWqiUWGk-3tlomxmK20g0aDAqLUXuz84uUswWgTNbhxQ0/s1600-h/dongio.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 173px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363459628823946274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguzY81q88ia13ALxpTFBwyF6aRUNsmdt3nkynT47XWSVMQNnEGrmfIoDGfBG_71_VeUR7y7pckHYOnW0jwQqFng-XzOnUv4pIWqiUWGk-3tlomxmK20g0aDAqLUXuz84uUswWgTNbhxQ0/s320/dongio.jpg" /></a><br /><p>I wonder if the mixed reviews of Don John, with theatre critics either loving or hating it (I was shocked it could recieve even one bad review) was influenced by a sense of the sacreligious. Maybe those who hated it, loved something about Don Giovanni that had been lost?</p></div>Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18195548156063387894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682620366159847142.post-15392182575156074492009-07-27T09:46:00.000-07:002009-07-27T12:30:55.947-07:00Lone working<span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-: EN-US; mso-fareast-: EN-GBfont-family:'Gill Sans MT', 'sans-serif';" lang="EN-US" >Bridget Stott " A good animator is adaptable - you need to be able to combine the intense process needed to produce good work on your own for several days with an ability to be part of a production team during filming."</span><br /><span style="mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-: EN-US; mso-fareast-: EN-GBfont-family:'Gill Sans MT', 'sans-serif';" lang="EN-US" ></span><br /><span style="mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-: EN-US; mso-fareast-: EN-GBfont-family:'Gill Sans MT', 'sans-serif';" lang="EN-US" >I'm playing the piano a lot, cooking, worrying about boys, washing umbrellas, removing stains from clothes I wont wear again anyway and playing with the cat. I'm not working on my project. I'm struggling with lone working! Part of the attraction of animation for me was the opportunity to work in a team on something creative and exciting. And I have created and </span><span style="mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-: EN-US; mso-fareast-: EN-GBfont-family:'Gill Sans MT', 'sans-serif';" lang="EN-US" >can create teamworking opportunies if I am strong and decisive. But the quote above has encouraged me to stop using this as an excuse to not get on with the work and creative decisions I need to make alone. Lone working came much easier when I was a teenager, and could through my work prove something to the world... "I can do it alone, ha!" The challenge I have now is more worthwhile taking serious, I want to work hard to reflect and glorify God, not to prove something for myself. As I aspire to work in teams, the fruit of my work will be looked and weighed by people around me.</span></span><br /><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Gill Sans MT', 'sans-serif'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-: EN-US; mso-fareast-: EN-GBfont-family:'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-US" ></span><br /><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Gill Sans MT', 'sans-serif'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-: EN-US; mso-fareast-: EN-GBfont-family:'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-US" ></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Gill Sans MT', 'sans-serif'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-: EN-US; mso-fareast-: EN-GBfont-family:'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-US" >I was reading about the wise woman of Proverbs 31 today, actually I'm corrected looking at it again, the woman most definetely is a 'wife', ha! I'm not one of them so maybe I can let myself off a bit?!... hmm probably not as I'm part of Christs bride the church anyway... are men as challenged by this chapter?</span><br /><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Gill Sans MT', 'sans-serif'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-: EN-US; mso-fareast-: EN-GBfont-family:'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-US" ></span><br /><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Gill Sans MT', 'sans-serif'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-: EN-US; mso-fareast-: EN-GBfont-family:'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-US" >Proverbs 31verse 16 "she considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard. She sets about her work vigourously; her arms are strong for her tasks''. She is one cool lady, of noble charachter, she seems to consider things then make her decision, and work hard. </span></span></span>Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18195548156063387894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1682620366159847142.post-58973260755975328582009-07-26T13:44:00.000-07:002009-07-27T12:36:41.646-07:00making a little birdhouse in my soul<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">Highlights of my Sunday ! <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="color:#cccccc;">Firstly, hearing a very straightforward but practical sermon in church <cite><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://www.co-mission.org.uk/fcc/"><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal">www.co-mission.org.uk/fcc/</span></a> </span></cite><cite><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-style: italicfont-family:Arial;" >by Andrew Nicholls </span></cite>on ‘blessed are those who are persecuted’ from Matthew 5.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">Secondly, having an interesting chat with a South Korean friend I’d not spoken to much before, about acting. Perhaps all actors everywhere already know this but have never told me before! I learnt that there are four important things an actor controls. 1. Body language 2. Arms and hands as the direct expression of the brain 3.his voice to express emotion 4. His eyes, to convincingly communicate truth. If I want to be a creative director of films I need to know this stuff. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">What was of particular interest to me in this conversation was my Korean friends eastern perception of his ‘heart’ as opposed to his ‘mind’. My friend Sung-Eun, also South Korean, is currently trying to illustrate pictures about Buddhist meditation, and she is using images of hearts and minds, but placing the mind inside the heart. Often when I study biblical truths or hear scriptures such as ‘love the lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind’ I like to draw a picture to illustrate this, and I place the mind in the brain. As seen in previous blog ‘hearts’ I’m trying to illustrate something about a man’s heart myself, as a very different issue to the mind.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">Reading an article about Citizen Kane yesterday, <a href="http://www.martinsegur.com/wordpress/2005/06/22/narrative-perspective-in-citizen-kane/n">http://www.martinsegur.com/wordpress/2005/06/22/narrative-perspective-in-citizen-kane/n</a> I’ve been learning how films can use the whole background and set to paint a picture of the state of a mans heart or mind. We never really get to know the main character, Kane. I read, the ‘No trespassing’ sign at the beginning and end of the film is supposed to serve as a reminder that we can never really walk into the workings of a mans heart.</span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">In answer to my question ‘what is the difference between expressing a heart to expressing a mans mind, or soul?’ My actor friend tried to ‘act’ this out to me visually delightfully. </span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq6T_-hJjoSFdFAJdlxDV2F9YbyT-wNNdZVh9XpB8oG1g7frgwrVF5-EIbjBnRtM58_v4v6ZE2g2qJzey10u0QysTDot6Mkh_On7O0ehxQYMjnyF2kHVu9LDvmah6jxT8tG8xD7KjgZDU/s1600-h/doodle.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 215px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362873574192180514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq6T_-hJjoSFdFAJdlxDV2F9YbyT-wNNdZVh9XpB8oG1g7frgwrVF5-EIbjBnRtM58_v4v6ZE2g2qJzey10u0QysTDot6Mkh_On7O0ehxQYMjnyF2kHVu9LDvmah6jxT8tG8xD7KjgZDU/s320/doodle.jpg" /></a>He was showing me how we take in physical but also spiritual, ‘soul’ information about another person through our mind, then it goes into our heart, gets all mixed up, travels up to our mind again, then we respond and also create spiritual soul information. I was most impressed that he had thought about it and was so enthusiastic about it!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">Thirdly, as I ate my lunch today I became gripped by a supposedly biographical film on BBC2 called The Birdman of Alcatraz 1962, starring Burt Lancaster as remarkable prisoner Robert Stroud, directed by John Frankenheimer. The prison cell environment and the carefullly crafted birdhouses created the perfect artistic opportunity to illustrate the condition of a mans heart or mind as the state of his ‘soul’ seems to improves through relationship with birdlife. </span></span><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362875357894854402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyxBPRKMJlfnzKsF7C9kiUhPUL-QJCzWCJVgxgfFjEAyH55T43nCGA9gdd_L3GCaxm0gQMfS20q1yzUoQK-O9oKjxD7mg28i2oHze7kWfekRqIAeeYms4Qe_VAsQoTCMHtaFYUK4Qr9Lc/s320/alcatraz.jpg" /><br /></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">Fourthly, I left facebook… freedom from what can sometimes become a little prison!</span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">Fifthly, I had a lovely conversation with my Dad about his Tewkesbury Abbey annual concerts and then the Proms organ recital I went to yesterday. In the past year, we have been enjoying longer chats on the phone occasionally. I’m really thankful for this as our father-daughter relationship has sometimes felt distant and complex and personality wise, he isn't a big talker. It would be so great if I could replace all my facebook time with chats with my Dad or other family and friends that really matter to me. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18195548156063387894noreply@blogger.com0