beautiful namesake

Here is Dutch singer, Mathilde Santing singing "Wonderful Life"...a lovely song to accompany reflections on the wonders of magic of my own life on this gorgeous, winter's day...

dream eaters and protectors of sleep

Found this wonderful shadow puppet piece, "Baku" by John Atterbury. Fantastic depiction of the Japanese spiritual creatures who devour our nightmares...


baku (shadow puppets) from John Atterbury on Vimeo.

Shadow Puppetry = perfect for Autumn

Shadow puppetry is utterly perfect for Autumn...for Mathilde, it brings to mind the falling leaves and fading folliage. This video is so utterly wonderful, wonderful, wonderful...perfect for this Fall, perfect for so many fading experiences. Australian artist Stephen Mushin and the Stories from the Ground Collective created this video for the song "I'll Forget You" (by musicians Lior and Sia.) When you check out Stephen's website, you'll find more fantastic projects plus great links to other amazing creatives: http://www.stephenmushin.com/

Melancholy Moon

The moon is hiding under clouds tonight...

Run Wake's Idol

I happened across this odd, macabre video today and find myself oddly enamoured of the idol...come to find out the animated piece was created by Run Wake (check out the website: http://www.runwrake.com/ )

things transient and things of love

I saw this poster through a window at the school where I teach. Rushing off to class, there was no time to ask about it. When I came back today to get a closer look, it was gone. Sometimes the magic of things and moments lies in their transience.

These two chairs sat in the dark morning on a corner near my home, nestling together like comfortable lovers. When I came back this morning, the chairs were gone. I like to imagine someone took them home to clean up and give them care...perhaps providing a place for two to sit with knees, shoulders and arms touching. A lovely thought for dark, autumn mornings...