tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58616145713202059652024-02-07T00:47:11.820-05:00CosmopolitanSugarVivihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17829560921659419091noreply@blogger.comBlogger231125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861614571320205965.post-82896611609188406552015-04-09T21:46:00.001-04:002015-04-09T21:48:29.262-04:00ROOST!Inspired to change the function of this lightbulb, indifferent to its designed purpose.<br />
Melissa will be wearing this next week.<br />
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<b>Day 4 > <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://cosmopolitansugar.blogspot.ca/2015/04/the100dayproject.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">#100DaysOfWearableCharrettes </span></a> </span></b><br />
Materials: Filament bulb LB1 (240V/60W) by roost, lime will felt, vintage clothespin.<br />
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<br />Vivihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17829560921659419091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861614571320205965.post-1409226948367108262015-04-08T21:21:00.001-04:002015-04-08T22:31:11.983-04:00LA SEÑAL QUE SE ESPERA<span style="font-size: large;">Today, Melissa wore a SIGN.</span><br />
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<b>Day 3 > <a href="http://cosmopolitansugar.blogspot.ca/2015/04/the100dayproject.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">#100DaysOfWearableCharrettes </span></a></b><br />
Materials: A1966 Playbill Cover from the dramatic comedy written by Antonio Buero Vallejo, 100% Duck canvas, and hot glue.<br />
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<br />Vivihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17829560921659419091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861614571320205965.post-21720420908011912232015-04-07T23:34:00.001-04:002015-04-08T21:41:56.249-04:00LIPSTICK IS VULNERABLE TO CARELESS SPEECH<span style="font-size: large;">Today, I wore vulnerability.</span><br />
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On my one-hour commute to work, while descending the stairs at the metro station, I overheard a young boy say to his mother, <i>"He's vulnerable..." </i>I didn't stop for further context, yet unexpectedly, this phrase came to symbolize events of the day.<br />
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<b>Day 2 > <a href="http://cosmopolitansugar.blogspot.ca/2015/04/the100dayproject.html" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">#100DaysOfWearbleCharrettes</span></a></b><br />
Materials: Violet Künstler Pastel, shavings from Field Notes pencil, Black Magic waterproof ink by Higgins, white board.<br />
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Vivihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17829560921659419091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861614571320205965.post-55297580643123218592015-04-06T23:02:00.003-04:002015-04-09T21:28:30.533-04:00 #The100DayProject<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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I used to toy with the idea that if architecture didn’t work out as a career for me, I would join the circus. This adventurous dream comforted me during those long studio nights as a student when my built creativity felt uneventful.<br />
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In my pursuit to become an architect, my professional career steered away from a licensed practice and instead, life invited me to perform these roles in the following order: sales assistant at the <a href="http://www.nortonsimon.org/" target="_blank">Norton Simon Museum</a>, designer (a.k.a. the AutoCAD years), sales associate at Macy’s, telemarketer for the Oregon Ballet Theater, social media content enthusiast for a <a href="http://www.c2mtl.com/" target="_blank">business conference</a>, and cofounder of design-build studio <a href="http://www.markvivi.com/" target="_blank">Mark + Vivi</a>.<br />
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Nine months ago, the resume that read like it had been orchestrated by a <i>juggling jott</i>, led me to <a href="https://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/home/shows.aspx" target="_blank">Cirque du Soleil</a>. I used to dream about running away to join the circus as a joking alternative, and today, it is the place where my design-thinking skills serve a grand purpose in their life-curated and unpretentious state. I am currently a designer and creative liaison to <a href="https://twitter.com/welbyaltidor" target="_blank">Welby Altidor</a>, who with brilliant irony, will be speaking at this year’s <a href="http://convention.aia.org/event/speakers/keynote-day-two.aspx" target="_blank">AIA Convention in Atlanta</a>.<br />
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Moral of the story: <i style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sometimes life is beyond an either-or dream...and the circus is just around the corner. </span></i><br />
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To celebrate this union of careers, I decided to embark on the <a href="https://thegreatdiscontent.com/100days" target="_blank">#The100DayProject</a> by Elle Luna and The Great Discontent. In honour of my studio days at <a href="http://www.caed.calpoly.edu/" target="_blank">Cal Poly</a>, I give this project the unique title, <a href="https://instagram.com/vivdelo/" style="color: red; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">#100DaysOfWearableCharrettes</span></a><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"> . . . </span><span style="color: red;"><i>at the Circus</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A few notes about this challenge...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>WEARABLE:</b> Author/Designer and CdS coworker <a href="https://snarebooks.wordpress.com/books/melissa-a-thompson/" target="_blank">Melissa A. Thompson</a> is my muse for this project. Fast facts: Via a serendipitous encounter, Melissa was the first person to greet me my first day at the circus. Everyday, she compliments her outfit with a broach.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>CHARRETTE:</b> A timed, active, and visual brainstorming exercise that originated at <a href="http://dli.library.cmu.edu/charette/what-charette" target="_blank">L'Ecole des Beaux Arts</a> in France to develop problem-solving skills.</span><br />
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<b>PROCESS: </b>For this project, inspired by Melissa's confident etiquette, I will create miniature wearable worlds the size of broaches inspired by my daily life at the circus.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Wake up at 5:30am.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Spend 5 mins to brainstorm concept.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Gather m</span><span style="font-size: large;">aterials.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Total building time: 59 minutes max</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Post to Instagram <a href="https://instagram.com/vivdelo/" target="_blank">@vivdelo</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Deliver broach to Melissa to wear for the day.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Throughout the day, be on the look out for unique materials, and make note of memorable conversations.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Repeat process everyday for 100 days!</span></li>
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NOTE: Process is subject to change should I need to adapt to unexpected events.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">A special thank you to Maira Kalman and the late Italo Calvino. These two books kept me dreaming during uncertain times!</span></div>
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<br />Vivihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17829560921659419091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861614571320205965.post-8906188173335331012013-12-18T08:21:00.000-05:002015-04-07T07:29:35.268-04:00What is the creative business of social media?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In a recent live chat hosted by the <a href="http://dschool.stanford.edu/" target="_blank"><b>Institute of Design at Stanford</b></a> (d.school), IDEO Founder and co-author of the book, <u><a href="http://www.creativeconfidence.com/" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Creative Confidence</a></u> - David Kelley - shared the anecdote that in the Tibetan language there's no word that directly translates the word "<i>creative"</i> - the closest association is the word "<i>natural"</i>. He states, <b><i>"You want to be more creative, be natural."</i></b><br />
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Keeping this in mind, Kelley's insight becomes very relevant when applied to understanding the purpose of social media today. What should be the business of social media? Those of us behind the scenes should be exploring ways to be more creative, to be more natural. There are people looking for quality, for a good online conversation. There are humans behind the tweets, shares, likes, and even those sometimes misleading profile avatars a.k.a. automatic RT <i>bots</i>.<br />
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I had the chance to discuss my role as <a href="http://www.c2mtl.com/" target="_blank"><b>C2MTL</b></a>'s Social Media architect in a recent interview with Beverly Macy, the host of <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/beverlymacy" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Social Media Radio</a>, where I shared what a privilege it is to be part of the team that curates the content and establishes the strategies deployed to creatively buzz about the business conference, <b>Commerce + Creativity Montréal</b><i> </i>(C2MTL).<br />
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Beverly Macy asked me to share a bit about myself and my role as Social Media architect, but this wasn't the first time I had been asked to verbalize my current profession. When I'm asked what I do for living, I say, <i><b>"I'm an architectural designer that renovates old buildings with my husband (also a practicing architect) and I do social media for a business conference."</b></i> People often reply, <i><b>"Wow, they are very different professions. Do you do social media as a hobby?"</b></i> The first few times I responded with a generic answer, but then - in recent months - I started to really reflect why I do what I do. Is there a relationship between these two disciplines?<br />
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And the answer I came up with is a very affirmitive YES! I became fascinated with analzying the human element in both the physical "habitable world" and the virtual world. What if we start to imagine the social media ecosystem as a home? The different social media platforms as the different rooms in your apartment or house? Think about your bathroom, bedroom, garage, kitchen etc. All of these spaces invite us to act a certain way because of the layout, furniture, and functions each room fascilitates. Now think of the social media platforms as these different rooms: Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Google+, Instagram etc. They each have individual characteristics and functions that invite us to behave in a very specific way, due to the layout and tools provided by the designers behind these platforms. Think about it...<br />
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This analysis is ongoing and I look forward to observing and listening more closely to our behaviour, and how it is influenced by the social media trends continously changing everyday.<br />
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The essential common link is the human element. We live in both physical and virtual spaces simultaneously with the undeniable fact that the virtual world is becoming <i>too much</i> with <i>not enough</i> substance for many. The need to "unplug" is <i>not</i> a passing trend, but a definitive action already taken by many.<br />
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I will conclude with a quote from a recent interview featured in Australian magazine, Dumbo Feather of <a href="http://www.dumbofeather.com/issue-37-on-sale-now/" target="_blank"><b>Virtual Reality inventor Jaron Lanier</b></a>, <i><b>"If you don't treat people as special, if you don't create some sort of a special zone for humans - especially when you're designing technology - you'll end up dehumanising the world. You'll turn people into some giant, stupid information system, which is what I think we're doing."</b></i><br />
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You can listen to my interview with Beverly Macy below.<br />
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<b>Photo Credits: (left) Jaron Lanier via Dumbo Feather (right) Detail of my desk at C2MTL by Sacha Cohen</b><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Started a side business as a kid selling the neighbors' lemons to other neighbors.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Grew up on the Stanford Campus - </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Lucky girl!</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Graduated from Harvard. Worked for a software company. Got an MA and MBA.</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. In 1998, she and her husband rented their garage to co-Founders of Google, Sergey Brin and Larry Page.</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Became Google’s 16th employee as the first and only marketing person.</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. Launched </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Google video</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> yet it eventually led to the purchasing of You Tube for $1.65 Billion.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. Developed AdSense & AdWords and today, Wojcicki is responsible for ALL of Google’s advertising products, which make up 95% of the company’s revenue.</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mad Men Season 6 Finale ends with the song by <span style="background-color: white;">Joni Mitchell, "Both Sides, Now" | 1969</span></span></i><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Joni Mitchell was inspired to write this song while reading Saul Bellow's, <a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/dec/06/bellows-henderson-rain-king/?pagination=false" style="text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Henderson the Rain King</a> and looking at clouds from a plane. </i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>{ </i></span><i><span style="background-color: white;">Joni Mitchell fast fact via Rolling Stone: </span><a href="http://rol.st/12fzEZx">http://rol.st/12fzEZx</a> }</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>SAUL BELLOW:</b> "Africa reached my feelings right away even in the air, from which it looked like the ancient bed of mankind. And at a height of three miles, sitting above the clouds, I felt like an airborne seed...And I dreamed down at the clouds, and thought that when I was a kid I had dreamed up at them, and having dreamed at the clouds from both sides as no other generation of men has done, one should be able to accept his death very easily. However, we made safe landings every time...and I kept thinking 'Bountiful life! Oh, how bountiful life is'".</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">- Henderson The Rain King, Chapter V</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rows and flows of angel hair </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And ice cream <b>castles</b> in the air </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And feather canyons everywhere </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’ve looked at clouds that way </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But now they only block the sun </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They rain and snow on everyone</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So many things I would have done </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But clouds got in my way </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I</b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>’ve looked at clouds from both sides now</b> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From up and down, and still somehow</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s cloud illusions I recall </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I really don’t know clouds at all</b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The dizzy dancing way you feel </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>As ev’ry fairy tale comes real</b> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’ve looked at love that way </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But now <b>it’s just another show</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You leave ‘em laughing when you go </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And if you care, don’t let them know </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Don’t give yourself away</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> </b> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I<b>’ve looked at love from both sides now</b> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From give and take, and still somehow </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s love’s illusions I recall </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I really don’t know love at all </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tears and fears and feeling proud</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To say <b>“I love you”</b> right out loud </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dreams and schemes and <b>circus crowds</b> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’ve looked at life that way </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But now old friends are acting strange</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They shake their heads, they say I’ve changed </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Well something’s lost, but something’s gained</b> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>In living every day</b> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’ve looked at life from both sides now </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From win and lose and still somehow </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>It’s life’s illusions I recall</b> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I really don’t know life at all </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’ve looked at life from both sides now </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From up and down, and still somehow </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s life’s illusions I recall </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I really don’t know life at all </b></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Do you ever wonder if the places you've inhabited, feel your absence after you're gone? I like to think that they do. After all, you've contributed to their daily wear and tear and aromatic essence. You've shared with them, your most intimate self; when nobody else was watching, their space was there surrounding you, witnessing your every move and solace.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">+ <a href="http://www.disabroad.org/study-abroad/accommodation/kollegium/" target="_blank">Kollegium</a> - drying laundry, Sept 2002.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">+ DIS: Danish vernacular building with yellow facade.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">+ DIS: Round staircase next to architecture studios. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">+ One of the many iconic buildings I had the pleasure of experiencing in person, Le Corbusier's chapel of Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp; October 2002.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">+ Riding the metro, Dec. 26, 2002</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>I've posed for pictures with Iv'ry Soap * I've petted stray dogs, and shied clear of dope * My smile is brilliant, my glance is tender * But I'm noted most for my unspoiled gender * </i><i>I've been made Miss Reingold, though I never touch beer * And I'm the person to whom they say, "You're sweet, my dear," * The only etchings I've seen have been behind glass * And the closest I've been to a bar is at ballet class * </i><i>Prim and proper, the girl who's never been cased * I'm tired of being pure and not chased * Like something that seeks it's level * I want to go to the devil * </i><i>I want to be evil, I want to spit tacks * I want to be evil and cheat at jacks * </i><i>I want to be wicked, I want to tell lies * I want to be mean and throw mud pies * </i><i>I want to wake up in the morning * With that dark brown taste * I want to see some dissipation in my face * I want to be evil, I want to be mad * But more than that, I want to be bad * </i><i>I want to be evil and trump an ace * Just to see my partner's face * I want to be nasty, I want to be cruel * </i><i>I want to be daring, I want to shoot pool * and in the theatre, I want to change my seat * Just so I can step on everybody's feet * </i><i>I want to be evil, I want to hurt flies * I want to sing songs like the guy who cries * I want to be horrid, I want to drink booze * And whatever I've got, I'm eager to lose * </i><i>I want to be evil, little evil me * Just as mean and evil as I can be! </i><i><b>{I want to be evil by E</b></i><b><i>artha Kitt</i><i>}</i></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of those songs that just eats you alive! This post is a preview to my upcoming series, </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A Curated Apprenticeship</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, where I plan to revere those </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">femmes fatales </i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that have shaped who I am and what I aspire to be. Stay tuned...</span></b>Vivihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17829560921659419091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861614571320205965.post-8638270151833591042012-11-17T10:58:00.000-05:002012-11-17T20:22:40.786-05:00Flying Houses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll start by saying that I've had a very awkward week. No matter what I'd put into motion, it just felt bizarrely </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ungrounded</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, as if another version of me was calling the shots. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And then, late last night, I stumbled upon the beautiful œuvre of French photographer, </span><a href="http://www.laurentchehere.com/laurentchehere.com/www.laurentchehere.com.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Laurent Chehere</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Flying Houses</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. They summarize my sense of displacement to a T, and at the same time, remind me that <i>nothing</i> is permanent. From time to time, a toppled occurrence (week) is exactly what one needs to refocus and carry on!</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Run-down, decorated with pieces of street art, half-demolished, burning or simply showing their typically Parisian roofs and facades, these buildings populate a fairy tale where the urban social complexities are not eliminated but rather elevated as a symbol of the contemporary world at large. (<a href="http://www.frameweb.com/news/flying-houses-by-laurent-chehere" target="_blank">Frame Magazine</a>)</span></i><br />
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Photos borrowed from Frame Magazine, <a href="http://www.frameweb.com/news/flying-houses-by-laurent-chehere" target="_blank">here</a> and Chehere's site, <a href="http://www.laurentchehere.com/laurentchehere.com/HOUSE_12.html" target="_blank">here</a>.Vivihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17829560921659419091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861614571320205965.post-32374049748593257912012-08-17T12:00:00.000-04:002012-08-18T22:54:28.018-04:00Summer reading...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ever since I moved to Montreal, I've become very curious about the art of writing. I want to be a more informed </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">blogger</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">,</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> improve my writing skills, and learn as much as I can from inspiring literary masters. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Possible career change? (you ask). . .well, my intrigue is more for personal enrichment - for now. In the meantime, I'm surrounding myself with insightful (+ amusing) publications, and rounding up a wondrously selective palette of iconic storytellers from the colossal world of literature.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.mairakalman.com/books/a_books/uncertainty-01.html" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Principles of Uncertainty</span></i></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> by Maira Kalman</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A quarterly magazine of art and culture, </span><a href="http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cabine</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">t</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (Issue 45, Games, Spring 2012)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.mairakalman.com/books/a_books/elements-01.html" target="_blank">The Elements of Style</a> </i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by William Strunk Jr. + E. B. White - </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Illustrated by Maira Kalman</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.all-story.com/about.cgi" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">ZOETROPE ALL-STORY</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Special One-Act Play Issue</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (Winter 2000) + </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Horror Issue</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (Fall 2011)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I received these beauties in the mail a couple of days ago. . .</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They are back issues of </span><a href="http://www.all-story.com/index.cgi" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">ZOETROPE: ALL-STORY</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, a quarterly magazine launched by Francis Ford Coppola in 1997. This curated jewel celebrates new short fiction, one-act plays, and reprints classic short stories that have influenced noteworthy films through the years. Each <a href="http://www.all-story.com/issues.cgi?show=back" target="_blank">ZOETROPE</a> volume instantaneously becomes a collector's item not only because of the phenomenal selection of literary picks, but because each publication is also uniquely illustrated by a special guest designer. Past potpourri of </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">invités</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> have included: David Bowie, Julian Schnabel, Ed Ruscha, David Byrne, Kiki Smith, Wim Wenders, Guillermo del Toro and Mikhail Baryshnikov...marvelous assortment, right? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the way, sadly, several noteworthy back issues are sold out, but I did manage to get a copy of the following: </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Winter 2000, VOL. 4 NO. 4: Special </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>One-Act Play</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Issue with guest designer, Peter Sellers - Leading theatre, opera, and television director. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Summer 2005, VOL. 9 NO. 2 - Guest designer, Architect, Zaha Hadid.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fall 2011, VOL. 15 NO. 3: <i>The Horror Issue</i> with guest designers, Kate & Laura Mulleavy (RODARTE).</span></li>
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Vivihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17829560921659419091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861614571320205965.post-78464414649526970392012-07-30T10:43:00.001-04:002013-07-06T08:30:05.421-04:00About Topic No. 1: Innovative Conferences<a href="http://cosmopolitansugar.blogspot.ca/search/label/No.1%3A%20INNOVATIVE%20CONFERENCES" target="_blank"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CosmoTHIS: Innovative Conferences</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">March 2012 - ongoing</span></a><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Exploring the idea of what a conference is and what it should be for those of us in search of inspiration. <span class="Apple-style-span">What comes to mind when </span>you<span class="Apple-style-span"> think of the word </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">conference</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>?</b> </span><br />
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Vivihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17829560921659419091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861614571320205965.post-53036939621212805522012-07-28T10:04:00.002-04:002012-08-30T18:03:40.866-04:00A visual archive of C2-MTL 2012 à la Pinterest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As some of you know, I recently had the privilege of being part of the <a href="http://c2mtl.com/" target="_blank">C2-MTL</a> 2012 team. I worked on several incredible projects before, during and after the event, and in the course of</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> the </span><i style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">post-mortem</span></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> evaluation phase, I was given the green light to construct an especially unique undertaking, which I'm ecstatic to finally share with you. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">incredibly-talented-supervising</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> collaborators allowed me to create a visual archive - via </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/c2mtl/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> - using t</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">he plethora of images shot by a group of brilliant photographers hired to document the C2-MTL 3-day experience.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> After weeks of </span><span style="background-color: white;"><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">categorizing, shifting, pinning, configuring, repinning - </i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">etcetera -</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I can honestly say that I'm very proud of this self-induced project. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out the C2-MTL Pinterest boards <a href="http://pinterest.com/c2mtl/" target="_blank">HERE</a>. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I invite you to browse, comment and follow. If you attended the conference and have images you would like to share with the C2-MTL team, please </span><a href="mailto:vivideloera@gmail.com" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">contact me</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> you to the C2-MTL team for allowing me to exercise my playful eye!</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The planning for next year's conference is already underway. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I strongly encourage you to consider attending the event's second year, taking place in May of 2013! Visit C2-MTL's official site <a href="http://c2mtl.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a> for details.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Topic No.1: Innovative Conferences, </span><a href="http://cosmopolitansugar.blogspot.ca/p/cosmo-this.html" style="color: #7c626b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Cosmo THIS</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">!</span></span>Vivihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17829560921659419091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861614571320205965.post-58523566347231577802012-07-12T17:20:00.000-04:002012-08-30T18:03:18.330-04:00TED: Ideas Worth Spreading<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A couple of days ago, I read Nathan Heller's article featured in this week's issue of The New Yorker (July 9 -16, 2012) titled,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><i style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Listen and Learn: TED talks reach millions around the world. How has a conference turned ideas into an industry?</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was so compelled by the backstage details </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">behind the TED organization - </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so eloquently described by Mr. Heller - that </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I jotted down a few notes to share with you (after a few hours of additional online R&D). </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you've </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ever watched those inspiring <a href="http://www.ted.com/" target="_blank">TED Talks</a> on ted.com and have contemplated the idea of one day attending their 4-day annual conference in Long Beach, California, you will want to read this article. As a quick preview, I invite you to browse</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"> my bubbly notes below, appropriately drawn on a very old roll of yellow trace paper from my studio days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Were you aware that one can only attend the</span><a href="http://www.ted.com/pages/tedconference" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank"> Long Beach TED conference</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> by filling out an application form (not a </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>registration</u></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> form) that requests answers to essay questions and references OR by invitation only? Should TED, a nonprofit organization whose slogan is "Ideas Worth Spreading" make us feel like we're applying for a job? I get that this is TED's way of </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">guiding</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> professional </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>match-making </i>(</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">networking), and for those that make the cut, they get to profit from what Heller refers to as </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"the opulence of easy access"...(great phrase!) I GET IT, but I can't help experience disappointment. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I feel like I just discovered the "wizard" behind the curtain, and that magical appeal - for me - has lost its sparkle. Am I over reacting? Should I really be surprised?<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will continue to watch the online TED Talks of people/topics I'm curious about, but at least now, I will be doing so with a pair of informed eyes.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of all the people mentioned in the article, the one I find most fascinating is the founder of it all, Richard Saul Wurman (who by the way, is no longer invited to TED - Long Beach. . .read the article for the juicy details). He's launching his latest venture this September called, <a href="http://www.thewwwconference.com/" target="_blank">The WWW Conference</a>. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FYI, the list of participants (so far) includes: Yo-Yo Ma, Frank Gehry, Moshe Safdie, Maya Lin. . .more names <a href="http://www.thewwwconference.com/pages/participants.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm looking forward to reading reviews about this exclusively designed powwow (73 seats @ $16K each, available on a first-come-first served basis!). Check out Mr. Wurman in the video clip below. You will find him a bit eccentric, but aren't we all?. . .</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>don't you just</i> <i>love his super long black scarf?</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Topic No.1: Innovative Conferences, </span><a href="http://cosmopolitansugar.blogspot.ca/p/cosmo-this.html" style="color: #7c626b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Cosmo THIS</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">!</span>Vivihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17829560921659419091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861614571320205965.post-10056130603853521792012-07-10T17:39:00.001-04:002012-07-11T14:03:32.082-04:00Moonrise Kingdom...what kind of bird are YOU?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I finally experienced Wes Anderson's latest film, </span><a href="http://www.moonrisekingdom.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Moonrise Kingdom</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. This film has absolutely brightened my summer. From beginning to end, I was mesmerized by the intentionally crafted details. The costumes and props are impeccable, the music score is enchanting, the hysterical script - addicting, and the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://focusfeatures.com/moonrise_kingdom/cast-crew" target="_blank">ensemble cast</a> is a work of art. Prepare to be captivated by the two young actors: </span><a href="http://focusfeatures.com/moonrise_kingdom/castncrew?member=jared_gilman" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Jared Gilman</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://focusfeatures.com/moonrise_kingdom/castncrew?member=kara_hayward" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Kara Hayward</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">playing Sam & Suzy</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - their bios will leave you speechless! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you grew up living with a </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">boyscout</span></i> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(<span style="background-color: white;">like I did,</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i> hola hermano</i>)</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> you will enjoy it even more - but really - it is a film that celebrates the beautiful purity of that </span><u style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">summer love</u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - that last unforgettable sweet crush one experiences right before the teen years hit and ruin it all. . .</span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ok maybe I'm rambling from personal experience. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is a film for all ages. . .</span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A few seats away from me, sat an adorable 3 year old girl with her father, and while he laughed (almost every time I did), she gazed at the screen with complete admiration. </i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For those of you who have not seen the film, when you go, I recommend you stay until the credits stop rolling - they are accompanied by the beautiful piece,</span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: Themes A-F </i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic). You will leave the theater humming it and wishing you could play an instrument! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">+ The handwritten ephemera, the picture of Sam with Khaki Scouts of North America uniform, the shot of Suzy with a fuchsia </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"><i>béret</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">, and photo of The Narrator (played by Bob Balaban) were borrowed from the film's official website and interactive map <a href="http://focusfeatures.com/moonrise_kingdom" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">+ All other photos were borrowed from </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ANTWRANGLERS</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> flickr's page </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/antwrangler/sets/72157629898129756/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few of us, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">behind-the-scenes</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, are just starting to come out of that </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">jet-lagged</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> feeling. If you've ever lived through the construction or renovation of a house, the planning of a wedding (even a </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">small</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> one), a permanent relocation to an unfamiliar land, the birth of a baby, trained for a triathlon, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>etcetera</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, well, multiply that by 100 or more. That's how exhausted many of us feel - </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><u>combined</u></span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. If you're a circus performer or </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>ringmaster</u></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, then maybe only </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><u>you</u></span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> can fully grasp the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>love-hate</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> relationship one can develop for such a grandiose undertaking - such as the planning and execution of a business conference. . .</span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><u>only different</u>!</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were times when I wanted to scream and just cry endlessly, but not because of lack of </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">devotion</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - but because my entire body and brain could no longer function properly. No matter how much coffee I drank, my physical exhaustion was just too monumental. I pleaded </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for more energy - </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"<i>N</i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">o please - toes and fingers - <u>don't give up just yet</u>"</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(I found myself thinking at times).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because there was just </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><u>too much at stake</u></span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Find creative answers to commercial questions! </i>(</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the conferences's mantra would often cry out inside my head)</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>. . .</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><u>and </u></i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i style="text-decoration: underline;">that</i><i><u> I (WE) did</u>. . .</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">many times over. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And yet, I can't wait to do it all over again next year, but after a much deserved and restful break...</span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(smiling). . .right team? </i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I leave you with a quote from </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>THE</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <i><u>ringmaster</u></i> himself, </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 16px;">Guy Laliberté. The </em><em style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Founder of Cirque du Soleil</span></em><em style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 16px;"> expressed </em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as he stood on the C2-MTL stage, </span><i><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>"At the end, it’s a give and take. It’s feeding the circle of life, it’s feeding the circle of creativity, more you give, more you’ll get back. In the end it’s what I live on."</b></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This post was inspired </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(with a dash of hyperbole) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by those witnessed funny moments and overheard anecdotes (sometimes in French) from </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">like-minded colleagues</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> within the C2-MTL 2012 team.</span></span><br />
<i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Personal notes:</b> </span></i><i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thank you Hanneke for that time you "pranced" <u>yes</u> "pranced" over to the printer; thank you Johanne for that delicious carrot at 10pm; Thank you Antoine for trying to feed me during the conference; Thank you Vivien Leung for existing- you're a true team player. (I'm still jealous you "concierged" Robert Wong)!; Thank you Caroline for not hanging up on me that time I answered your call with speedy Spanish (long long ago); Thank you to all of you that signed your email requests with a "thank you" or "merci" - always...</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Topic No.1: Innovative Conferences, <a href="http://cosmopolitansugar.blogspot.ca/p/cosmo-this.html" style="color: #7c626b; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Cosmo THIS</a>!</span>Vivihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17829560921659419091noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861614571320205965.post-3943783586050936212012-06-07T17:41:00.001-04:002012-06-08T10:00:50.896-04:00Granger stood, looking back with Montag, ". . .everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said, a child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made or a garden planted, something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die. . ." Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">(Quote transcribed from the CAEDMON audiobook of Fahrenheit 451, read by Ray Bradbury, CD #5 - section 5) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Remembering Ray Bradbury: 1920 - June 5, 2012</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every time I read Ray Bradbury's, </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fahrenheit 451</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> or experience François Truffaut's film adaptation of the book, I'm reminded of my humanity. . . i</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">t is an </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">inextinguishable</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> story about a very mortal subject. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Don't you agree?...Hmmm.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(above) By photographer, Michel Fainsilber,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> borrowed from <i>The New York Times</i> slideshow <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/06/06/arts/20120606BRADBURY.html?ref=raybradbury#1" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>"Chalayan’s inspiration centered around the idea of self-image, so his engineer Robert Davis rigged tiny battery-powered wireless cameras with tilt switches inside champagne flutes, which when tipped 15 degrees, would light up and capture the inside of the models’ mouths. The voyeuristic audience watched the models become the focal point, in a sort of unexpected way, as their lips, teeth and throats were projected onto the canvas behind the runway in real time."</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: x-small; font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.thecreatorsproject.com/videos/hussein-chalayan-ss-2012/media/hussein-chalayan-ss-2012-part-2" target="_blank">The Creators Project</a></span></span><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="394" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6KvTDeHlIfI?rel=0" width="700"></iframe>Vivihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17829560921659419091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861614571320205965.post-57530744300415054212012-05-05T08:34:00.003-04:002012-08-30T17:59:42.232-04:0016 days to go...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been crazy busy the past few weeks...I was recently hired to join the backstage team behind the upcoming business conference, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Commerce + Creativity Montréal,</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://c2mtl.com/" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">C2-MTL</span></i></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>- How did this opportunity come my way, you ask?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, it all started with this blog. </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My Cosmo</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> was discovered by </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">une</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i> belle-femme</i>-</span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Québécoise</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (aka </span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: italic;">Julie Armstrong-Boileau), </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">who</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> introduced me to another</span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>belle-femme</i>-<i>Québécoise</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(aka Caroline Lavergne)</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> that happened to be looking for English-writing bloggers. I use the word </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>blogger</i> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">instead of </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">writer</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> because I have incredible respect for those talented individuals who master the art of writing beautifully. I consider myself a mere </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">literary hacker</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> with a unique point of view, who makes </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">occasional</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> grammatical (forward slash) spelling errors, and who sometimes makes up words. </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> after a plethora of cover letters, ongoing job hunts, a temporary detour to Portland, Oregon (with no employment success), and a move to another country (Canada/Québec), it was this </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">laissez-faire</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> pastime that launched me<i> once-again</i> into the professional working world after 4 years! I would love nothing more than to reward <b>my Cosmo</b> with a new MacBook, but I don't make enough $ for this indulgence - </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>yet</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started as a </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">blogger, </i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and</span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">then I was offered the position of </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Content Visualization Coordinator</span></i><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">,</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> which makes me laugh every time I say it, because several of the people I work with find it challenging to pronounce the word </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">visualization</span></i><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - </i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">try it - it's a bit of a tongue twister. It's a huge improvement from my last official title, </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">professional staff</span></i><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">don't you think? - given to me when I worked as an architectural designer - </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>no less</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. I won't bore you with details about what I do</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, but I will say that I'm working with an exceptional group of creative professionals and I'm loving every minute of it. I'm constantly pinching myself, I still can't believe I'm a contributing piece to this amazing event (well a </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">pawn</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> really - </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but no complaints here</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">). You'll understand why I'm expressing myself with such glee when you watch the video below...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">+ Check out my recent </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">bloguerary</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> contribution, </span><a href="http://c2mtl.com/new-city-gas-to-illuminate-montreal-once-again/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Topic No.1: Innovative Conferences, </span><a href="http://cosmopolitansugar.blogspot.ca/p/cosmo-this.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Cosmo THIS</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">!</span>Vivihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17829560921659419091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861614571320205965.post-90622493669943655442012-05-04T12:21:00.004-04:002012-05-06T01:31:23.018-04:00Les parents de Megan Draper...really?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been very busy...more about that later...I will be playing Cosmo </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">catch-up</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> this weekend, I promise!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the meantime, I have to comment on last Sunday's Mad Men episode, more specifically, the introduction of Megan Draper's (</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>aka</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Megan Calvet)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> parents. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In my opinion, it would have been hysterical if Mr. Weiner had casted actual </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">French-Canadian</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> actors. It was a bit of a disappointment. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Hmmm</i>.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">..I will have to reference past episodes - are Megan's parent's suppose to be European immigrants? Is Megan the only true </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">French-Canadian</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in the family? To be continued....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Image borrowed from <a href="http://blogs.amctv.com/photo-galleries/mad-men-season-5-episode-photos/episode-7-emile-marie.php" target="_blank">here</a>: Emile Calvet (Ronald Guttman) and Marie Calvet (Julia Ormond) in Season 5, Episode 7</span>Vivihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17829560921659419091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861614571320205965.post-1426150211108802532012-04-18T22:59:00.000-04:002012-08-30T17:59:59.760-04:00Imagine...with Jonah Lehrer<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most of us have been conditioned to think that creativity is
an innate gift, a privy to an </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">haute</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
club of genius, a talent that only </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">right-brain thinkers are inclined to possess
and left-brain thinkers find challenging to conceive. But what if we were told that these are simply inherited misconceptions, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that in fact, creativity is a
universal gift we can all share when given the proper tools and knowledge to
leverage a new way of approaching professional innovation<b>. . .</b></span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>It's all in the brain. . .</i></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">well - at least that's what Jonah <i>thoroughly</i> explains in his latest book, </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Imagine</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. I recently listened to his NPR interview on the subject and took a few notes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">+ My scribbles <span style="color: #444444;">written while listening to NPR interview embedded above.</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">+ Jonah Lehrer info borrowed from the upcoming C2-MTL conference site,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://c2montreal.com/jonah-lehrer/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">+ Image of young Bob Dylan borrowed from unknown source.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">+ Image of young Jonah Lehrer borrowed from his website,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.jonahlehrer.com/about/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Topic No.1: Innovative Conferences, <a href="http://cosmopolitansugar.blogspot.ca/p/cosmo-this.html" target="_blank">Cosmo THIS</a>!</span>Vivihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17829560921659419091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861614571320205965.post-89236453256065229152012-04-17T17:40:00.001-04:002012-06-25T23:18:38.460-04:00phi·lan·der (/fəˈlandər/) verb: (of a man) Readily or frequently enter into casual sexual relationships with women.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm in awe of Glen Hansard, he has this <i>"not yet corrupted by fame" </i>aura about him that's very appealing. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I recently stumbled upon the video promoting his upcoming solo album, "Rythm and Repose". . . </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I find it heartwarming that even though <i>M. Hansard</i> and I are very culturally different, his music video "Philander" managed to stir-up emotions about </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my grandmother's house in Mexico <span style="color: #444444;">(the colors and props, <i>not</i> the title)...</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>how I remember it anyway. </i>Some things are just globally identifiable...</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Rhythm and Repose is a result of Hansard’s last year and a half of living in <b>New York City</b>. The album was recorded by Patrick Dillett (<b>David Byrne</b>, Arto Lindsay, Laurie Anderson) and produced by Thomas Bartlett (Doveman, The National, Antony and the Johnsons). The record features the musical talents of Brad Albetta (<b>Martha Wainwright</b>) on bass, Ray Rizzo on drums, Nico Muhly and Rob Moose on strings (Bon Iver, Y Music), David Mansfield on slide guitar (Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Tour), Javier Mas (Leonard Cohen touring band) and half of Bruce Springsteen’s current horn section. Assisting on vocals are Cristin Milioti (Once, The Musical), Sam Amidon, <b>Marketa Irglova</b> and Aida Shahghasemi (Marketa Irglova touring band)."</span></i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Quote by </span><a href="http://anti.com/press/read/768" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">ANTI Records</a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></span><br />
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