Midori Snyder's Blog, page 74

Skulls: Knitted, Filigreed, and Filled

Just in time for the Halloween Holidays, let me share my favorite skulls of the moment: Crania Filigre Anitomica from Joshua Harker, an artist exploring a phenomenal new process between sculpture and software that permits him to create incredibly rich...

The Mountains and The Gardens: Part III

It was hard not to be constantly astonished by the beauty of nature all around us throughout the trip. We traveled from northern Italy through the Valle D'Aosta, with its terraced vineyards, crossing the border of the Italian Alps into...

What We Ate and What We Drank: Part II

Madonna...it was a feast from the moment we arrived. Here is a sampling of what we consumed: A plate of six different cheeses from gorgonzola and walnuts, grana, fontina, fresh ricotta, several different kinds of goat cheese, three different kinds...

The Cities, The Villages, The Road: Part I

The Italian writer Cesare Pavese once wrote, "Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the...

Back From Travels...Report to Follow

...once the jet lag subsides and I stop feeling in sleep/wake limbo. It's been a fantastic month between getting some much needed work done, some wonderful travel to see friends, and a most unusual book signing event. Photos and menus...

An APP For The Invisible Universe

A while back I posted a short film of Vatican astronomer, Father George V. Coyne, S.J. talking about his work as an astronomer. He told a wonderful story about "the long eyes," a Tohono O'odham phrase for the huge telescopes...

Bordertown Imagery...The Khandromas

I am always delighted when quite by accident I run across an artist or illustrator whose work spontaneously calls to mind something I have written. These two wonderful illustrations by Shino Arihara of girl skaters feel like the embodiment of...

Emerging Talent: Lindsey Olivares

I love seeing new work like this short animated film, "Anchored" from Lindsey Olivares. It was her senior thesis animation at Ringling College of Art and Design. You can see more of her animated films on her website, including a...

Breathing: An Artful Experience

On the left is my Crossfit coach using a breathing-restriction mask designed to make your lungs work that much harder in a workout (and thereby get stronger -- though, as an asthmatic, I am all too familiar with the sensation...

1930's Fashion Designers Predicting Styles For The Eve Of The Year 2000

Here's a hilarious little film from the 1930 produced by "Panthetone Weekly" which ran weekly clips of the strange and unusual. The garments here are not so far off of a Lady Gaga, Devo, and at least one dress in...