“Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity” – Edwin Land

Oh Mr. Land, if you could only see into the digital future! Inventor of Polaroid film and instant cameras, revolutionary ideas that changed the photo industry, Mr. Land died in 1991 just as the digital revolution was taking shape (Apple PowerBook 100 anyone?). Land altered the [...]

This note on Urban Density was drafted by Tyson in response to my Guru Interview with him. In general, as more and more urban sprawl is taking place vs. reinvestment within urban cores, cities are becoming less sustainable (more car traffic, pollution, distance between work/home; less time for family). Tyson identifies the issues which allow [...]

I noticed this connection the other day when picking up my daughter from her school; all these tiny children piling into over sized vehicles. The SUV, the provider, protector, with ample room and the strength to haul. With rounded edges, simultaneously both cute and serious, it expects reverence, it eats up the road and can [...]

Slowly but surely top level folks (Sumner Redstone the other day) are standing up for the careers of we creative professionals (those of us who are still standing, better late than never!). Earlier today old-school internet-dude Jaron Lanier posted a piece on the op-ed of the New York Times titled: Pay Me for My [...]

It’s about time some of the power-players are taking up copyright issues as part of their talking points. We Wise Elephant folks are strongly behind protecting the copyrights of artists/creators/musicians, whomever wants to be protected, should be. I’m all for file-sharing if the artist wants their files to be shared, otherwise in my mind (jason [...]

Ann Landi reports for Art News: 
“Meyer Schapiro (1904–96) was revered for his extraordinary scholarship and inspired teaching. A pioneering art historian in the field of medieval studies, he was also passionate about the great modern masters and was a champion of the artists of his own time. His lectures at Columbia University and the New [...]

By Kristen Powell for theeagleonline.com:
“‘Snapshot’ is a hunting term referring to a shot taken quickly and without a fixed target. When Kodak made photography accessible to the masses in 1888, people began hunting for the perfect shot to paste in their albums, show their friends and document their lives. The National Gallery’s exhibit, ‘The Art [...]

from pdnonline.com:
“Back in 1998, photographer Michael O’Brien began taking portraits of his children when they dressed up for Halloween. One he had set up a makeshift studio in his garage, he decided to invite some trick-or-treaters from his neighborhood in Austin, Texas, to pose as well. “It was the first time I tried playing around [...]

By Paul Casciato of Reuters.com:
“CAMBRIDGE, England, Oct 31 (Reuters Life!) – Nobel prizewinners, cleaners, top athletes, famed scientists, gardeners and promising young academics of the future have all looked down the lens of Howard Guest over the past 20 months.
The English photographer has been quietly getting around Cambridge university on a mission to create a [...]

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