Less is more

Suddenly I woke up! An article suggestion and here I am ... 2 days after with words dancing in my mind and images flashing inside me...

Realization: Words are powerful; in the right order become devine.

Reading the article "Very Short Stories" from "Wired" magazine, issue 14.11 (November 2006) http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/sixwords.html , I first read Hemingway's shortest story.

"For sale: baby shoes, never worn."

In just 6 words Hemingway managed to deliever such a powerfull story.
6 words so dominant and so tragic.

A friend said: "Well, sometimes what we miss out is the most important."
And yes, in this article of Wired i found a proof that what we miss out could triger others' imagination in such way that becomes the most important element of a narrative. Several writers were asked to follow Heminway's example and write short stories with six words. The result for me is absolutly inspiring.

Gown removed carelessly. Head, less so.
Joss Whedon

Longed for him. Got him. Shit.
Margaret Atwood

Wasted day. Wasted life. Dessert, please.
Steven Meretzk

Tick tock tick tock tick tick.
Neal Stephenson

Thought I was right. I wasn't.
Graeme Gibson

Dorothy: "Fuck it, I'll stay here."
Steven Meretzky

These are a few of the 59 very short stories of Wired's article.

The first one actually became my inspiration for the illustration above and eventually for a creative full day.

I am pleased...


P.S. I need to thank a few.
Phlegyas for suggesting the article
Wundercloud for the creative day
Cris Day for the nice comment

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inspirational article by wundercloud

www.thunderchunky.co.uk/articles/the-work-of-lisa-corbett

music & animation II

Coldplay's latest video, "strawberry swing"; Another inspiring animation!
thnx Desdi

MadHouse-No19's first project!

My housemate, Creative Sunday, and me have decided to open the doors of our mad house and share our creative explorations. sooo... welcome and feel like home ;)

This is our first project.
Date: 25/04/09
Location: Liverpool, city center
Theme: Shoes

music and animation

I just watched the video clip of Portishead's song "We Carry On" and I really liked the animation so I thought to upload it! One more great example of art meeting animation/video meeting music! Thumbs up!



ps. similar animation from another Portishead video clip at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoOigZKREBc&feature=related

the first interactive film project

Kinoautomat was the world's first interactive film, premiering at Expo'67 in Montreal in 1967. The film and its technical system were developed in Prague by a gifted team of Czechoslovak directors, actors, inventors and technicians, and was known as the brainchild of Dr. Raduz Cincera. The film has rarely been shown since that time but is a seminal work of interactive narrative. (as found in theSmartLab).




web link for the project: at www.kinoautomat.org

narrative inspiration

Great inspirational resource for sound and video narrative techniques