My sister has a blog called Living Better Cinematically, where she writes reviews and descriptions of “ephemeral films.” (She collects them). Here’s the subtitle of her site: Reviews of film ephemera, including such things as educational films, industrial films, military and propaganda films, tv commercials, movie trailers, shorts, experimental films, and movies made for non-mainstream audiences.
It’s pretty cool. Check it out. Many of those films are freely available to download from sites such as the Internet Archive.
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This weekend I saw the movie, Born into Brothels, with my friends, Eva and Evelyn. It’s a wonderful documentary about a photographer living in the red light district of Calcutta, who gets to know a group of children of prostitutes and teaches them photography. It’s really great to see the faces of the kids light up when they have an exhibition of their work in their own city. It’s so great to see someone treat them with respect, help them develop their skills, and in spite of terrible circumstances of their lives, they get a chance to express their own artistic vision. It’s a good example of the role art can play in anyone’s life, especially as a way to deal with difficult circumstances.
Check out the Kids with Cameras web site for more infomation about the project.
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A couple of weeks ago I went to a magnet party. My co-worker, Christine, invited people over to her house to learn ways to make really great magnets with glass, glue, and magnets.
Here’s an example of the type of magnets we made.
I used the “index” print from some recent photos that I sent to an online photo service to be printed. You know, the tiny little samples of each photo? They were just the right size to make some cute, little magnets that were actually photos of my friends. I also used some abstract art cards and little Japanese stickers.
This was so fun… I want to make lots more magnets!
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I heard about the new Google maps today on one of the podcasts I listen to. Just tried it and I like it! Here’s where I live. It’s such a cute map! Nice graphics. Good detail. I like the drop shadow behind the balloon showing the address. So easy to read.
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