talkstowolves: "Mellifluence: an understanding of the encoded speech of bees."  (mellifluence: a definition)
Remember the Hive that I introduced you to on Tuesday?

By Wednesday, a gallery in Mississippi had called and expressed interest in giving the Hive its own show. How amazing is that?

So keep your eyes peeled, especially if you live in the Southeast. You're all invited to come kick it with the Hive at some point in the Fall! (Details to be revealed at a later date.)

If you're not sure what I'm talking about, read the introductory post and then check out the project by clicking on the banner below:

The Hive

Jul. 7th, 2009 12:54 pm
talkstowolves: "Mellifluence: an understanding of the encoded speech of bees."  (mellifluence: a definition)
About a month ago, Kyle Cassidy (photographer extraordinaire) put out a call for participants in a top secret photography project. Seeing as how I dabble in photography and leap at any excuse to do photography-based expeditions, I leapt then to volunteer. Once some twenty-odd of us had enthusiastically responded and assembled, he revealed the mechanics of this project. The gist was this:

On June 11th I was looking at some photographs by [insert name of a famous photographer who I won't name but you can probably figure out] thinking Did he really mean to take this photo? Does this guy's camera go off at random? and I started wondering what the photos would be like if someone just carried around a camera that captured an image at random. And of course, I then thought why not find out?

For two days, we all carried our cameras around with us everywhere: they perched on our bedside tables, hung around our wrists, weighed down our necks, nestled in the tops of our purses. We anticipated the vibe of a text message or the custom ringtone set up to mean: "NOW! Now, my friends! CLICKENZEE!!!"

And we did: we clicked, we took a picture of whatever was in front of us at the time. We took pictures of walls, of ceilings, of the floor. We took pictures of hummingbirds, orchid shadows, and blurring greenery as we sailed down curving highways. We took pictures of washing machines and vacuum cleaners and empty carts clustered at the grocery store. We took pictures of husbands and ex-girlfriends and grandmothers. We took pictures of no one at all.

Apart, our photos are nothing: random moments without context. But together, they are the Hive; together, they are a bee-eyed gaze at our world in all its multi-faceted mundanity and glory.

We hope you enjoy:




Read Kyle's unveiling post and join in the discussion there, if you please!
talkstowolves: (firebird belongs to the holy)
Just about two weeks ago-- on March 14th, 2009, to be exact-- [livejournal.com profile] elisem posted a picture of her evocatively-titled pendant "Nine Things About Oracles."

The next day, [livejournal.com profile] papersky came along with a poem and ripped things wide open. A list by [livejournal.com profile] dhole slotted into place next, followed quickly by a snatch of verse by [livejournal.com profile] noveldevice.

The rest, as they say, is explosive history: look at that link and you'll see Nine Nines (plus more!) of word-art and image-art inspired by "Nine Things About Oracles."

The collection is amazing. Breath-taking. Memery at its finest-- a dizzying explosion of creativity and celebration.

You know I, especially with my interstitial heart, could not resist the lovely pendant's evocative title or frenzy of community-promoted art.

And so I give you:



*grins* I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed creating it. Make sure you read what the Oracle's written on the flip side of the postcards. ;)
talkstowolves: I speak with wolves and other wicked creatures. (Default)
I have to work on my summer school stuff so that I am free to talk to people after work tonight and hang out with people after work tomorrow without having to crowd too much work in after they leave. I would also like to be able to sleep.

So this is not a post about those dreams I keep meaning to record or my cute little MOO cards and what I plan to do with them or even what I'm reading (trying to) and my thoughts thereon. No, this is a post full of kitty pictures.

I will not apologize, so if you don't like people posting pictures of their cats, it's best to scroll on by now. I don't mind.

Livejournal, meet Willie (who is technically [livejournal.com profile] sirandrew's, but she loves me too!):



She is 30% fluff and 70% Queen-Bitch-with-Attitude and don't let the pictures fool you into reversing those percentages:

ExpandMore kitty pr0n...! )