At Under the Sun we stumbled on this reminder of the many objects around us that can be used to make music. Type in Found Objects Music into YouTube’s Search and you’ll find A LOT of interesting improvisations. Here’s a favorite, with a great beat for Monday morning, and a long list of found objects…
Read MoreCuriously Beautiful: Sheetrock with Metal Stud Wall
We stumbled on this curiously beautiful sheetrock wall at the always illuminating Under the Sun. It appears to be a way an art gallery displayed a show. Sheets of uncut 4 x 8′ sheet rock were nailed to a carefully constructed wall of ordinary sheet rock studs with plenty of space between. Not great for sound…
Read Morecontest reminder: name the mystery tree and win a prize
Don’t forget to enter our Mystery Tree Contest. Just tell us what you think it is in the Comments section below for a chance to win a signed copy of Sally’s award-winning cookbook The Improvisational Cook. To check out the wonderfully imaginative entries that have come in so far, scroll down to the bottom of the…
Read Moremystery tree structure (name it and win a prize)
We found this on Roy Arden’s great blog Under the Sun, and have no idea what it is. So we thought we’d make it into a contest. Tell us what you think this Mystery Tree Structure is in the Comments box below. Fiction and fantasy are fine. The best one gets a prize: a signed…
Read Moreroy arden’s blog: james brown’s dance lessons and homemade ferris wheels…
We are completely smitten with our latest find in the blogsphere: artist Roy Arden‘s UndertheSun. Totally visual, with variously-sized, in-your-face photos and video, Arden posts riffs whose connections can start out clear and then veer into wild territory: this is blog as artwork. This crazy good video of James Brown’s dance lessons (which makes us want…
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