Archive for October 2007

 
 

Video: Claudia Crawling and Standing at 6 Months

Here’s some more video of Claudia crawling around her room, playing with toys and standing up holding on to furniture.

Sri Chinmoy 1931-2007

Sri ChinmoySpiritual leader, musician, and artist Sri Chinmoy passed away Thursday at his home in New York City. Chinmoy was a vegetarian, avid athlete, and peace activist who inspired many public figures ranging from Carl Lewis to Mikhail Gorbachev to guitarists John McLaughlin and Carlos Santana. I was able to attend one of Chinmoy’s peace concerts about ten years ago and it was amazing to experience his minimal and peaceful music.

Read a full obituary from the San Francisco Chronicle.

Subprime LOLCats

The subprime mortgage crisis has now expanded to impact LOLCats.

oh noez mah mortgage dun readjusted

Video: Plush Animal Performance Art by Myriam Laplante

Sometimes I start feeling that the world has gone mad, but then I sit back, watch video of the performance art piece “Lupus in Fabula” conducted recently in Ljublana, Slovenia by Myriam Laplante and know that everything is going to be OK. In the video you get to see Myriam cut open a plush wolf to free a multitude of fuzzy, white, robot bunnies, bash them with a sledgehammer, and then create furniture for a modest workspace with the wolf’s innards. Enjoy!

Read a full review of Lupus in Fabula from We Make Money Not Art.