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The Idea of Freedom is definitely not new
I always equated Charlie Chaplin with comedy, but when I look back, the most memorable scene I remember, is a bitter-sweet scene from City Lights. In fact, beside some shorter clips on TV I did not actually see much of his work.
But after seeing his speech in The Great Dictator I have to change that. I was surprised that this movie is actually not available on Netflix.
Posted in Art, Emotional, History, Inspiration, Video
Tagged charlie chaplin, comedy, freedom, great dictator, memorable scene
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Violins and hot chicks
I reported about the violinist Vanessa Mae in the past and just have to revisit the subject now that another Youtube sensation has crossed my 32 inch monitor (yes, I am using a HD TV as my day to day monitor instead of investing in some reading glasses).
If you haven’t clicked through to the other link yet, here is what I mean when I say Vanessa Mae…
And then we have the bubbly Lindsey Stirling who combines violin play with a very unique type of dancing. I am just blown away how you can hop around so wildly and then play the violin without missing a beat…
She seems to be a real member of the new youtuber crowd, offering something really worth spending your time on and maintaining a light and fluffy communication with the fans. I like it when an artist understands that this friendly contact is way better than being aloof.
Posted in Art, Creativity, Culture, Video
Tagged art, dance, hd tv, hot chicks, lindsey stirling, performance, reading glasses, sensation, Vanessa Mae, violinist, violins, youtuber
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Living Under Water
A very early exposure to the idea of living under water came through a German science fiction series “Space Patrol” in the 60s, just a tad before the original StarTrek. Mankind had settled on the floor of the ocean and space ships took off from underwater bases through water funnels.
And after an adventure in space the crew met in the Starlight Casino for a drink and a round of futuristic dancing. Commander McLane’s apartment was obviously also located at the underwater city.
Something a bit more tangible was then envisioned in 2006 with the Hydropolis Underwater Hotel and Resort, but at this time it seems as if this project is at least on ice if not completely scrapped.
In other words, currently we still have to live with just the imagination of living under water. These imaginations are made a bit easeer through the pictures of Elena Kalis.
(from her Google+ Album)
Posted in Art, Creativity, Inspiration
Tagged 60s, elena, hydropolis underwater hotel, imagination, imaginations, kalis, science fiction series, space patrol, space ships, startrek
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Magnificent Photos
And another collection of magnificent photos came my way – thank you, Beverly!
Now that I figured out how to use this excellent slide show viewer and on top of that figured out how to get images and sound out of a PowerPoint presentation (*), it is now much easier and faster to get these types of photo collections out of the email and onto this blog (**).
See…
(*) The best way to do this is to open the ppt in PowerPoint and export it as a web page (not a single one). This will create, beside the main html, a directory filled with all the images you might need, as well as sound files (if there is a sound track in the ppt.) With the last two PowerPoint presentations I had the hardest time to even find where the sound files were imported in the presentation, far from finding a way to actually export them. That, and all the image exporting, is now easy after I found the ‘export as web page.’
(**) The slide show I use – Slideshow Pro – includes some scripts for Photoshop that automate the creation of the right sized images, including thumbnails. Then it’s just editing a bit the xml file that lists all the parameters for the slideshow, uploading the directory tree – e voila!
Posted in Art, Creativity
Tagged directory tree, magnificent photos, parameters, photo collections, powerpoint presentations, xml file
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War of the World with the StarTrek Crew
Found this in the deep crevices of my hard drive and I thought I better bring it into the open instead of it being hidden in cobwebs.
This is probably copy-righted material so I might get a cease and desist message, then it will be gone, but until that happens, take an hour and enjoy.
I actually grew up with radio shows, where your power of imagination was trained instead of dulled as with the later arrival of the TV.
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Posted in Art, Audio, Culture
Tagged cobwebs, power of imagination, radio, radio show
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Water in All It’s Forms and Shapes
Slide show has a cool audio track – mouse over the images to find out how to turn it on.
Photos You Don’t See Every Day
For a long time I have these photos sitting in some hidden folder on my hard drive.
Finally I figured out how to use SlideshowPro to create a slideshow of these images so everybody can enjoy…
Slide show has a cool audio track – mouse over the images to find out how to turn it on.