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THANKSGIVING 2015
It's Thanksgiving again, that wonderful day of days when we put aside our differences and recall the blessings we've received all year.It all starts with a reading from the Good Book. The local pastor...
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BACK TO DISNEYLAND
Yep! I've been to Disneyland again and the thing that caught my attention this time was the tram that connects the parking structure with the park. I especially liked the lecture the conductor played....
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NEW PHOTOS OF PLUTO
The New Horizons probe has been slow to send back its images of Pluto, but they're coming in now and they're exceeding expectations.Here's (above) an Everest-type series of mountains next to what...
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PINNOCHIO'S DARING JOURNEY
I had more to say about Disneyland than I could fit into Monday's post, so I'll write a little bit more about that today. What struck me on that visit was the architecture of the Pinocchio ride,...
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HOME DESIGN
I'll probably be moving in February or March. We haven't started to look for a new house yet, but I'm hoping for something like the one above: a nice old gabled house on a cliff overlooking a...
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CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS
Marionettes are a great gift. The hand-carved ones can be pricey, though. The one above costs $1100!!!! It's worth it if you have the money, but if you don't there's no shortage of worthy mass...
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FUNNY SCULPTURE
When I first discovered the funny art of ancient Mexico I found myself wondering how it ever took root there. After all, the funny people had to live side by side with violent neighbors like the Mayans...
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RAMBLING THOUGHTS ABOUT ARCHITECTURE
Hmmmm. I've decided that what I really want to live in is a converted 19th Century railroad station like the one above, but (Sigh!) what's the chance of that? Of course, a neo-craftsman house would be...
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AN UNUSUAL CHRISTMAS GIFT
Most animation cartoonists who come to Theory Corner probably aren't interested in fashion illustration, I guess because animation requires simpler, less nuanced costume color. That's understandable,...
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Here's a few of the Christmas carols we're playing at my house this year. They've been on my playlist ever since I started this blog 9 years ago and I never get tired of them.BTW: I just saw the Star...
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A CHRISTMAS PRESENT SUGGESTION
This suggestion comes from Steve Worth, the esteemed web master of Animation Resources (link on the sidebar). He recommends the "T-fal OptiGrill," a device obtainable on the net that thaws and cooks...
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MERRY CHRISTMAS 2015!!!!!!!!
Okay, one more Christmas gift idea and that's it! How about framed pictures which convey an Indiana Jones sensibility? My own taste would be for pictures of early explorers. How about this one of...
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SMALL LIVING SPACES
Here's some Theory Corner thoughts about the furnishing of small, artist-friendly homes. I'll start with this (above) open plan living room and kitchen. I love this layout! It's simultaneously...
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BEDROOM DESIGN
Here's (above) a bedroom from Frank Lloyd Wright's Heart Island House. What do you think of it? For me it's too formal, too much like a terrific living room that just happens to have a bed in it. It...
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ROLLERCOASTERS
I had an absolutely wonderful New Year's holiday with my family but they refuse to let me write about them here so I'll have to talk about something else...like my trip to Magic Mountain with Mike....
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HOME ART STUDIO IDEAS
I've been thinking about home workspaces lately and I'm wondering if kindergarten classrooms could serve as a template. That's because I remember how inspiring my kids schoolrooms used to be. All those...
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MARY KINGSLEY'S AFRICA
One of the benefits of having a blog is that in the course of researching what I write I occasionally stumble on something really interesting that I would never have known about otherwise. Such is the...
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HOME ART STUDIO IDEAS
Art workplace designs are on my mind these days. I'm not hard to please. Mary Blair (above) has the essentials in this photo: adequate light and a big table to spread out on. I do wonder though, if...
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EXPESSIONIST SCULPTURE
One of the best war memorials I've ever seen is a German Expressionist sculpture (above) by Ernst Barlach. It was executed in clay in 1927 to commemorate the dead of WWI, but the Nazis didn't like it...
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