Category Archives: Inspiration

Ted Talk: Alain de Botton

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Cara

Seems like an interesting person. Will have to check out his book… There’s also interesting stuff on his website, like this photo gallery.

Posted in Inspiration, Life | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Socks the Cat

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Cara

My husband introduced me to a Japanese illustrator’s blog featuring Socks the cat. My sister-in-law met this illustrator (I need to ask his name!) and knew my husband would enjoy seeing the cute cat pictures. I haven’t seen the illustrations … Continue reading →

Posted in Inspiration, My Art | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Thing-A-Day #6 — Inspirational Poster

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Cara

Today I was feeling a little sick, so I opted for a digital doodle, which became a poster. This was all done on my iPad. The porcupine was drawn in vectors (Inkpad), and then I combined it with a lovely message which was posted in one of my social media streams yesterday to make an … Continue reading » Continue reading →

Posted in Inspiration, iPad, Just for Fun | Tagged | Leave a comment

Film: Windfall

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Cara

This is an important documentary that reminds us to fully consider what is going on when green energy is being embraced by the traditionally polluting companies… I had to rethink some of my own assumptions. Also, I absolutely love the … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Green Life | Leave a comment

Illustrated Statistics by Kenichi Tanaka

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Cara

Japan – The Strange Country (Japanese ver.) from Kenichi. While the video is in Japanese, much of the content is clear from the animation & English labels. It’s kind of a “look at these facts, isn’t this absurd?” commentary/humor bit.

Posted in Inspiration, Just for Fun | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment