Project Stack. Yesterday I sent back comments to everyone who had turned in something on Saturday, and today I'll start working on the Sunday projects. As always, you can check the stack to make sure I received your project.
Hump Day of the semester. In honor of the hump-day (Wednesday) of the hump-week (Week 8) of the whole semester, here is some beautiful shaved-camel art from Rajasthan in India:
The following items are for fun and exploration:
Blog stream. Some people are sharing funny memes in their reflection posts this week, and I thought this one in Luda's post was hilarious: Week 8 Progress. Sometimes it's hard to find motivation. Sometimes motivation finds you.
Twitter stream. BRILLIANT: Muppet coloring pages you can download and use. See the whole selection here: Museum of Monster Art.
From India, a beautiful portrait of Krishna's beloved Radha:
From the British Museum, this is a theater mask for the rakshasi Tataka (people in Indian Epics know about her from the Ramayana); the mask comes from West Bengal.
And look: it's a story-generating algorithm from Tom Gauld (larger view)!
Plus one of my favorite forms of stillness: SLEEP. What would happen if you didn’t sleep?
March 17. In addition to being St. Patrick's Day, today is also the birthday of Kate Greenaway, artist and illustrator, who was born on this day in 1846; she died in 1901. You can read more about her life and career at Wikipedia. She was so famous that her style is still known as "Kate Greenaway style," and she is especially famous for her children's book illustrations, such as her lovely Mother Goose book. Here is her Little Miss Muffet:
And here's a video of her alphabet-book:
