Make Art = Climb Art

The Burning man Festival has been held in september this year again. A 'monstruous' big and very arty festival where everything seems possible. This pic I found in the records of previous years. Looks like a crossover of an eggplant and a pear to me, but climable nevertheless.

In the photo below (shot bij Maurice Licher; thnx mate!) Tim van der Linden masters the in- and outside 3D wonder in France. The people who recognise it know where to find it. For U other guys, keep searching :-P

Little girls do Boulder

Yep, last sunday I took my 3 year old daughter (Maru) to the Climbing Gym Haarlem (Netherlands that is, not Harlem-NY. Although it is situated alongside a river too ;-P). My friends Tim, Mirjam and Maurice were there too, so I thought: what the heck I even might boulder a bit and show Maru what fun it is. I new she liked the falling matrasses a lot so she would certainly be enjoying that.

But it turned out that she mostly wanted to climb those colourful 'thingies' on the wall. Although it shouldn't be suprising to me (kids do climb in everything) I was elated nevertheless. The time flew by, and even Wendy came over to have dinner there. At leaving the Gym she acclaimed "Ed, can we go here sometime again?". Ahhhhhh, the magic words came from herself. JOY !!

(p.s.: the pics are taken at our own bouldercorner in the back garden).

Powers of Ten - A film about a comparative look at live

This is a (old) video by Charles and Ray Eames about relative size and distance. Journey from a sub-atomic molecule to the far reaches of the universe and back again...
The film was popular as a example of scale during my physics classes at high school. Click picture to start the film.

Comic Strip Mutts in Metro Netherlands

WOW !! Mutts as a regular comic in the dutch version of the Metro newspaper. That's news which makes my day more colourful.

The comic revolves around Mooch (the cat) and Earl (the dog) who reflect on our (peoples) daily lives. It contains a sense of humour that is a mix of the brilliant simple but effective drawing style of Patrick McDonnell and the lingual pun's he let them make. Besides the cat and dog other characters (all animals) do have a regular appearance.

Check www.muttscomic.com for more info about the comic and the maker.