burden. curse. life. unconscious.

so many ways to look at it.

really like fiest’s take on it as a collaborative effort (as evidenced by her work w/ broken social scene in years past). the new documentary on her grammy nominated album “the reminder” called look at what the light did now features great pieces from her “amplifiers” as she calls them.

brilliant trailer + concept. why isn’t photography more like this? or is it?

“it’s just more exciting to bring it to life with people.”

via holiday matinee
This week, I was lucky enough to attend a screening for the new documentary about Feist, “Look at What The Light Did Now.” The film follows the recording of Leslie Feist’s 2007 album The Reminder, and includes interviews with her “amplifiers” — everyone involved in the creative process, from laying down tracks to designing album artwork. I especially loved seeing how Montreal artist Clea Minaker developed the shadow puppetry that Feist’s live shows are famous for. If you like her music, or if you’re just interested in seeing an awesome artistic movie, you should check it out.

for some reason, i think of daniel johnston here too.

less then two weeks now until the sold out inaugural TEDPortland event. you can’t tickets anymore but if you’re around town next saturday it might be worth hanging around outside to see what you can pick up. can’t wait to hear what’s in store but even more excited to know that this should no doubt be a yearly event here.

+ with all that pdx has to offer in the way of ideas, creativity + downright zaniness it should only get richer in the future. definitely like to see more industrial design + architecture in future rounds.

this just in from an esteemed colleague of mine, athena, whom i’m sure you’ll be hearing about if you haven’t already. priceless email + i thought (with her permission) i’d share the pain we’ve all come across. some days are just harder then others.

“I’m in Thailand right now on my annual adventure. I met this Thai breakdance girl last night. I set up a meeting to photograph her. I was soooooo ssooo excited…stayed up all night thinking about it….”woke up” and scouted, planned, charged my batteries and bought her water….she was no show…I’m so sad…all my friends are laughing at me and my heart ache…I got stood up by a Thai girl and I will never she her again…she was so pretty and so talented…oh the photographic pain.”

if you need a push to keep going, here’s a nice take from edward norton appropriately titled innovators: you will feel the terror.

when you have it life is beyond good because it’s just getting better + yet there’s really no way to keep it on your side as by definition it has to end sometime. 2011 is rolling like this + while i couldn’t put my finger on it recently someone else was able to do that for me.

momentum.

use it wisely + keep it on your side.

that’s what happens with all the good projects, all the good stuff in general. i think 2011 is the year for it. can see it in this gallery of scandinavian landscapes for sure + imagine over the course of six weeks in an old “76 toyota corolla that peter boel just keep rolling with it. feeling it. it shows. fantastic work from what i’m glad to call my homeland.

here’s a start from something totally different. something with a bit of momentum though.

don’t let a tiny little viewfinder limit your vision.

don’t let a smaller piece of work limit your ideas.

don’t let a lack of one thing limit your abundance of another.

don’t let anyone tell you any different.

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