Tag Archive for the term: inspiration

I don’t know if you guys have this experience, but I find my energy level is really connected to the seasons, and end of August, beginning of September is one of the glowiest, dreamiest, slow movin-est times around. I remember feeling like back to school was a weird almost halucinatory dream state, floating through ailes […]

by Ian Christopher Goodman
with guidance from Marcus Macdonald
In these most recent and frenetically developing years of the Information Age, art has also seen some surprising transformations. No longer is it an unusual metier practiced by quirky cave people who travelled deep into mountains’ hearts to paint the exotic menageries in their minds; nor is […]

My greatest artistic inspirations tend to come from intense emotion. It doesn’t matter whether we’re talking about intense happiness or intense sadness and emotional experiences certainly don’t exhaust my list of inspirations.

My cousin Ori is originally from Israel, but moved to Vancouver 4 years ago to attend Vancouver Film School. He’s now one of the country’s brightest up and coming talents in visual effects. In fact, I’m going to shamelessly plug his short film, Piece of Mind, which was screened at the Future Is […]

In review: Tori Amos at Place Des Arts, Montreal QC, October 21.
The music we discover as teenagers never leaves us. By the time I turned 13, I was shamelessly addicted to “No Need to Argue” by the Cranberries and “Jagged Little Pill” by Alanis. Parts of those albums still make my heart jump […]

Well my Indyish lovelies. It’s that time of year again. It’s been dark for what seems like ages, inspiration for creativity is at an all time low, and getting your pants on in the morning has become a ritual of bending and straining in an attempt to get them up over turkey thighs and beer […]

I mean, really. What are these people trying to do here?
Me, I came on board in June after reading an ad on craigslist looking for a marketing intern. I know nothing about marketing beyond the occasional trip to jean talon (get it? market-ing? jean talon market? somebody stop me.)
But luckily Risa was welcoming and was […]

question 3 for Elaine, the designer behind Roadkill. see questions 1here and 2here.
i feel like there’s a dark humour lurking behind even the sweetest of
your pieces. the other thing that tips me off is the name “Roadkill.”
what’s up with that? why does that dark playfulness interest you, and where
does it come from?
The name […]