Sometimes the truth is enough.
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50 of 365 is a Frost quote #GIMP
Author: lemsy
John LeMasney (lemsy) is an artist, graphic designer, and technology creative. He is located in beautiful Nelson County, VA, but works remotely with ease. Contact him at: lemasney@gmail.com to discuss your next creative project.
Emotional Walls
If you’ve ever truly loved, you’ve likely added bricks to your wall. It’s nice to peek over it most of the time, but from time to time, it’s a relief to have a shield from the pain and despair of disappointment.
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“One reason people put up emotional walls is to manage what happens next. But this sense of control is a myth. Because in reality, things play out like they’re going to and you have far less power over other people than you imagine (or you’d like). There’s a sense of If I, then she will that’s also a myth. You just can’t predict or control other people’s behavior.” – 4 Truths About People Who Put Up (Emotional) Walls | These Little Waves,
So, this is essentially an inside joke between some old friends. However, I think you can appreciate it from a general point of view too. I hereby name this meme ‘philosophy squirrels’.
In the GIMP, I took a single image that I found in MorgueFile of a squirrel, and mirrored it, then duplicated the pair into a new layer, and moved it down. After I had them where I wanted them, I added the text and paths to have them chat. I thought about adding a coolfaced troll to nod to Shaun Holland, but maybe next time.
tags: squirrels, Princeton, change, inevitability, open source, GNU, GPL, GIMP, creative commons, CC-SA, postaday2011, WordPress, lemasney, sharing
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365Sketches got featured!
I’m so excited! IÂ learned that I was a part of a showcase on the WordPress Post A Day blog today! I wanted to say how much I appreciate all that WordPress does to make itself the best publishing platform, CMS, and blogging engine out there, and open source to boot! I also love that you regularly push us to keep using your engine in creative ways. Thanks for the mention, and hope you guys keep up your great work forever.
http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/showcase-10-themed-blogs-that-rock/
I used GIMP to make an idea I had earlier today as I was slashing through piles of email that have less and less relevance to me . It fit nicely into the 7-5-7 form which I forgot is not the haiku form, which is 5-7-5. DUH! In case you’ve not heard, I recently resigned from my long-term position at Rider to take a similar position at Princeton University. And so, all those emails that might have had me jumping a month ago are a lot easier to pass on, respond quickly to, or simply (ninja vanishing sounds).
tags: email, ninja, lame, duck, employment, moving on, Rider University, Princeton University, New Jersey, lemasney, 365, postaday2011, GNU, GPL, GIMP, open source, creative commons, CC-SA
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46 of 365 is a man on fire #GIMP
Here we have a man on fire. A poetic, metaphoric, and timely self-portrait.
In the GIMP, I imported the silhouetted image of the man, along with the flame image. In order to combine them, I put the man as the top layer, and set the layer style to “screen”, which keeps the white of the upper layer, but let the flames come through wherever the black occurred. It’s a simple, but very powerful technique when you want to quickly combine the contents of two layers.
tags: fire, man, silhouette, GNU, GPL, GIMP, open source, creative commons, CC-SA, share, 365. lemasney, postaday2011