{"id":6179,"date":"2012-12-19T11:50:12","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T16:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/365sketches.org\/?p=5149"},"modified":"2025-11-14T22:36:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T03:36:39","slug":"20121219-keep-the-cray-in-crazy-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-creativecommons-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/12\/19\/20121219-keep-the-cray-in-crazy-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-creativecommons-design\/","title":{"rendered":"20121219: Keep the cray in crazy by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #creativecommons #design"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5150\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\" 20121219: Keep the cray in crazy by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #creativecommons #design\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20121218a.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5150\" data-attachment-id=\"5150\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/20100914platypus\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100914platypus.png?fit=809%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"809,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Platypus made out of text cc-by lemasney\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Platypus made out of text cc-by lemasney&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Platypus made out of text cc-by lemasney&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100914platypus.png?fit=809%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-5150\" style=\"margin:5px;\" title=\"20121219: Keep the cray in crazy by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #creativecommons #design\" alt=\"20121219: Keep the cray in crazy by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #creativecommons #design\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20121218a.png?w=700&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">20121219: Keep the cray in crazy by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #creativecommons #design<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I saw an image recently that said &#8220;Keep the X in X-mas&#8221; and laughed a bit at the witty play on &#8220;Keep <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Christ\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener noreferrer\">Christ<\/a> in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Christmas\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener noreferrer\">Christmas<\/a>&#8220;, because I believe that there is so little spirituality or quietude left in the holidays, all replaced with pre-<a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Thanksgiving\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thanksgiving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener noreferrer\">Thanksgiving<\/a> reminders of the sales, spending, traffic, disappointment, and inequity of the season. These are the things that have replaced what the day is: A religious remembrance of the birth of a pretty nice guy, regardless of if you believe. I kind of wish that it was more like a second Thanksgiving, in which no presents are exchanged\u00a0and no expectations held other than the same subtle expectations I have for every day of the year: Come together, eat great food, spend time with people you love and care about, and treat each other well.<\/p>\n<p>Crazy, right? To each of you, I hope you get everything you wanted, for myself, Christmas is everyday.<\/p>\n<p>lemasney, design, open source, <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Creative Commons\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">creative commons<\/a>, cc-by, typography, poster, <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Inkscape\" href=\"https:\/\/inkscape.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">Inkscape<\/a>, <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"GIMP\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gimp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">GIMP<\/a>, Christmas, Thanksgiving,\u00a0<a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Hanukkah\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hanukkah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener noreferrer\">Hanukkah<\/a>, holidays, spirit<\/p>\n<p>Look at lots of other images from this series at\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/lemasney\/portfolio\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/lemasney\/portfolio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/pinterest.com\/lemasney\/portfolio\/<\/a><\/p>\n This image is Creative Commons Attribution licensed (cc-by lemasney)\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size:1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/12\/17\/20121217-symbols-of-nature-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-creativecommons-design-cc-by\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20121217: symbols of nature by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #creativecommons #design #cc-by<\/a> (365sketches.org)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/12\/18\/20121217-ikea-lack-table-comes-to-life-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-creativecommons-design-cc-by\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20121217: Ikea Lack table comes to life by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #creativecommons #design #cc-by<\/a> (365sketches.org)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/12\/13\/20121213-a-man-with-roots-firmly-planted-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-creativecommons-design-cc-by-tree-roots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20121213: A man with roots, firmly planted by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #creativecommons #design #cc-by #tree #roots<\/a> (365sketches.org)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I saw an image recently that said &#8220;Keep the X in X-mas&#8221; and laughed a bit at the witty play on &#8220;Keep Christ in Christmas&#8220;, because I believe that there is so little spirituality or quietude left in the holidays, all replaced with pre-Thanksgiving reminders of the sales, spending, traffic, disappointment, and inequity of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1128,3654],"tags":[230,335,411,3870],"class_list":{"0":"post-6179","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-illustration","8":"category-portfolio","9":"tag-creative-commons","10":"tag-gimp","11":"tag-inkscape","12":"tag-john-lemasney","13":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20121218a.png?fit=700%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3h6y2-1BF","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5881,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2011\/02\/05\/36-of-365-is-a-goodnight-note-inkscape\/","url_meta":{"origin":6179,"position":0},"title":"An end of the day note: Goodnight, sweetness by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #farewell #Inkscape #illustration","author":"lemsy","date":"2011-02-05","format":false,"excerpt":"It's so nice to get a proper goodnight from the one that you love. 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Sam sent me a bitmap traced SVG of his band, and we discussed over email the idea of his band fighting Godzilla, and possibly a 3D movie effect. 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Simple, fun, effective. If you like it, please share it, and thanks! lemasney, design, open source, creative commons, cc-by, typography, poster, Inkscape, GIMP, geometry, love Look at my favorite images from this project on the Portfolio page\u00a0 Related articles 20121226: Seriously by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Illustration&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Illustration","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/category\/portfolio\/illustration\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"20121227: heart made of triangles by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #creativecommons #design","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20121220.png?fit=1200%2C700&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20121220.png?fit=1200%2C700&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20121220.png?fit=1200%2C700&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20121220.png?fit=1200%2C700&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20121220.png?fit=1200%2C700&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6177,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/12\/17\/20121217-symbols-of-nature-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-creativecommons-design-cc-by\/","url_meta":{"origin":6179,"position":4},"title":"20121217: symbols of nature by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #creativecommons #design #cc-by","author":"lemsy","date":"2012-12-17","format":false,"excerpt":"I have come to the conclusion that I have a strong faith in nature. 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