Wall Madonna

Little Village, Chicago

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Quote DuJour

"Light to me is the most profound truth in the universe.
My thinking has been deeply affected by the belief that
everyone is some form of radiant energy."
-Wynn Bullock

On The Run

Little Village, Chicago

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Quote DuJour

"My imagination is a monastery

and I am it's monk"

-John Keats

Storefront Shrine

Little Village, Chicago

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In the Mexican community they take their faith seriously. In the case of this store they have included a shrine to the Virgin Mary in front by the entrance.

Mannequin Glow

Little Village, Chicago

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Friday ClixPix

Maximum Madonna

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Grafitti Little Village, Chicago

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7 Habits of Highly Creative Minds

FreelanceSwitch.com has a great post on the "7 Habits of Highly Creative Minds". It's a good read to help inspire and jog your mental rhythms. Read and be inspired at FreelanceSwitch.

Quote DuJour

"All art is autobiographical; 

the pearl 

is the oyster’s autobiography."

-Federico Fellini in a December 1965 piece in The Atlantic

Creative Vapor Lock

It's summer. Hot, 90 to 100 degrees....sticky and just plain uncomfortable. Tis the season to hit creative vapor lock. My mind is putty and it has stalled out. So I go to the Apple app store and wandered around for some mind stimulating candy. Behold a free app just to jockey the photographic mental digits into stimulation.  The free version is DotMatrix FREE by Blackop. The program takes an image from your video cam snapshot or a photo and lets you create a whole mess of unusual and funky images using their presets which you can tweak any way you want. Designers and photographers can play with this for inspiration. Playing with this shakes the old brain cells alive. Download it and give it a shot. The free version creates a lo-res .png file.  They also make a studio version for a price. I'd love to do a review on that to see how well that works. But for now the free version allows me to kick the tires. It's on Apples app store or go to Blackops site.  Below are some samples.