Everyone: Hey, Dave! Tell us what we should like/dislike, please!
Me: OK
Hot Dog
Haw-lin
Haw-lin
A "mood wall" is something a lot of designers and artists maintain in some form or another. It's just a collection of interesting photos, objects, or whatever has caught their eye and been stuck on a wall. They either draw direct inspiration from them or just use them to work out a general mood they are hoping to convey in a work or a series of works. I have always had something like this in my studio just as a reminder of what has been exciting me aesthetically.
I found a website created by a couple of guys who decided to have their "mood wall" on the internet for all to see. They definitely have a specific aesthetic view point and the photos fall into a few different categories: design/art, clothes/fashion, interesting looking people, quarries/rock formations, and naked ladies. The last one makes the site unsuitable to be viewed at work.
It's updated regularly and is a good way to pass some time and treat your eyes without any words to get in the way. There's no information on any of the photos (although I do occasionally find photos that have been plucked from other websites I frequent) and this adds to the allure. Purely visual.
http://haw-lin.com/
Cold Dog
Dust / Sand
Once in a while, usually in spring, the winds whip across Mongolia and Northern China stirring up the dessert sands. The sand is then caught up in the prevailing eastwardly winds and eventually drifts across Japan. This week we had a rare fall visit from a cloud of super-fine dust which, once inhaled, is as unpleasant as you imagine it would be.
Add to that, there is heavy construction going on where I work. They are tearing down concrete walls and rebuilding more earthquake-resistant ones. A good idea since we had a big earthquake a few years back, but it has filled the air with pulverized concrete dust. Not to mention the futility of holding a conversation class over the sound of jackhammers.
Add to that, I have had a string of colds that have turned into bronchitis this year.
Add to that, multiple other daily airborne attackers I face as a weakling nerd.
Bad times for my respiratory system.
