tim burton’s haunting, yet whimsically fantastic characters and dreamscapes fascinate me. watch this video and get inside tim’s head for 7 minutes. he discusses drawing, motivation for his works, why he wears striped socks!, and his loyalty to hands-on, tactile creative processes.
(via swissmiss)
If this doesn’t excite you, then perhaps you’re an unexcitable human being. These bad boys come out in October along with Spike Jonze’s feature film rendition of Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s tale, Where the While Things Are.
Other Wild Things goodies:
1) Don’t have the book? Get it! (click image)
2) Check out the trailer (click image):
3) Visit the awesome blog, We Love You So, for all things WTWTA related.
4) Interview with Spike Jonze at Aint It Cool
5) Wanna know how excited I am?
Following Eleanor Roosevelt’s 1940’s Victory Garden example, Michelle Obama announced last week that she, along with 23 fifth graders from Bancroft Elementary School, will begin digging up the soil and planting a 1,100 square foot Edible Garden on the White House Lawn. Her foremost hope is to educate children and families about eating healthier, locally grown produce at a time when obesity and diabetes have become a national concern.
The new garden will contain a diverse selection of fruits & vegetables, as chosen by the White House kitchen staff, including: tomatoes, cilantro, various lettuces, spinach, collards, kale, arugula, berries, and a variety of herbs. There will also be two beehives for honey and a compost pile. Beets didn’t make the cut because President Obama doesn’t like them. Gosh, he and I have so much in common: Left-handed, Check. Leo, Check. Dislikes beets, Check…hmmm. I’m starting to think I’ve got a shot at the presidency. Hurley Sashimi 2020? I digress. The food grown in the garden will be served for private family dinners and other state and official events.
The following video is part of the “Eat the View” Campaign to plant high-impact gardens in high profile places. They’d been circulating petitions for quite some time for the Obama’s to replant the First Garden. It’s cute. And educational. Watch it.
(via Inhabitat, New York Times, and Eat the View)
Jive the Turkey says, “Throw all your fitness plans out the window, and EAT ME!”
Happy Bulging Belly Day, y’all.
Thankful.
[click Jive to see him fly!]
[turkey animation by dianne que]
