Phoenix Awaits the Bonfires , originally uploaded by purple0wl.
Bonfire night is bonanza time for the phoenix! Here he prepares for the Fifth of November. Well, the 6th actually. He will have to wait for the ashes from which he can rise again.
The image of the phoenix too has gone through quite a few resurrections on [...]
Photographer. (Pointing camera at X.) “Smile please.”
X. “Cheese.”
Photographer. “Good. Lovely. Er… Oh, wait a minute…” (Fumbles with camera.) “Funny. I could have sworn that button was the flash.”
X. “…Cheeeeeese…”
Photographer. “Can you move a little to the left.”
X. “Cheeeeeeeeeee… That enough? …..eeeeese.”
Photographer. (Scowls.) “Can’t you look a bit happier?”
X. “ChEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEse.”
Snap! The photographer takes the picture. Stares [...]
Iphone or ipod. Oh dear. How do you choose which to use for doodling, drawing or painting? Both iPhone and Ipod Touch can give artists and simple scribblers a simply magical sketchbook. Both put artistic expression literally at your finger tips.
Even when the Iphone App Store first opened its doors there were five or six [...]
How’s your memory for faces?
The other day I realised something about the way I call up mental images of friends and relations. I was quite surprised. I wonder if your memory cheats on you the same way mine does.
One thing is almost certain. Considering the number of faces there are in the world, you have [...]