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MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

This is one of the coolest animation I’ve ever, ever seen.  Ever.  (really) Of course, that’s colored by me not knowing that anyone made animation out of doors.  Sometimes I think people spend too much time searching for meaning in things.  I’ve been guilty of that and have tried my best to let go and enjoy things for what they are.  Skip the how and why and just enjoy the moment.  I’ve always been interested in learning animation (I see stop-motion Lego films in my future), but this totally blew me away.  The creativity is a wonder to behold and experience.

I really think trying to be more in the moment with my kids has been paying off.  I actually got spooked by some 3D action in Journey to the Center of the Earth.  I felt tangible fear while watching The Dark Knight (Heath Ledger was brilliant).  And now I practically clapped with joy & surprise at this video.  Enjoy

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I gotta figure out how to make this stuff - it’s apparently just cornstarch & water.

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Since this is duckling season, I thought I’d put up a video demonstrating how to herd ducks. Before I got our ducks, that was one of my biggest worries. After all, I live in suburbia. I had visions of quacking, flapping ducks going everywhere except into their pen, including the neighbors’ yards. Luckily, duck herding turned out to be a breeze. M was very nice about demonstrating on video. Read more »

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Since sunrise and sunset don’t vary in time like the US, we got used to going to bed around 8-9pm and waking up around 5-6am. One night I was woken by the sound of rustling branches, and being utterly paranoid, I thought perhaps there were some opportunistic stoners looking for some free clothes or something. I was proven wrong at 4.30am when the howling started, and man - howler monkeys are LOUD. It’s more of a roar than a howl, and travels for up to 3 miles.

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