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 …

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

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.

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.