Initially I thought these black objects were some kind of construction cones surrounding the plinth only to find out that they are artworks representing African slaves facing the (now empty) space occupied by the (now removed) sculptor of Francis Scott Key.
2022-06-17
2022-06-12
Kline coffee dripper
The hissing sound of a coffee machine inspired the design of this motion graphics.
https://youtu.be/FN1eNb61ARM
2022-06-04
Buzzing fly in G
Smashing a fly is
too blunt better to starve it
by cleaning kitchen
2022-05-30
awb SF
Walking by this sports bar whose logo inspired this motion graphics design in my mind.
2022-05-25
A chair that flows
I noticed a bus stop bench while driving by and this visual image popped up in my mind.
https://youtu.be/VwPCFwmTlQA
2022-05-22
Wool cap
This sketch was inspired by a face of similar style I saw today.
https://youtu.be/urt3khp6Wsg
Apollo 10½
I watched Apollo 10½ thinking it was a science fiction only to find out the story is even more interesting.
The animated actions looked lively, which turns out to be based on a type of rotoscoping-over-live-action that the director also employed with his prior works such as A Scanner Darkly.
2022-05-20
Creative block
In Concept Art: Break Artist’s Block with Emergent Design – L410, conceptual artist Sam Nielson talked about the common causes and remedies for creative blocks, which I found to be equally applicable to scientific research (or any other creative fields):
Causes:
- Not enough or the right kind of input
- , such as visual inspirations for art or the current problems and progresses in research.
- Not having anything to say
- , which is related to the above about not having the right kind of input as well as not thinking enough about what one wants to do.
- Fear of poor performance
- which can cause actual poor performance.
Antidotes:
- Study everything and anything
- , including books, papers, and artworks.
- Live life a little (outside work)
- , which is not just about work-live balance but also about enriching one’s creative horizon.
- Give yourself permission to suck
- to increase the chance not to suck.
I followed the suggested process (about using chunky oil brushes for iterative ideation) to create the visual impression I saw earlier about two white chairs inside woods.
https://youtu.be/bXAl42AY4zA
2022-05-16
Chairs-and-tables puzzle dream
I dreamed about this math/algorithm puzzle earlier this morning.
There are N tables and M chairs on an infinite plane for a class, which consists of group discussions and individual works.
During the group discussions, each student can move his/her chair towards a table.
When the discussions are over, each student will need to move his/her chair to an individual table without sharing with other students.
What is the optimal transport for this transition from a given group discussion configuration to an individual work arrangement?