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Best Weird Museum Series: The Mutter Museum

March 26, 2013 — Leave a comment

Labeled as,  “America’s finest museum of medical history,” The Mütter Museum rises above all the rest when it comes to the funny and bizarre. Lots of very strange teratological photos, sculptures and things floating dreamlike in large glass jars, which shock and amuse. World famous animators, The Brothers Quay made a documentary about this creepy place.  A video of some of the more bizarre things from the collection is here. (The Museum has their own channel on YouTube with over 194 videos!)

Can’t make it to Philly? No problem you can buy the book, photographed by many famous artists, here.

 

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Best Internet Marketing Article Ever…

March 25, 2013 — Leave a comment

 

“I just started thinking more about the way I use the Internet. Most of the time when I type in a search, I’m looking for an answer to a specific question. The problem in my industry, and a lot of industries, is you don’t get a lot of great search results because most businesses don’t want to give answers; they want to talk about their company. So I realized that if I was willing to answer all these questions that people have about fiberglass pools, we might have a chance to pull this out.”

Increasing Sales by Answering Customers’ Questions link here.

via Marcus Sheridan and NYtimes.com

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Best Art Collections: OutSider Art in Philadelphia

March 25, 2013 — Leave a comment

The great artist Jean Dubuffet was very influenced by Outsider Art and characterized it as: “Those works created from solitude and from pure and authentic creative impulses – where the worries of competition, acclaim and social promotion do not interfere”. 

Local Philly artist Jill Bonovitz and husband Sheldon have been collecting Outsider Art way before it was popular. Once upon a time you needed a dinner invitation to view l’art brut but now they have shared their incredible collection with the entire world at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. If you visit Philly to see this show make sure you stop by the Fleisher/Ollman Gallery which has been specializing in this type of work since 1952.

“Great and Mighty Things”: Outsider Art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection.  March 3, 2013 – June 9, 2013

 

 

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How to Series: How to compose a picture – Or the Golden Mean is now on your iphone…

March 23, 2013 — Leave a comment

The Golden Ratio or Golden Mean was first mentioned by Euclid and based on the Fibonacci sequence of numbers and found all throughout nature. It is the secret proportion to all things. The God Equation if you will. It has been used in Art and Design since as far back as the pyramids. Why? Because everything looks great when you use it!  Today in the modern world it is rarely taught for some reason.  As the saying goes, “there is an app for everything” and now you can use this app on your Iphone to make a really well composed picture. If you like to draw and you have 8 minutes, listen to this guy who teaches you what you will need to know. Don’t like the Golden Mean? Try the Rule of Thirds.

 

 

 

***There is also a program that overlays the golden ration onto any program you work in: http://www.phimatrix.com/viewdemo.htm

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Best Philadelphia Photographer Series: Ruth Thorne-Thompson

March 20, 2013 — Leave a comment

Ruth uses a pin hole camera to make these incredible and surreal images as 4×5″ silver prints.  There are few living masters practicing surrealism in photography and she is one of the best. You can still get her book here but its getting very rare.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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