carte blanche: January 2008

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

CaRaMoaN HiDDeN PaRaDiSe

If you and your family, friends or loved ones are planning to have a fun, exciting summer vacation that is not crowded with people, white sand, beautiful coral reefs and clear waters there's one place in Camarines Sur that you'll surely enjoy to visit -- Caramoan!. The Caramoan Peninsula, off Bicol, provides a totally untouched environment for kayakers willing to bring their own boats. This area is totally unknown to tourists so do not expect hotels or restaurants. But if you are looking for an outer-edge ocean experience, you will find it here. The Caramoan area is hit by typhoons so plan your expedition in the quiet months between December and June.
For more information about this wonderful paradise, trip packages and who to contact to tour you around visit this site.--- http://caramoan-paradise.blogspot.com

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Name the colors in 5 minutes!

Named so far:

Baby blue, Beige, Black, Blue, Blue green, Blue violet, Bronze, Brown, Burgundy, Chestnut, Cream, Dark blue, Dark brown, Dark green, Ecru, Emerald, Gold, Green, Ivory, Lavender, Light blue, Lilac, Navy Blue, Old Rose, Orange, Pear, Pink, Powder blue, Purple, Red, Sapphire, Silver, Tan, Tangerine, White, Yellow,

You forgot:

Alice blue, Alizarin, Amaranth, Amber, Amethyst, Apricot, Aqua, Aquamarine, Asparagus, Auburn, Azure, Bistre, Bondi blue, Brass, Bright green, Bright turquoise, Brilliant rose, Buff, Burnt orange, Burnt sienna, Burnt umber, Camouflage green, Caput Mortuum, Cardinal, Carmine, Carnation pink, Carrot orange, Celadon, Cerise, Cerulean, Cerulean blue, Chartreuse, Chartreuse yellow, Chocolate, Cinnabar, Cinnamon, Cobalt, Copper, Copper rose, Coral, Coral red, Corn, Cornflower blue, Cosmic latte, Crimson, Cyan, Dark cerulean, Dark chestnut, Dark coral, Dark goldenrod, Dark khaki, Dark pastel green, Dark pink, Dark salmon, Dark slate gray, Dark spring green, Dark tan, Dark tangerine, Dark turquoise, Dark violet, Deep cerise, Deep fuchsia, Deep lilac, Deep magenta, Deep peach, Denim, Dodger blue, Electric blue, Electric green, Electric indigo, Electric lime, Electric purple, Eggplant, Falu red, Fern green, Flax, Forest green, French Rose, Fuchsia, Fuchsia Pink, Gamboge, Golden brown, Golden yellow, Goldenrod, Grey asparagus, Green yellow, Grey, Han Purple, Harlequin, Heliotrope, Hollywood Cerise, Hot Magenta, Hot Pink, Indigo, Klein Blue, Islamic green, Jade, Kelly green, Khaki, Lemon, Lemon chiffon, Lime, Linen, Magenta, Malachite, Maroon, Maya blue, Mauve, Mauve Taupe, Medium blue, Medium carmine, Medium purple, Midnight Blue, Mint Green, Misty rose, Moss green, Mountbatten pink, Mustard, Navajo white, Ochre, Old Gold, Old Lace, Old Lavender, Olive, Olive Drab, Olivine, Orange Peel, Orange Red, Orchid, Pale blue, Pale brown, Pale carmine, Pale chestnut, Pale cornflower blue, Pale magenta, Pale pink, Pale red violet, Papaya whip, Pastel green, Pastel pink, Peach, Peach orange, Peach yellow, Periwinkle, Persian blue, Persian green, Persian indigo, Persian red, Persian pink, Persian rose, Persimmon, Pine Green, Pink orange, Puce, Prussian blue, Psychedelic purple, Pumpkin, Raw umber, Red violet, Robin egg blue, Rose, Rose Taupe, Royal blue, Royal purple, Russet, Rust, Safety Orange, Saffron, Salmon, Sandy brown, Sangria, Scarlet, School bus yellow, Sea Green, Seashell, Selective yellow, Sepia, Shamrock green, Shocking Pink, Sky Blue, Slate grey, Smalt, Spring bud, Spring green, Steel blue, Tangerine yellow, Taupe, Tea Green, Tea rose, Teal, Tenne, Terra cotta, Thistle, Turquoise, Tyrian purple, Ultramarine, Vermilion, Violet, Viridian, Wheat, Wisteria, Zinnwaldite,
How many colors can you name in five minutes?

Monday, January 7, 2008

The Amazing 3D Sidewalk Art Photos

I find this guy amazing... This is Julian Beever an English chalk artist who has been creating trompe-l'oeil ("trick the eye") chalk drawings on pavement surfaces since the mid-1990s. His works are created using a projection called anamorphosis, and create the illusion of three dimensions when viewed from the correct angle.

Besides pavement art, Beever also paints murals and replicas of the works of masters and oil paintings, and creates collages. He works as a freelance performance artist and creates murals for companies. He has worked in the UK, Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Spain, the U.S., Australia and Brazil.

Below are some of his great Anamorphic illusions drawn in different locations.

Picture below is part of a series used by White's Electronics of Inverness in Treasure Hunting magazine.

Most of his pictures can take a whole day to create and by the next day they are often gone, vanished under the feet of passing pedestrians. It is a very evanescent art form, one that lives mostly through photographs taken at the time.

The globe was done in Edinburgh City Centre. Sideward photo of the globe drawn in Edinburg City Centre. It has the length of 13m (40 feet) long.

The girl sitting on top of the W is not a drawing at all.

Sunday, January 6, 2008

Traffic Jam

Monday rush hour. Its the first day of the week and I got stuck in heavy traffic. Darn! I'm late. Traffic flow is bumper to bumper. Everybody's in a hurry and no one wants to give way. Undisciplined bus and jeepney drivers stop in the middle of the road to load or unload passangers. We've passed by a number of road constructions.

When I finally reached the office I heard employees complaining with the same traffic I went through and everybody was pissed and disappointed. After a few chats I opened my email and there's this one email that caught my attention and made me realized to be more thankful on the traffic I encounter everyday.