"Experiment" by Boyd Reimer 

"With New Eyes" by Boyd Reimer 

"Falling Up" by Boyd Reimer 

"Serenity" sketch by Boyd Reimer 

This is a DMA Assignment to show PERSPECTIVE using an actual intersection. As I mentioned in the last post on this blog, I was inspired by the intersection of Danforth and Woodbine. I live less than 3 blocks away from there and I wondered what would happen if all the wars we hear about in the news these days would be happening right here? I wondered, "What would happen if all the fictitious violence we see on TV or games would actually become a reality in our own intersections?" Here is the product of these thoughts. 

A DMA 179 assignment on PERSPECTIVE required us to do a watercolor of an actual intersection. I chose to do my assignment on the intersection of Danforth and Woodbine (see my next post in this blog). I was unable to post my own photograph of this intersection. Nevertheless, this same intersection was photographed by the people at http://www.boldts.net/TorDw.shtml . Their photo (below) looks east from the south side of Danforth; but my assignment (see my next post in this blog) was inspired by looking east from the north side of Danforth.  

The End of Fun and Merriment? (see photo below)

The article “Art and Creativity” (which we read for our assignment in DMA179) mentioned that the inventor Edison used to purposely wake himself up just so that he could write down things while he was still half asleep. He thereby “tapped the richness of theta [brain] states.”

I have unwittingly used that method myself, and recommend it to my fellow artists even though, as digital artists, we are now on the end of the 130 year “analog age” which Edison started when he invented the first analog signal in 1870 (see “stock ticker”).

Edison and his inventive spirit lives on: He was still alive when this 1930 flyer was written, advertising his “new” phonograph.. (I scanned directly from that actual flyer, which I happen to own.) The flyer boasts, " . . . so real and life-like are these tones that it is difficult to realize that you are not in a room with the artists themselves."

Just because the analog age is ending, this doesn’t mean the end of “fun and merriment;” --that is, if we keep “thinking theta.”

Edison, William Dickson, and Louis Le Prince were all involved in the first movies ever made. To see the first movie ever made in 1888 (by Le Prince) see:
http://www.nmpft.org.uk/insight/info/roundhay.mov

Each of the 17 frames of this 2 second breakthrough can be isolated by clicking on them individually. My thanks to wikipedia, and nmpft.org. According to wikipedia, this, the world's first movie, is now finally "in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years or less." At last--a free movie!!! 

This sketch was not done for any assignment. It was done on my own initiative on Sep 19, 2006. It is a study in thematic contrast. The title is: "The Lovestruck Foreman: Is This Just A Passing Glance?" 

This is a study sketch for the "Below Knees" assignment taken from Woodbine Subway station Sep. 18, 2006.  

This is another study sketch for "Below Knees" assignment taken from near TTC Station at Christie, Sep 16, 2006 

This is a study sketch for the "Below Knees" assignment. Taken from TTC Station at St. Clair West on Sep 15, 2006 

This is another study sketch for "Below Knees" assignment. It was inspired by the inner courtyard at Sencec@York, on Sep13, 2006 

This is a one of several study sketches for the DMA 179 Exercise "Below Knees." It is part of a collection of several sketches restricted to only square shapes found below the knees. In this post all three locations are at Seneca @ York, on Sep 12, 2006. 

Boyd's Completed Assignment "Below the Knees"

Sep 19, 2006 

To stimulate creativity I agree that it is good to break one's routine every once in a while:

Today I ate different foods: walnuts with cheerios. (It was good!)

I also took a different walking route to the subway.

Water is encountered many times a day, but we don't notice it.

Today, I did: After a new rain, when I passed under a low branch, the drips dripped on my head. This drip landed on my glasses and blurred my vision, causing me to see the world in a new way.

Title: Reflections on Reflections - Part 2

Photographer: Boyd Reimer (2006)




 

Title: Reflections on Reflections - Part 1

Photographer: Boyd Reimer (Aug, 2006)



 

Title: Feelin' free at Tappan Zee

Photographer: Boyd Reimer (August, 2006)


 

 

There's something fascinating about cat's eyes--and the eyes of all nocturnal creatures. Has anyone ever been walking around at night and seen how the reflection of light comes out of those eyes as a powerful metalic glint? The effect is quite piercing! This happens to nocturnal creatures like raccoons too, but I especially like the way cat's eyes bounce back any hint of light at night. It can take an ordinary light and punch it back to you.

I know that this idea has been worked on before with other artists; but I think that up till now only the tip of the iceberg has been touched in this idea. For example, cat's eyes even look like metalic discs in the day if the light hits them right



Cat's eyes in day: i i



Cat's eyes in night: y y


Cat's eyes when dizzy: x x


Cat's eyes when it doesn't know day from night: s s

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A big hello to all!

Welcome to . . .

the future site of YOUR interactivity with the people of the world . . .

. . . hosted by me, Boyd.

I am looking forward to getting to know many of you through many avenues of communication, this blog being one of them.

I am looking forward to all of us using this blog as a tool to . . .

ignite ideas,

converge our collective catalysts for creativity,

and . . .

. . . interactivate!

Watch for more coming soon . . .

Bye,
Boyd