dissecting fine art

i came across this website online and i'm beyond words. awesome doesn't begin to describe it. as an art history nerd, i'm very excited when i come across great quality images. especially since most of the physical art is not readily accessible to me as i'm learning it, it's wonderful when professors take the time to get great quality images. when doing research it's also exciting to be able to zoom in and try to see something 'up close', when you're not even really in front of it. after i saw this website, i truly hope that this is the future of images and that the study of art history will benefit from both the improvement of images and digital technology. both can lead to wonderful things in the world of research. anyway, enough about my nerdy musings. go check it out for yourself:

http://www.haltadefinizione.com/galleries.jsp?lingua=en

enjoy! be back soon,

-Genevieve

the joys of people knowing your interests

this completes me. i really have no other words to say. i am eternally grateful to the individual who came across this and sent it to me. and i would really like to meet the individual who made this. so i could give them a high five.

- Genevieve

wishing you were here

sometimes when you think you can't go any further, it takes a little reassurance from the ones you love most. and other times it comes in forms that you would least expect it.

i'm currently under the weather, and although being bedridden should equal tons of posts, my mind is elsewhere. and it's not that exciting elsewhere.

however, there are a few things that have kept me sane...

this made me smile.

i find this adorable.

and this fits my mood to the tee.

hope things are better on your front. til next time,

-Genevieve

random indie finds

i love having little random finds of music, vids, films or pics. yesterday, i was aimlessly surfing the internet and i discovered the band She & Him. the duo works incredibly together and her voice is wonderfully soothing. i definitely recommend it if you like indie, eclectic music with choir like vocals. she (Zooey Deschanel) looked familiar to me and then i realized that she was the actress from "Yes Man". she's got a really cool style in the movie and in real life. she's in a new movie called "Gigantic" that come out last friday in limited theaters. it looks like it's going to be pretty comical, it's on my list for films i want to see.

so here are my little indie finds, She & Him's music vid for "Why do you let me stay here?". i thought it was a strangely cute music vid. and also the trailer for "Gigantic"...

hope you had a good weekend and that you enjoy the music. have a good week,

-Genevieve

solving the cube of time and tranquility

this past week has been very long to say the least. my studies attacked me and left me quite defenseless. but after a good night's sleep and a peaceful saturday, i return to my little corner in cyberspace. i have so many things i want to do to enjoy this weekend, that i feel there isn't going to be enough time. but so far, so good. i'm going to edit some time-lapse footage i took during the nature hike and make something creative. i might play around with some photos on sumo paint. i haven't edited too much with it, but it's uber awesome. in case you've never heard of such an amazing wonder, sumo paint is a free online image editor. you can also just 'paint' and draw something. but it's like paint on steriods. i don't have photoshop and the facebook picnik doesn't have this much stuff. i stumbled upon this site and it was love at first sight. happy sumo painting.

i youtubed stop motion because i've sort of become addicted to the idea of making vids with it. this vid is golden. probably because they used The Postal Service as their song and they actually solved the rubik's cube. i'm always amazed when someone can do it. i've spent tons of times trying and can only get one side, and parts of others. before i die, i want to solve it.

well, i hope that i can return soon. maybe with a vid that i make or some pics i played around with. hope your weekend is going good,

-Genevieve