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Sylvan Water

noreply@blogger.com (PaulD) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:43:14 PST

There is nothing better than sitting next to a lake in Northern Ontario on a hot, sunny, cloudless day in the summer. This is a Lumiere video.

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Stormy Weather

noreply@blogger.com (PaulD) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:01:33 PDT

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The night sky lit up and the ground shook as many thunderstorms swept through Southern Ontario this summer. This is one such storm.

Music: Elisabeth Welch - Stormy Weather

Trumpet Flower

noreply@blogger.com (PaulD) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:53:26 PDT

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A couple of Trumpet Flowers sprouted up in the yard and grew to enormous sizes. The blooms come to fruition within a day but seem to open before your eyes. I was intrigued and had to watch one open. The resulting video is a time lapse Lumiere.

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Hammers And Chisel

noreply@blogger.com (PaulD) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:30:39 PDT

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From a piece of serpentine, an exquisite work of art is formed with hammer and chisel, in the hands of Singi Chihota.

Stone Works

noreply@blogger.com (PaulD) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:02:51 PDT

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Biggie Chikodz i gives a sculpture at Zimart's Rice Lake Gallery, a waxing and touch-up before the 2009 exhibit. It is worth the trip to Bailieboro for the annual exhibit of Shona Sculptures from Zimbabwe.

Singi Chihota

noreply@blogger.com (PaulD) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:34:44 PDT

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The outdoor display of Shona Sculpture at Zimart's Rice Lake Gallery is stunning. The artist in residence for 2009 is Singi Chihota. It's worth a visit if you are in Southern Ontario during the month of September. This is a Lumiere video of Singi carving.

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Rock No Roll

noreply@blogger.com (PaulD) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:42:40 PDT

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After being left in it's place for the last twelve thousand years, this rock still refuses to roll. It's just another day on the barrens for all.

Skink Tales

noreply@blogger.com (PaulD) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:10:28 PDT

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When your adolescent children request a trip into the woods to look for reptiles, it's hard to refuse. Remembering youth, searching for the Five-Lined Skink on the Torrance Barrens.

Slum Dog Gravenhurst

noreply@blogger.com (PaulD) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:57:14 PDT

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Slum dog days at the Gravenhurst skate park.

Taylor Creek Dump

noreply@blogger.com (PaulD) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:34:06 PDT

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With the Toronto City Workers strike now officially settled, the clean up begins. Piles of garbage all over the city must be cleaned up within twenty four hours. Let the games commence. This is a Lumiere video.

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Picket Line

noreply@blogger.com (PaulD) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:33:30 PDT

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Behind the picket line at the Bermondsey Transfer Station. Torontonians bring their garbage to the picket line, where city workers take it from them, filling truck after truck after truck...
This is a Lumiere video.

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Garbage Truck

noreply@blogger.com (PaulD) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:32:55 PDT

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Garbage trucks behind the picket lines of a transfer station during the city workers strike in Toronto. This is a Lumiere video.

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Toronto City Workers Strike

noreply@blogger.com (PaulD) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:01:10 PDT

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Toronto is now at the end of a month long city worker strike that has seen temporary garbage dumps in many of the city parks and outdoor arenas. These garbage dumps sit on the top of city storm sewers and with the heavy rains the city has experienced over the last couple of weeks,
these piles are now leaching any number of horrible substances into the water system. The good citizens of Toronto and elsewhere are taking advantage and dumping everything they can to avoid dumping fees and the city garbage collection limits. What a mess!

High Waters

noreply@blogger.com (PaulD) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:31:44 PDT

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In the spring, high water in Kashe Lake creates once a year waterfalls at the dam on the south end. Here are three Lumiere videos of high water at the dam. Each with their own shadow play.

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My Stiffee

noreply@blogger.com (PaulD) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:00:36 PDT

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Finally have new shift levers for the Stiffee. Time to get them on and hit the trails.

Cove Bikes

Music: Queen - Bicycle Race

Gestalt Flash

noreply@blogger.com (PaulD) — Sun, 31 May 2009 22:09:18 PDT

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A short video, shot standing in a hall of mirrors in my friend Andrea's house on Long Island.

Music: Mike Hovancsek - Plastic Museum Fiasco

Beauty eh

noreply@blogger.com (PaulD) — Sat, 16 May 2009 11:42:11 PDT

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"It was one of those days when it's a minute away from raining. There's this electricity in the air, you can almost hear it. And this bag was just... calling to me. Like a little kid begging me to play with it. That's when I realized there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid ever.
Video's a poor excuse, I know. But it helps me remember... I need to remember. Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it... and my heart is going to cave in."

We live in a world where we take everything for granted and don't see the beauty in the mundane. We need to open our eyes and see that everything is miraculously beautiful. Even a plastic bag hopelessly stuck in a tree.

I watched this bag stuck in a tree in my neighbourhood for two weeks, until rain and wind beat the crap out of it and the foliage of the tree consumed it. Every time that I looked, the music from the plastic bag scene in American Beauty ran through my head. Instead of a bag dancing freely in the wind, this bag struggles for freedom. I’m sure that’s a metaphor for something.

Music: Thomas Newman - Any Other Name

Spherical Reflections

noreply@blogger.com (PaulD) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:30:57 PDT

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A moment of reflection in Andrea's backyard, at the end of a whirlwind road trip to Long Island. This is a Lumiere video.

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Videoblogging week 2009 - Day seven

noreply@blogger.com (PaulD) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:10:08 PDT

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Bird of prey eats a meal in my backyard for videoblogging week 2009 day seven.

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Videoblogging week 2009 - Day six

noreply@blogger.com (PaulD) — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:29:41 PDT

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A bonding moment with Adam late one night in the backyard. This is videoblogging week 2009 day six

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Videoblogging week 2009 - Day five

noreply@blogger.com (PaulD) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:30:00 PDT

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Riding the step on the Powell Street cable car in San Francisco, for videoblogging week 2009, day five.

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Videoblogging week 2009 - Day four

noreply@blogger.com (PaulD) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:21:18 PDT

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The Vancouver neighbourhood in which my brother lives, a house with an unusual backyard gives new meaning to Neighbourhood Watch.

Music: Klaatu - Calling Occupants

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Videoblogging week 2009 - Day three

noreply@blogger.com (PaulD) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:11:30 PDT

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This is a re-vlog of an early Lumiere video. New footage at the same tracks with a different angle and full sound. On track for day three of Videoblogging week 2009.

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Videoblogging week 2009 - Day two

noreply@blogger.com (PaulD) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:47:23 PDT

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When in Vancouver, my brother and I will take late night walks in the neighbourhood to talk,dream and sometimes see the most unusual things. This is one of those things, for videoblogging week 2009, day two.

Music: Far - Mother Mary

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Videoblogging week 2009 - Day one

noreply@blogger.com (PaulD) — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:02:21 PDT

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A quick telephone call from my brother, about money. Keeping it cool in Toronto for videoblogging week 2009 day one.

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