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fishbird sketches

jonah — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:02:04 +0000

I’m not sure how it happened, but I imagine that one morning over our morning, noodle soup in Laos, Katrina simply said, “what if we wrote a kid’s book?” And since then, I’ve been in love with the idea. It just seems, well, perfect. I can’t say I truly know what that means… the process of [...]

open 1:1

jonah — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:16:09 +0000

Open 1:1 is a non profit that helps schools deploy 1 to 1 (student to computer ratio) solutions. As their name implies, they utilize open source tools, which makes their ambitious goal financially feasible. They wanted the right logo to help spread their message. Something simple and iconic. Bold but not too sharp. Something [...]

while i was back

jonah — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 06:16:37 +0000

I saw a grafitti artist in Buenos Aires who used one simple stencil of facial features over and over in a horizontal sequence. I loved the idea and filled up a page in my notebook toying with variations of the concept. Often when I flipped by the page on my way to jot something down, [...]

sabadi

jonah — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:38:39 +0000

want it?right-click here,to download at 4am we awoke to pulsing drums. We were sleeping across the street from some beautiful temple grounds in Luang Prabang, a city famous for its monasteries in northern Laos. Seeing nothing from the window, we stumbled downstairs and out onto the street… delirious but still aware enough to grab recording equipment [...]

a world away

jonah — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:37:28 +0000

Hana Levinson delray beach, fla later she wrote this message: I cannot believe this magic. I simply cannot believe it. But, I am grateful that at this time of my life I can be communicating with you, my Jonah, so far away… so far away. But you and I look at the same sky. We do. XXXXX Bubz Itamar [...]

interactive pigeon poop

jonah — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:52:01 +0000

In 2006, I tore my meniscus doing Capoeira. After surgery, I was tied to a reclining chair for a while and needed a project. It was the perfect opportunity to try a project with AMFPHP, an Open Source architecture built to make it easy for Flash to send data to, or get data from, [...]

spray(paint)

jonah — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:44:06 +0000

the one cool thing i ever found on social event lisiting, going.com, was called “spray.” it didn’t say much besides “live art,” “artists, bring your paints, canvases provided,” and “there will be music.” the night before i packed up a little tupperware box of spray paints, a small pale full of acrylic, and printed out 3 possible [...]

my socks make milk

jonah — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:34:13 +0000

Sena and Jovan bought a nice place in Southie in an old, converted, yellow-brick primary school building… and threw a party. A “Crazy Sock Party.” Backstory. First off, Sena and Jovan are awesome duo – which is wonderful because they’re about to turn from a cute college romance story between two beautiful talented people [...]

la Murga 5

jonah — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:30:07 +0000

Colors. Every group had it’s own colors. We were red, white, and blue. In general the male dancers wore a full suit – totally nylon, totally shiny. Every square centimeter of the pants are covered in tassels which exemplify the movements of the legs greatly. The jacket has long tails, and is [...]

la Murga 4

jonah — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:29:04 +0000

if you read the beginning of this piece, you know that it was initially the call of the drums that drew me into the Murga. Without the far reaching sounds of the Bombas, I might never have realized that Murga existed. Truly it was luck that I happened upon the right park in [...]

la Murga 3

jonah — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:52:50 +0000

Each barrio has a coursu. They barricade 2 or 3 blocks, set up a stage and sound system, and invite Murga groups to come and perform, usually 3 or 4 per night. The two blocks are lined with people from the barrio: abuelas, fathers with little children on shoulders, and endless streams of [...]

la Murga 2

jonah — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:44:29 +0000

The bus for the men was an experience. They told me beforehand it was “the fun part of Murga.” Wow, ok… I was enjoying myself dancing… The big orange bus had pleather seats, and looked like it had just driven in from the 70s. If Josh and Phil had a love-child in the form [...]