May 2013
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“Man is born to live and not to prepare to live.”
– Boris Pasternak
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Experimenting with Light Leak
First went to a thrift store and found a old plastic film GoPro
We didn’t really like the pictures we were getting from it so we decided to experiment and try to catch some natural light leak
We filed down the edges of the light baffles, and went through about 3 rolls of film before getting some awesome results:
It’s still a work in progress, but I think if the...
April 2013
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Alexander Salazar Art Auction
Painting on the cyanotype sensitizer.
Experimenting with different layouts
Exposing the print to sunlight (20min at mid day)
The final result before stretching over a frame. We did several prints before we got one that we really liked.
Hanging on the wall at the gallery with lots of other creative pieces.
Sold! at the art auction for 100 bucks all going towards some...
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“I would rather die of passion than of boredom.”
– ~Vincent van Gogh
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“Life’s roughest storms prove the strength of our anchors”
– unknown
March 2013
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“As long as you remember the whys, the hows will take care of themselves.”
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Blind Man to cross the Pacific Ocean →
A few weeks ago at our marina Eric and I met a man from Japan “Yoshi” who owns a BCC (the bigger version of the Falmouth Cutter) that was new to our dock. Eric and I would stop to look at the boat and wondered who the owner was. It’s not often that you run into a boat designed by Lyle Hess in San Diego. We finally met Yoshi and he generously invited us to take a look at his...
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“The truth is that the twenty-first century is turning out to be a highly ...”
– Alan Hirsch
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Living with a Slow internet connection.
Living on a sailboat means we don’t have the luxury of a fast internet connection. What we do have instead are cellphones. Right now we tether our cellphones to our computer and use their connection to keep us connected to the world of the internet. With T-mobile we get 5GB of fast internet (4G) and after that we have unlimited slow internet. And when I say slow I am talking just a little...
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“THE SWALLOW and the Crow had a contention about their plumage. The Crow put an...”
– Aesop’s Fables
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“I know this all sounds Doomsdayish, but if the same person who spends hundreds...”
– The Self-Sufficient Sailor (Larry Pardey and Lin Pardey)
The Hukilau
When my sisters and I were little my mom would sing little short songs that she would remember from her past or childhood. These songs were not your typical children’s songs like Twinkle Little Star. They were more obscure ranging from Norwegian folk songs to chip commercial jingles like “the Frito Bandito.” One of my favorite was The Hukilau. She would tell us how her mother...
February 2013
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“You cannot be brave without fear.”
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“If you want to build a ship, don’t summon people to buy wood, prepare...”
– Alan Hirsch
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“He is wise who is warned by the misfortunes of others.”
– Aesop’s Fables
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“No one cares about what you could have done but didn’t. They only care about...”
– David duChemin
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January 2013
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Homemade Chai Tea
I love tea very much, especially Chai tea. I have tried hard to be
a coffee drinker, loving the smell and spending my time in coffee
shops. Seems the drink of choice for most people, but
I find over and over that I can’t get past it’s strong bitter flavor, not
to mention the stomachache that follows shortly behind me finishing
a cup. I do drink one cup per week...
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Meet Jaime →
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“When in doubt, always err on the side of generosity!”
– Ping Fu
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Reused + Recycle= 2013
I don’t normally make new year’s resolutions. Mainly because i get so frustrated when I don’t stick to them. I am sort of a perfectionist at heart. This year though is a bit different than the rest. The last 6 months of 2012 I decided I was not going to by any brand new clothing. I wanted to only make or buy my clothing from thrift stores or Goodwill. I had so much fun with it I...
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