TLLT: 02

2/28/08

Sweater Day for Mr Rogers March 20th!

March 20th is Sweater Day to honor Mr Rogers on what would have been his 80th Birthday.

Check out this cute video for more info and hope you will be my neighbor? :) (Sorry about the typo b4!)

"March 20th is Sweater Day to honor the achievements and incredible effect on ourselves and our kids of Mister Rogers.
Please go find your inner child, inform your own kids or grandkids regardless of age and dig out a sweater to honor Mister Rogers.
The quiet demenanor, educational programming that was so subtle you didn't even know you were learning a lesson are a treasured memory. Please remember to honor Mister Rogers by wearing your most favorite,comfortable sweater on March 20th. Thanks Julian!

Wear your Sweater! :)

Cogs

Cogs and Wheels have been on my mind in a nice way as I have just yesterday become an "official" little cog in the business machine. My Tax ID number came and I am an official biz "owner"!

2/25/08

On Its Way

Smoke features
Originally uploaded by Issi Noho.

The packages are on their way.. :)
Of course it's not the final packaging, or the final stick colors, this is just for you guys, and if you like "Sun" and can write me a little blurb to use on my future Ember Heart website it would be wonderful. Email me at xnmerry@gmail.com *HUG*

Snowy Heart

2/22/08

TLLT, How it started

photo, syncros

I have always been told I have a unique way of seeing the world and have fun weaving stories connecting one part of nature to another.
Through Flickr and its vast collection of photos I have been able to make these connections come to life visually and to gently expand the view of the earth we share. We are so interconnected in shapes and colors, we live on a single floating rock, maybe that's why.

I like to think of the man in Africa and the woman in the US who have come together with others through their pictures to tell one whimsical story. Will they ever meet? Probably not. But in one small space of web they are unexpectedly side by side becoming a part of a visual tale or poem.

This way of seeing the world blend always makes me smile.

Click the photos to go to the individual photographer's sites on Flickr
"Blog This" I only use Flickr pictures where the blog function is enabled. This means the photographer has allowed their pictures to be used in blogs. I only want to include people who don't mind being brought into a web world like this. I do not just take what I see.

# C Merry Website
# C Merry MySpace

Guidelines

This style does have guidelines:

These are just guidelines of course. There are plenty of other places to get straightforward stories, this is just another way to tell a tale. The journey to find it is part of its magic.

Avoid the Obvious The reason for this style is to appreciate how the world is connected by nature and chance. Don't use something with a smile face painted on it for example, use something that seems to have a smile face on it by total coincidence or a frozen moment in time that was not planned.

Colors, Textures and Forms Use shapes and colors that are similar to weave a tale. You'll be amazed at what shares similar features.

Searched For and Chance Finds Don't go out and take a picture of a blue texture if you need one to connect images in a tale, find it "out there". Part of what is amazing is sharing your vision and assembling it from the world's vision.

Text and No Text The picture should do most if not all of the storytelling. If telling a tale with text it should enhance the image not explain in excess detail why it's there. It should be clear what it's illustrating.

Top to Bottom Scroll Align your tales to begin at the top of your picture list and end with the last. That is of course if they do have a beginning and end, they don't have to. But as in everything there will be exceptions. If presented on a webpage side to side indicate whether it's to be read from left to right or not since not all countries read pages from left to right. What is great about this style is almost everyone can see what you are saying.

Change the World You can depict fact but use this form to expand the world by imagination

TLLT

2/29/08

Happy Leap Year Day!

2/28/08

Sweater Day for Mr Rogers March 20th!

Cogs

2/27/08

Circling Blue

2/26/08

Coming to Life 48

2/25/08

On Its Way

Snowy Heart

2/24/08

Coming to Life 47

At One with the Land

2/23/08

Cyclops

2/22/08

Coming to Life 46

Temple

TLLT, How it started

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