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The Stop-Motion Mastery of PES

If you’ve already seen the short films of PES, you know you’re in for something special when you see his name. If you haven’t, you’re about to meet one of your new favorite stop-motion artists. Sit back and enjoy the outstanding creativity and production of the amazingly talented PES. Then go check out his other [...]

How to be Alone

I had something else in mind for this week’s Wordage post, but this video—created by by filmmaker Andrea Dorfman and poet/singer/songwriter Tanya Davis—was floating around my social media circle this morning and I loved it. Hope you do too. Related Posts Vocabulary Yoga – 5 Handwriting and You Handmade Letters Maybe by Ingrid Michaelson See? [...]

Declaration of Human Rights

Reading the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is always inspiring, yet a little saddening, knowing that there are so many people in the world who live without the most basic of these rights. I just checked the Wikipedia entry for the declaration and there is an enormous amount of information about its creation, structure and [...]

“Maybe” by Ingrid Michaelson

I was recently tipped off to this video for the song “Maybe” by Ingrid Michaelson. I’m not sure how much of it is digital animation and how much of it is really paper-cut art being moved around by people wearing black clothing and white masks. If it is really paper, then I absolutely love it. [...]

Stop-Motion Using Colored Dice

I so admire the clever minds that conceptualize and create stop-motion projects. What vision, focus and endurance they must have. Check out the video for the song, “Ankle Injuries” by Fujiya & Miyagi. It wonderfully combines the order and uniformity of bitmap art, with the fluidity, textures and movements of being human, using nothing but [...]

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