Art Begets Art
Every so often a day comes along that happens to wind up being very low-key. Today was such a day. I must also add that I wish my current ill health could have also been low-key.
On a brief tangent, I have been suffering the most grievous back & neck pain thanks to checking the no less than 150 pieces of luggage that are in our store. Bear in mind this luggage on one wall runs floor to ceiling. And some of the heavy not-so-little buggers have anywhere from 1-4 other smaller pieces of matching luggage inside of them, so carting them up and down and twisting them all around to make sure they had a store SKU tag did not sit well with my spinal cord.
Compounding that has been what I can only describe as near blinding, oh-dear-God-I-think-I-can-see-God-and-He's-in-Old-Testament-Wrath-and-Pain-Mood migranes, which naturally have not been helped by my back and neck. It could very well have to do with what I think is a developing sinus cold. In any case, when I wake up with my neck feeling like hell and fall asleep with my temples banging their own taiko drums inside my skull, I don't have much left in terms of mobility, stamina or cheerfulness.
Which brings us to the real motivation behind this little bit of nowhere. Today marks one of the few true days off I've had in...oh, about 2 months. For once there was no one to see, and nowhere to race off to. Mel & I slept in, and for the most part stayed in; I for one enjoyed the quiet. Granted I would have enjoyed it a great deal more had there not been the urge to rip out the offending vertebrea and muscles from my spine and drill holes in my skull to make the migraine-loving pain go away.
Then along came this link, courtesy of Neil Gaiman's journal. It's an Italian short, wholly CG (at least that's my guess here), and is based off one of M.C. Escher's mobius-twisting woodprints. The graphics and visuals are beautiful. The accompanying piano is beautiful. In a day hampered by pain-induced grimaces, this made me smile.
I pass it on to you. It's nothing extraordinary, but perhaps that's exactly what does make it so. Presenting
The Link of the Day:
http://www.etereaestudios.com/docs_html/snakes_htm/snakes_movie_index.htm
posted by Phillip at 6:23 PM
