Film Friday - Puppy love by Nadya Mira

Hi everyone,

Thanks so much for heading over to my blog to read my Film Friday post. I hope that you are enjoying all the short films that I have been posting. I have really enjoyed finding them and sharing then with you all.

Today's film is one of my favourite films that I have posted so far.

Enjoy!

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Film Friday - Same Hill, Different Day by Paul Octavious

Today I wanted to share with you all this beautiful short film by Paul Octavious, a photographer and designer who is based in Chicago.

The concept for this film is simple (the best things always are) and it is beautifully shot and relaxing to watch so why not take a minute and a half out of your day to watch this beautiful short film.

Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

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Film Friday - Violation by Summer House

The start of the year is always an exciting time. A time to review the year before and come up with new ideas for this year.

I spent some time this week looking back on some of the blog posts from 2015 and thinking about what posts I liked the most and planning new ideas for the blog (watch this space!!). One of the things I really enjoyed blogging about last year was cool little videos and films that I found.

So.....*drumroll*.....this year each Friday I will be posting a new short video or film and I picked Friday so I could call it Film Friday....catchy right?!




The first piece I wanted to share with you is called Violation and is by an artist who goes by the name of "Summer House".

He is based in Tokyo and has worked for clients such as Mercedes Benz, Toyota and Wired Japan.

Wordless Wednesday - A painting for you to enjoy

Symphony in White, No. 1 - James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1861 - 2, National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C

Hello everyone,

Normally on wordless wednesday I post one of my own photographs for you to enjoy with no words explaining it but today I thought I would do something different and post a painting with no explanation for you to enjoy and to interpret however you choose.

Enjoy!

Would love to hear what you thought of the painting and how you interpreted it below.

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Happy Birthday Hokusai

Happy birthday Katsushika Hokusai (born 31st October 1760) !

The Great Wave off Kanagawa - Hokusai - woodcut - c1829 - 32

Above is his most famous work, The Great Wave off Kanagawa. Isn't it just beautiful? To celebrate his birthday I thought I would share with you all 5 facts about Hokusai

1. Over the course of his life Hokusai used over 30 different names (this was common with Japanese artists of this period but not to this extent!) 
2. His work, and Japanese art in general, was hugely influential to the Impressionists. Many of these artists collected Hokusai's woodcuts including  Degas and Gauguin.
3. Shortly before his death aged 89 he is quoted as saying "If heaven gives me ten more years, or an extension of even five years, I shall surely become a true artist." 
4. The Great Wave off Kanagawa is part of a series called Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji in which Hokusai recorded mount Fuji in varying weather conditions, at different distances and in different seasons. The 36 woodcuts were printed in a publication of his work but were so popular that another 10 were later added.
5. Hokusai's style changed many times throughout his artistic career and sometimes as frequently as from one painting to another.

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What better way to start a Tuesday....

Hello everyone,

As most people are going to be back to work today I thought we could all do with some cheering up so what better thing to cheer you up with than a Monet's waterlilies. The colours are even more incredible when you are standing next to the real thing.  

Have a great week everyone,

The Dorothy Days Xxx