Things I have learned in my life so far -

When I was sure my heart would break in two and I would most certainly die, I didn't.

shell — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:38:53 -0400

The quote on the page is from Sarah McLachlan’s song “the Answer”, the photo was taken from the internet someplace. I composed this page to put in my scrapbook I had originally selected for my baby; which then turned into a place to keep all the thoughts and feelings surrounding our multiple miscarriages. This page was to be the last in the book. Sadly, it is not.

You have to walk alone.

catharina — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:47:24 -0400

An unstable , narrow bridge, only one person at the time can cross the wild river.

Hearts’ shadow can reflect us from inside, our emotions, and one of them is LOVE..

Noof — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:18:56 -0400

Our shadows can reflect us from outside..they can just reflect our bodies, but our hearts’ shadows can reflect us from inside..they can reflect our motions…and 1 of them is LOVE….love u all…

Never Be Afraid To Show Who You Really Are

Demongrl7 — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:03:37 -0400

Never Be Afraid To Show Who You Really Are, this quote meant a lot to me because i used to be afraid to dress up like, say, a fairy…now i know there are lots of people who do this, sometimes on a weekly basis, i know that im not alone in this weirdness called ‘cosplay’ but feel im a part of a great big family and i don’t feel afraid to wear what i want in front of other people. x

I Am Not That Good

alexiskaneshiro — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:47:59 -0400

It shouldn’t be discouraging to know that there will always be someone better.

It's not what we have, it's whom we have

MelissaWasHere — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:08:31 -0400

As much odd shit as I own, the one thing I never discount is a real human relationship.

never trust anyone...theyre always plotting

Krispy Good — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:27:43 -0400

My Peers Inspire Me!

NadiaBadia — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:54:38 -0400

My friend Andrew made this little installation and I decided to take pictures of it before I never saw it again.

70s Baby

NadiaBadia — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:52:36 -0400

A time era displayed in an experimental typographic way.

The world is indeed comic... But the joke is on mankind! ~HP Lovecraft

MetaL L — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:07:17 -0400

This quote I mostly used some photography & digital manipulation on Photoshop as well as some typography to make a couple of humorous scenes with this quote

Everything is a dance and typography is the sheet music

soopoo — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:09:07 -0400

I saw these guys painting the bus stops on the road and they were so rhythmical and natural and so nonchalant too, one guy was talking on the phone as he painted the letters with one hand!

reality is lies and balderdash and i am glad that i have no grasp of it whatsoever

joshuawright18 — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:46:06 -0400

A short version of a quote from the film “the adventures of baron munchausen” by terry gilliam. i chose to work with this quote because reality can weigh you down with so many bad things, and in a way it’s vital to get away from reality and immerse yourself in a your own fantasy world

The Golden Rule: O Wisdom ! O Precious Pearl !

a_piper_too — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:36:04 -0400

The Golden Rule: O Wisdom ! O Precious Pearl ! The “Golden Rule is first found in the Old Testament: Leviticus 19.17-18: “Do not bear a grudge against anyone, but settle your differences, so that you will not commit a sin. Do not take revenge on anyone, or continue to hate - but love your neighbour as you love yourself….”

The Old Testament Book of Proverbs tells us what is is that “The Lord (God) Hates”:
“a proud look, lies, killing, wicked plans, evil deeds, false witness, and troublemakers” (See Proverbs 6.16-19). The Prophet Micah, in his Old Testament message has this to say:

The Lord has told us what is good. What God requires of us is this: to do what is just, to show constant love, and to live in humble fellowship with our God (Micah 6.8).

Wisdom is described in the Old Testament Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, and we ignore this at our peril.

This expression of the Golden Rule is common to Jews, Christians and Muslims. And in fact, is common to all religions, and is variously expressed:

“Do not do to others that which you would hate yourself”. “Do unto others as you would for yourself”. “Hurt no one so that no one may hurt you”: “Do unto all as you would wish to have done unto you”: “Reject for others that what you would reject for yourself” etc. etc: “love your neighbour as you love yourself”.

This important message is central to the message of the New Testament’s Jesus: “Love your neighbour as you love yourself (Luke 10.27). Do this and you will live (Luke 10.28). Loving your neighbour as you love yourself IS loving the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength (Luke10.27-28). Do not judge others, and God will not judge you; do not condemn others, and God will not condemn you; forgive others, and God will forgive you. Give to others, and God will give to you (Luke 6.37)”.

Lest we forget.

You can't pray a lie. But religion is not the main thing. It is your humanity.

a_piper_too — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:53:02 -0400

“The focus of life is not religion. Religion is a tool to focus humanity. It is a way to read the world, but it is not the main thing. It is your efforts in life; your humanity. It’s OK whoever you are; focus on humanity.”

I have extracted the above from the wisdom contained in “MUSLIMS AUSTRALIA” issue number 7, dated March 2009, as published by the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils ( see www.afic.com.au ).

You can view the full text of what I have published and entitled “Grand Perspectives” at http://community.africanloft.com/_Grand-Perspectives/blog/254281/4392.ht… . This post concludes (also quoting from “Muslims Australia”):

“All human beings are equal. Enjoin what is good; struggle against the vices. Violence against women finds no roots in religion”. In the matter of modesty, “All are at liberty to decide for themselves their individual comfort levels and the choice of their dressing. A justly balanced community bears witness to the truth. A logical fruit of a merciful attitude is to love”…. Therefore, love All, for “A true believer is always prepared, after meeting the needs of family, to assist other people in need.” Amen ! Action ! Praise God !

There really is no division between us: “All people are created equal members of one human family”.

And whenever, or wherever we cannot love, we must, at the very least, respect, and do no harm.

Music Is The Wine That Fills The Cup Of Silence

EmilyHarvey — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:38:43 -0400

My project for college at the moment is to come up with a quote that represents something I have learnt in my life. My task was to develop ideas and to finish with an upload on this website. So here it is. ‘Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence’

Expect the unexpected [even if if it is a haircut]

Sgt. Johnson — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:18:33 -0400

i have learnt that there are many suprises in life some are OK and some are bad but most of them are infact good.

Vinyl is Better

davidmarques — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:56:08 -0400

Just testing “things i have learned in my life”

One Love cannot beget hate; there is no hate in love; hate melts in the arms of Love.

a_piper_too — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:32:10 -0400

My work of Love for Love named therefore “Peace and Harmony”, encapsulates the essential and elemental concepts required for harmonious living together as “One”: Loving All - of the uniquely created strands of the “whole” body of creation - and of human, sexual beings - equally and fruitfully admixed both male and female “inside”.

My ” www.wound-wisdom.tk ” website and all that has flowed from it in the name of the “Golden Rule of Love” demonstrates that “love cannot beget hate; there is no hate in love; and hate melts in the arms of Love.

Details to interpret the “Peace and Harmony” picture puzzle and the “Universal ‘Man’ ” inspirational poem which flowed from it may be viewed at the “.tk” website. Also, a description of “The Tree” shown (the largest and most ancient living thing I have ever seen). The pic of “a piper” is of a much younger me.

I’m now also known as “piper 02” and “a piper too” at ” www.africanloft.com ” and ” www.nigeriavillagesquare.com ” respectively, having joined both of these as a “One World” citizen”. Thanks to the modern wonders of the internet, I have found a number of friends there (also), which demonstrates that “we are all the same under the skin” - “equally created”.

the word is "evolucion" in english would be evolution

mapaula — Sat, 30 May 2009 16:26:22 -0400

i was trying to represent evolution beacuse the letters changed accodring to the places I put them, i fisrt put the letters on a lagoon, after a while they were soaked and deformed, then i hung them on a tree, giving a look as if they where melting down.

designing makes me happy

r.y.e. — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:32:47 -0400

Designing makes our day :).

The more I learn, the less I know.

spirithealer — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:37:25 -0400

I am a seeker of knowledge. I find that as I expose my mind to vastly different ideologies, my own ideas of life on this planet seem petty and insignificant in comparison. In short, the more I learn, the less I KNOW.
www.soulpancake.com

You can find inspiration in everything

Dima Boulad — Sat, 23 May 2009 07:01:36 -0400

You dont have to go very far to find the best ideas

Life is a choice

Erika Giroux — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:07:26 -0400

In life, you can either chose to control things or to let the world control you. Living your life is a choice.

Be greedy for design

Erika Giroux — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:59:38 -0400

Be curious and never forget to love what you do.

We all need someone

Erika Giroux — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:58:18 -0400

Hold Your Breath Under The Water And Cross To The Other Side

missPott — Wed, 20 May 2009 08:20:53 -0400

This is about Silence.
Silence one must build around oneself when we know we’ve stayed too long and it is time to stop listening to others and hear only our own voice.

Making the decision that it is time to cross a river in one’s life is also about deciding to take a leap of faith and make a change just by believing only oneself is able to know what’s right for us.

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every 6 months.

chinuaze — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:15:41 -0400

If you don't try, you will never know.

joannazawadzka — Tue, 19 May 2009 22:36:20 -0400

A stitch in time saves nine

anniebags — Tue, 19 May 2009 07:54:23 -0400

Everybody is an island.

birgitrichter — Fri, 15 May 2009 08:08:53 -0400

BE YOURSELF ~Judy Garland

kady — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:26:34 -0400

Whenever I thought I would choke I spat a shooting Star

missPott — Sun, 10 May 2009 03:44:02 -0400

I find that one of the hardest things in life is to cut off with relationships, either from work, love or friendships.
As one leaves the old ideas and concepts behind and is still not able to find new wishes and goals, there is this void to cross in complete loneliness and the memories of past failures to face.

Soluble Feelings

missPott — Sun, 10 May 2009 03:23:23 -0400

This work is a game with the word “Soluble”

Soluble
1.that will dissolve in liquid
2. (Formal) (used about a problem etc) that has an answer, which can be solved.

Soluble Feelings is about the feelings “dissolved” in our daily lives that we never seem to have time to mourn, and, about taking time to feel them in order to cross bridges and burn them behind us.

Autumn Love

Tizzle — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:58:32 -0400

Leaves. Love. Short enough?

Remember to be cool. note to self

loopylocks — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:29:11 -0400

Written in 2007 by my son when he was six. I keep this note on our fridge as a personal reminder. It always makes me stop and smile. It is one of my favourite treasures.

Take the long way home

Gabrielle Matte — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:36:04 -0400

vivre le moment présent sans penser au résultat final

Sport is the best medicine to get my head free

Schmetterling — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:18:04 -0400

Struggling with complexity may lead to simplicity

fleicap — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:04:07 -0400

Struggling with complexity may lead to simplicity

My bitrhday

Jerome — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:42:01 -0400

I was spending my birthday alone. I wasn’t doing well so I did that…

You can survive on a diet of Guinness and bananas!

Bananaman — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:16:57 -0400

What you get out is directly proportionate to what you put in.

glittermouse — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:45:44 -0400

My mother is dying and there is nothing I can do about it.

birgitrichter — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 06:38:30 -0400

music links the moments of my life

hielasangre — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:43:34 -0400

there’s a whole soundtrack connecting my memories in such unexpected ways

life is a promise. you must keep it.

hupomeno — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:41:13 -0400

back of a novel describing what life is.

Don't Design For Money Design For The Design

My happydesign — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:45:27 -0400

Never allow that your unique motivation to take a project should be the money.

Nowadays I do not have “employment”, all the designs that I do are done for me and for my passion for the design. It is true that nobody was paying a cent to myself for doing this design for example, but it makes me very happy to know that I can contribute to this project with my design.

¡That your design makes to you happy!

Eternity Only Comes Once A Week

mattmanos — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:07:50 -0400

Eternity Only Comes Once A Week. If life repeated weekly would birth be celebrated once a week? Would we never stop celebrating?

Death Comes Unnoticed As Our Disappearance Is Realized

mattmanos — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:00:12 -0400

Death Comes Unnoticed As Our Disappearance Is Realized

The unreal can only judge us in our mind

mattmanos — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:50:52 -0400

The Unreal Can Only Judge Us In Our Mind. Those that do not exist can not have an actual effect on our day to day life. We must not let the unreal worries and thoughts of potential trouble take hold of us.

being loved of course.

tayrose — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:33:25 -0400

From “Habits” by Nikki Giovanni.

"love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation" Khalil Gibran

pebbles — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:31:24 -0400

What looks REAL is just FAKE.

brian_lsf — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:00:54 -0400

Don’t believe everything you see.

The ‘REAL’ is a digital 3d rendering and the ‘FAKE’ is a real printout on 11x17

It is always nice to be back home.

hardgraft — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:51:53 -0400

Never Say Never.

Annandra — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:15:28 -0500

Don't judge people according to their appearance

Peter Chmela — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:08:23 -0500

Beauty inspires me

ruxandraduru — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:38:18 -0500

Nature, which I find beautiful, often inspires me in my design and illustration work.

It doesn't matter what one says but what one does

Marlên — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:00:30 -0500

There is no way to draw anything wrong

Eivind Stoud Platou — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:38:41 -0500

I read about this artist in a magazine. When he was a kid, his parents told him there was no way to draw anything wrong. I think that’s a great thing to teach your kids.

if table tennis was easy, it would be called football

Maria V. — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:14:16 -0500

Chocolate is fattening but makes me very happy.

red_eyes — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:07:05 -0500

Through the love to chocolate, I already earned a lot of nasty looks. One day, I sat in the store of my mother, uncontrolled eating a schoco pudding. Suddenly a customer appeared in front of me. She looked at my wide opened mouth, letting a big spoon in, then at the rest of my body, to return to my eyes, with a dispraising expression in her eyes. Because I was adjusted to such looks, I didn’t mind and continued eating my pudding. At the end, I tried, to get the rest out of the bottom from the beaker. In doing so, I must have looked so greedy and at the same time helpless, that she started to laugh loudly. She said:
“Sometimes you simply have such moments, haven’t you?”
“Well, if it only would be ‘moments’… Believe me, I love it and I simply need it.”
After the customer paid, she wished me, to enjoy my meal and went smiling away. The initial displeasure, which changed to humor, was as new for me, that I will never forget this moment.

censorship is shit

Neverman — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:59:21 -0500

How did I come to that conclusion? My passion for movies showed me, how destructive censorship is. Again and again the German censorship ruins work. Films and film footage are cut at most, which itself is bad enough already, because if literature and art is cut, too, we would have the second coming of the Third Reich.

Why are movies cut, even if they had been produced for adults? I‘m talking about horror films. There are not many films, which haven´t been cut prior to publishing on the German market. Why? Those films were made for adults only, so why the hell are they being censored? German law clearly states that those movies have to be censored due to their youth-endangering content. But adults are not teenagers or kids. They are adults, which means they can process the content of those films. If they don’t want to see brutal films, they don´t have to. But as I saw SEED or SAW, I sadly had to realize that it had been censored terribly. The FSK (voluntary self-control) is not oblivious to the fact, that they dismember and sometimes even destroy a work. The director wants to convey a message to the audience! Censorship destroys these messages in films like NATURAL BORN KILLERS, or CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST! It´s like scribbling around in somebody´s paintings just because you dislike his work. Unfortunately, not only violence is censored, but sometimes whole dialogues are cut out of a movie. This is primarily done to cut the length of that film shorter and secondly, to protect political themes. ONG BAK for example has been deprived of all political dialogues, because they are considered “internal affairs”. Censorship should be banned!

It´s bad enough that I am deprived my rights of enjoying a film but does television have to be censored, too? Television has a strong manipulative power. Documentaries about “killer-games” are the most present example for that. They sometimes not only state wrong facts, but they re-cut film footage in ways so that they can be interpreted as evidence that all gamers are potential mass-murderers and killers. I call those fake or pseudo-documentaries, because they don´t handle the issue with objectivity. Also some political statements or interviews are being censored, for example an interview done with Vladimir Putin, concerning the Caucasus Frontier. In this Interview, Putin doesn´t express much of an affection for the United States. He doesn´t talk very nice about America but he only wanted to show his point of view. He also criticized the Nations, who sided with the USA. Germany played along with that game of showing Russia up. Well, wouldn´t it be awkward, if people at home sitting in front of their TV suddenly start to think about what is right or wrong or even develop an intelligence of their own? Only after heavy debates we were allowed to see the whole uncut interview.

Censorship destroys and manipulates. What have we become?

The people you love are not replaceable

Mummi — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:32:34 -0500

if table tennis was easy, it would be called football

Maria V. — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:21:03 -0500

Every way I go seems to be the right one

Sophia P. — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:11:47 -0500

Talking is pointless if trust is missing

Steffi — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:03:09 -0500

I know that I don't know.

Fridolin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:08:45 -0500

I will continue to do what I like

L-Princess — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:30:10 -0500

This is the most important I learned.
Till I was 14 I´ve done everything the others wanted from me until the moment I didn´t had the energy to do it anymore. I began to question everything my family told me to do. I´m doing this since then.
Like this I got the idea to make my hobby as a job.
This sentence means a lot to me even if it seems very simple.
It means “you have fun with everything you do”. You got less stress yourself.
It´s my attitude towards life.

Blood is not thicker than water

Mina — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:15:14 -0500

If I think about what I learned in my life up until now, then the first thing that comes to my mind is the sentence “blood is not thicker than water”.
Those who think family is everything and can‘t be replaced by anything else are living far from reality and should renew their world view. Families aren‘t always the same. A family doesn‘t only give you the feeling of security, safety and not being alone. Quite the contrary! It can hurt you, abandon you, make you sick and even destroy you.
A family doesn‘t always stick together, it can also fall apart, as it was in my case. Indirectly I don‘t have anybody of my family. Of course the rest of them are still alive, but there‘s no contact anymore. They have no place for me and have pushed me aside.
I am an abandoned cat. That‘s what I felt like when I became conscious of the fact that I no longer had a place in this family. I didn‘t fit into their view of the world, I was different from them. I had read many books, was introverted and thought a lot. I was pretty much living in my own world. And I devoted myself to drawing, wore clothes they thought of as obnoxious, listened to japanese music and started learning this language, which the weren‘t able to comprehend.
In their eyes I was an embarrassment , crazy and downright abnormal. My granny once said I was too complicated. She always asked why I couldn‘t be like the rest of them, why I couldn‘t listen to normal music and why I shouldn‘t rather learn English instead of Japanese. So what? Back then I never knew an answer to this. Today, being twenty-years-old I know it. Because I want to live the way I want it. A few years ago I also thought nobody could replace my family, even though they treated me like rubbish. I didn‘t only feel like an abandoned cat, no, I really felt like waste, small and insignificant, being left on it‘s own. What was I worth anyway if I had been discarded like this?I was hurt deeply but kept on smiling, no matter how much they hurt me. Back then this smile was fake, but today it‘s for real. Never again do I want to look vulnerable. I got dull and didn‘t let anything approach me, that‘s what I thought but on the inside it was different. On the inside I was just a kid not wanting to be waste or an abandoned cat. That‘s when I made a decision I still don‘t regret.
A new life had to begin. I left my family and the past behind.
When I was sitting in the train, moving away from my family, I became melancholic even though I was excited. The closer I got to my new home, the more I felt like I never lived with my mother and my brothers. As if I never felt the quarreling. Insecurity overcame me in my new home.
I became anxious. What if they dislike me here, too? If I took the wrong path? Is there anything left to lose? My fears didn‘t come true in the end.
I arrived at a school where everyone was a tad different and even the tutors were all but what one would have expected. I always had problems finding new friends, but it was different here. I still wonder how I found this many friends, everyone supporting me all the way through. In the course of time my friends became my family.
They weren‘t able to replace my mother nor the rest, but they became like a completely new family to me. Not a perfect one, but all I could wish for up to now. If you‘d ask me to decide between my friends, whom I dearly love, or the rest of my family I‘d always pick my friends, no matter what might be up ahead. Some might find it heartless to say something like this and that everyone deserves a second chance but I don‘t think so. I gave them more than just a second chance and they always threw it away deceiving me. Now they have to live with it.
If I hadn‘t known better, I‘d say it was all just a nightmare and that I must have fallen asleep on that train journey back then, but that‘s not the case. So today I look back with a sad smile, trying to write a story named „blood is not thicker than water.“

I believe in my inner strength

Nicole Arndt — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:15:08 -0500

If I didn´t believe in my inner strength, I would be sitting in a wheelchair.
The doctors have given me a 50 % chance. Everything had seemed fine, until I attended the final examination. There they told me that my condition was deteriorating. I was struck by lightning. That I wouldn’t and couldn’t believe. They ordered me to bed to rest. And they canceled my therapy sessions.
Two weeks later, I could leave hospital already. But the next day I had to go back because my white blood cells were reducing significantly. The doctors told me I mustn’t become ill during the next days or it could become very bad and I would have to stay in the hospital. Of course I worried very much about my health during the next few months. When I was back at home I could only move with a walking frame. The simplest things I could only do with my mother’s help.
Two day´s after I left hospital my mother left me and my bother alone for a short time. I was in the living room and he was playing in the bedroom. Everything was normal till I heard him scream. By reflex, I jumped up and ran to him.
Soon after this was my mother’s birthday. I wanted to surprise her with my ability to walk again so I didn’t tell her until then. On her birthday, despite some pain, I stood up in front of her without walking frames. I knew I’d been right to trust in myself to walk alone again.

I think before I talk

Johannes — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:02:15 -0500

So far in my life I met plenty of people who talk nothing but nonsense. If they are asked a question by a teacher, a family member or a friend they dont only answer wrong but talk at random. Lets take a simple example: the teacher asks: »What makes an ant so special?« The pupil answers: »Well, I once trod down one«. In such a case I dont know what to think about! Especially if the answer is neither right nor funny.
I myself dont mind if people interrupt their explanation by stops to find a half-way reasonable answer. If a person answers with: »I dont know« or »I have no idea« or even shrugs his shoulders its ok for me.
But people who use to talk at random without thinking before or give an answer to a question that simply was not asked I cant follow.
Of course there are also people talking round something and you cant get them. Furthermore I met people talking hindleg off a donkey and the content is borring. Sometimes you are asking yourself: and what else… or what is the sense of it? Especially when these people end without a point.

So I ask all that people, please take my advice: think before you talk.
Johannes

One minute of anger equals sixty seconds of lost happyness.

Carathis — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:01:38 -0500

Harassment is nothing personal

Nils — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:39:46 -0500

During my schooltime, they often rearranged the classes, and every time you could observe the same spectacle of clique formation and the coronation of a new victim. And every time the choice fell on me, they harassed me and pushed me around. Until that was, the day they recognized my ability to draw and every time they stopped their behavior towards me… going on to choose a new victim. If these people really had a problem with my personalitiy, they would have gone on with the harrassment.
I started thinking about what their real motives could be, what drives their childish sadism and my conculsion was: It’s the school system, which has no interest in the personal will; and they adopted this attitude (consciously or unconsciously) to compense their anger. It’s the never-ending dump atmosphere of a schoolday which accelerates this aggresive behavior, like the realisation of being buried alive.
It’s maybe also the experience they gained from home; when their parents punished them, because they break rules. It’s the awarness that their parents are captured in a similiar system, which drags its inmates even more then the schoolsystem, so: school isn’t out forever. It’s the fact that it is easier to destroy something, instead of building it up… especially when the target is someone who didn’t belong to any group and has little selfesteem. Their harrassment is directed through prejudices, and not through the core of one’s personality.
Thats why harassment is nothing personal. Of course it bothers me; but I’m also glad about it, because through this I almost immediately see what kind of people are around. Of course I can’t see the core of them, but I see who is a squaller, who a follower and who is a thinking person.
Nils

Walk Away If You Can.

Susie — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:15:22 -0500

Never take anything for granted

Jessica Brasil — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:41:39 -0500

A problem most creatives face, doing work for money or your portfolio.

Rob Hopkins aka 45degrees — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:17:38 -0500

el oh vee ee

Mark Pernice — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:20:05 -0500

Ehh, this isn’t so much a sentence but one very often used word in design. Am I breaking the rules? I thought I’d share it. Hand lettered, graphite, digital.

wish, dream, visualize

sanneke — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:09:16 -0500

life is about choices.

Felixxx — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:30:35 -0500

Because life IS about choices!

It is impossible to merely forgive and forget.

daisybea12 — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 01:38:42 -0500

The title of this piece is “It is impossible to merely forgive and forget.” The reason that I chose to title this picture as such is because I sincerely feel so. When I look back on my life, although not very long at all so far, I feel as if I have faced a plethora of experiences with retribution. Losing friends, family, toys. Losing other people’s toys, jewelry, phones, etc. I mean to be honest, all of these events call for some form of retribution. We as people simply do not view them as such. To kind of make sense of this nonsensical ranting, I mean to say that it is impossible to just forget about experiences and move on. These events are what make you who you are. That is why I chose to display this picture. It shows that although the Daisy is still blossoming as thriving and continuing on, it has left some petals behind. Some might view that as loss. It is something far beyond that. It shows growth, knowledge, life, and success. It shows something that I personally thrive for in all aspects of my being. Survival. Continuing on although something had to be left behind, and not merely disposing of your past. Remembrance. Retribution.

Misfortune was my God.

Sunkyoung Kim — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 09:11:16 -0500

Think big ver.2

Hyeona — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 07:55:00 -0500

Think big ver.2

Sleeping is the best medicine

Moon Kyung mi — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 02:16:53 -0500

mobile, drowsiness, sleeping, and healing…
(sometimes) skipping works. But I believe, sleeping is the best medicine in the universe.

Winner takes all

syroom57 — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:48:23 -0500

thanks *

try!

tjrjr — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:47:33 -0500

try harder

Untitled Experiments 2

paulrook — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:47:17 -0500

Untitled words from my practice of experimentations with tyopgraphy

Profundities, not facts.

jiyoung — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:02:30 -0500

SIM...

s-eee — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:59:26 -0500

I am not afraid

illadelfresh — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:24:51 -0500

"The whole world reminds me of music, and the music reminds me i'm free" - unknown

illadelfresh — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:08:30 -0500

This quote is from a song I can’t remember who sings. One day it will come back to me, and I will update this. HAHA

I need to fall deeply in love the way I have for Music, or maybe Music is all I need

illadelfresh — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:50:56 -0500

My painting I sold.. very true words straight from the heart

light

ixeris — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:44:04 -0500

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

min jeong seon — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:26:49 -0500

everything will be OK! :)

Resa — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:51:43 -0500

You kill time, time kills you

Youngmin Kim — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:25:55 -0500

Life is snap!

kittyjhl — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:54:42 -0500

My life is collection of every snapshots.

There is no time to waste...

angelik — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:00:42 -0500

This came as a way to put a little pressure to myself when I feel like I can sit around and wait for things to happen. Sometimes it is scary but it is necessary to get into action, there is no time to waste because the clock keeps ticking…

Wait 4 you.

muffkib — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:47:37 -0500

Because of falling for you there’s nothing else I can do.
for you still waiting for you.

POST-IT

s-eee — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:02:25 -0500

I cannot be the best, I can only be me.

onpointphife — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:09:32 -0500

Do what you want.

hyojinan — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:51:29 -0500

Whatever you want..

The real me.

sunim Lee — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:28:19 -0500

The real me.

Life is just like a blink.

AN HYUNGEUN — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:11:24 -0500

Everything in my life changes.

Nothing lasts forever.

color

found — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:17:40 -0500

Fall tree

found — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:16:18 -0500

Hurt Me

asasqq — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:48:55 -0500

Hurt Me. Pliz.

"Yes, I am Not"

Black-Hard Artstudio — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:03:58 -0500

the world.

Bora Yoo — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:00:13 -0500

I just have only the bunch of coins left, after my travel.

even each coins are different and the race is unfamiliar though,

human’s life is very same in whole world.

Believe It!

lisamraz — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:13:59 -0500

No Pain, No Gain.

sun-min Lee — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:19:04 -0500

No pain, no gain!! hahaha….

Better than Raw

Burzum — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:11:43 -0500

Better than Raw

Must have festival!

Hong eunhee — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:48:17 -0500

just be strong

lee seung eon — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:56:07 -0500

I'm designer

Na Sang Uk — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:27:43 -0500

Na Sang Uk

keep your own way

Jeong-ahn Park — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:16:23 -0500

keep your own way

Enjoy

narae Kang — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:27:04 -0500

True Communication

seokhoonchoi — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:21:14 -0500

Intoxicating liquor makes us to communicate truly.

More haste, Less speed.

jinhee — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:16:38 -0500

Think big

Hyeona — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:00:42 -0500

hasn’t finished yet.
i would like to continue to work it out.

Don't panic

lee na young — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:40:32 -0500

모두들 사랑한다 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 우리 패닉하지말자
i love you, KMU VCD so much
we won’t panic

Believe right now.

icedtea — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:31:09 -0500

I and my people have recorded our every moment by photo-stickers. We all think and know it means the strongest belief about our love and life.

keep changing

gooduj — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:05:10 -0500

these are my stuffs, or things around me which are look like alphabet. taked a photo of each object, and reconstructed them. moai and the monster clay feature are made by me.

Love is not getting, but giving.

Choi Jung Won — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:17:59 -0500

Everything which live have right to live

Shin-HaeJung — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:03:18 -0500

Actually this is not English. This is Korean, so I think most people don’t understand this. It means ‘Everything which live have right to live.’ (I’m not sure this is correct.)

Happiness is a warm puppy

Kim Hyun Jeong — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:56:45 -0500

I have boundless power.

Kim-hyesoo — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:58:07 -0500

fire!

LIFE IS LOVE.

KangSoYoun — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:35:33 -0500

happy dinner

Sawing is not as difficult as reaping.

Kong Eun-ju — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:25:45 -0500

Sawing is not as difficult as raping - Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Everything is up to me.

jaeseok lee — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:09:21 -0500

When i was suffer from the hardship,
I used to think about my parents and these sentence.
Everything is up to me.to me..to me….

size doesn't matter

chojin1657 — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:22:39 -0500

doesn’t matter

Everyone has an agenda, EXEPT ME!

Kim ju hyuck — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:29:38 -0500

n,n /

Love is all we need.

Jihyun Suh — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:27:36 -0500

not food…kk

look both sides of everything.

Leebori — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:36:38 -0500

look both sides of everything.

leebori.blogspot.com

Early bird catches the warm.

launatic — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:07:11 -0500

we love that

tjrjr — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:43:17 -0500

that could be anything!

Brain, hand and heart. That's all I need to create.

Jiwon Jun — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:26:12 -0500

I wanted to push the boundaries of my typography

paulrook — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:50:23 -0500

Uni Project. Experimenting with a non-digital format.

Man proposes, God disposes.

Ryunghwa Rhee — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:42:02 -0500

I made it with a pretzel. I think what I have to do is just to do my best and to wait god’s disposal. I believe I can do my best!

Seize the day , Carpe diem

Hyunju Ryu — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:46:43 -0500

Waiting doesn't solve everything

Youngmin Kim — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:22:58 -0500

Waiting doing nothing is what jerks do
If you want something get it for yourself…

Throw away stupidity of past.

pgp2006 — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:13:15 -0500

The world is just awesome.

Jimin You — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:10:18 -0500

I Think I Can

Kyung Lee — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:25:16 -0500

It's good to be crazy.

scadi — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:54:07 -0500

Being into something - or addicted to - is quite a good thing, I think. Even you are so crazy about something that you can’t do anything.

Unititled Experiments

paulrook — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:16:24 -0500

This year as a designer I am working in a non-digital format i want to explore the boundaries that typography has to offer using all kinds of elements to achieve different results

Berlin, I Love You But You Bring Me Down

elle noir — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:10:02 -0500

Time to Move

Todo lo sólido se desvanece en el aire. All that is solid melts into air.

jjjolll — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:35:41 -0500

All that is solid…is a site specific project performed at the garden of the Polyforum Siqueiros Museum. The quote “All that is solid melts into air.” was traced with breadcrumb on the grass so the birds could gradually eat it.
http://todolosolido.info
http://flickr.com/photos/allthatissolid

Alot of effort is put into making things look effortless

hodgey1989 — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:36:41 -0500

Sometimes don't follows the rules

SerraGlia — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:27:44 -0500

Think the opposite!
http://www.serraglia.com/dont

you are beautiful, but you are empty. one could not die for you

RB — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:11:34 -0500

If everything is bold, then nothing is bold.

jalehafshar — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:04:44 -0400

My jewelry drawer.

I am guilty.

Everybody Loves a Happy Ending.

SFooArty — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:56:08 -0400

Everybody Loves a Happy Ending.

Joyful Teddy bears | Veseli Medvjedici

Marko Jovanovac — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:01:49 -0400

A poster for play “Joyful Teddy bears” or “Veseli Medvjedici” in Croatian. This was a poster for Children Theatre of Branko Mihaljević in Osijek.

The idea was to make a sweet poster for Kids. Typography is bade of sugar, and Teddy bears are Haribo candy. This poster was selected for “0708 - exhibition of Croatian Design”

Joyful Garden | Vesela Avlija

Marko Jovanovac — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:56:08 -0400

A poster for play “Joyful Garden” or “Vesela Avlija” in Croatian. It was done in collaboration with photographer Saša Imprić. The poster was commissioned by Children Theatre of Branko Mihaljević in Osijek, Croatia.

For more works and info, visit: www.markojovanovac.com

Follow your folly now

gerhard — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:04:58 -0400

This summer my wife and I made a dream come true and cycled from Vancouver down to San Francisco. One evening in a small town we found a beer called “Fat Tire”. What a gorgeous name for a beer if you´re cycling the coast. Back in germany I tried to get “Fat Tire” delivered to my home town. Unfortunately it’s impossible. But what I found out was that there is an unbelievable brand beyond the beer. It’s called “New Belgium” and the claim is “Follow your folly”. Whow! This means so much more to me than “Find your way” or something stupid like this I had in my mind when I though about designing a sentence out of google maps icons while I was planning my bicycle trip. Thanks to “New Belgium” for the inspiration, their funny website (which I look at almost every day) and of course the beer.
Anyway I like any kind of maps. They’re telling stories about adventures. They make me go out and find out.

The world is a beautiful place

wadswa03 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:24:17 -0400

Sun set at Bethells Beach, with a young girl bending in the shallows

You have to live life to the fullest.

wadswa03 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:20:31 -0400

Young girl jumping on the Beach at Sunset

millions of babies are killed daily, listen... they are screaming " help us live"

roxy009 — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:44:17 -0400

My name is Roxana and I have been searching for my true calling all of my life;
this is it. Please help me continue to save the lives of innocent babies that are screaming “help us live” by purchasing our products. We will donate all of our profits to Respect Life and Heartbeat of Miami.
Please visit: http://www.cafepress.com/helpuslive
Do you have a question? you can email us at: helpuslive@bellsouth.net

International Fusion Calendar Exhibition

hain001 — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:02:26 -0400

It just is.

zenusharma — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:49:16 -0400

Make mistakes

MarcoRaaphorst — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:51:17 -0400

Make mistakes

I Can.

John_Transue — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:20:38 -0400

I can.

Great Minds Do Not Think Alike

John_Transue — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:04:38 -0400

Great minds are individual and seldom appreciated.

Always ask for more

moreismore — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:37:46 -0400

This typography has been created with jocktraps, this display is inspired by Felix Gonzales torres.
You can download the A4 printable font for free here: http://moreismore.free.fr/IMAGES/jf.rar
Feel free to use it…

To eat Snask has made me a better person.

Snask — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:23:38 -0400

Seeing what's - ahead...

7X7 — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:51:58 -0400

“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle” - George Orwell.

http://www.sevenby7.com/eyespy/eyes.html

Solutions are elusive things...

7X7 — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 06:48:27 -0400

“Growth is a spiral process, doubling back on itself, reassessing and regrouping…”

http://www.sevenby7.com/solutions/

Your parents are your friends

Ang.n.Steph — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:03:46 -0400

As you get older you realize that your parents are just normal people, they love you, and they’ve only ever wanted the best for you…

Take a Step Back, Everything looks different.

Kimmy.xx — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:09:52 -0400

Though Life can seem like a blur sometimes..don't let it pass you by

SusannaD — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:20:55 -0400

Though life can be chaotic, enjoy it and smile, it’s the only one you have!

Letting go is the greatest Freedom of all

SusannaD — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:09:31 -0400

Love is not a choice

jabel6 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:59:12 -0400

Behind every closed door lies a new experience

Brandon Boucher — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:54:29 -0400

I am Never Broken

amy_G — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:54:12 -0400

Dreams May Become Reality If You Believe In Yourself

Dana — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:51:12 -0400

no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself, you can achieve all you goals and make your dreams come true

The only one holding you back is yourself.

Daniela — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:55:31 -0400

I wanted to make it look as through ‘yourself’ was a puppet to ‘you’. Illustrating that you are a puppet to only yourself.
I’m still trying to figure all this out, and I’ll probably continue playing with it from this day on. Hopefully I can stop holding myself back and break out of my shell and create something amazing.

That which is broken is not easily fixed

asilke1 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:19:41 -0400

A visual commentary on the consequential nature of human existence.

Don't Talk About It, Be About It

cnaths — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:38:10 -0400

Someone once said this to me and it really stuck. Maybe it’s because an influential person in my childhood always talked about what was going to happen, but never did anything to reach that end. I think it’s more than just achievement or being true to your word; it’s about gaining respect, it’s about humility and seeing yourself for who you really are.

birch brothers, everyday

katiegray — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:58:36 -0400

absolute heart! and uncertainty

katiegray — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:49:11 -0400

do things for no reason and find the true reason later (it is not fabricated or on purpose) / it is not for what for and it doesn’t matter why the true reason you will find is hidden in your try.

Keep your heart funky

NAIT_ericbrown — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:34:52 -0400

I have learned to follow my own beat of my heart. And those beats are the ones that I learned as a child sitting in front of my parents record player blasting out funky beats.

War Is Not Playing With Toy Soldiers

Helen Hua — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:36:01 -0400

My thoughts on war expressed through typography.

Life lessons come from strange places.

Becca Saunders — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:42:23 -0400

Life lessons so often do come from the places we least expect them to.

Nature has no choice.

lynel@vl.videotron.ca — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:21:30 -0400

A fractured concrete sidewlak piece, where nature had no choice but take back its place.
It was created summer 08, during a great workshop week with Stefan Sagmeister, in Percé, Québec.

Love not looked for is the love that shall be found.

Boogmeister — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:52:05 -0400

Just to prove that wherever you are, whatever you are doing, whoever you are with, you can find love. The subtlety of the words is to back up the statement…its not something you are looking for.

consumption is a waste of time.

leslie_cotton — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:31:48 -0400

Quando a vida te der 1000 motivos para chorar, mostre a ela que tem 1001 para sorrir!

bellinha_cmjf — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:48:29 -0400

Do It Without Thinking Of Critics

jvallee — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:52:39 -0400

Created as part of a workshop directed by Stefan Sagmeister that took place in Percé, Gaspésie.

We believe that expression should not be fade by the fear of being criticized by others. To illustrate this maxim, we created some large scale types by using only white cloths,
paper and thread on natural landscapes as background.

www.jvallee.com
www.karimzariffa.com

Young love (home is where the art is) falls hard.

Dennin — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:01:04 -0400

Home is where the heart is safe and sacure unbound by boundries patient and pure
Hope is the heart muscle beating from birth and connecting us all here living on earth
Love is the foundation unconditioned and universal hand-made with honesty basic and beautiful
Life is the land of family and friends before all beginnings and after all ends

love is in the air

snooz3r — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:02:55 -0400

nature always finds its way

snooz3r — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:01:31 -0400

Challenge Hierarchies

Gerard Doolan — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:10:56 -0400

Arc de Triomphe, Paris

Be Glad

Gerard Doolan — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:09:17 -0400

St James’ Park, London

Money Does Not Inspire

Gerard Doolan — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:08:06 -0400

The Beverley Hills Hotel, LA

teenage minds

lisamraz — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:16:52 -0400

Passion is more important than talent

princeofegypt — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:14:51 -0400

HOMME LESS

maria videl — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:47:56 -0400

all made with little pieces of glass…all from car crashes picked out from the streets of mexico city. No more home, no more homme…homme less.

Solitude is luxury if it's voluntary

elle noir — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:49:34 -0400

Pictures were taken on a rooftop in Malmo, Sweden

smiling is free

sanneke — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:07:07 -0400

Happiness is real only when shared

suyog — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:30:26 -0400

It was only recently that I got to see the movie “Into the Wild” and know about Christopher McCandless’ life. This was the sentence that he wrote in his diary during his last few days in Alaska probably realizing the need for humans to be connected. The sentence struck a chord in my mind since it has been a learning for me too. Sharing one’s happiness does indeed make the world a beautiful place to live in. The photographs are taken from a small town in India. The joy of sharing a dive and going for a swim in their birthday suits is written all over the faces.

choose a path, take risks, have guts, make mistakes and dare to grow

sanneke — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:58:53 -0400

WISDOM

ronoboy — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:39:09 -0400

a smile on your face makes the lion and his owner happy

gagabor — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:42:17 -0400

wrong choice

gagabor — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:07:28 -0400

never take things for granted

hidetomo — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:49:12 -0400

To believe, I don't need to understand

princeofegypt — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:05:27 -0400

I only appreciate that which is semi-permanent

adrianwills — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:04:15 -0400

After seeing Stefan speak at Semi-Permanent alongside a wide range of very inspiring speakers, I came to this realization as Stefan wrapped up his speech. I had to get out my phone and make a note of it as I think it summed up the day, the event, my thoughts on his speech and something I’ve learnt very accurately.

unconventional, clean, perfectionist

momoscope — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:54:31 -0400

The Future is as unknown as the past

ph7labs — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:10:45 -0400

Digital Illustration - Pencil, Ink, Illustrator and Photoshop.
2008

Don't be afraid to ask for help.

Jean-François Poliquin — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:45:48 -0400

Me yeah

xocholate — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:27:12 -0400

Each word has its own meaning behind it.

Me: just like a clothes clipper, i’m always on edge. Like to take risk and adventurous, then suddenly i found myself hanging for my own life. I gotta say, i’m my own worst enemy.

Yeah: I learnt to perceive yeah in different angle. I think the word “yeah” actually holds a phrase together into such a strong statement.

I thought life was a line. I now know it's a grid.

valery — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:22:38 -0400

EVERY AQUISITION WEIGHS ME DOWN

marie_loic — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:48:05 -0400

This is a project during a master class at Percé (Québec) with Stefan Sagmeister. I had three days for create this image.

Little Pickers Need Big Knickers

Helen Wilkinson — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:10:48 -0400

Food is one of my greatest sources of pleasure. Sometimes I over-indulge …

Mistakes are the beginning of discovery.

Julie Royer — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:50:10 -0400

Each mistake can lead to a new story.

A one armed man deals cards slowly

the equestrian — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:16:46 -0400

Anything marked down to "Free" is ok.

the equestrian — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:11:46 -0400

If we could read each others minds we'd all sleep with loaded guns

the equestrian — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:03:59 -0400

The first answer is almost always the right answer.

natasha — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:29:47 -0400

Exists with my other contribution: http://www.thingsihavelearnedinmylife.com/sentence/photography/first-alw…

I will never forget the words he says.

It really is.....that easy.

carolann85 — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:18:16 -0400

where are we.

i believe in god only i spell it nature - quote by frank lloyd wright

adrienp@hotmail.com — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:11:05 -0400

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.

frostignarr — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:04:15 -0400

A replica of one of sagmeister´s most famous posters.

Hope.

Kaobear — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:48:47 -0400

This is my son Connor. He has, as of yet, an undiagnosed physical and intellectual developmental disorder.

I see that picture, I see hope. I see happiness.

Love Is Enough.

Kaobear — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:44:34 -0400

Love Is Enough For All of Us.

Learn to read between the lines

annemieke teresa van twuijver — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:11:01 -0400

I am an art school student at Dogtime/Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (The Netherlands). After the last exams before the summer break, my teachers wrote in my report that they were confident, and I quote, ‘That I will make a good work one day in the future’. When that made me cry, they told me that they love my work, that they think I sure have talent and and that my report was, and I quote again, ‘Something to be quite jealous of.’ From that day on I tell myself to read between the lines. That white space is like non-verbal communication with different rules and different messages. In between the lines ‘You suck’ actually means ’ You are great’. Maybe we should forget about the lines all together and just go for the blancs. Voids can be nurturing when you want them to.

Honesty Can Solve Any Problem

Star_Spider — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:52:09 -0400

Honesty Can Solve Any Problem is created on the Tenori-On. The clean simplicity of the technology shows us the mathematical truth of the universe where as the chaotic sounds and random movements represent humanities flawed voices that speak in half truths. But flawed or not it is still part of the same system as the rest of it, so we do have the tools, it is just a matter of using them.

www.alternaterealityevents.com
http://arexistence.blogspot.com

Peace is not only relative to war

Christian D — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:54:39 -0400

I'll do it my way

zeebee — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:14:23 -0400

As I am totally resistant to any form of educational programm, I had and have to do it my way.

Life is a beach and every tide brings a fresh shore-line.

soopoo — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:27:47 -0400

These pictures are made with stuff found on the beach, The allegory with life is that everything and everyone is just mere flotsam and jetsam on the shore-line of life. The tide goes in and out twice a day and its ’ all change’ every time. I love the beach and the changing shore-line where ever I go in the world, but this beach and place is special, its the beach near Kirkibost Pier on Great Bernera on the Isle of lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

An original Breadley

Zelluloid — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:35:17 -0400

That early morning my friend Matthias and me decided to go on a ride…It was healthy and safe!

dont judge.

lisamraz — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:28:43 -0400

Where do you find solace and healing in life?

RevRuth — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:49:57 -0400

Nature has always provided me with a place to escape and re-group. As a pastor, I also seek to immerse myself in the creative juices of God.

The longest journey starts with a first step.

startblog-f — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:01:10 -0400

I ran all of these letters into the Berlin cityscape. About 135 km in 7 stages, all well documented with lots of photos on www.startblog-f.de (you can find a high resolution file of the sentence there). And, of course, it all started with a first step…

Cut it out!

hans.suter — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:54:36 -0400

a short inscription

I'm not a cynic, I just have an attachment to truth.

owen — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:20:56 -0400

I took this revealing self portrait using the naked light of a Phillips 65 watt light bulb and the glow from the screen of an iMac computer. The flash gave me temporary blindness and lot of sparkly images in front of my eyes.

You will notice the heavy lines around my eyes - home-made truth for modern man.

Nothing makes me happier than being outside !

Sweetanima — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:06:45 -0400

Today I figured out nothing makes me happier than being outside, away from the computer, away from all worries…with every breath I take trouble is exhaled and vanishes into the forrest around me ….

moving through the city by bicycle makes my life better

raumschneiderin — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:07:32 -0400

me

antfilm — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:30:46 -0400

Wishing is not doing.

hilaryclarcq — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:57:44 -0400

This sentence came out of reading Atlas Shrugged while visiting Amsterdam.

X - a matter of relative importance

nobabe — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:39:58 -0400

X - a matter of relative importance
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nobabe/sets/72157602241088254/

I LOVE margit

nobabe — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:04:02 -0400

window & mirrow selfportrait - vienna - austria - june08

BITTE LUST BITTE

nobabe — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:47:19 -0400

bitte lust bitte [PLEASE LUST PLEASE]

I also try to learn about life through the experiences of others.

janed — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:28:24 -0400

I’m an artist who relies on the images and words—the verified existence and experience—of others. My “maxim” series, which includes tangents on “lessons,” “war and piece” and “love,” is a part of my work that expresses what I want to share about what I’ve learned about life. I select especially appropriate photographs taken by and of unknown individuals and inscribe them with carefully selected quotes from the famous.

try to finish your sentences with a question mark or a call sign

di sain — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:09:19 -0400

it is important to learn not only to ask questions “?” but to get the feeling for the right timing, the right words, to ask the right people and so on.
so, if you succeeded in doing this and you are about to exchange some shared mental models then don´t hesitate to strongly advice people with a ”!”

There are too many rotten family ties in this fast food world today. Nothing lasts.

Sweetanima — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:41:02 -0400

I was shocked to see that a family threw wedding pictures of their ancestors away & wonder what happened that they did not care about those precious memories of old times. Lack of respect ? Lack of love between grandparents and the family ? Why are there so many families who are broken and hateful within ?

wilderness is the soul of the earth

loicTas — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:43:52 -0400

tannin stained creek in Tasmania

some things are amazing

loicTas — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:40:58 -0400

don't take yourself too seriously

loicTas — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:25:05 -0400

an old friend being silly in a museum in Alaska

Dancing makes me feel good.

Bandwagonjumper — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:37:38 -0400

Moving your body to music is good for the soul. It’s definitely cheaper than therapy.

~When Marooned~Try Again~

-----sabrina lynn---------- — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:54:07 -0400

Stranded Boat

LOVE CONQUERS EVERYTHING

Fleur Wickes — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:13:29 -0400

True love, romantic love, sexual love, love for a movie, love for your son, love for the green grass and the blue sky.

reduce appropiately

Heiko — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:38:17 -0400

Things I should have done in my life (so far)

Splitintoone — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:36:58 -0400

Things I should have done in my life (so far)
out now! - (not yet) - (possibly never)

The answers you seek cannot be found at the bottom of a bottle.

makepeace — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:32:01 -0400

the off season

ivanastankovic030984 — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:39:30 -0400

Sometimes it's hard being a dude.

memeshift — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:01:44 -0400

Sometimes, I never know exactly what I’m feeling. Other times I might be lucky enough to know exactly what it is, but am totally inept at articulating it, let alone express it.

nice cook ethan

ethan Y Park — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:29:01 -0400

Self promotion myself.

Nice cook ethan!

The Delicious Truth

Jess118 — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:10:57 -0400

Life Lesson project for Design and Arts College, Christchurch, New Zealand

HOME CAN BE MORE THAN ONE PLACE.

milimetar — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:58:07 -0400

In today’s nomadic society, home is rarely just one place to people. We often move more than once in a lifetime. According to an old saying, there’s no place like home. But, more than one place can feel like home if we let it. A cold place can be home as well, which is illustrated in the first image. Magnified snow crystals make the word home. The rest of the images are “home-made”.

Sometimes I think too much.

gavin_roberts200 — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:39:29 -0400

by Gavin Roberts

dream

ineke watt — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:05:37 -0400

dream

Life is also a delicious square of chocolate

delphine_baborier — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:22:05 -0400

Hey, I’m french graphist and I realized a poster fully in chocolate, with mussels cardboard pen. Because Life is also a delicious square of chocolate.

Everything works out in the end.

mayorcj — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:13:22 -0400

Choose not to collect it! Choose to click it instead!

soopoo — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:05:35 -0400

I saw this cute wee stoat from the USSR at a stall in the meadows festival in Edinburgh and decided not to buy it because I don’t want to end up with a flat full of stuff like Mrs Havisham, so i started my new flat, (2 dimensional) collection of ornaments with this photo of him/her.

Someday we might make the list.

Matt Dutra — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:51:56 -0400

There's always two sides to every story.

Matt Dutra — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:42:44 -0400

Direct portraits

jramire — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:51:23 -0400

Portraits of old people from around my country, people that represents the tradition and the culture.

Your Dream will always defeat Reality if You give it a chance

nextstage.de — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:20:56 -0400

quote by Stanislaw Lem…everything is possible and just limited by my imagination. a rule which guided me through my studies. Lem is a great thinker, who’s novels and short stories give me lot of inspiration. The letters are cut out of potatoes, a project I did at the academy to get a feeling for the anatomy of our western alphabet.

before MSN, I learned ICQ

starrycat — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:31:20 -0400

anyone still using icq??

Even in tragedy, keep going

rebecca.well — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:03:37 -0400

You Can't Always Please Everyone!

afair005 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:03:24 -0400

Disappointment

sounbunze — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:01:30 -0400

Disappointment is worse than anger.

Hot Shoes Hurt

Ptowngirl1 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:00:30 -0400

Children Have the Biggest Dreams

mrica001 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:59:59 -0400

NOBODY cannot live without somebody......

Kellykting — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:01:50 -0400

…even when it is a particular somebody.

don't close your eyes. you'll see better.

metkcom — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:41:00 -0400

Nature is as beautiful as a Mcdonald's cup.

jriddim — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:12:44 -0400

After 24 years of living right next to a small park, I have always been familiar with nature and of course the litter that people poison it with… I always wondered why people can not respect their environment. So one day I spent 3 hours picking up litter, and used it to arrange letters across a dirt cliff for extremely easy viewing. I then found the garbage removed one day later.

We're goners.

Stereotype — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:42:00 -0400

One day we won’t be here anymore.

make an Identity;see for yourself;never stop exploring

ethan Y Park — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:25:18 -0400

This poster series were Busan short film festival 2004 exhibition, ‘Like a star’.

sometimes I do stupid things for great

nextstage.de — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:52:33 -0400

me do this for real

there is more than one right answer

denise mill — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:27:59 -0400

students were given one hour to create the letters for the lesson “there is more than one right answer”

A little colour goes a long way

Gub — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:46:10 -0400

thinking about e´ternity makes me crazy

engenhart — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:03:17 -0400

Years ago I cutted my logo out of a huge plasic-grass blanket. Since then I lived with it and my e started to live with me. Probably it will be more visible than me after I have to stop working as a designer in the future. I travell with this wonderful letter around my life (hey it flew with me 6 times till now ;-) and I can see it everywhere… It is so naive but on the same side so intense. We do have time on this planet to say something naive or complex. Sometimes the easy way could be understood by a lot more people than written or communicated in a complex way. It is all about the context. The context makes something wonderful, lovable, beautiful, and recognizable. And the context is invisible. There are eternal uncountable contexts in this world. And I am happy to know that designing is a matter of specifying contexts between identities and any form you develop. My »e« is only a »e« made out of grass but also a form of life that starts talking through others.

If you like it, someone else will too.

nitzan — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:13:17 -0400

I was once called to give a talk in a music college in Israel, to give tips about making music more sell-able and being more available to be signed.

I replied saying that any pieace of music(given the proper aesthetics are in place) could be signed and subsequently sold.

I was , in return politely taken off the talk.

I have given the matter some thought and wondered if I have gone too far.

I didnt think about this until reading the book and wanting to contribute to the site.

thinking about this now just made me realize that this was the right thing to do.

who am I to tunnel someone else’s creative flow, just because i release other people’s music.

I mean, I was myself told many times to change my harsh stand on what i believe in and in a way, the fact that i didnt , shaped my creativenss(not only the musical one) to what it it today.

Whatever you like, and believe in wholeheartedly , will have room in the world, period.

don’t listen to anyone, but yourself!

explore nature

elidupuis — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:08:08 -0400

pretty self-explanatory. original sentence was “get out of town and explore nature”. decided to simplify it in the end.

inspired by seeing sagmeister speak the night before a weekend trip out of town (to jasper, canada).

FREEDUMB?

systemoferror — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:39:30 -0400

don't. miss. one. single. second.

carrieford — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:53:07 -0400

Money alone sets all the world in motion.

lil — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:18:23 -0400

Money alone sets all the world in motion.

Democracy vs Dictatorship

hemantanant — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:07:20 -0400

Let go.

Lyndall Coburn — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:04:18 -0400

There is always light at the end of a dark path.

ghsweet — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:39:25 -0400

D&AD submission, Fuse Brief set By Neville Brody.

Rockmetalchick — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:35:46 -0400

I have learnt to work within a creative team while responding to this brief.
Each issue of Fuse Magazine featured a theme. The design for the font was inspired by the theme re-construction. The 4th picture spells out the word Fuse, with yellow squares within the page layout.

Take a closer look at everything

GavinT — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:51:35 -0400

My eyesight is failing at short range. I stare at a monitor all day everyday from a distance of about 1-2ft. I realised I have trouble seeing things close up, like when I tried to remove a splinter from my daughters finger. I need to exercise my eyes - for the sake of my vision and for the sake of seeing the world in a more holistic way. Bigger is not always better.

I love being a designer

ethan Y Park — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:24:54 -0400

All I leaned in my life that is ‘I love being a designer.’

Therefore, I am.

BOYFRIENDS ARE FOR CHRISTMAS - A SNOWBOARD IS FOR LIFE!

debdeb — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:27:59 -0400

simplicity often works best

nextstage.de — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:09:12 -0400

…

In order to move on we must first let go

richardyoung71 — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:35:58 -0400

To look past what is there and see what you can make from it.

someofmywork — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:58:15 -0400

After a day spent looking around for nice things to film, I found this view right under my nose, from my own balcony. A view I see every day and now see as quite banal. But with a certain approach and sprinkle of something extra, turned it into something magical.

vive les fous

elle noir — Sat, 31 May 2008 14:12:35 -0400

There’s no way to craziness. Craziness is the way.

Don't worry about things you can't change

marek — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:35:43 -0400

Love is always a little rough around the edges

b1 — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:36:28 -0400

Perspective

anthony Stonehouse — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:00:04 -0400

I’ve lived in four countries and travelled to a few more. Each has given me a new perspective on the world and I believe helped to open my mind on many issues and understand there are hundreds of new ways of looking at things.

I am made of 100,000,000,000,000 robots that don't give a damn about me.

ANON — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:48:19 -0400

self love is not selfish

diablito — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:16:51 -0400

think your choices through.

Olonzo Maccadamia — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:00:48 -0400

A picture I took in Hammersmith a couple of years ago. No photoshopery involved, I promise.

Nature taught me today, never give up on your children.

catharina — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:57:05 -0400

Birds in my backyard, mother is feeding her last kiddo, all of her children already flew out of the nest, this one was a bit retarded i guess, but she did’nt gave up. And he is gone too now.

Different people look at things differently.

aima — Wed, 28 May 2008 00:28:02 -0400

It's not the finishing point, but the act of travelling which is important.

vrungel — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:49:41 -0400

Sometimes, it's just that the apple is out of reach.

ingridf — Tue, 27 May 2008 16:40:49 -0400

The things that are most tempting sometimes are only appealing because you know you can’t have them. Not because of their value or the actual pleasure they would give you.

rasters

jaeger — Tue, 27 May 2008 07:01:35 -0400

raster work with vector some rasters by http://www.gestalten.com/. printouts on overhead slides, framed. each pair of them gives an interresting morree effect …
(with Georg Kettele)

http://dasblattwerk.net/2008/02/11/call-for-raster-projects/

Wolfgang Sch(l)üssel

jaeger — Tue, 27 May 2008 05:16:30 -0400

For an exhibition in my hometwon Graz (AT) i did a typographic wallwork. The picture shows the former austrian chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel (“Schweigekanzler”) written in hand made ink letters.

German Text:
“Wolfgang Schüssel, im Ascii Schlüssel”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Sch%C3%BCssel
http://matthias-jaeger.net/

Öl, Öl

jaeger — Tue, 27 May 2008 05:08:11 -0400

“Öl, Öl!”, brüllte ich immer noch und machte dann Bewegungen wie Öl das aus dem Boden schießt.

hand made typography

Whenever I'm down I call my friend the clown

catharina — Tue, 27 May 2008 04:18:07 -0400

Thomas and Quint, a filmer and a musician sometimes work together. When they are all fed up and tired of working they come up with this….

You have to start somewhere.

marykathryn — Sun, 25 May 2008 15:49:33 -0400

You just have to try.

marykathryn — Sun, 25 May 2008 15:44:43 -0400

every child has a right on a dream

nmrzlja1 — Sat, 24 May 2008 18:21:13 -0400

intense feeling of deep affection

Time may pass faster than we think

matiss — Sat, 24 May 2008 15:16:35 -0400

few weeks ago, incidentally I found a match on my desk, everything else was a chain reaction

Every designers ultimatum.

45degrees — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:29:14 -0400

I was talking with a designer friend one day, catching up on our new lives - we had both left the same agency a while back. He asked how my freelancing was going, I said good, informed him of my current project and he proceeded to ask if he could see it. Feeling guilty I said, “It’s nothing you would want to see, nothing that will be seen in my porfolio…EVER” He quickly and understandable said “Ahhh, for the bank, not the book.”

That phrase stuck in my head for weeks, ideas of how to illustrate it’s relevance in my life, and from what I have found, most designers lives. This is my solution. :)

Never Stop Trying

bethy — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:48:28 -0400

My son asked me this question. As much as my jaded and cynical side wanted to tell them that the good guys don’t win, this is what I want him to believe. And this is what I want to believe too …
fonts: verdana, 4990810
image from http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml

Children do not understand that you are flawed.

anonymousiv — Fri, 23 May 2008 01:14:15 -0400

What we don’t know yet but learn eventually.

He won't put up with it forever.

heatherashley — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:24:39 -0400

always look down

simonvillet — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:02:28 -0400

It is a long road we travel, but with good company the miles go by on their own.

Petey — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:33:59 -0400

It is a long road we travel, but with good company the miles go by on their own.

Happiness is always temporary.

Lyndall Coburn — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:30:00 -0400

New York subway map; or at least my impression of it.

aima — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:25:13 -0400

Advice and critique are great, but enjoy your work. You are the magic that is art.

cubistglamour — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:04:46 -0400

Ugly can be beautiful.

aima — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:58:13 -0400

It's a beautiful day

Calie Anderson — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:06:31 -0400

Just a "truth" that occurred to me one day...

FroG — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:31:54 -0400

Men are ‘eye-centric’, hence all the ‘gentlemen’s clubs’. Women are ‘ear-centric’. They like to talk and listen. Also, how do you think all these ugly guys are with these gorgeous women? Money? Only partially true.

Minimalism is using everything you need, but nothing that you don't.

nick mun — Wed, 21 May 2008 01:36:07 -0400

I've learned you can't help whom you love, or why you love them

Jessica_Michele888 — Tue, 20 May 2008 23:18:32 -0400

After a long hard damaged relationship that I just ended…I learned many life lessons beyond my years…

we're not barbies, we have nothing to lose.

nadiazoe — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:17:55 -0400

i’m always desperate to change something about myself and hair is easy to change. nothings permanent.

Learn to Love to Dance.

simonvillet — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:13:56 -0400

you CAN chase helicopters with kites

simonvillet — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:07:39 -0400

You CAN chase helicopters with kites. Dancing with bears is the dangerous one.

Part of a series I am currently working on.

Sometimes you need to see differently in order to appreciate more.

Smahtani — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:01:59 -0400

Living in the city is repetitive after a while- but after developing these fisheye double exposure photos I took while walking around one day, I began to see new beauty in things I got so used to seeing everyday.

At what point do we finally lose our soul?

Petey — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:07:23 -0400

At what point do we finally lose our soul? Perhaps it is when we stop believing in miracles.

The best medicine that we can take is forgiveness.

Petey — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:48:55 -0400

The best medicine that we can take is forgiveness. It is also the most difficult to swallow.

Dive Deeper

Calie Anderson — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:40:16 -0400

The “Dive Deeper” mantra has been on my mind a lot. For me, it tells me to push further with my work, even when I think I might be done.

Its a work of very lonely person.

Nataša — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:33:30 -0400

poster for exhibition

ivanastankovic030984 — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:05:31 -0400

Again, calligraphy with typographic.

Me, with my letter.

ivanastankovic030984 — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:21:38 -0400

Combination of my calligraphy, my typographical letter (name of letter is Escape) and
photography (selfportrait). Everything look like self - presentation.

there is hope

inspired03 — Mon, 19 May 2008 07:07:39 -0400

there is hope, even for ash to be meaningful :P

Family was worth fighting for.

missk — Sat, 17 May 2008 15:18:01 -0400

New England. Membership has it's privileges....

missk — Sat, 17 May 2008 15:14:28 -0400

She made me love her....

missk — Sat, 17 May 2008 15:09:46 -0400

Children keep you honest

missk — Sat, 17 May 2008 15:07:43 -0400

I like surprises.

bluretina — Sat, 17 May 2008 08:37:40 -0400

http://bluemagenta.blogspot.com

I Promise to......make a difference

claire — Sat, 17 May 2008 03:19:25 -0400

I Promise to…
Initially for use by students in The Department of Creative Technologies, University of Portsmouth as a Summer Skills class.

Group has been designed to enable you to create something based on a promise that you have made to yourself.
For example:
I promise to keep a sketchbook full of ideas (evidence on Flickr)
I promise to learn how to make a website (screen grabs)
I promise to take a photo everyday whilst standing upside down…

http://www.flickr.com/groups/ipromiseto/

I have learnt how to customise

claire — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:55:23 -0400

selection from my sketchbook

Hearts with Scaffolding

Fri, 16 May 2008 13:38:42 -0400

It’s only love and love is a good thing, most of the time.

Drawing by my nine year old, M, which he calls Hearts with Scaffolding.

To be interesting, be interested.

habit47 — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:07:11 -0400

I'm so scared to lose I'd rather not play the game at all.

ANON_must_be_so_rich — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:00:48 -0400

I’m so scared of losing I’d rather not try at all. I stand by as other people strive to climb higher, be better. I’m so scared of failing I’m here writing sentences and exscuses for my ineptness.

Al Gore has a point.

mybrandedlife — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:51:39 -0400

Manbearpig is real. And he’s gonna get you.

The wind in your hair, or the width in your wallet?

habit47 — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:48:29 -0400

Rebelling against a system makes just you part of it.

mybrandedlife — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:44:21 -0400

Going against something makes it more real.

The only reality that means anything is right now.

mybrandedlife — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:41:00 -0400

Your future depends on what you do with your present. Put your head down and get on with it.

The Moon is wherever you want to find it.

habit47 — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:20:43 -0400

The mind will go where the body at first can’t follow. Press onwards. Reach upwards.

Let's start an epidemic.

rabena_vfranco — Fri, 16 May 2008 04:10:11 -0400

i was browsing the web and i found this picture. i think the caption says it all… cheers!!!

Dreams are abstract

hanif kureshi — Fri, 16 May 2008 03:32:33 -0400

Feel the beat.

Veri — Thu, 15 May 2008 08:34:14 -0400

something just won't come easily..

freakabis — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:22:03 -0400

b strongr

No matter how bad my day goes, cats never fail to make me smile.

knufflebunneh — Wed, 14 May 2008 05:29:03 -0400

Who cares if there is a spoiled brat by your side if you are truly in love?

sauwai — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:54:47 -0400

If you really love someone, would you push him to his best? Or would you let him feel very comfortable around you (which means no complains, no pressure, just let him be himself)? I am the lazy one, so naturally I pick the second approach. So far, it worked well with my life.

(not yet, but soon) Heroes Will Live Again.

Seagull — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:38:34 -0400

Only a genius polar bear can save us from global warming.

hemantanant — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:47:30 -0400

Superheros wanted.

I don't have time to think about the things I hate.

hemantanant — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:43:24 -0400

I’ve wasted a lot of time being angry about things. Only if I had spent that much time and passion doing things I love.

Chinese Wisdom: Happiness is a choice.

sauwai — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:53:44 -0400

I went to a friend’s wedding banquet and got a small box of chocolate as a party favor. I was staring at the double happiness icon on the box. Then, I was staring it sideways. Guess what I saw. I saw the English word “Choice”. I doubt it was happened by design. But what a great reminder: Being happy is a choice! And being married is an end result of two happy choices.

Note: Double happiness is a symbol of Chinese weddings.

Always prooofread your work

nick mun — Tue, 13 May 2008 01:33:31 -0400

we CAN hold the sun

rabena_vfranco — Mon, 12 May 2008 06:54:07 -0400

fat equals flavour

nick mun — Mon, 12 May 2008 06:18:33 -0400

The ugly can be everywhere

Christian D — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:40:22 -0400

fuck

njmaillet — Sun, 11 May 2008 00:06:07 -0400

There is zero evidence for the existence of a supernatural being

Mammal — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:33:46 -0400

This work was inspired by the following quote by Dan Dennett:

“The Old Testament Jehovah is definitely a sort of divine man (not a woman), who sees with eyes and hears with ears – and talks and acts in real time (God waited to see what Job would do, and then he spoke to him). Many contemporary Christians, Jews and Muslims insist that God, or Allah, being omniscient, has no need for anything like sense organs, and, being eternal, does not act in real time. This is puzzling, since many of them continue to pray to God, to hope that God will answer their prayers tomorrow, to express gratitude to God for creating the universe, and to use such locutions as ‘what God intends us to do’ and ‘God have mercy’, acts that seem to be in flat contradiction to their insistence that their God is not at all anthropomorphic.”

(it didn´t rain when we made it)

www.madebymammals.com

Together Everyone Achieving More

jane — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:11:45 -0400

TEAM is a little art/music collective in Montreal. Parc Angrignon is a large park west of the city. We tried to get the squirrels and seagulls to join us, but they didn’t stay for the photo.

Money and Happiness do grow together, for a little while.

vernworldwide — Fri, 09 May 2008 01:30:40 -0400

Really, you can only get so happy in life. As you get wealthier, happiness departs in a search more wealth.

Everything Repeats

vernworldwide — Fri, 09 May 2008 01:27:15 -0400

Everything repeats, but not in a karma-tastic way. We grow up learning to repeat behavior that we see. Abused become the abusers, rich stay rich, etc… This sign hopefully forces any viewer to recognize this human default we have and think about how they can change it in themselves.

Find Something to Give a Damn About

vernworldwide — Fri, 09 May 2008 01:21:37 -0400

Apathy is overrated.

There is no need to make everyone like you.

noahkai — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:58:19 -0400

I had a difficult time in high school, I thought I could make everyone be my friend but I found out the hard way that it would not happen. So I learned that there is no reason to get everyone to like me, as long as I had a few friends who liked me for who I am then that’s better than trying to be everyone’s friend.

try harder to save your marriage

sbead — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:52:09 -0400

-Money Is Worthless-

-----sabrina lynn---------- — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:02:36 -0400

money house

Lonely is not the same as alone

rorythegirl — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:33:14 -0400

Runners are born.

gumey — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:11:13 -0400

Even if the coffee is hot, a cup of coffe still armless

Christian D — Mon, 05 May 2008 07:53:12 -0400

Every song has a story to it's creation

iandoj — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:08:34 -0400

Part one of the brief was to research our given song (Waterloo Sunset by The Kinks) and produce a broadsheet on an aspect of the song. I chose to focus on how Ray Davies’ songwriting was quintessentially “English” and really rather nostalgic from a by-gone era.
Part two of the brief was to make a type-led installation piece taking a quote from the song. I chose the line “People so busy, makes me feel dizzy,” which conveys Davies’ dismay at the ever-increasing hustle and bustle of the modern space age sixties, and scrawled it in black on a white curved cardboard structure which gets narrower the further into the piece you walk - to induce feelings of claustrophobia.

Animals Make Me Happy - Sabrina and Cowboy - by James Gustavson

-----sabrina lynn---------- — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:54:29 -0400

Water Colour
Silentjames.com

iPlantDesign

color_soho — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:00:41 -0400

You Look Great Today

markmade — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:12:36 -0400

If it’s what’s inside that counts, you look great today:

http://www.youlookgreattoday.com

The grass is greenest right where I'm standing. Really!

txmtxm — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:12:39 -0400

It’s what I’ve learned. Many haven’t.

Fear can destroy you, if you let it.

Terry Caber — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:47:51 -0400

Fear is a strange thing, that often makes us do strange things. Fear lets us be willing to compromise for the sake of satisfying one condition or another. Sometimes fear becomes so great it can make us crazy. The right amount of fear however, can be a great motivational tool.

smiling helps

MlleCuirBrut — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:30:08 -0400

In life and driving, slow into the curves and accelerate out of them.

lavidalibre — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:08:03 -0400

Cover whom you love. The heart always wins.

nathan_locksley — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:50:18 -0400

Ueberzeuge dich selbst davon.

PhilippRudler — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:03:20 -0400

I always wanted to know what all the people talking about when they talk about New York. So I had to go to New York to get my own impression of it. Now I’m here doin’ an internship. (If you can’t translate the sentence please use a German dictionary or if you want to the internet. Thank you. If you are part of Sagmeister Inc. please ask your boss politely for help translating it.)

the best things are intangible.

mymindsplitopen — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:09:20 -0400

looking closely gives you a new perspective.

mymindsplitopen — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:08:19 -0400

you are never too old to have a stuffed animal.

mymindsplitopen — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:05:37 -0400

wise wit

edubink — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:46:24 -0400

everyone is doing everyone a favor and no one is saying please
by: edubink

Just because something is true, that does not give you the right to say it.

fran — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:31:02 -0400

Just be nice - you will never wake up and say ,"Darn, I wish I had been meaner."

fran — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:29:27 -0400

...Children make you young

Biffylady — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:18:40 -0400

This is my granddaughter, Alicia, and my 80 yr old dad, Joseph, taking a nap together.

to make art makes you happier

SerraGlia — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:31:07 -0400

Observing the surrounds from different points of view can change the perception of the reality.
Among the endless possible points of view, we can find the one more near to the beauty:
that is to make art.

Why should everybody “make art?”
To seek for “the beautiful” in the daily things it undoubtedly helps us to…
live better.

“To make art” is an essential element to be a creative person:
a creative person is also more happy.

Today
I’m happy

What I have learned is that even the badest first sight does not mather

Heinz — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:41:54 -0400

We rented a hotelroom in venice, italy for 300 Euros per night, and when i looked out the window, i just saw a white and old wall, and i was very angry (that for that price), than I looked down, and this was my second sight……

Save your money - buy the cheap shoes.

dquarry — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:04:29 -0400

Page from a mini booklet that Jack handed in as a student project during one of the final 5 years of study at Academie Minerva in Groningen the Netherlands.

untrue.

bluelily — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:13:01 -0400

untrue.

Being able to love is more important than being loved.

joko — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:03:57 -0400

Noticing how much I love my best friends made me very happy. Noticing that I don’t love somebody enough made me very sad.

Life is a mountain

khaosan — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:43:13 -0400

You are always faced with a new (different) experience after (finally) unpacking that last box.

ericaanne — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:43:40 -0400

Be kind to all animals.

zoo_valdes — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:01:23 -0400

Family comes 1st.

zoo_valdes — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:57:07 -0400

I have learned that pregnancy is not always easy.

jodyangel — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:51:10 -0400

As a new RN in the Labor and Delivery floor; I’ve learned that life sometimes comes before its ready. And that it doesn’t always end up the way you think. That sometimes there is nothing you can do..but love.

My Attitude, My Choice (and I'm choosing happy)

bethy — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:07:06 -0400

What I’ve learned and what I’m trying to teach my kids.

Blank paper is scary

michaelscaife — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:32:07 -0400

Life is not a game - it's a dance

FatBaldingAccountint — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:23:38 -0400

In life a man first: Wants hair, then trims hair and finally is hair.

LGXART — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:41:28 -0400

a plucking pain

Religion asks the questions that humanity yearns for and provides itself with the answers it wants.

LGXART — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:47:48 -0400

The Aim Of Design Is To Define Space

Lufthonza — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:30:37 -0400

Der Zwerg reinigt die Kittel

Lufthonza — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:24:09 -0400

The bigger the lie, the more people will believe it.

LGXART — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:20:26 -0400

lgxart

Life is pretty but twisted.

Jantz — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:12:11 -0400

GUYS ALWAYS WANT TO BE BETTER THAN ANY OTHER GUY, WHILE GIRLS SIMPLY WANT OTHER GIRLS TO BE WORSE THAN THEMSELVES.

Philipp Friedrich — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:08:47 -0400

MIGHT BE ONLY MY PERCEPTION OF GENDER RELATIONS/DIFFERENCES…

Hey moron! If your $26 shirt has Armani written across the chest, we all know it's because you can't afford the real thing.

TommyMac — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:05:24 -0400

You’re embarrassing yourself, stop it! And take it easy on the hair gel too Steven Segal!

Generally speaking, it is always better to use too much toilet paper than not quite enough.

TommyMac — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:53:18 -0400

Ten times out of ten, I’d rather have a clogged toilet than shit on my thumb.

We have all the time in the world.

playdog — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:34:11 -0400

At a point I percieved that life is eternal. Oh, my. This is reassuring and exhausting at the same time. That’s when I really understood that I can get away with it for as long as I like. And yet there’s no way i can avoid the things i have to face.

The Designers Struggle: Acrylic Painting (scanned)

boxgrafik — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:55:10 -0400

The Designers Struggle: To be a good designer you need an open mind, vision, strength and the tools…

Bolshevik Design inspired… obviously.

www.boxgrafik.com

Design is sport.

ps — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:39:56 -0400

Design is political

ps — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:18:27 -0400

There is no right or wrong.

mwarner — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:42:41 -0400

It’s all relative.

Design in black and white first.

mwarner — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:14:41 -0400

By saving the complexity of color for later, an idea can develop with less inhibition and speed up the process.

Everyone is someone else's weirdo.

mwarner — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:56:39 -0400

A handful of “ugly ducklings,” all beautiful in their own way, seemed the appropriate vehicle for one of my favorite principles.

expect the unexpected

lisa.dickal — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:57:13 -0400

These are a couple pieces that I have designed for my Spring semester of Visual Semiotics.

Learn From The Little Buddha(s) In Your Life

hibiscusroto — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:21:26 -0400

Being fully engaged in the present moment comes naturally for a child. My son is helping me to re-learn this skill.

Amo-te

Joana Monteiro — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:38:06 -0400

AMO-TE is the portuguese word for I LOVE YOU.
Many portuguese believe it’s easier to say I LOVE YOU rather than AMO-TE and they’re right.
AMO-TE is much stronger and heavier. Like a punch in the heart.
It could never be used as it is in English or French: “I would love to
go to New York”, “J’aime beaucoup les crêpes”.
It is much too powerful.
Maybe that’s why it’s so beautiful.
And then the written word. I love every letter in it and the way they link together. M between A and O. The balance of TE. The horizontal line broken by the ascending T.
And the spoken word… It’s beautiful when you say “amo-te”, and then you don’t say anything else, because you can’t. And I love its sound.
And the sound of the rest of the silence.

Keep your friends close

gumey — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:17:53 -0400

…and your enemies closer.

If it is honest, it is real.

Seagull — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:26:16 -0400

Imagination is honest. Love is real.

this building makes me very happy

tsuinami — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:48:29 -0400

it’s not easy to escape the constant pressure of wanting personal success and just really feel something.

Design is hard work.

artfatale — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:18:23 -0400

Listen.

carefulmistake — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:03:54 -0400

Shit happens.

d-ro — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:42:57 -0400

Drawing from my past experiences and the humor often necessary to get through
them, I created a movie using photographic stills with minimal sound.

Save your work.

gumey — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:43:01 -0400

(command + s)

certe notti non accadono mai

betti — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:49:09 -0400

There are times when I feel sad about having no ideas.

artfatale — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:18:38 -0400

Never Settle for anything.

wello — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:48:41 -0400

Reducing yourself helps thinking clearly.

artfatale — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:55:06 -0400

It's Not A Contest.

AmyMiranda — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:47:11 -0400

It’s Not a Contest.

It's Not A Contest.

AmyMiranda — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:14:37 -0400

It’s Not A Contest.
What else is there to say? Sometimes life gets just a little too competitive. People, A little too self important. An homage to the veritable Rat Race.

This Sucks

naauao — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:59:03 -0400

Typography with straws. We went for the obvious pun. Not exactly the most positive message, but it makes us laugh.

And for future reference, you can get an autographed picture of Gary Coleman for $10.