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Philly.com did this nice video feature about the Cardboard Tube Fighting League. I was pleasantly surprised that they opened it with footage of me using one of the tubes as a didgeridoo. It’s a fun watch, to see masses battling with cardboard tubes in front of the Philly Art Museum. Good times.

Melon Mandala

Originally uploaded by jonny goldstein

I love slicing produce and taking pics of the cross section. The cross sections create natural mandalas.
This one is a cantaloupe from the farmers market on Passyunk Avenue in South Philly. It tastes as good as it looks.
This is part of my occasional series of produce mandala pics. To view […]

View from my old Apartment in NYC. I handed in my keys yesterday. I have not lived in NYC for awhile, so it was time to let it go. I have a lot of good memories from the period when I lived there.
It was an exciting time in my life. I finished grad school, […]

Over the years, I have had brushes with several cults, but luckily have never been sucked in myself. Back in the mid 90’s while living in Seattle, I went to a “free meditation workshop” sponsored by Sri Chinmoy’s organization, which I had never heard of before then. I enjoyed the workshop, but at the end, […]

Last minute change. Our planned venue canceled on us at the last minute.
Luckily, we have a NEW LOCATION for tonights Vizthink Philly 3.
32 Strawberry Street South
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Buzz #2 (Independence Hall) to get in and go up the stairs to the 2nd floor.
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Link to Google Map of the new location
http://bit.ly/uP1dc
32 Strawberry Street is […]

Hugh McCloud wonders how people can get unblocked. His conclusion: In the end, you’ve got to do it yourself.

clipped from www.gapingvoid.com

With their jobs, with their relationships, with their marketing, with their own passions and creativity…

People get “blocked”.

Meanwhile, Austin Kleon demonstrates one of the ways he keeps creatively loose. He creates drawings out of teabag […]

I met half of the Image Think duo at VizThink NYC last month. Heather Willems is a talented graphic recorder. See her at work with her partner Nora in this video. We’re going to meet up in New York this Friday to trade creative and business ideas.

clipped from www.imagethink.net

(Visual Notes of Jeremy Epstein’s talk at the 140 Characters Conference)
A few months ago, I started a new Twitter account for my business. The business is very focused on visual communication, so the people I followed were from that field. I really enjoyed that twitter stream, so much more focused than the 1100+ people I […]

Catch me give a presentation on my fear of snakes, with my own original hand drawn illustrations. Lots of other splendid Philadelphians talking about neat stuff too.
Details:
It’s Saturday, June 13.
7:30 p.m., at Studio 34: Yoga | Healing | Arts
(4522 Baltimore Avenue in West Philly, right on SEPTA’s Route 34 trolley line). $5 suggested […]