‘shadow man’ in the snow

The Museum of the City of New York’s amazing photography archive is a wondrous place to browse on a winter day. Among many treasures, you’ll find Shadow Man, a graffiti persona that appeared all over New York City  in 1983, photographed by Andreas Feininger… …the image of the city after a blizzard, its creative heart as…

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the lunar eclipse (time-lapse)…

Here is the astonishing event that occurred on the eve of the Winter Solstice (December 21st), compressed into a perfect two minutes via time-lapse photography (It’s better, we think, with no sound…so it’s as quiet as a moon). A nice thing to watch on a lazy holiday weekend, and be reminded of what is going…

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the swingin’ night before xmas

Cara de Silva sent us this fab video as a gift after watching our Ode to Joy post. It’s the great Django Reinhardt performing “Christmas Swing” (December 1937, Paris) set to footage from “The Night Before Christmas,” a television special from the 1950’s, sponsored by the Bell Telephone Company, PA., featuring the Mabel Beaton Marionettes.…

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yoko ono’s wish tree

One of the most compelling holiday trees we’ve seen in a public space is Yoko Ono‘s Wish Tree, versions of which have been installed around the world. She conceived of the idea in 1996 – though it’s actually an a very old practice – and it continues to reverberate. People are invited to write their wish…

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paint your (gift) boxes!

Maria Robledo sent us this email of a swell gift wrapping idea her family came up with:   “Covering over commercial labels on gift boxes w a little paint and saving on wrapping paper!” Just paint those boxes with a little acrylic paint. Gorgeous! …great for all sorts of boxes… Thanks Maria! Related post: ps: how to…

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