Fluffy clouds factory

I want to live there! Yes I'm serious :} One day I will own a company to produce fluffy clouds .. Or start on making animated movies :> My heart melted away when I saw the short animated movie "Cloudy", must see.


Cloudy from FriendsWithYou on Vimeo.
We are so excited to present the short film "Cloudy", an art piece with the purpose to transcend its viewers to a relaxed and joyous state. It will be premiering on i am OTHER via Pharrell Williams’ brand new cultural movement, an entertainment based portal online. Read on to be transported to the clouds!

This short is an exploration into the Clouds. The idea of clouds singing and performing their duties in a joyful manner show us that everything in our world has a role and a purpose.
A sweet visual soundscape that takes the viewer through a personal journey into the sky. Sing, dance and relax as you follow a sweet cast of clouds and raindrops through an entrancing adventure you'll wish to take over and over again.
Cloudy is made by FriendsWithYou

"We are so excited to present the short film "Cloudy", an art piece with the purpose to transcend its viewers to a relaxed and joyous state. It will be premiering on i am OTHER via Pharrell Williams’ brand new cultural movement, an entertainment based portal online. Read on to be transported to the clouds!

This short is an exploration into the Clouds. The idea of clouds singing and performing their duties in a joyful manner show us that everything in our world has a role and a purpose.
A sweet visual soundscape that takes the viewer through a personal journey into the sky. Sing, dance and relax as you follow a sweet cast of clouds and raindrops through an entrancing adventure you'll wish to take over and over again."

#Kethra Venice Biennale and Kuwait

I have been following @Kuwaitpavilion on Instagram for a while & CANT want to know what is #Kethra is all about! follow them and see how wonderful their world is :} Did I ever say how much I love architecture? well it mostly shows on Instagram & Twitter

Kuwait will participate in Venice Biennale! To know more stay tuned, 2 more days left & we shall all know! Where when is as per the picture below from their Instagram account! More info in twitter @_Kuwaitpavilion 

 

Will attend inshallah and see what's Kethra is all about, after all what can I ask for more than this:

Kuwait will be represented

Architecture

Creativity

In one place! {:

كثرة، مشاركة الكويت في بينالي البندقية هالسنه ، الروابط لحساباتهم في تويتر و انستاجرام فوق ، و يوم الاثنين بنعرف شنو قصة كثرة

جدااااااااااا متشوقه!

Sami Mohammed the artist, the art!

I went to Sami Mohammad art exhibition, and found the most amazing surprise Sami Mohammad himself, had the most enlightening and easy conversation ever! A true artist, down to earth and eager to let everyone know about his art and what it means.....

This sculpture has a strong message written on it that explains Sami Mohammad's art, "freedom for those who have NO voice". He said, I paint from our reality, I sculpt our suffering, the human being in this region "the Arabic world/ middle east" is SUFFERING , Bronze is a metal that stays for hundreds of years, that is the age Sami Mohammad wants his art to live for if not more. Even if we vanish, this art will stay to tell our story and show how human beings have suffered, as he said to me.  We suffered in the Invasion didn't we?! He asked me strongly when I was a bit calm when I accepted his information about "why pain?" and explained his vision of how through his art he tries to send a timeless message

تحت هذه المنحوتة كتب الفنان سامي محمد "الحرية لمن لا صوت له" و اسماها "انا صوت ،، من لا صوت له" يعبر سامي محمد عن طريق منحوتاته المصنوعة من البرونز عن معاناة الإنسان في منطقتنا ليعكس من خلال معدن سيعيش لمئات من السنين تاريخ عالمنا العربي ، و من واقع الكويت و مرارة تجربة الغزو حاججني بشدة عندما اظهرت هدوئي حول ما يسرده لي من اسباب حول تجسيده للمعاناة الإنسانية دونناً عن غيرها من خلال منحوتاته التي تظهر مقداراً كبيراً من الملكة الفنية التي يمكنه تسخيرها لتجسيد ما يريد، فهمت نبل رسالته و بعد نظره 

Sami's work varies between sculptures and paintings, I used to lean towards his sculptures although I liked some of his surreal paintings, however, in this exhibition I fell in LOVE with his paintings more than I thought I would! This is the Red side of his "Sadhoweyat" that comes from the traditional Arabic art of wool weaving called "sadhow" that is made into various materials used by the Bedouins in the Gulf region to make furniture/covers/tents ...etc. He inserted this beautiful traditional art into his work in many amazing ways :}

This is the darker, blue and blak'ish corner of his recent Sadhoweyat

Now this is the sculpture that originally made me LOVE Sami Mohammed its called "Paralysis & Resistance" it made me think how can someone get this brutal scene of a person with a scarf through his eyes and with such a terrible scream to look so .... touching! It made my heart ache just by seeing it, which made me realize how powerful his art is, and there, just like that I fell for his work!

This one I can't type in English :} since its my blog I can type in both languages :p and you have google translation to assist you :>

المنحوته اسمها "الفارس العربي"، فرس رشيق و جميل يمتطيه فارس بلا جسد ولا رأس، لكن ب غطاء رأس عربي (غتره او شماغ لا يهم) سألته عنها و انا احمل بداخلي تفسيرها الذي توافق مع تفسيره، على الرغم من وضوح المنحوته الا اني احببت ان اسمع ما لليدين التي صنعتها من فكر ... أخبرني بان الشكل عربي و فارس وليس له جسد ولا رأس لاننا لم نعد نمتلك تلك الفروسية التي كانت مميزةً لنا من بين الشعوب، و بدلا منها احتفظنا بشكلها بعيداً عن مضمونها

المنحوته: الوصوليون ،، وواقع مرير

اكثر لوحة لفتت اهتمامي :)

This one attracted my attention the most :)

I have attended several art exhibitions, this is the first one that I attend "after the opening" and the artist is present and I have the guts to speak to him :> It was a remarkable conversation that I do not want to share fully since I didn't document it and don't want to write inaccurate information , yet it will remain the most touching one, it came from an artist that I adore and his work relates to my culture FULLY! Also when he spoke about his work I got attached more than ever with his mentality and amazing creativity.... Thank you Sami Mohammad the artist, thank you for this art and a HUGE thank you to Gallery Tilal for hosting such an amazing local artist :}

'You've got to find what you love,' Steve Jobs

No, this is not another roundup of his life type of post, and frankly I was not intending to, except he may Allah rest his soul in peace made a remarkable speech in 2005 that I knew about from American Girl blog ... See and LISTEN well to what he said and below is my cometary

Here are excerpts from his speech that were really insightful ..

From the 1st story

"Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."

From the 2nd story

"Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle."

And from the 3rd story 

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."

The above is pretty much self-explanatory, I prefer celebrating people while they are alive rather than after they are gone from this life, but Steve's case was very unique. In terms of how much his life would have been different if he didn't find what he LOVED, if he didn't trust his heart, love remains to me with constant reminders from allover the world is the key to this life.

Live with love, do what you love, is the sentence I intended to close this post with. However, today of all days I came across how I miss represented my love, how in simple actions I conveyed my  thoughts in the form of "taking control and orders" to someone in particular and Allah knows who else in this world :} Although the message was conveyed to me in a great gentle way to carefully watch my feelings, yet seeing how I miss portrayed my self was painfully, good; felt like a pinch on the cheek LOL! To all of them out there, I am sorry. The next is how I decided to say my closure:

I will live with love, for love and do what I love, the choice of how you will live your life, is yours.

Cartoon Brew

"Your essential guide to all things animated—independent and mainstream, classic and new."

In addition to their website you can check them out on Vimeo, Youtube and twitter @cartoonbrew. I love animation ever since I was a kid, could be earlier but I was probably not aware of it at the time :p It all started with the Defective Detective which brought me to the wonderful world of Cartoon Brew, if you're an animated movies fan, this is a great place to spend time in :}


Defective Detective from Cartoon Brew on Vimeo.

Special thanks to the dear 3baid.

The sunrise, sunset and me ..

There is something magical about the sunset and rise every day, I simply LOVE the sky color, how the shades of bright fiery colors are then followed by cool cold colors & vs. How in just a few minutes the world flips from one state to another, day to night or night to day. This link in particular triggered a lot of emotions, it was sent by the dear 3baid. The following picture from http://designyoutrust.com was breathtaking, I really REALLY wish I could be in this man's shoes!

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For a change, one day out of the blue, just stand still for a few minutes and see the sunset or rise, good music is a lovely addition, but either way, the beauty of the scene is remarkable. One of my favorite spots is the Free Zone in Shweikh Port.