WIP Wednesday - Catch Up

Am on hold again with my latest book (long, sad story. Waiting on publisher) -

-so I am using this brief reprieve to catch up on any number of long-delayed projects, such as assembling my 'treasure'/scrapbooks of awesome imagery. I have a number of these; differently themed, full of photos, postcards, images, quotes, sketches, etc... - that are used for inspiration and jump-starting creativity when needed.

Quote on the page in front of me: "It's the questions we ask, the journey we take to get where we're going that's more important than the actual answer. It's good to have mysteries. It reminds us that there's more to the world than just making do and having a big of fun."   Charles de Lint

How do you organize your sources of inspiration...?

More Bruno Aveillan inspiration -

And since I am apparently on a Youtube roll, Bruno Aveillan continues to construct amazing visual worlds in television commercial form (and win copious awards). From the mythic to the sublime:

Here's a very cool live-action Nintendo-spot put to classical music and featuring a super-model 'conductor':


Why won't this guy make a feature-length sci-fi movie already????


This feels reminiscent of Andy Goldsworthy (one of my favorite ephemeral environmental artists):


Haven't we all dreamt we could fly? Maybe not with cell-phones...


I *love* the visuals in this one! Wow. What amazing interaction with feathers, flight and floating...

Believe in Yourself...

This is an *amazing* Pantene commercial (of all things). An inspirational must-see:



(of course it helps if you have really great hair...)