Visualization of Information

I’ve always admired the way a single, powerful image can eloquently express an idea. Plus, it’s just prettier. David McCandless, a self-described “data journalist and information designer“, along with AlwaysWithHonors.com, a Portland-based design duo, have created a pretty color wheel called Colours in Cultures that  illustrates the significance different cultures place on various colors. David [...]

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Generative Art

First off, I just want to say that I love that my computer screen is “snowing” on the wordpress log-in site. Here in Austin we get very little of that & the mini- flurry we had today was pretty sweet. Lately I’ve been writing alot about computer art it seems, but since I’m a graphic [...]

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Outsider Science

I’ve always loved what is called “Outsider Art”–art created by artists who have not been educated in the field of art– for its immediacy to an emotional connection, it’s raw colors and simple forms. In the same way, I have also felt that children’s art, unschooled, is some of the best art there is. I [...]

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Music as a meditation on Science & Landform in Antartica

Paul Miller (aka DJ Spooky), in collaboration with Golden Hornet Project, will be performing his Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antartica tonight at UT’s Hogg Auditorium. It is a multi-media piece created in Antartica from portable studios set up in the field to capture the acoustic qualities of Antarctic ice forms, reflect a changing and even vanishing [...]

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Looking Closely

Artists and scientists often find themselves looking closely at their subjects to discover that which might have appeared to be invisible previously, it involves slowing down and being aware of what is around us. I always find it a gift to be shown something by someone that I was completely unaware of before, or perhaps [...]

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The Science of Art Exhibit

Research labs are not typically considered places of beauty, but then, beauty is in the eye of the beholder–one person might describe a research project as having an elegant design, another might wax poetic about a bit of beautiful engineering, and anybody who has gotten to look at images of water bears produced by a [...]

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Get Involved – Chronicles of An Armchair Astronomer

I’ve been talking with someone about the possibility of doing a “Science Topic of the Week” on this blog–I love the random science facts from Bill Nye (you know, the Science Guy)’s website & I am always one to glom on to random science tid-bits. Perhaps this post is a little premature because I’m not [...]

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Spooky Science, Terrifying Tales, Creepy Critters!

Halloween & Science, two of my favorite topics! Halloween has always been a time for me of great creativity & what better way to get creative than with science-related activities. It’s exciting that so many of our Science & Nature Resource centers and non-profits in Austin are offering Halloween-themed events. Girlstart’s Spooky Science Extravaganza October [...]

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“Does Play Matter?”

my own art, copyright protected Happy Mochi Designs, 2009 As I was poking around on the Smithsonian’s Study of Invention and Innovation, I came across an article called “Does PLay Matter?” Surprisingly enough, this is a very serious question. I feel like it is sorely lacking from most of our lives. I often say that [...]

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Austin Planetarium

I met Torvald Hessel today and came to find out that Austin is soon to have its own planetarium. Torvald is the founder & Executive Director of the soon-to-be Planetarium. He told me that we have long been one of the largest cities in the U.S. to be without our own planetarium. It’ll serve as [...]

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