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    Pillow in the Cloud: the #SEIitagain Project
    Amy Burvall
    • Jan 24, 2018
    • 3 min

    Pillow in the Cloud: the #SEIitagain Project

    Over 1,000 years ago, in Japan’s Heian (which translates to “peace and tranquility”) Court, a lady-in-waiting to the retired Empress received a gift of paper… The story goes that the Empress had no need of this “bundle of notebooks” and asked this lady-in-waiting what she should do with them. Her response? “This should be a pillow, then…” Historians have dismissed literal translations of “makura” as “pillow” – at least in the way we know a pillow to be. But Japanese head rest
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    Ephemerments: Transient Beauty Spliced with Sound
    Amy Burvall
    • Aug 30, 2016
    • 2 min

    Ephemerments: Transient Beauty Spliced with Sound

    The other morning I was lingering in my bed in my Airbnb in Maine and noticed something stunning on the white paneled wall…the light danced enticingly, almost teasingly. Juxtaposed with the leaves and window blinds it was an overwhelmingly poignant sight that succeeded in captivating me for a good few minutes. I was working out an accompanying audio track in my head when I got the idea to archive this fleeting moment on camera (iPhone6 to be exact), and marry it to some music
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    Making like Charlemagne: Paper 53 Takeover on Instagram
    Amy Burvall
    • Apr 4, 2016
    • 7 min

    Making like Charlemagne: Paper 53 Takeover on Instagram

    This weekend I had the supreme privilege of doing a #53takeover of the Instagram account of my favourite app – Paper, by Fifty-Three (@fiftythree). The folks at Fifty-Three have been nothing but lovely in all respects and the app has veritably changed my life and how I work – both professionally and creatively – so needless to say I was tickled. I approached the takeover from a teaching perspective – to me it wasn’t about showcasing my art but rather a few thematic “lessons”,
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    #rawthought: Nostanalogue
    Amy Burvall
    • May 25, 2015
    • 2 min

    #rawthought: Nostanalogue

    I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. My favourite drawing app, Paper by 53 , just released a cool new set of tools called Think. They promise to “recognize and correct objects in real time”, plus include a “fill” feature…that is, you can draw an imperfect circle and the app with make it perfect. I’ve been debating whether to use it or not. You see, I really love the look of haphazard strokes…of hand-drawn sketchiness…of things being off kilter just a little (you know,
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    #winterwondergram: Patterns and Diversions
    Amy Burvall
    • Feb 8, 2013
    • 2 min

    #winterwondergram: Patterns and Diversions

    An Instagram Perspective Story I’ve been doing a lot of experimenting with hashtags and social media lately, particularly because: 1. Finding stories with data intrigues me 2. I like the serendipity aspect 3. I want to further explore McLuhan’s “medium is the message/massage” concept One blog post I’d recommend is this one by Clive Thompson: “The Tag Is the Soul of the Internet” He addresses the McLuhan/Innis notion of bias in communication: “That how a medium functions is fa
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    Also....Advent (an Alternative Advent Calendar, 2020)
    Amy Burvall
    • Dec 28, 2020
    • 6 min

    Also....Advent (an Alternative Advent Calendar, 2020)

    This year I decided to once again use the digital Advent calendar creation site https://tuerchen.com/ However, I noticed that they don't...
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    The #globalthankswondercut project
    Amy Burvall
    • Nov 29, 2020
    • 1 min

    The #globalthankswondercut project

    If you were to write a love letter to the world what would it be? A Crowdsourced Creativity Project In the midst of this global pandemic...
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