Categories
- Africa
- Air Travel
- Animation
- apps
- Architecture
- Art
- Asia
- Books
- Bookstore Tourism
- Canada
- Car rentals
- ebooks
- Europe
- Film
- Freedom of Speech
- History
- Hotels
- Libraries
- Maps
- Middle East
- movies
- Museums
- Music
- Photography
- Public Transport
- Restaurants
- South America
- Tech
- Theater
- Tourism
- Travel Writing
- Uncategorized
- USA
- Writing
Submission Guidelines
Share this Blog
Translate
Category Archives: Animation
Strap-on your skates
Winter Landscape with Skaters or Winterlandschap met Ijsvermaak is a c.1608 oil on oak painting by the Dutch artist Hendrick Avercamp in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.The painting shows ice skaters of all sorts enjoying a day on a frozen river. People dressed … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Europe, Museums, Tech
Tagged Amsterdam, Henrick Avercamp, Painting, Rijksmusem
Leave a comment
The end is silence
h/t Grant Snider
Ho.Ho.Ho.
Beijing-based graphics studio 39 degrees north created this animated version of author Neil Gaiman’s dark Christmas poem Nicholas Was. I never was that into the holiday any way. Ho.Ho.Ho.
Nothing Happens (for a reason)
This captivating 11-minute film by Michelle and Uri Kranot is a mysterious, melancholy animation in which a diverse group of people slowly gather in a snow-laden field in Denmark. Nothing really happens in Nothing Happens and that’s kind of refreshing.
Paris Through History
Ever since I visited the Roman ruins at Arenas de Lutece in Paris, I have been intrigued by the city’s early history. The wonderful video below offers a 3D animated tour of the city from 52 BCE until the late … Continue reading
Have a Lovecraft Halloween
What better way to celebrate Halloween than a bit of H.P. Lovecraft lore.
Posted in Animation, Books, USA, Writing
Tagged Fiction, H. P. Lovecraft, Halloween, horror
Leave a comment
