Friday, October 8, 2010

Meditative spectrum

My poetic spirit deep inside. . . ..is always happy to get a rhyme.

Some scribbled short poems

Behold my friends, fire away!
take up a charge,
make your own way
Leave your trail
for another soul
someday like you
seeking his goal.

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Set our foot on the unknown land, to make our journey through the sand,
'Its an enjoyable ride', the angels' said.. I'll be fine! coz I'm prepared

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Feeling the wind on our face
makes us wonder of God's grace
to sooth our sorrows with gracious ease
All the opportunities we need to seize
and make our lives worth living
coz one day we'll be questioned of our givings.

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Together we hold, together we feel
all together we make it real

The key is to let them know that we'll be there
despite the obstacles giving love and care

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Afraid of the truth don't ever be
coz its the only way to be free
Since we are blessed with every soul
helping in our journey to reach our goal!

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Believe its true
Believe its real
Coz once your through
the good times will be here
for all to enjoy
for all to say
Believe its new
every passing day

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

The funny side of TyPoGrApHy :D


So here's what happened. In one of our Graphic Design class assignments we had to design compositions using typefaces or letter forms. After some serious work (:P)..lets just say after a few compositions, I decided to make a character. So this little happy guy is made up of 4 letters:

g: to make the face..the loop is cropped off

m: for the eyes

i: the dot below

o: inside the smile

I take my 4 so called 'serious' compositions and this to class next day. Well guess wat!?.. Jenny (my teacher) chooses this composition to talk about. I tell her I tried a happy face with a few letters. I get compliments for choosing the corner, leaving out the negative space.. blah blah..

She points at the o and asks "What is This?"

O..MY..GOD!! like really!? wasn't it obvious!? I mean DUH! its a tOOth!! My class had a good laugh.. lets just say a lot of toothy smiles in the room :D

While printing this out, the guyz at Staples were smiling. One of them asked me whether I was a dentist.

it could also be a tongue you know :P

Typography exists to honor content - Robert Bringhurst





Typography exists to honor content",

writes Bringhurst in the elements of typographic style.
"In a world rife with unsolicited messages, typography must often draw attention to itself before it will be read. Yet in order to be read, it must relinquish the attention it has drawn. typography with anything to d=say therefore aspires to a kind of statuesque transparency. its other traditional goal is durability: not immunity to change,but a clear superiority to fashion.Typography at its best is a visual form of language linking timelessness and time: siMply put, "Well chosen words deserve well chosen letters"