Doodle of the Day for November 24, 2008

I try to draw every­day. Mostly I only have time for doo­dles and such like, but you might find them kind of fun, so here is my first doo­dle of the day!

Doo­dle of the Day for Novem­ber 24, 2008.

O Devine Poesy…

Mosaic of the Muses, Roman Museum of Sabratha, Libya. by Sebastià Giralt

Make this site live for us in its many bear­ings, O Muse…

In the great book “The War of Art” by Steven Press­field he details how he begins any cre­ative ven­ture by call­ing on the muses for suc­cess. He does this by recit­ing the open­ing lines from the T.E. Lawrence trans­la­tion of The Odyssey; when Homer calls on the muses to speak through him and aid him in recit­ing the tale of the return of clever Odysseus to Ithaca. This seems like a good idea to me, espe­cially for my first post. So here is my call on the nine muses for aid and inspi­ra­tion for this blog, port­fo­lio and podcast.

“O Divine Poesy, god­dess, daugh­ter of Zeus, sus­tain for me this song of the various-minded man, who, after he had plun­dered the inner­most citadel of hal­lowed Troy, was made to stray griev­ously about the coasts of men, the sport of their cus­toms, good and bad, while his heart, through all the sea­far­ing, ached with an agony to redeem him­self and bring his com­pany safe home. Vain hope-for them. The fools! Their own wit­less­ness cast them aside. To destroy for meat the oxen of the most exalted Sun, where­fore the Sun-god blot­ted out the day of their return. Make this tale live for us in all its many bear­ings, O Muse…”

- from the Odyssey, by Homer; Trans­lated by T.E. Lawrence

I just watched a great lecture…

I just watched a great lec­ture on the pat­tern, design and map­ping of the uni­verse, I highly rec­om­mend it. http://tinyurl.com/69yjua

You can download a great book …

You can down­load a great book CSS: The Art & Sci­ence of CSS from Site­point dur­ing the next 14 days for free. http://tinyurl.com/57gcnc

@hroulo We did a couple of buc…

@hroulo We did a cou­ple of bucks. A two dol­lar bill to be exact

Just took a class on paper man…

Just took a class on paper man­u­fac­tur­ing. Then saw the amaz­ing Thorni­ley Col­lec­tion of antique type. A must for typophiles!

@hroulo NOOOOO! Darn you techn…

@hroulo NOOOOO! Darn you technology!

@justcreative http://twitpic.c…

@just­cre­ative http://twitpic.com/l54e — Great col­ors. Very classy look with Tra­jan & an ele­gant graphic set off against the sanserif typ …

In case you were being too pro…

In case you were being too pro­duc­tive, here’s a way to stop that habit! http://tinyurl.com/6rmmqs

I am listening to the great al…

I am lis­ten­ing to the great album Col­ors by Ken Nor­dine. Word Jazz! http://www.wordjazz.com Great for the designer!