Austin loves drama. He has since he was little. But l had no idea what I would get to see him do at the “Murder Me Always” play last Saturday night! It was pretty funny. That’s him on the floor, and that’s his good friend Conner on the left. (Thanks for the pictures, Mom!)
Below are a couple short video clips. Click on the images to play them. The audio is not too clear, but you’ll get an idea how active Austin was on the stage!
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Looking back at a post from last fall, I see now that Austin has been developing his stage dance techniques since he was very young. Take a look.
Thanks to satellite imagery, I was able to create a new map of Twin Rocks Friends Camp today that is accurate and to scale. I just placed the picture as the bottom layer in my Illustrator file, and drew everything in place. Nice!
There are two things that are not quite in their actual positions. I moved the Prayer Lookout and it’s parking area down slightly so the border would miss it, and I moved the ocean up so it would be visible inside the frame.
Makes me want to go there – soon!
Here’s a link to a downloadable PDF if you want one: tr-site-map
[Note: I uploaded a new file on 10/20/08.]
[Note: I uploaded a new file on 11/3/08.]
Continuing the thoughts generated by my last post… this particular logo has always bothered me because it violates a basic principle of “Gestalt” design theory.
This theory basically says that all properties of a design should work toward a result that is organized, simplified, unified, and understood by the viewer. In essence, the sum should be greater than the individual parts. Gestalt is the German word for form or shape, and in English it refers to the concept of wholeness.
I do not understand the use of orange on this Yellow logo. It makes me think something is wrong. (an indicator that a Gestalt rule is being violated!)
Is the company founder’s name Mr. Yellow? That would be the ONLY reason I might accept the idea that orange is OK to use on that logo.
After thinking about this for a while, I decided to look it up. Wikipedia states that “Yellow” started out as a bus and taxi company, and that this color was chosen because it was determined by DuPont to be the most visible on the highway.
Good idea! “Safety first!” is a good rule too!
Then I noticed their redesign… This I like! It has yellow in it, and it also has some of the Most Visible Orange color! I also like that it is now shaped like a truck windshield. It adds to it’s Gestalt.
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