You know I catch a lot of grief sometimes running a blog up here in the Ozarks that finds humor in Rednecks, but come on I'm a city boy and these things are funny. For example I was looking thru the classifieds in what I think is probably the most read section of the paper up here the "Livestock" section and I saw this ad; And I thought, Only in Arkansas:

This past weekend I came across an interview someone did with the Artist Shepard Fairey. I have followed this guy for as far back as I can remember and he plays a huge roll in inspiring me in both his art and his work habbit. It was interesting to see how he has become not only a world renowned artist but also now has his own line of clothing, does gallery exhibits, and recently has started DJing and mixing cds. Even with all the publicity now, he mentioned he never forgets to go out and do what made him famous, "Bomb with stickers," even when he's with his family. Most people have seen his work and probably most know him as "OBEY". Here is the link to the article and also, here is a link to some of his more famous pieces.

Interview: http://www.designrelated.com/news/feature_view/32

Work pieces: http://www.designrelated.com/news/feature_view/31 

Any designer who has worked in an agency environment knows what this video is representing: The Process.

With a line around the building on a Sunday night at 10 pm in Fayetteville this had better be good. We stood in line to see the much-hyped movie Dark Night and although I was very entertained I fell short of the cries for a sympathy Oscar for the Joker role. I think of my first Batman movie on the big screen with ol Johnny I'm mean Jack playing the Joker and I remember the ever so famouse line "Ever dance with the devil in a pale moonlight..." but, Heath on this one you just didn't complete me if I can quote you. Jack Nicholson put a polish on the Joker that any cries for a current Oscar would be that, just symphathy cries served with cheese and wine. The Jokers role in my opinion in this current remake was over shadowed by Christian Bale and the introduction of Twoface. Overall the movie's special effects and batman's awesome vehicles left more of an impression I mean now that I think about it not one line sticks out in my head as a steller performance that I'll run around the office quoting.

I know if your a designer like me you are always looking for new color inspiration so check this out. This is a cool post I found today that looks at why it's so important for us to save the environment. Look at the beauty of these fish and since it's on colorlovers site they provide color charts for each fish. This will be great on my next site design just pick a fish and the poallet comes with it. Enjoy http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/07/17/nudibranchs-the-most-colorful-creatures-in-the-world/

An amazing 3 day festival is about to happen in Eureka Springs, AR bringing top DJ's such as Rabbit in the Moon and BT to perform at Lake Leatherwood on October 3rd, 4th & 5th. The Coalessence Festival is 3 days of Music, Consciousness and Health offering 2 stages of great music, yoga, camping, Tai Chi, Hiking, Health foods and products and lots more. The line up:

website: http://coalessencefest.com/

http://www.myspace.com/coalessencefest 

Music - Jam Bands, Electronic, Reggae, Downtempo, World

Speakers - Conscious Evolution, Quantum Physics, Energy Healing, Eastern & Tribal Viewpoints & Prophecies, Raw Foods & more

Health - Heath product giveaways, Organic Vegetarian options, & much more....

Yoga - 6-8 Yoga classes of all types including "Laughing Yoga" Healing Area - Massage, Thai Massage, & Reiki offered

Camping, 10 miles of Hiking Trails, Swimming, Showerhouse, 2 stages, & more....

Downtempo Music, DANCING, any Music with a message

So, I'll see you there! Eureka Springs is very eclectic and artsy town and with this type of venue and music choices I'm sure it's going to be a fun place to be that weekend plus the weather will be perfect that time of the year at an outside event on the lake.

So I hear a lot of people talkking about "Keep Fayetteville Funky" and I wsn't real sure what they were talking about since I'm not from here but this weekend I heard about this site called Fayetteville Flyer.com and it does a good job keeping us informed of the weirdos that make Fayetteville Funky.

http://www.fayettevilleflyer.com/

Maybe I can get some of my Only In Arkansas moments on there. HA!