Posts Tagged ‘philosophy’

Kotama Bouabane

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

I stumbled across Kotama Bouabane‘s website via ffffound the other night. Born in Laos, but now living in Toronto, he creates some beautiful and profoundly simple images through the use of both photography and basic objects.

I personally love the Melting Words series:

and the Chalkboard series:

Just let it go.

A tidbit of thought.

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

I was talking to a good friend tonight, while in a melancholy mood. He’s the best to confide in because rather than play the sunshine and rainbows part, he always has a tidbit of interesting words which stick with me – whatever the topic – that are always filled with a tiny dash of irony and a sprinkle of humor.

Tonight, his words were:

“College is over. I think our awesome is done. Everything is now a compromise of our once lofty dreams.”

So sad. But true?

Work Hard & Be Nice to People

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

I came across this on ffffound last night, from ConcreteHermit:

I feel like this is my life philosophy, broken down into one, very short statement. And I wish more people would adopt a similar one. The hardest part is finding a balance between the two. It’s shaping out to be a pretty hectic week at work. And I am working extremely hard. Please be nice to me.