Unique Observations

I love the mash-up of ideas and inspiration you can find while spending a few minutes on the web. Take these three blogs, for example. Each one has inspired me over the last few weeks for totally different reasons.
    The top image goes with Indexed, a brilliant blog from Jessica Hagy. This woman is a genius. Her handwritten charts and graphs on index cards are a study in humorous observation and simple communication. I was not surprised to find out Jessica is a copywriter. Great copywriters are masters of simple storytelling.
    The middle image was taken by David Byrne (yes, that David Byrne) on a recent cross-country trip. That post alone at David Byrne Journal is a fascinating glimpse into a wildly creative mind (and just may be the best post I've read anywhere this year). His posts are full of the kind of intelligent, curious, off-center observations you would expect from David Byrne. They are also wonderfully and unapologetically wordy.
    The bottom image is from Faces in Places. This fun little blog delivers exactly what it promises; pictures of faces found in unlikely places. I like it for the exact opposite reason I like David Byrne's blog. It's a quick, visual reminder of our strange and humorous world. For a few seconds each day, it makes me think about those little details that are hiding in plain sight all around us. It encourages me to be more observant.
    What about you? Are there three special blogs that are providing you with an inspiring, unique perspective of the world? Any hidden gems you'd like to share with all of us? My RSS reader always has room for a few more.

Comments

[Justin Kownacki]

Oddly enough, this blog is usually one of the "hidden gems" I like to share with people...

Others include:

http://crappygraphs.com/ -- Like Indexed, but digital...

http://playthisthing.com/ -- Obscure web games for killing time...

http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/ -- "How to Save the World," Dave Pollard's mash-up of ecology, economy, business and sociology - with a Canadian twist.

[Alex Leonard]

Nice images. That one of the bath is great. It made me think of the post box face I saw in Venice this February:

http://picasaweb.google.com/alexleonard2003/VeniceHoliday/photo#5046770471962128514

[Tim Siedell]

Thanks for the links, Justin. And thanks for the kind words.

Great photo, Alex. You should submit that to Faces in Places, if you haven't already.

[Valley Girl Intelligentsia]

THANK YOU!!

I thought I was the only person who saw faces in inanimate objects! And heard voices from slices of cheese!

But that sink makes me really sad. take it down now.