Thursday, October 15, 2009

Missed Connections

Artist Sophie Blackall has created the most clever blog...
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... illustrating posts on the Craigslist Missed Connections sites...

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"Messages in bottles, smoke signals, letters written in the sand; the modern equivalents are the funny, sad, beautiful, hopeful, hopeless, poetic posts on Missed Connections websites," she writes....

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"Every day hundreds of strangers reach out to other strangers on the strength of a glance, a smile or a blue hat. Their messages have the lifespan of a butterfly. I'm trying to pin a few of them down."

Lovely!

Sophie's blog Missed Connections {here}.

And...her magnificent inspiration board.
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18 comments:

  1. BashtOctober 15, 2009 at 10:14 PM

    I am so in love with this! thanks

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  2. Lucy in the SkyOctober 15, 2009 at 11:51 PM

    I adore this! I wish this was enough to inspire me to draw on something other than my lecture notes. Thank you so much for sharing! I like how two of these images include depictions of Asians...makes me feel happy. :D

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  3. LenoreNeverM♡reOctober 16, 2009 at 12:31 AM

    Such wonderful artistic community out in this world, Thanks to today's technology we can all start to enjoy them daily...Lurrrve that!

    ~Cheers creativity!
    xo*

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  4. CarolineOctober 16, 2009 at 12:38 AM

    Reminds me of You Look Like the Right Type... similar concept...

    http://youlookliketherighttype.blogspot.com/

    (Not my blog, FYI, nor am I in any way affiliated with it other than being a fan.)

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  5. AnonymousOctober 16, 2009 at 5:12 AM

    Her blog is so fresh and interesting. I just love the concept!

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  6. Cassandra DiasOctober 16, 2009 at 9:41 AM

    I love the idea of this!! On my way to check out her blog...

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  7. 2 by DesignOctober 16, 2009 at 10:22 AM

    Wow, these are so fantastic. Every now and then, when I'm bored at work, I'll check the missed connections section. I always wonder who these people are and what the setting was! Such a creative idea.

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  8. NatOctober 16, 2009 at 2:05 PM

    fantastic art!!! :)

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  9. TheBeautyFileOctober 16, 2009 at 2:25 PM

    oh these are absolutely perfect! i want to hang them up in my room!!

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  10. ViviOctober 16, 2009 at 3:50 PM

    I love these. Proves that there is poetry and art in everything.

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  11. Laura TreveyOctober 16, 2009 at 4:53 PM

    this is awesome!!!
    thanks for sharing!

    xo Laura

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  12. DANDELION DAYDREAMEROctober 16, 2009 at 7:09 PM

    Oh gorgeous! Love your blog, it has now made it onto favourite reads on my blog role ;)

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  13. Red LipstickOctober 16, 2009 at 8:02 PM

    This is so awesome. I'm going to share with my fiance, he's taking art classes and is doing some critiquing. Think that he will like this!

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  14. Daydream LilyOctober 17, 2009 at 1:15 AM

    oh love this!!

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  15. John WooOctober 17, 2009 at 1:55 AM

    wow, great idea, thanks for sharing

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  16. Maggie MayOctober 18, 2009 at 7:46 PM

    wonderful :) the illustrations are so good to the eye.

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  17. MaiaOctober 18, 2009 at 8:22 PM

    This is SO COOL! Thanks for the new discovery!

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  18. AnonymousOctober 19, 2009 at 1:12 AM

    thanks for sharing this tina :)
    x

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