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My Future House in the Woods

22.08.2011

architecture / little joys

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This list describes my ideal house in the woods, my ultimate goal. ‘Cabin’ doesn’t seem an appropriate name for it, since it needs to be big enough to house and entertain all my visitors.

  • My house will be built into a hill and just look like a grassy knoll from the North.
  • It will have a two story wall of glass facing South.
  • There will be a great room, for living, cooking and eating.
  • A little loft area will be tucked away, barely visible, and only accessible to children.
  • A geodesic green house will be attached and full of herbs and veggies.
  • It will be totally surrounded by trees, private enough to enjoy your morning coffee naked on the deck.
  • The shower will be outside.
  • There will be wifi access of course.
  • There will be room for all of you!

My Farm

13.05.2011

little joys / offline

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I grew up on a diary farm. It was the best, my own small universe was huge and sparsely populated—just they way I like it. The lawn was large and had giant peony plants at one end. Two red maples were in front of the house that had been planted when my dad was little. Summers where humid, green and introspective. (Yes, even when I was six I was looking into myself and asking big questions.)

In the winter all the snow from the laneway would be dumped into a giant pile and my dad would carve out the best forts ever.

We only had five channels, no internet and my mom made us go outside all the time. I credit this for my imagination, my independence and my love of outdoors.

Timelapse – The City Limits

09.05.2011

every day / media

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Timelapse – The City Limits from Dominic on Vimeo.

So lovely.

Walking

17.04.2011

little joys

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When studying animation, one of our first projects was to do a few walk cycles. We were given a 3d model (in Maya, a 3d animation program) that looked like an artist dummy and told to create three personalities with just their walks. It it pretty amazing how much you can communicate with just a walk—age, self-confidence, sex, mood, purpose, etc.

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Things in the U.S.A.

20.03.2011

lists / offline

My husband in Arches National Park

As mentioned earlier, I moved here two and half years ago from Canada. Canada will always be my true love, but I have to thank America (specifically Utah) for some of the wonderful things it’s shown me:

  • delicious Mexican food on every block
  • mountains only 20 minutes away
  • the surreal world of Moab
  • an excellent selection of beer
  • cheaper airfare
  • the State Fair
  • and of course the amazing people I’ve met here, you know who you are
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