My Right Brain

MONDAY FUNDAY: Benjaman Kyle

Woah, this portrait is hand drawn using only DOTS (stippling is the technique and patience is the name of the game) but there is more to this story, and it's kinda awesomely weird so let me start from the beginning. 

Benjaman Kyle is the pseudonym adopted by a man who has dissociative amnesia. He was discovered unconscious on August 31, 2004, and is believed to be about 64 years old. He is the only American citizen officially listed as missing despite his whereabouts being known.

Miguel Endara felt instantly moved to help Benjaman after viewing Finding Benjaman (a short documentary about this odd tale).  He created this portrait in hope of spreading awareness and to help raise money through the sale of prints to help get Benjaman a new social security number.

WEIRD FACT: Initially, he was known as BK because he was discovered on the premises of a Burger King. Since then, he has chosen to live under the name Benjaman Kyle and insists that his real first name is Benjaman

Finding Benjaman from John Wikstrom on Vimeo.
Via This Is Colossal

Ketchup Liberation

This is just too good to be true...LiquiGlide (the coating) keeps condiments from sticking to the inside of the container, so that they smoothly slide onto your plate (and into your dreams :).


Via Quipsologies

Bodily Functions

We are 100% in a vocabulary explosion - and it's hilariously awesome.  What's fun about this stage, isn't just that HML is repeating everything we say, but that she is putting together the BEST combination of words. 

God Bless You (her current favorite) has been applied to every bodily function (lovely I know).  So naturally we often hear her say: God bless you BURP, God bless you POOP, and God bless you FART (did I mention this is actually my proudest moment). 

I think that it is important for HML to learn about these things, but I do worry about when she is gonna scream it at the top of her lungs.  I am sure it will be under the worst of circumstance, and can only hope we will be in the presence of those who can appreciate a God bless you LAUGH.

God Bless You from Rachel Leonard on Vimeo.

The Invisible Bicycle Helmet

The Invisible Bicycle Helmet is a really interesting way to approach bike safety (and without having to ruin your hair :).  If you haven't seen this already give it a go (it's short) and pretty awesome.

The Invisible Bicycle Helmet | Fredrik Gertten from Focus Forward Films on Vimeo.
Via Quipsologies

Rear Window Timelapse

Jeff Desom’s Rear Window Timelapse is BEYOND awesome.  Successfully extracting all of the footage from Jimmy Stewart's point of view and then stitching it back together into one single panoramic shot, the order of the events stay true to the movie's plot seamlessly and the execution is drool worthy.  Click here to learn more about the concept and beautiful execution of this film.

Via Thinking Animation