Hiking "Naked Ground" in Slickrock Wilderness

Such a lucky day! This is the view from the top of the trail where naked ground merges with many other trails that meander throughout Slickrock Wilderness. This was my fouth time up there and I have never seen it so clear!

Two things of interest happened:

1. Some of the signs have been removed from the Naked Ground trail when entering from Joyce Kilmer Forest. This had me confused for a bit and if you have never been on the trail it would not be easy to find now.

2.I saw a man that looked lost, off the trail, holding a GPS. Upon asking if he was lost, he said that "No. He was just doing Geo-Caching". He explained to me further that there is a website (www.geocaching.com) that has a list of GPS coordinates that people have hidden stuff in and you can just type in a zipcode grab your GPS and find it. The hiker said he likes the treasure hunt aspect of it and I think it is well worth trying at least to make you daily routine and walks seem more interesting. I live in a small city (I can walk it in a an hour) and there is plenty of people who already have hidden stuff just in my area, so this should be fun.

Taking A Break

I will not be blogging for awhile. I am making working double to make up for lost times and am going up to the mountains this weekend to say hello to my mom for Mother's Day. I am still going to post at both blogs so check in if your so inclined.

As far as the trail I will be hiking and do recommend starts in the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, Slickrock Wilderness in North Carolina, and is called Naked Ground it is a day hike or you can camp at the top and hike the other25miles? of trails that conect to it. That trail is about 9-10 miles 4.5 climb up and the rest is ridge down. A great way to begin summer!

Portfolio

I am going to try to post some of my work onto a new blog. Since emailing PDFs in the past have given me trouble I am going to try just sending a link to people.

Most of my works are on slides and I was bad at documentation over the years, too broke for a digital camera during that time. So much of what I have done has been given away or taken apart with out any documentation, I am still kicking myself for this, but I will try this summer to round up some work. And when I do I will post them here:

http://chantelleportfolio.blogspot.com/

Check it out if anyone gets a chance.

Tim Hawkinson- Just To Keep Things Interesting

This is a fine artist whose work I really enjoy. His processes are inventive, as much of his work involves some science and new technology fundamentals, and his work is often based around his own body. He is a great one to look at for inspiration.

Chip Kidd and This American Life

Two things worth knowing about are happening soon.

1.Chip Kidd is coming to SCAD-Atlanta on April 17 to discuss his new book at a writer series. It is FREE.
2. This American Life will be broadcast live on satellite to movie theatres around the nation on May 1st. Many places in Atlanta included.

Creative block? Take a look at your Mac! or Loaded Logos

I am well past satiated on Apple news, as I am sure so is everyone else, but one more cannot hurt!

From Duke University at: http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/news/thinkdifferent-0308.html

Apple Really Does Make You "Think Different"

March 18 , 2008 | DURHAM, N.C. –- Whether you are a Mac person or a PC person, even the briefest exposure to the Apple logo may make you behave more creatively, according to recent research from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the University of Waterloo, Canada.

In work to be published in the April issue of the Journal of Consumer Research, Professors Gavan Fitzsimons and Tanya Chartrand of Duke, and Gráinne Fitzsimons of Waterloo, found that even the briefest exposure to well-known brands can cause people to behave in ways that mirror those brands’ traits.

“Each of us is exposed to thousands of brand images every day, most of which are not related to paid advertising,” said Gavan Fitzsimons. “We assume that incidental brand exposures do not affect us, but our work demonstrates that even fleeting glimpses of logos can affect us quite dramatically.”

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My thoughts on my Flash movie are that I imagine quite sometime from now that when I look back I will laugh at my naive methods of construction...... because if what I am doing right now is correct then this is just wrong.