Jemina's entry into communication

I do apologize for sending off my last two entries without taking a picture first. I always get them all packaged up and then remember. BUT not today!  Today I am communicating with you all via Blogger -)

Jemina's Refraction - Angela's entry

I looked up different types of refraction & liked the mysterious quality of using sound waves to "see" what we otherwise cannot. As usual, this took me on several enjoyable tangents:

"Seeing" with the tongue  http://discovermagazine.com/2003/jun/feattongue#.UkVew2TTV0o  

Buoys which collect sonar to describe rock/earth density. http://youtu.be/9Kp1fKy9kOo 

Sonar as harmful to dolphins, whales and other marine life.  http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0060953 

For Jemina's Refraction book (top), I used a relaxing, paint-by-number  sort of approach. When finished, I wanted to continue and so I did another version for myself (bottom). Happily, it may also help me toward a solution for my first MA Fine Art challenge. Thanks esketchers!

Jeane's entry in Petr's book

Who has looked through a photo album and thought about how nice it would be to experience that moment again.  This would be my idea of a "book that does not exist".

Lydia's Entry into Jemina's book

I got hooked on Jemina's beautiful coloured lines and metallic swirls. I looked up the word 'Refraction' and saw a diagram of a straw going into a glass of water being distorted.  It reminded me of the funny way mouths and teeth look when you look at someone drink through the bottom of their glass (ok, that sounds odd, maybe it's just me that does that?).  Anyway, this image takes Jemina's rainbow stripes and swirls them into the bottom of a glass, them sends them out at a new point - like the straw.

Eric's entry in Lydia's book

RAD!

September 1st, and I am only a tiny bit late putting my entry in the mail to Jemina.

Lydia: this book is awesome, and I was eager to contribute since I first saw it!

I made a rubbing of the sidewalk, scanned it, hit "pattern generator" in photoshop and then printed it out. What would an entry be from me, unless it had some splatted watercolor and gold/ silver spray-paint before collaging?

I am stoked to see how CONNECT keeps on going....