Great Commercials: Part#4

Once again, the Japanese steal the show. An inventive commercial of the Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo. Very amusing.

Succar Ya Nas

Finally, I was able to see Succar Banat (Caramel) here in Los Angeles. I went to its premier today with an open mind and no expectations. I was pleasantly greeted with a movie that gently opened my eyes to the streets of Beirut. The movie had a warmth about it that melted the walls surrounding the tender spots of my heart. Caramel is the story of everyone of us. It is that cup of tea brimming with pure laughter and real tears. It is the mirror of our battles. It is the unforgiven clash of our dreams and fears.

I fell in love with the music which was one of the highlights of the movie. I fell in love with the voice of Rasha Rizk who graced the score of the talented Khaled Mouzanar.

Here is Rasha Rizk singing " Succar Ya Banat":

Rob Gonsalves: Surrealistic Art

Rob Gonsalves was born in Toronto, Canada in 1959. During his childhood, he developed an interest in drawing from imagination using various media. By age twelve, his awareness of architecture grew as he leaned perspective techniques and began to do his first paintings and renderings of imagined buildings. After an introduction to Artists Dali and Tanguy, Gonsalves began his first surrealist paintings. The "Magic Realism" approach of Magritte along with the precise perspective illusions of Escher came to be influences in his future work.Although Gonsalves' work is often categorized as surrealistic, it differs due to the fact that the images are deliberately planned and result from conscious thought. As a result, the term "Magic Realism" describes his work accurately. Numerous individuals around the world, corporations, embassies, and a United States Senator collect Gonsalves' original work, and limited edition prints.

Rob Gonsalves Biography

Progressive Art features great examples of Rob's work:

Puppy Love

Weird Things reported this cute story. A Chihuahua puppy was born with a heart of fur. A great Valentine's Day gift I might add.

Blue Eyes: A Mutation?

The Telegraph posted an interesting article about the origin of blue eyes in the human race. According to the article, scientist believe that blue eyes originated in an area around the Black Sea region which can be the north part of Afghanistan today. Supposedly, all humans had brown eyes until six - ten thousand years ago when a mutation suddenly occurred in a gene called OCA2. This gene is responsible for producing the melanin pigment that gives eyes their distinct color. The mutation "turned off" the production of enough melanin needed for a brown color which resulted in a "diluted" version that looked like blue. If this is true, all the blue-eyed people in the world today descend from one person who experienced the gene mutation. Wow!