A rare thing happened today. I worked the early shift and got out on time---so I went to the studio to sit for a few moments, I really don't sit with nothing to do anymore and thought this might be nice. I had recently gotten a nice new IPA for the studio and decided it would be good to sit and have a beer and just relax with nothing but my thoughts for a change. Well I immediately started to play around--I guess I just can't sit. I'm working on this idea about texting and the new way in which we communicate. The lol and rotflmao means of communication is just that--communication. One big thing is the smiley face we use at the end of sentances now to let everyone know we're happy and the tone is light. This is created by typing a colon and parenthesis. So my working title is 'colon parenthesis; and I'm making a series of pictures with a smiley face ball I found buried in the ground awhile back---yes it was staring up at me!! I don't know where this series will go, but I keep making images anyway. Today I was just making these pics with my iphone and I realized i could maybe make a kaleidoscope sort of thing with a video...so this is my raw video of one of my attempts. I made it with two mirrors and two flashlights. This will be explored further someday. For today it was a nice break from my work---a diversion with a purpose!!! Work to take my mind off work! Photo and video by Richard Sayer.