Irina at the edge of the woods in High Park, Toronto – New artwork using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator (Click for bigger image)
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Recently I’ve been training a pretty tough audience – teachers. Since I’ve been teaching for about seven years I know what it’s like to lead a group, and the demands and expectations that educators have, because they are doing this stuff nearly every day, are higher than most. It’s a challenging audience and [...] Last summer, my partner booked us on a novel trip—we traveled to Niagara aboard the “bike train” for its inaugural voyage. It was a cool experience. We arrived at Union Station in the morning, after biking through a misty High Park and along the lakeshore. The press was in full effect, and it seemed half [...] The finest logo I've ever seen! In my house we congratulate the players with a “molodyets” and routinely root for names ending in “ov” or “in.” Lately I’ve been shouting “Davai Gino!” while my partner urges on “Ovie.” Yes, we are cheering on the Russian players for Washington and Pittsburgh. Of course I feel [...] It’s around this time that I start to think about summer weather and getting out and about, taking some new crosstown walks, tuning up the bike, and generally exploring Toronto as it bursts into spring. The eastern forest of North America is one of the most verdant areas on earth – once it finishes [...] My comp art from TV series "The Wire" I often claim that I’m not much of a TV watcher – aside from a Saturday night hockey game or interesting doc on TVO or Newsworld. Truth is, that all changed when I got hooked on “Northern Exposure” about 8 years ago. I saw almost the [...] Gerald with his award-winning portrait of Setsuko which adorns the cover of their book Last night I attended a book launch and lecture for Gerald and Setsuko Lazare’s amazing new publication “East Meets West.” The Japan foundation is the perfect setting for an event like this – central and elegant in design and ambiance. [...] Soviet Poster 1932: "Women's Rebellion against Kitchen Slavery" Though not celebrated widely around the world, today is International Women’s Day and I am writing on the blog to say hello and ‘all the best’ to my women friends, family and colleagues. I wish you all health and happiness. Some of the countries that officially [...] I am playing a show on March 5th at Labspace Studio in Leslieville, Toronto. The venue is a large warehouse and the gig will feature an eclectic group of performances ranging from me (DJing and performing alternate cuts of my tunes) to some dancers, projectionists, bands, and experimental musicians. Should be a fun night. Doors [...] |
Mike Simpson is a teacher, writer, musician and designer from Toronto, Canada. He is a new media enthusiast and has been "strongandfree" since 1996. Mike is working on new graphic design, developing websites and multimedia, and leading training workshops on weekends. Check out Strong+Free for his Design and Media work. Check out Mike's Edu-Tech Workshop site. Please contact him at this address: mike | strongandfree.ca 
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