Patricia Storms: creative dynamo

Finished arranging The Chocolate Song for Urban Tapestry last night. Unfortunately this meant I had to miss yet another Irish music session at the Tranzac; I have yet to be able to attend a session this season. :-( BUT it does mean I'm able to send Eva and Crystal their parts this week, yay!

Illustration by Patricia Storms, from her blog.

Yesterday afternoon, I got together with Patricia Storms, a cartoonist, illustrator and designer whom I first "met" through her Booklust blog but then in person at the National Cartoonists Society Christmas party in Toronto. We've been meaning to get together for a coffee for ages, but never got around to it until now.

Not surprisingly, we talked lots about books, illustration, publishing and writing. Patricia's enthusiasm and sense of humour are infectious. She has several book projects on the go and they all sound fantastic! Do check out her online portfolio and her blog.

I forgot to take a photo of her yesterday, so here's one from last year:



In yesterday's Blathering, I posted some links to some mesmerizing YouTube videos. The first focused mainly on some Rube Goldberg devices that appeared on the Japanese children's educational tv show, PythagoraSwitch or rather, "Pitagora Suitchi." I didn't know all this info until several people posted about it in my LJ after I asked about the meaning of a repeated jingle at the end of each segment.

From Dave Goulden, for example:
"I have to listen to that damn tune daily. What's more fun is Otousan suitchi. A homemade cardboard switch box with five Japanese letters on it. The child 'throws' each 'switch' in turn and his/her father performs a charade-type action that begins with that letter. I won't tell you if I've participated in that."

I was curious about Otousan Suitchi, and found an example on YouTube at the beginning of a subtitled PythagorasSwitch show. Hee hee...I can SO see Dave G. doing this. The little girl in this segment is darned cute, too.

Urban Tapestry practice tonight, then Rand and Erin arrive tomorrow!

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