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Story Behind the Song: Crumple at the Knees

9/30/2018

This is Crumple at the Knees by CLAWED.

This piece combines both musique concrète and visual music. The sounds I hear as sounding like crumpling and metal fatigue were created from sounds I recorded around the city, that have been manipulated in software. The sounds that go up and down in pitch and sound to me like spaceships landing were created from images processed using software. And as you can tell from that description, that's how I see the scene, a spaceship landing area. The name of the song refers more to how it relates to the album. The overall concept of the album is a spiritual journey and title of the song refers to being overwhelmed by awe.

The video is a visualization of the sound. So this artwork goes from visual to sound, then back to visual again in a moving form.

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The Pros and Cons of Keto

9/28/2018

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I know a lot of people have been experimenting with Keto. I wanted to share some interesting and important information about the potential effects.

The first is a good article by Dr. Sarah Ballantyne summarizing a number of studies that have been done with Keto and she provides a full list of references. The second is a simple list of side effects.

I think it's important to keep in mind with any significant dietary change there can be an impact on your health. Keto is a therapeutic diet and it can be useful in treating some conditions. And I think it needs to be approached with the same kind of caution that you'd approach any treatment.

If you're currently doing Keto or considering it, I'd suggest reading up just to make sure you're aware of the benefits and the potential issues.

I'm sure my friend who's into Keto and IF is going to love this as much as the cautionary IF post I did. :) Oh well. I do think fasting and Keto can have dramatic effects on health, I just think there needs to be some careful consideration and probably a conversation with your doctor.

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Summer Fashions & Kimonos

9/22/2018

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I was thinking about doing an end of summer fashion post and posting some pics of summer fashions I picked up this year and talking about shorts, but then I found out that my ticket to ApparelCamp tomorrow includes access to Vancouver Fashion Week on Saturday & Sunday!

So I'm going to Vancouver Fashion Week for the first time ever! I ended up spending tonight at a friend's place playing dress up and trying on outfits! ;)

It's past midnight now, so I'm just going to share this Facebook Live I did earlier this week about kimonos & then sleep.

The store I mention in the video is www.kimono-yukata-market.com and I have no affiliation with them. I just like their kimonos and yukatas. :)

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The Story Behind the Song: Faces

9/14/2018

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This is Faces by CLAWED.

Faces is visual music. It was created using software that interprets an image into sound. You can adjust parameters like range of frequencies used, how slowly it will read the image, and how color will be interpreted.

Here's the image that was used to created it, which is also called Faces. It's a fractal artwork I created as part of a series of fractal images called Winter which all use the same color palette.

I know we tried a number of different way to read the image, rotating it, different ranges of frequencies, faster and slower, until it sounded just right. :)

The video is a visualization of the sound. So this artwork goes from visual to sound, then back to visual again in a moving form.

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Should I say yes, to the beautiful, bra-exposing nightmare dress?

9/8/2018

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As woman with larger breasts I sometimes struggle with certain fashions, because there's no way for me to wear them without showing my bra.

I'm curious how many of you out there struggle with this issue too? How do you solve it? Do you avoid the spaghetti strap tops? The strapless dresses? The low cut tops? Do you just accept your bra or bra straps will show?

I saw a dress in the Topshop window one day when I was walking down Granville street and thought it looked really pretty.

I continued on by, busy to get to somewhere else and I avoid buying clothes (and stuff in general). Particularly clothes though, cause I feel like I should just make them or choose from my stock since I am running a women's clothing business.

Sometimes though I see something pretty, a design I really like and I'm swayed. So I was downtown again recently and the dress was no longer in the window. I went to see if it was still around and found in in the clearance section marked down. Ooo, temptation.

I tried on a couple of sizes. They only had 12 and 16, so those were my choices. Size 12 was definitely too tight through the bust; the buttons pulled and opened slightly. I *think* the 16 is really the right size. It is slightly snug through the bustline, but not overly so. The bottom is a bit big on me even with the cords tied at the tightest, but since it's supposed to have those sides open I think it works fine there. The issue is bra coverage, as shown in the pictures below.

I'm sure if I had much smaller breasts this dress would fit fine. Particularly if I was small enough (or had implants), so I could wear it without a bra. I suppose I could do the Kim K. trick and tape my breasts in place, but I don't like the idea of taping them into place.

I do like the dress! I think it's really pretty. However, the only real option to wearing this dress is to wear a pretty bra underneath and accept that it shows.

So should I say yes to the dress? I have a couple more days to decide. Post a comment. Let me know your thoughts!

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