Red Balloon.

Knitting Frenzy.

When I was twelve, my Oma taught me how to knit, and now picking up the passion for it again, my latest project is a cowl to keep me warm during the long cold walks to school. With winter quickly approaching, the urgency to complete this project is becoming stronger.

Inspire.

Send Me On My Way

Well known as the theme song from the childhood classic, "Matilda",Rusted Root dance their little hearts away as they jam to this 90's song. Loving the free joy of this song, I can't get enough of it and their dancing. Perfectly displaying my desire to be frolicking in the fields, this song is perfect to be the anthem to my life right now.

The Morning Of

Mumford and Sons

Paper Airplanes Installation

Little Lion Man

Into The Wild

This movie can get you so caught up in the wonderment of living your life on the road. Making it seem so easy, I actually said out loud that I was done with society and wanted to live in the woods after watching this movie. Into The Wild gives you a warm feeling inside. I advise anyone who wants to watch something different to rent "Into The Wild."

P.S. I Made This

P.S.- I Made This…

is a movement.

It’s a call to action to re-imagine, re-use and re-invent.

I see it. I like it. I make it.

P.S. I Made This is a fun website that has great DIY ideas. Constantly updating, this website is the place to go on a rainy day.

Almost Famous

Almost Famous has been named the #1 rock movie and who could pass up those rates. With Patrick Fugit as the lead star and Zooey Deschanel playing his older sister, put it on your to-do list.

The Cranberries - Zombie

This song has made me fall in love with the Cranberries and even more so when I watched the music video. The video is so artsy and has that great 90s feel to it as it fit perfectly with the lyrics as they talk about the effects of war.

Salvation Mountain

After seeing a documentary of Salvation Mountain and once again in "Into The Wild", this has now been added to my list of places to go before I die.

When Leonard's truck broke down in the desert nearly thirty years ago he experienced an epiphany so intense that he decided to set up camp and build a monument to God in that exact spot. "God is Love," he says. "It's simple. You just hafta love god, and he'll love you back."

“This old chap painted a mountain!

The mountain is in Cali.

He calls it Salvation Mountain.

He sleeps in a cave inside the mountain.

His name is Leonard.

He gave me a tour.

His fly was down.”

–Adam

Dirty Projectors - Stillness is the Move

With a catchy sound and an interesting music video, an open mind can let you see the potential for this song.

What the F*** Should I Make For Dinner

Other then the numerous profanities What The f*** Should I Make For Dinner is a great way to mix up your dinner plans. These blunt recipes would be great for beginners heading out to school. I can't wait. Check it out here.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Parlour Steps

500 Days of Summer

This is a story of boy meets girl. The boy, Tom Hansen of Margate, New Jersey, grew up believing that he'd never truly be happy until the day he met the one. This belief stemmed from early exposure to sad British pop music and a total mis-reading of the movie 'The Graduate'. The girl, Summer Finn of Shinnecock, Michigan, did not share this belief. Since the disintegration of her parent's marriage she'd only love two things. The first was her long dark hair. The second was how easily she could cut it off and not feel a thing. Tom meets Summer on January 8th. He knows almost immediately she is who he has been searching for. This is a story of boy meets girl, but you should know upfront, this is not a love story.

This movie may be my all time favourite. I love the feel, style, music, and most of all the actors. Zooey Deschanel is my favourite female actress and her and Joseph Gordon-Levitt complement each other very well. The soundtrack defines the kind of music that I love. Everyone should watch this movie.

Marc Johns

About Marc

Marc Johns creates whimsical drawings filled with dry wit and humour. Whether it’s a man with branches growing out of his head that need pruning, or a pipe that’s trying to quit smoking, his characters are simply, sparsely drawn, yet speak volumes with just a few strokes of the pen. He's been drawing since he was tiny. He's not tiny anymore, but he's not exactly big either. Marc is not sure why he's talking about himself in the third person...

I generally aim to say as much as possible with as few elements as possible. My work often leans toward humour. Finding the humour in things often leads to finding the truth. I like to create absurd situations, by combining things together that don’t belong, or imagine what inanimate objects would say if they could speak. For instance, the pen I am using to write this draft would probably say: "I'm tired. Can we stop for a bit?" Or perhaps it would say: "I can't believe you're making me write this. This is rubbish. Signing cheques would be more inspiring than this." These are the things I think about. I think about a lot of things. I think about thinking. Don't try it though, it's not worth it.

I use watercolours in ways you shouldn't. I make my own sketchbooks. If I smoked, I'd roll my own. I'd rather draw than rent a movie. Don't try to start a conversation with me about recent films. I haven't seen any. I play the guitar. If I was a hobo, I'd learn to play the ukulele, because you could fit one in your duffle bag. My artwork and the materials I use are quite compact. You could fit my studio in a large suitcase.

Check out his galleries of:

Drawings on Paper

Drawings on Sticky Notes

Drawings on Rat Traps

Do You Eat It?

We've all been there: You dropped your cupcake on the ground. Did it land icing up, down? Can you just scrape off the icing? How many hours have you lost trying to decide? Here's a time-saving flow chart to help out.

Hollis Brown Thornton

VHS
permanet marker on paper
12-21-09
8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches
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Hollis Brown Thornton's VHS drawings are rendered in permanent marker on paper, and will bring a warm glow to the heart of anyone who grew up in the '80s.

VHS
permanent marker on paper
01-15-10
22 1/2 x 30 inches
hbt10-p002



PCB (Printed Circuit Board) Roygbiv
permanent marker on paper
01-09-10
15 x 22 1/2 inches
hbt10-p001

Numerous Drawings

Sam Shipley and Jeff Halmos started a blog where everyday they post a drawing from their sketchbook. Their description: Daily drawings using the same paper, same pencil, no erasers, no photoshop, and some colored marker here and there... Their blog has given me inspiration to pick up my pencil and just draw. Check out their blog now and maybe you'll feel the same.

UO Blog

Urban Outfitters has a fantastic blog that you should check out everyday. They upload new posts every single day with the newest fashions, fads, books, music, etc. It has everything you could think of but when you check it out, make sure you notice the Links panel on the right-hand side where they categorize everything in pages. UO's blog is where I am finding my latest inspiration and it can be your source too.

One Yard Wonders

Over one hundred sewing projects that use just one yard of fabric, from apparel to accessories, organizers to stuffed animals and much more... With plenty of projects geared towards both the new and experienced sewer, this spiral-bound book is filled with clear instructions, corresponding images and pattern pieces to get you sewing in no time, using even the smallest scraps of fabric! I've always wanted to learn how to sew and make crafts out of fabric, and now I can with this book. You can find it online or in store at Urban Outfitters.

The Big-Ass Book of Home Decor

So your place is ugly. Or maybe it's sort of shabby? Kind of boring? And, to top it all off, you're broke. Not to worry - this book is just the solution, filled with over 100 practical, simple and interesting ideas to transform your box-store boring interior. With a little masking tape, spray paint and glue, you too can have awesome walls, windows, furniture and decorative accessories. You can order this book online or in store at Urban Outfitters.

The Big-Ass Book of Crafts

The Big-Ass Book of Crafts is packed with ideas for sprucing up your living space; concocting fabulous, all-natural body products; designing your own unique stationery; and creating countless other crafts that will convince your friends and loved ones that you're the secret love child of Martha Stewart (only much, much cooler). Forget crocheted doilies and itchy knit sweaters - TLC's While You Were Out top designer Mark Montano has created stylish and imaginative projects that range from a Warhol-esque Ultrasuede iPod case to photo-adorned boxer shorts to African mask patio chairs to wooden night-light boxes. Divided into sections that include Outdoorsy (ideas to enhance your backyard), Dishing It Out (decorating plates using different techniques), You've Been Framed (innovative picture framing ideas), and Can I Have a Light? (creating and decorating lamps, lanterns, and chandeliers), it's as entertaining to read as it is endlessly inspiring. With more than one hundred and fifty inventive and fun projects, The Big-Ass Book of Crafts is the perfect activity book for readers of every mood, budget, and skill level. Made in the USA. Wipe clean. You can find this book online or in store at Urban Outfitters.

Urban Outfitters

Urban Outfitters has become my new favourite store and website to visit. Not only supplying clothes, the store has unique books, furniture, art, vinyl records, and bedroom and apartment decor. It has everything creative and mainstream indie that you can find and enjoy. While standing in front of their book pile, you can't help but want to buy them all. Check out their website now, and run to their store tomorrow.

Temper Trap

This is an amazing song which you've might of heard in the movie 500 Days of Summer.

Darwin Deez

Sit back and enjoy the spunkiness of Radar Detector by Darwin Deez.

Cheyenne Shultz

Inspiration: Cheyenne Shultz photography for a wedding. I love the blue blazer and the vintage feel to them.

The Lovely Bones

A young girl who has been murdered watches over her family--and her killer--from heaven. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal.

Alice Sebold’s novel, The Lovely Bones, begins, “My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. My murderer was a man from our neighborhood. My mother liked his border flowers, and my father talked to him once about fertilizer' ” The Lovely Bones is narrated by a suburban teen who has been brutally raped and murdered by a neighbor. After the police confirm Susie’s murder, her family struggles to cope with their loss and with the unanswered questions surrounding Susie’s death.

As Susie Salmon narrates from heaven, everything she wants appears as soon as she thinks of it - except the thing she wants most: to be back with the people she loved on earth. From heaven, Susie watches. She sees her happy suburban family implode after her death, as each member tries to come to terms with the terrible loss. Over the years, her friends and siblings grow up, fall in love, do all the things she never had the chance to do herself. But life is not quite finished with Susie yet.

The Lovely Bones is a luminous and astonishing novel about life and death, forgiveness and vengeance, memory and forgetting. It is, above all, a novel which finds light in the darkest of places, and shows how even when that light seems to be utterly extinguished, it is still there, waiting to be rekindled.


Just like everyone says, I advise everyone to read the book before watching this movie. The movie is filled and intertwined with symbolism that I give complete respect for. It has an eerie feeling that I always look for and enjoy. Although it surprised people, I loved the creativity and symbolism in the scenes of Susie's 'in-between'. This movie is the definition of 'artsy' and in my opinion, a purchase well made.

Prom.

Visit hm.com

H&M $59.95
Possible option for my prom dress.

My inspiration for my prom hair is from Alexander Wang's Spring 2010 collection models.

OK GO!

This band has more than enough charisma, a great sound, and fantastic music videos. OK GO! are on the top of my, 'I don't know how to say this, but I want to be your best friend,' list, and I know they'll be on yours once you watch their videos.

OK Go - WTF? from OK Go on Vimeo.

OK Go - Get Over It from OK Go on Vimeo.

Dear Jack

Dear Jack opens on the day Andrew McMahon is diagnosed with Leukemia and continues on through the life-changing and intensely personal events that follow. The film also includes flashes back to Andrew’s childhood, the making of the Jack’s Mannequin album and his collaboration with Tommy Lee, as well as rare live footage and the chronicling of his relationships with two very important people in his life, his sister and her best friend. Dear Jack is a raw look at the battle that is Leukemia and the hope that can be found in hard places.

Unfortunately they are already sold out of DVDs and you can now only buy it on iTunes in the States. So I am still waiting for it to come to Canada.