I haven't posted a Video Friday in forever, but then, I haven't really posted anything to this blog in forever, so why not start back now. Some friends (hi Josh and Theresa!) sent Jesse and I a link to this song, by My Brightest Diamond, in commemoration of our son since the singer, Shara Warden wrote it as a lullaby to her own son. Maybe it's just the postpartum hormones, but it made me cry, so I'm sharing it here.



I do hope to blog more soon. Unfortunately, right now, my main priority is to try to keep Sebastian alive and then to try to string together more than one hour of solid sleep at a time. It has to get easier at some point and then I definitely look forward to returning back to sketching, art making, and blogging more often.

Halloween's coming up in just a couple of days, so this amazing, surreal Fleisher bros. Betty Boop animation featuring the creepiest rendition of Cab Calloway singing Minnie the Moocher is here to help to get you in the mood.

I'm super excited for Halloween - it's one of my favorite holidays. Whether we do much to celebrate it this year will probably just depend on how Hurricane Sandy affects Baltimore over the next two days. Classes were canceled at MICA this morning due to the weather, so I'm thinking it's going to turn into a much needed sketching and cleaning sort of day. Teaching and illustration work has made life so hectic lately I haven't had much time for either in a while. We've got electricity for now and fingers crossed that we keep it the whole time!

p.s. - For an equally bizarre, but wonderful vintage skeleton-themed video, check out this amazing version of the costumed Lennon sisters singing "Dry Bones" on television. You won't regret it!

I'm a longtime fan of The Shins and can't wait to listen through their latest album, The Port of Morrow. They recently released this beautiful stop motion video for the song, The Rifle's Spiral and I can't stop watching it. It was directed by Jamie Caliri and you can see a behind the scenes video of how it was made here.