Several weeks ago, I started the process of adopting a child through the Public Adoption in Ontario. I’m also reading Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen (1993) these days. In it, they print Kahlil Gibran’s On Children from the book The Prophet (1923), but they titled it On Parenting. At any rate, I’mContinue reading “On Children”
Category Archives: Contemplations
On the Advantage of Being an All-rounded Emoji
In Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill writes “The man who has been active on campus, whose personality is such that he gets along with all kinds of people and who has done an adequate job with his studies has a most decided edge over the strictly academic student. Some of these, because of theirContinue reading “On the Advantage of Being an All-rounded Emoji”
Stickers and Emojis are Candies for the Eye
The arrangement of stickers and emojis on a sheet influences the thoughts the viewers have while looking at them. For example, “what car do I like most?” or “a grape cluster can fall just like a leaf,” and subsequently, “which one would hit the ground first?” Usually, producers of stickers and emojis spread them thematicallyContinue reading “Stickers and Emojis are Candies for the Eye”
Using Emojis as Reactions on Zoom
On my December post, I was wondering if the engineers at Zoom can create shadows as a function in Background & Filters. This would add a realistic element to the filters that they already introduced into the platform. In this post, I’d like to share some thoughts about the application of emojis as “reactions” onContinue reading “Using Emojis as Reactions on Zoom”
Bend With Me Sway With Ease
Over the last month, I’ve allowed myself to develop a new addiction; Michael Bublé’s version of Sway. In fact, I’m listening to it as I’m writing these very words. I can listen to it forever. Playing the song in a loop on YouTube gave me the opportunity to look carefully at the cover of Bublé’sContinue reading “Bend With Me Sway With Ease”
Animated Filters and Shadows on Zoom
I became aware of the animated filters on Zoom quite recently. They are one of my highlights of 2021. Engineers at Zoom, could you develop shadows for the objects that follow the user’s face? Happy New Year!
How do you cite a caption with an emoji?
Using an Emoji in a Caption of a Painting
I recently started to use an emoji of a book in the captions of my paintings for my art project at the Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies at the University of Toronto, titled “Word and Image Relationships at the CRRS Library.” Traditionally, we see images and captions as counterparts, where the image provides aContinue reading “Using an Emoji in a Caption of a Painting”
Google’s 23rd Birthday
Apparently, today is Google’s 23rd birthday. There are so many reasons to wish Google a “Happy Birthday!” as it adds tremendous value to our culture and society. At the same time, I ponder where this culture of collecting and selling data goes. I wish I could get from Google and other companies the great productsContinue reading “Google’s 23rd Birthday”
How to Choose an Image for an Invitation
The following isn’t an answer for the question positioned above, but rather several thoughts about the use of both words and images in a document. I’ll analyze an invitation that I recently prepared to my upcoming hands-on workshop at the Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies at York University. The team at the Centre offered improvementsContinue reading “How to Choose an Image for an Invitation”
Noa Yaari 