{"id":701,"date":"2013-02-01T12:38:15","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T12:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/starstrewnsky.net\/satellite\/?p=701"},"modified":"2013-02-01T15:55:16","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T15:55:16","slug":"inspirograph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/starstrewnsky.net\/satellite\/?p=701","title":{"rendered":"Inspirograph"},"content":{"rendered":"

January is a bleak month of dwindling hopes (after a fair start, the jogger stops and wheezes in the crisp air, plump hands on knees, dark frown-lines of defeat griddled onto their red raw mince face) but February carries with it the dancing sound of a distant spring, that encourages the heart and enlivens the step.<\/p>\n

With that (whatever that<\/em> was) in mind, here are a few inspiring things I’ve found about the place:<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople say why don\u2019t you give it up? I don\u2019t think they quite understand. I\u2019m not doing it just for the money, or for you. I\u2019m doing it for me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Keith Richards<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Light<\/a><\/p>\n

And how about this? A gorgeous work by Rashad Alakbarov, ‘Flight to Baku’, using perspex ‘paper aeroplanes’ to cast coloured shadows that paint a scene.<\/p>\n

And here’s a pep talk from ‘Kid President’<\/a>\u00a0that made me smile.<\/p>\n

If that doesn’t do it for you, that’s fine, here’s a dog in a top hat:<\/p>\n

\"Dog<\/a><\/p>\n