Drugs may be addictive, but creativity is too.

 A great site by Shirley Ann-Dick, with some of the best lines

A friend of SoReal Fairey made this film with nothing.  It's not perfect - she was on a clock to make it - but it's pretty cool - visual, discomforting in places, imaginative and fun.  You probably wouldn't come across it if you didn't know it was there.  That is part of it's Sorealism - it's one representative from the battalions of talent that are out there, in all the most unlikely places. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbARRw3SrMQ&feature=channel

I know it's MySpace.  I know we are well aware that there is music on MySpace.  Lily Allen did her thing, it's over right? Yeah.  Here's one I found - same girl, two different stories.  It's the serious and the silly.  Music is all-purpose.  Music is not for snobbery or exclusive to deep sensitive misunderstood souls.  Read what's under 'youp!youp!'s influences and I'm sure you'll understand.  Open the door of possibility to everything out there - one for sorrow, one for joy. 

http://www.myspace.com/hootingsailor

http://www.myspace.com/theodorasutton

www.iloveboxie.com

Speaks for itself really.  My advice to the celebrity peace reps and G8 bigshots - go to Womad Festival.

Hang out, eat some falafel.  Open your eyes.

Lungs and Ribs - a steel sculpture

This piece is special by its aesthetic quality - it's striking, it's interesting, there's a very satisfying beauty in the lines.  What Soreal Fairey thinks makes it even more special is that, even if you didn't know anything about it or its creator, you can see it comes from a chasm where Very Important Thoughts live.  The collar is restraint and control, but the 'ribs' are like an invisible hug.  It's made of strong steel and welded together, but has a spine that looks as if it could bend under little pressure.  On fairly simple terms, i's not a bad representation of humanity.  You can work that one out yourselves. 

www.jezzikart.co.uk

Jessica Bradley

London (harder, better, faster, stronger) from David Hubert on Vimeo.

Here again is an example of someone who has mixed old techniques with new to create Soreal.  This is what you can do with a camera, passion for your project, a determined vision of the outcome (and some decent editing equipment).  Not having the easy option (a video camera) generated the sheer creativity and hard work that made this.  That's Soreal.  

Technology and trees - the most and least advanced musical instruments at our disposal.  Here's what happens when one motivated man put together the past and the future.

 Check out the work of Amy Casey - who graphically and humorously depicts how we've all become tangled up over house ownership