Cloudy with a Chance of Rain

VIDEO #378

If you are a fan of tilting your head up outside on a cloudy day, you might get a kick out of this little video. I love a good cloud, what else can I say?

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Jesperson Studio: The Orb Collection

VIDEO #368

Song - "The Swell Season" by Glen Hansard

It's Father's Day today and I thought of posting the recent video I put together for my dad of his recent collection from Shape Studies, The Evolution of the Orb. If you like the what you see, contact Papa Tom by email here: tom@jespersonstudio.com. 

Happy Father's Day Dad!

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Expedition #4: Retrospective

VIDEO #360

Song - "Blindsided" by Bon Iver

Some of my favorite moments from the year were very simple. Spontaneous hikes in and around Oregon, smiling with my sweetheart, great music and the comfort of a new home. So, in retrospect, I'd like to throw this out there...... breakdancing, teleporting, pocket dogs, holiday nut sacks and redneck birds might appear to be 'what it's all about'... but it's not. It's about the Hokey Pokey.

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The Ski Lift

VIDEO #263

Song - "Rain and Snow" by The Be Good Tanyas

With the snow this evening, I was inspired and felt like making it snow a little myself. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

VIDEO #168

Song - "You Got Served" by Novi Split

We had some time to burn before our flight back to Portland so we traveled on over to the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden by the Walker Art Center. A beautiful day to walk around the park and check out the sculptures. Our favorite was the Two-way Mirror Punched Steel Hedge Labyrinth. There, we found out what our kid would look like if he/she was born an adult. Not the cutest of creatures but a happy camper at the least.

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Acquainted with the Night

VIDEO #158

Song - "Intro" by the XX and Poetry reading from Robert Frost's "Acquainted with the Night"

How about a little collaboration with Robert Frost, the XX, clip art and time lapse videos? Mixed media mayhem!

Simple Pleasures

VIDEO #124

Song - "Where the Sidewalk Ends" by George Strait

We have a brand new, beautiful sidewalk in front of the house which brings a new afternoon activity, fun for the whole family. I'm sure after watching this you will be engaged to grab your bucket of sidewalk chalk and head on over. We will see you all soon! Oh, just so happens this is the second video in a row with a George Strait song. Weird coincidence? Or is it that George and I are on some strange parallel that involve milk and sidewalks? No one knows.

The Alleyway Project

VIDEO #110

Song - "English Summer Rain" by Placebo

Yesterday I was fortunate to see the start of an ongoing, collaborative art project at the Alleyway Cafe and Bar on NE Alberta St. Drew started early and went all night long, bringing in another artist to add her special touch. Sounds like the fence will be forever changing so head on down for happy hour to the cozy patio, have a cold one and check it out.

Alleyway on Barfly

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Jesperson Studio

VIDEO #026

Songs - "Ain't You Wealthy, Ain't You Wise" by Bonnie "Prince" Billy

- "Gaucho" by Gustavo Santaolalla

- "Mad World" by Roland Orzabal

For my dad's birthday today, I thought of posting some of his great photography from over the years. I have such great memories growing up and heading over to his studio downtown in the DeWitt Seitz Building. That's where it all began. His funky man cave studio was exactly what I wanted when I grew up. So many awesome tools and toys, props and whatnots... oh it was the best! Well, I'm not quite there yet, Dad, so get on over to Oregon and help with the new studio. Show me how it's done! Happy Birthday, I love ya tons and thank you for all the inspiration.

The small video does little justice so check out Jesperson Studio's site HERE

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Motion Pictures

VIDEO #024

Song - "Hurt" by Rockabye Baby!

Wow, late night post, this blog thing has become harder and harder. Well, here is a composite of my great friend Shirley's photo wall from today. I started playing around with replacing the photos with video. Could be a cool idea, might try something like this again. Of course this blog shows video so small so I will follow up with a link to a larger video. NOTE to anyone out there following, sometimes you have to reload the page on this site and/or fast forward/reverse the video, them play from the start. The site runs like an old ford, it'll work, you just have to know how to use it.

Top Twenty Shots

VIDEO #020

Song - "I Wish I Knew" by Human Highway

Here's a collection of my favorite photos from way back in the day to present. There's a bunch more on RedBubble which is a cool site to join. It's free, you could make a couple bucks and the art is fantastic. Worth looking into. Oh, and YEAH, video 20 of 365 is done!