My OBT

What if you spent every day looking for One Beautiful Thing?

September 16, 2014
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Unwitting Collaboration

Israeli composer Ophir “Kutiman” Kutiel creates original songs by editing together clips of amateur musicians he finds on YouTube. Continue reading →

September 15, 2014
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Pulp Fik Shun

Baby-faced boy makes good. Continue reading →

September 14, 2014
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On Shakey* Ground (*misspelling intentional)

Alejandro Rose-Garcia

In honor of Sherry, our lovely house guest from Austin, TX, today’s OBT is one of the many musicians who have made her hometown’s music scene what it is today. Continue reading →

September 13, 2014
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Buddhist meets steampunk meets A.I.

Kwanon_z by Wang Ziwon

I have often described my daily search for One Beautiful Thing as “following the breadcrumbs.” Continue reading →

September 10, 2014
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Shuttin’ Up on Wednesday

(Sssshhhh!)

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September 9, 2014
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Maybe She’s Born With It (or maybe it’s projection mapping)

Here’s a bonus I-Can’t-Sleep-and-I-Have-to-Get-Up-In-Four-Hours OBT. Lucky you! (Less lucky me, though this video of “makeup” projected onto a woman’s face is absolutely hypnotic.) Continue reading →

September 9, 2014
by Donna from One Beautiful Thing 21 Comments

This started out being a post about a great idea, some very appealing art, and a lovely gift that my mother would have loved. But the more I read about Janice MacLeod, the more interested I became in her story. Continue reading →

September 8, 2014
by Donna from One Beautiful Thing 6 Comments

Grown-Up Patty Cake (or Cups 2.0)

Kurt Hugo Schneider and friends

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September 4, 2014
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Bonus Lunchtime Mini-OBT

One of Ricky Gervais’ talented fans has animated the Naughty Elephants bit from his HBO special, Out of England. I got this from Ricky’s Facebook feed, and it’s short and sweet and very funny.