It was innocent, I simply cut and pureed some seedless watermelon, froze it in a brain gelatin mold (without gelatin), and turned out the glistening results on a platter the next day. I put it on a table in a room with bright natural lighting and took a shot with an old 4.0 mp camera. Uploaded it to my Flickr account, and whoosh, fame! A photojournalist blogger people assure me is very big, Strobist, used my photo on his entry (about something else). I am thrilled, especially a bit amused because I put little effort into it. Circumstances collided and next thing you know it's had over 660 views at Flickr and let's see where it ends up.
The watermelon brain: behold, refreshing summery bra-a-ainz.
You can get a similar mold at Neuromart.com. I bought this one at the same Exploratorium gift shop that Steve [on the road now] did.
Comments
Sandra-
It's a wonderful shot that did a much better job of illustrating the concept of a "thinking blogger" than did their goofy little award banner.
Thanks for the sourcing on the mold, and thanks again for the brainy illustration!
-David H
Posted by: David Hobby | May 20, 2007 9:43 AM
Wow, I'll never look at a watermelon the same way again. ;)
By the way, how did you manage to post this 48 hours in the future? My blog isn't on this system so I wasn't sure if you can pre-date entries or not, I'll have to see if blogger offers that...
Posted by: Anne-Marie | May 20, 2007 11:24 AM
Thanks David, and Anne-Marie.
The posting timestamp was a mistake, it's now dated in the present-past and not future. I don't think Blogger will let you schedule entries in future, but Movable Type does.
Posted by: Sandra | May 20, 2007 11:53 AM
Somewhere, a vegan zombie is smiling and licking its dessicated lips.
Posted by: David Reagan | May 21, 2007 1:58 PM