An Interesting Observation

This afternoon I was Googleing images of the NYC skyline for a collage I'm making. Basically what I was looking for was the typical view from Jersey that everyone thinks of when they think of the NYC skyline. You know the one, it has most of Manhattan included.

So I was looking at the thumbnails and there were some really great images there.. Including the one taken from under the Brooklyn Bridge that is in the intro to "Friends". (I didn't want to use that one because the angle of the bridge would get in the way of what I'm trying to accomplish in the collage.) But I noticed something that I thought was irritating at the time, but I now find kind of interesting. Nearly all inclusive skyline images include the World Trade Center. There were more than a few of those horrible images from 9/11 (I still refuse to look at those by the way.. I'd prefer to either look at the crater or remember them as they were.)

I suppose it's kind of normal, I mean, those skyline shots with the Towers are awesome. But there's not a lot of the new skyline. Maybe it's still too recent. Or maybe people are waiting for the new building to come. I have to admit that I still expect to see the Towers when I'm in the area.. Not seeing anything there is kind of disturbing.

But as I work on the collage tomorrow I'm going to have to really think about weather or not I'm going to use any of the NYC images that I did download. It's not that they are bad images.. the one I've got up here is a darned good one and it's making me wish I remembered the source besides Google. If I don't include images of NYC it's because it dosen't look the way it's supposed to yet.

ACA National Conference, 2006

A note from Barry Silverberg of the ACA

American Creativity Association International Conference 2006

Wednesday, March 22 - Saturday, March 25

Pre-Conference Institutes on Monday, March 20 & Tuesday, March 21

At Hilton Austin Airport in Austin, Texas

Our Annual International Conference is all fleshed out. Aside from the inevitable last minute changes, what you see on our Conference site at www.amcreativityassoc.org/2006Conf.htm is what you will get – and the pickings are plentiful, as are the opportunities to share information, meet new people, and find collaborators for your ideas and ventures.

For the full force of what the 50+ person strong Conference planning team has put together, you need to visit the web site. And if you have not yet registered, or registered and not yet made your hotel arrangements, we urge you to do that AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Making your travel arrangements now will allow you to get far better rates than if you wait until the last minute.

CREATIVE PEOPLE OF ACA REGISTER NOW .. ALL YOU HAVE TO LOSE IS PAYING HIGHER FEES LATER!

So what do we have in store for you?

• More than 70 top-notch keynote and Conference sessions over 3.5 days;
• Pre-Conference Institutes on TRIZ, Creative Utilization of Technology, and a significantly discounted two-day DeBono Creativity Course;
• A focus throughout on creative use of technology starting with the “thumb drives” we hope to provide every participant – containing presenter biographical and presentation information and other “stuff”; that will also allow you to upload and download information at the Conference at one of the public PCs that will be available for participants’ use – not quite, but close to, a paperless conference;
• Podcasts of keynotes and selected sessions;
• Opportunities for Conference participants to have hands-on time to discover the creative joy and value of setting up your own websites and other communication channels;
• Specially designated Conference time set-aside to allow for and foster individual and group collaborations/ networking/ sharing of ideas and enthusiasm;
• And of course there is all the usual stuff of a Conference … and much more that you’ll read about on the Conference website ….

We are offering a Special Discounted Team Registration for three employees from the same entity for $1500 (A $2685 value - $1185 savings). The details and additional discounted options are at www.amcreativityassoc.org/2006Conf-team.htm . CHECK IT OUT!