Link Love: I Wish I Was a Penguin

This week, some of the local facilities in Kansas City started opening its doors to visitors including our fine arts museum, the Nelson-Atkins. It opened it’s doors to our local zoo’s population of tuxedo penguins. These photos brought so much glee to me, in a week that was otherwise a little bit of a slump emotionally for me. I’m sure, like everyone else, the pandemic has created an emotional rollercoaster and some weeks it’s been easier to coaster, and some weeks it’s more of a white-knuckled clackety terror “when can I get off this ride?!?!”

So, if you’re needling a little lift, check out the link to see the other photos and video of these penguins give the Caravaggio the snub. Everybody’s a critic!

Link of the Week:

• Tuxedoed Penguins Plunge into A Private Tour of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (via Colossal)

Pens:

• More Stock Nibs That Offer Line Variation (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Lamy Safari Mango Fountain Pen and Ink (via Gourmet Pens)
• Review: Esterbrook Estie Honeycomb Fountain Pen (via The Pencilcase Blog)
• Review: Baronfig LE Squire Adrift (via Comfortable Shoes Studio)
• Esterbrook Composition Camden Fountain Pen (Gourmet Pens)
• Pen Review: Lamy Safari “Candy” Special Editions (via The Gentleman Stationer)

Ink:

• Top tips for painting with a limited palette of fountain pen inks (CMYK) (via Nick Stewart FOUNTAIN PEN INK ART)
• How Dangerous Is Mixing Fountain Pen Inks? (via Fountain Pen Love)
• Troublemaker Hanging Rice (via Mountain of Ink)

Pencils:

• The Shorter, the Better (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Public School Types (via Nero’s Notes)
• What Are The Best Fountain Pen Friendly Papers For Writing Letters? (via Fountain Pen Love)
• Wire-O and Spiral Notebooks from My Collection, Part 2 (via Notebook Stories)
• Please Print (A Journaling Rant) (via The Cramped)
• Lock down journalling (via Nero’s Notes)

Art & Creativity:

• Making Zines (via Apple-Pine)
• Growing Without Schooling (via Austin Kleon)
• Is Animal Crossing: New Horizons the answer to renewing our creative energy? (via It’s Nice That?)
• How to Hand Letter Like a Pro (via The Postman’s Knock)

Other Interesting Things:

• The Art of Impermanence (via Looped Square)
• 3 Year Anniversary & Pen Collection (via Mountain of Ink)
• Cereal Box Folding Hack is the Right Way to Seal Your Boxes (via My Modern Met)
• Inside the Epicenter of the Pandemic Baking Boom at King Arthur Flour (via Kottke.org)
• Working From Home: Gaining Traction (via From the Pen Cup)
• Ikea releases instructions on how to build homemade forts for children (via It’s Nice That)
• Facebook acquires Giphy for $400 million for Instagram integration (via It’s Nice That)
• Japanese Photographer Turns His Closet Into Charming Work-From-Home Space (via Design You Trust)