Artsy Coffee Cup - click to enlarge
Here is an awesome example of some of the artsy coffee cup art that I sometimes get at Starbucks. The girl who made it is a total super-star. The guy in the picture is cool too but he made the drink, not the cup. I don’t know if I’m supposed to take pictures of the employees so I Photoshopped a beret on his head as a disguise. If you click on the picture to the left you will see the cup in FULL-SCREEN. Let’s examine it from the bottom up. The first thing you will notice is the beautiful cursive “L” for, latte. I love that L because it is so elegant and relaxed. It reminds me of a wealthy lady from the 1850’s with a parasol sitting on a bench, writing in her journal about how much she appreciates the good weather. The “WH” is cool because the H is written in an interesting way with a diamond in the middle. So it looks like it could even be an “M.” I didn’t expect to see a diamond, so that was really a plus. But the real gem of the cup would have to be the Avant-garde lettering of my name. The t is lower-case and has an almost pictographic look to it. The cursive bottom of the t looks like a leg that is running or perhaps dancing, with the arms outstretched. The “Y” is very bold and seems to symbolize chromosomes in DNA. The “L” rocks my world because it has a 1920’s style to it with the open support at the back. It has a fresh feel. The “E” is really thin and crisp and gives me the idea that I would be more thin if I was drinking tea instead of a latte. And the “R” is seriously off the hook because it doesn’t even have any holes. It just stands there like an Easter Island statue.
This photo of the Coffee Cup today really made me happy that I have a new phone. I decided to not get a phone with internet because I don’t want to be plugged in EVERY SECOND. I have seen friends literally check their Facebook status and twitter while in line for a movie, or for coffee. And that just seems a little intense to me. I love Facebook and keeping in contact with everybody, but as to quote a friend of mine, “You gotta give your brain a chance to breathe.”
-Tyler