Scholars wall middle west

The scholar's walk connects Northrup Mall to the McNamara Alumni Center at the University of Minnesota. 

Second City online courses

During the months of March and April I took an on-line course in writing satire for the Internet from Second City Comedy based out of Chicago. We had weekly assignments to produce initial drafts of with a well defined point of view (POV).  We also learned techniques for generating ideas.  One of the former instructors, Scott Dikkers, wrote a book that supplements the information from the class.

I enjoyed the opportunity to learn from the instructors and from the other classmates.  I'm gearing up for the 2 month class section 3 in September.

SC Improv at work classes - 2 min. 

Minnesota Reflections by N.G. Carlson

With an the helpful guidance from my editor, Robin Lindemann, the latest in the series of reflections books, Minnesota Reflections, is now available from Amazon.  The book includes reflected photos of a trip to Minnehaha Falls, U of Minnesota Duluth, The Mall of America, The U of Minnesota Twin Cities, Silverwood Park and a fireworks display at Duk Duk Days in New Hope. 

Photo from Minnesota Reflections

Photo from Minnesota Reflections

Minnesota Reflections video with images inspired by and from the book - 2 min. 36 seconds. 

More Reflections by N.G. Carlson is available now

The book, More Reflections  is available from Amazon.  It continues the study of a reflected world started in Reflections on Pareidolia.  Photos from the University of Minnesota and from Silverwood Park are included in this edition. 

This is a one minute video of some more recent mirror image photos from April of 2017.

Stairway picture from the book More Reflections

Reflections on Pareidolia available now

Weisman Art Museum - gates open N. Carlson

The book Reflections on Pareidolia: Mirrored images at the University of Minnesota is now available through Amazon, as well as a Kindle version Reflections on Pareidolia.   The book is a collection of mirror image photographs taken around the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus.

Weisman entrance -  N. Carlson

Fall Mirror - St. Paul Campus - N. Carlson

Coffman Union interiors

Stairway to cheese - N. Carlson

Cold fusion escalator - N. Carlson

Blue escape pods

Mirrored Coffman Union interiors created a few interesting visual environments that would be difficult to traverse.

Weisman Robots

Lamp man - N. Carlson

Point - N. Carlson

Robot Butler