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Juan Rayos, Chinese Moleskine

posted March 3, 2015 #

Juan Rayos is many things - photographer, videographer, documentarian and a quality source of inspiration (assuming my google searches all led to the same person). What caught my eye in particular is his series of Moleskine notebooks - this Chinese moleskine is great - an excellent balance of contemporary imagery, gold paint and native language and illustration. Collages like this always remind me of BEAST, as that was my first encounter with such techniques done this well. It's a praiseworthy comparison.

Rayos has more collages that should be investigated as well - the Black and Great Purge sets are particular favorites of mine.

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Mary Laube

posted March 3, 2015 #

Peruse the painting work of Mary Laube, particularly the set titled The Museum. Lots of great atmosphere to these works and a pleasant implementation of pattern and texture. From there, dive into the remaining sets for slightly more abstract configurations that manage to maintain that great texture work.

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posted March 3, 2015 #

A brewing problem: 9 billion coffee pods end up in landfills each year http://t.co/De2oq0FrX5 http://t.co/KDH0v5m9Ac

posted March 3, 2015 #

Let's start a meme about performance feedback only women get. I'll go first: "Too cerebral."

posted March 3, 2015 #

HOUSE OF CARDS is a constant reminder of at least one truth: the vast majority of the most reprehensible people on earth are old white dudes

posted March 3, 2015 #

I?ll be honest, I did not see this coming. And I kind of love what I?m wearing. http://t.co/OGmj3FBUD0 http://t.co/5Xy3d9V6zx

posted March 3, 2015 #

A list of journalists murdered in Russia since 1993 "runs to well over 300 names." http://t.co/NQ9emihqg2

That Damn Dress

posted March 2, 2015 #

Over the weekend I found myself encountering a plethora of articles on #TheDress (not the one shown above - you know the one I speak of) and felt myself getting rather annoyed. Not because of the phenomena itself - that's fine - but because it stirred such a backlash ranting about the privilege of society or the viral bandwagoning it's sure to cause. Almost everything I encountered felt overblown and unnecessary. Soapboxes to say "this is such BS but I'm still going to chime in on it because I want to be a part."

But the very end of this Atlantic article did say something that I agree with and think we should keep in mind:
And what are memes if not games? They are small; they are low-stakes; they are often silly. (Sorry, #llamadrama.) But they are also communal. They invite us to participate, to adapt, to joke, to create something together, under the auspices of the same basic rules. That is not a small thing. That is, in fact, a huge thing - particularly when it comes to the very concerns the attention police like to remind us of. If we have any hope of solving the world's most systemic and sweeping problems, we will have to come together. Inequality, climate change, injustices both enormous and less so ... these will require cooperative action. They will require us to collaborate and compromise and value diversity. The dress makes a pretty good metaphor for all that.
As it says, "that is not a small thing." Social media is often absurd and low-stakes and ridiculous but it DOES bring people together. You can dump on #TheDress all you want but it's the same mechanism that causes people to band together over Net Neutrality, getting a candidate voted into office or raising awareness of god awful things like police brutality or terrorism against freedom of speech. We can't be serious 100% of the time and events like #TheDress help to bring people together over something trivial, which builds communication and the ability to act when it really does matter.

Men, Women & Children

posted March 2, 2015 #

Over the weekend I finally took in Jason Reitman's Men, Women & Children - an engaging tale about families and technology. For me, it seemed like a cautionary tale for parents and how they treat their children's technology, particularly when they don't understand it. Raising kids in the Internet Age seems very scary and being able to handle the proper amount of restriction and education does not seem like an easy undertaking. The basics - plot, acting, characters, etc - are all executed in a compelling fashion.

The real clincher for me was how the actual tech was treated on screen. The whole movie reminded me of this Tony Zhou piece on Texting and The Internet in Film. Most movies do not do this well but Men, Women & Children handled it in an incredibly simple and elegant way while keeping it informative. You can see a bit of it in the trailer but it feels a bit obtrusive there because there's so much of it back to back.. in the actual film it's much more spaced out and feels more natural.

Overall, big thumbs up. Go for the plot, stay for the pleasant effects.

The Jinx

posted March 2, 2015 #

Is everyone watching The Jinx? The story of multi-millionaire Robert Durst and his multiple murder involvements is absolutely bonkers. Director Andrew Jarecki has a lot of quality creations under his belt already (Capturing the Friedmans) and continues to craft a seriously WTF story. If you were into Serial, loving episodic content focused on How Did This Happen, you will undoubtedly love this - particularly because Durst is 1,000% more creepy and terrifying than anyone in those stories.

It's great and I highly recommend diving in. There's only six episodes in total but every single one has been fairly unbelievable.

posted March 2, 2015 #

It's a great time to be an icon of a mountain.

posted March 2, 2015 #

Pepto-Bismol not only works it taste good... #ItsMy2Cents

posted March 2, 2015 #

The way IMDb users feel about THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION is the way I feel about TREMORS.

posted March 2, 2015 #

i'd watch a sitcom called ?So What? I?m A Cyborg!"

posted March 1, 2015 #

This mix is a winner. Perfect for very mellow Sunday. Oh and our app is in the App Store. Check it? https://t.co/19hCZ2vSA7

posted March 1, 2015 #

Feeling bad about your life choices? Wondering if you've fucked it all up? Just tune in to literally any TLC program and sleep easy, friend.
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