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other-wordly: pronunciation | ‘os-tra-“nen-E note | generally...

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:49:55 -0600

other-wordly:

pronunciation | ‘os-tra-“nen-E
note | generally used as an art term
Russian | остранение

explore-blog: More timeless truth from Anaïs Nin

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:48:42 -0600

explore-blog:

More timeless truth from Anaïs Nin

I do believe you have a wound too. I do believe it is both specific to you and common to everyone. I...

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:15:40 -0500

I do believe you have a wound too. I do believe it is both specific to you and common to everyone. I do believe it is the thing about you that must be hidden and protected, it is the thing that must be tap danced over five shows a day, it is the thing that won’t be interesting to other people if revealed. It is the thing that makes you weak and pathetic. It is the thing that truly, truly, truly makes loving you impossible. It is your secret, even from yourself. But it is the thing that wants to live. It is the thing from which your art, your painting, your dance, your composition, your philosophical treatise, your screenplay is born.

-Charlie Kaufman

Acid Sweat Lodge Shows Us the Goods

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:38:16 -0500

Acid Sweat Lodge Shows Us the Goods:

Acid Sweat Lodge is the coolest website in the world, if you’re into burnouts, biker dudes, metal bands, and the topless women who love them. If that’s not your thing, why are you here?

arpeggia: Peter Gowland - Nude with Flower, 1960s

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:06:59 -0500

arpeggia:

Peter Gowland - Nude with Flower, 1960s

pretaportre: The Power of Rosie – British beauty Rosie...

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 08:51:09 -0500

pretaportre:

The Power of Rosie – British beauty Rosie Huntington-Whiteley takes on the autumn collections for the September cover shoot of Elle UK. In front of David Vasiljevic’s (Trouble Management) lens, Rosie stuns in designs from the likes of Burberry Prorsum, Bottega Veneta, Just Cavalli and Mario Schwab selected by fashion Anne-Marie Curtis.

(via FGR)

"Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of..."

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:11:36 -0500

“Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul. When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life, our buoyancy is restored. We are given a shot at dancing with, or at least clapping along with, the absurdity of life, instead of being squashed by it over and over again. It’s like singing on a boat during a terrible storm at sea. You can’t stop the raging storm, but singing can change the hearts and spirits of the people who are together on that ship.”

- Anne Lamott

Network “Information technology has become a ubiquitous...

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 08:42:26 -0500

Network

“Information technology has become a ubiquitous presence. By visualizing the processes that underlie our interactions with this technology we can trace what happens to the information we feed into the network.”

"We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown Till..."

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:44:46 -0500

“We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.”

- The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

"Hi there. I just received the artwork proof from you on my e-mail but I can’t open it on my phone...."

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 12:42:29 -0500

“Hi there. I just received the artwork proof from you on my e-mail but I can’t open it on my phone. Can you just describe to me what you did so I can tell you if I like it?”

- (via clientsfromhell)

"While I wish that our society was sophisticated enough to judge each person by their individual..."

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 12:41:05 -0500

“While I wish that our society was sophisticated enough to judge each person by their individual merits and qualities, rather than superficially grouping them and making premature assumptions, we’re simply not there yet. Actions speak louder than words, especially in trying to dispel stereotypes. To me, if we want to start permanently breaking down gender stereotypes, at least in advertising, the place to start seems to be among women.”

- “Women, Support Women” by Emily Eldridge of The Agency Post

"Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break..."

Tue, 22 May 2012 19:15:44 -0500

“Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here. Make. Good. Art.”

- -Neil Gaiman

Cocktail Hour: May 18, 2012

Fri, 18 May 2012 16:23:19 -0500

It’s officially here: Facebook IPO Week. GM started off the Facebook announcements by stating that it would be pulling $10 million in paid advertising from the site, saying that the investment was ineffective in terms of sales. Many people wrote articles about being sick of hearing about Facebook. Unfortunately, readers proceeded to “Like” and “Recommend” those articles thousands of times. Yahoo again showed us how not to succeed in the work world — don’t cuss out everyone you meet and don’t lie on your résumé. Twitter showed that it respects your privacy by working with Firefox’s Do Not Track feature, and the world’s first Wikipedia town — Monmouthpedia — was founded.

Continue reading on The Agency Post…

thiswolf: This is one of those ideas that will get more in...

Tue, 15 May 2012 13:58:51 -0500

thiswolf:

This is one of those ideas that will get more in terms of PR than it did in real engagement. I doubt that anyone actually used the mini metro but what it did do is generate a lot of chatter about the stunt so in that way it is a success.

Pocket-sized Metro.

To promote the mobile version of the Metro newspaper in Canada, advertising agency Rethink came up with the following campaign. Their idea was to set up a mini dispenser including QR Code, once scanned you were redirected to the app of the newspaper.

weandthecolor: Insect Traps An experimental animated short film...

Tue, 08 May 2012 14:47:10 -0500

weandthecolor:

Insect Traps

An experimental animated short film by MRK.

“‘Insect traps’ explores the digital nature of organic molecules and biological organisms. Virtual insects are injected in closed simulated environments where they fight for their lives against larger than life biomolecular structures.”

via: WE AND THE COLOR
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Edgar Allen Poe’s Tales of Mystery and...

Tue, 08 May 2012 14:39:14 -0500

Edgar Allen Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination illustrations from 1919 featured in FastCo.Design

Photo

Mon, 07 May 2012 15:52:46 -0500

Photo

Mon, 07 May 2012 10:50:39 -0500

dolcegabbana: Karlie Kloss in Dolce & Gabbana SS12 bodysuit...

Mon, 07 May 2012 09:33:49 -0500

dolcegabbana:

Karlie Kloss in Dolce & Gabbana SS12 bodysuit for Vogue Korea

Photos by Rafael Stahelin

Cocktail Hour: May 4, 2012

Fri, 04 May 2012 15:35:23 -0500

Cocktail Hour: May 4, 2012:

My weekly post on the best reads of the week.