A Howl at the Moon

ckck: If you can’t be with the one you love, love the one...

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:58:38 -0400

ckck:

If you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with.

This is everything I believe in.

catastrofe: divertirsi ai tempi dell’arca My history is what...

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:08:45 -0400

catastrofe:

divertirsi ai tempi dell’arca

My history is what should have happened.

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: silience

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:40:31 -0400

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: silience:

dictionaryofobscuresorrows:

n. the kind of unnoticed excellence that carries on around you every day, unremarkably—the hidden talents of friends and coworkers, the fleeting solos of subway buskers, the slapdash eloquence of anonymous users, the unseen portfolios of aspiring artists—which would be renowned as masterpieces if…

annarnott: Yossi Lemel - In Mexico City (2008)

Mon, 06 May 2013 00:12:33 -0400

annarnott:

Yossi Lemel - In Mexico City (2008)

"Look at yourselves. Are you not all walking citations? To the extent you see yourself and your..."

Thu, 02 May 2013 03:23:02 -0400

“Look at yourselves. Are you not all walking citations? To the extent you see yourself and your Duracell soul as snowflakes, crystalline, fragile and exquisitely and individually wrought, recall that snowflakes seem quite different shoveled en mass on the sidewalk, that they melt on the tongue to no one’s satisfaction, and that they are, in essence, water briefly clustered around dust.”

- Vanessa Place, I is not a subject (via invisiblestories)

bmo-is-cute: My favorite crossover: Breaking Bad and Adventure...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:14:28 -0400

bmo-is-cute:

My favorite crossover: Breaking Bad and Adventure Time!

moar adventure time

The two best shows on television, now the single best show on television.

tellthebees: Franz Kafka looked up from the macaroni and cheese he had just made. “It’s runny,” he...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:11:12 -0400

tellthebees:

Franz Kafka looked up from the macaroni and cheese he had just made. “It’s runny,” he said to his friend. “Do you think it’ll thicken?”

“Nah,” said his friend, who was Friedrich Nietzsche. “You didn’t add butter.”

Kafka returned his attention to the bowl. There was not space enough in his brain for all the bad thoughts.

I would reblog this 1000 times.

its-all-on-your-mind: http://its-all-on-your-mind.tumblr.com/ T...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:40:02 -0400

its-all-on-your-mind:

http://its-all-on-your-mind.tumblr.com/

These deer have been pulling the wool over our eyes for too long.

mapsontheweb: Paramount Studios’ Map of California Geographical...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:33:05 -0400

mapsontheweb:

Paramount Studios’ Map of California Geographical Facsimiles for Filming
Source: Ambrosia Voyeur (flickr)

All you need is an actor and a spectator…

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:19:27 -0400

All you need is an actor and a spectator…

Normal Distribution

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:05:04 -0400

Statistics has liberated me.

Specifically, the Normal Distribution curve.

I’m no statistician. I studied it a little in high school, and a little more in college, but we were allowed a one-page cheat sheet on the tests and I write small, so I didn’t learn much.

But I do remember Normal Distribution, if for no other reason than the fact that most measurable things conform to it with a large enough sample size. Maybe that’s why it’s called Normal Distribution. It’s normal.

It seems obvious to say, but only 10% of the artists in the world can be in the top 10% of artists in the world. That means only 10% of my work will be in the top 10% of the work I’ve ever made. In fact, according to the Curve, roughly 68% of my work will be really close to average. Only half my work can ever be above average, and half my work will be below average.

This doesn’t mean I just hang up my work boots, it just means I’m numerically allowed to cut myself slack if, come opening night, this is not the best thing I’ve ever made. Only one thing can be the best thing. And only one moment can be the best moment. Obviously I can look for patterns - what do the above average pieces of work have in common and how do I replicate those things - and that will push my average higher in the Normal Distribution of artists in the world, but when I come to die, and I look back on what will hopefully be a very large body of work, half of it will be below average. No matter what I do. In fact, the better an artist I become, the more work will be statistically below average.

If I wring my hands and beat my brains every time my work isn’t up to snuff, and if I shudder when I look back on my work, it is because I am resisting reality. It is because I have not accepted a fundamental rule of the Universe. That’s what fools do, and I’m no fool (most of the time).

Cutting one’s self slack is a scientific necessity.

So I practice humility in the face of a statistical Truth. I look for a repeatable pattern and I don’t get mad at myself for missing it.

50% of the time I’ll do this pretty well, and 50% of the time I won’t do it very well.

moviesincolor: Martin Scorsese WeekThe King of Comedy,...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:37:52 -0400

moviesincolor:

Martin Scorsese Week
The King of Comedy, 1982
Cinematography: Fred Schuler

myhedonismmyhell: Lili was born with these black spots, and...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:22:06 -0400

myhedonismmyhell:

Lili was born with these black spots, and when she was two years old, her mother could no longer stand this “fur child”, and in her frustration abandoned Lili, never to return. Her father, who had been working long-term in Guiyang brought her to a children’s nursery, and never reappeared.

There are black spots the size of fists and coins spread over her body. On these spots also grow downy black fur. These black spots cover over 60% of her skin.

Lili is very lively and energetic, and loves to laugh. She also tries to find other children to play with, but the other little children either run away scared or make fun of her. Over time, Lili had a nickname: Little Monkey.

blunderbussmag: Alex Howe—Blunderbuss editor and the Pauline...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:20:43 -0400

blunderbussmag:

Alex Howe—Blunderbuss editor and the Pauline Kael of GIFs—on the micro-drama above: “We aren’t better than animals; atavism can be an improvement. Food, shelter, affection! I read about a girl who saw Oprah suggest ‘zones’ for a child’s room: play, clothes, etc. The girl ran to her room and made zones, the first flowering of an OCD that dogged her for years.”

"Crow realized God loved him- Otherwise, he would have dropped dead. So that was proved. Crow..."

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:57:05 -0400

“

Crow realized God loved him-
Otherwise, he would have dropped dead.
So that was proved.
Crow reclined, marvelling, on his heart-beat.

And he realized that God spoke Crow-
Just existing was His revelation.

But what Loved the stones and spoke stone?
They seemed to exist too.
And what spoke that strange silence
After his clamour of caws faded?

And what loved the shot-pellets
That dribbled from those strung-up mummifying crows?
What spoke the silence of lead?

Crow realized there were two Gods-

One of them much bigger than the other
Loving his enemies
And having all the weapons.

”

- “Crow’s Theology”, Ted Hughes (via thebloodybusiness)

Working I

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:20:31 -0400

I’m trying to make an immersive theatrical event which will build a temporary community around the creation of art and the harmony and discord between our animalistic and divine natures.

But all I made tonight was an omelet.

Photo

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:26:20 -0400

alfredlordtennisanyone: le-desir-de-lautre: shootingdaggerz: Lit...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:25:00 -0400

alfredlordtennisanyone:

le-desir-de-lautre:

shootingdaggerz:

Little “Nap”!

LOL

The monkey is already a soldier!

nevertrustamanwithamoustache: Three skeletons at the piano by...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:23:56 -0400

nevertrustamanwithamoustache:

Three skeletons at the piano by The National Archives UK on Flickr.

"When I say I’m cruel, I mean I can’t get on without making people suffer. Like a live coal. A live..."

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:23:33 -0400

“When I say I’m cruel, I mean I can’t get on without making people suffer. Like a live coal. A live coal in others’ hearts. When I’m alone I flicker out.”

- Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit (via myarmisnotalilactree)