LUMINARY STUDIES

nevver: Rear Window

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:20:47 +1000

nevver:

Rear Window

itscolossal: Recycled Bike Part Chandeliers by Joe O’Connell...

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:01:24 +1000

itscolossal:

Recycled Bike Part Chandeliers by Joe O’Connell and Blessing Hancock

floresenelatico: Amandine Alessandra. As Lewis Carroll used to...

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:00:21 +1000

floresenelatico:

Amandine Alessandra. As Lewis Carroll used to say.

BLOG POST: On art and imitation

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:56:06 +1000

BLOG POST: On art and imitation:

“Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.” – Salvador Dali

Anyone who has spent much time in my company knows of my penchant for mimicry. This is largely manifested in the imitation of noises (from the beep-BEEP of the work card-reader to the screech of a baby dinosaur), but also of words, phrases, slang, intonations, accents, and even body language. As my poor family can attest to, this has been a lifelong tendency, and definitely a part of what makes me, me. (It only occasionally gets me in trouble when it’s taken as mockery.) My vernacular is made up of friends’ slang, phrases I’ve read, past jokes, familial hand gestures, and numerous morsels picked up from pop culture.

…So is yours, I imagine.

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"If there’s anything going on about time in my novels it’s really a spinoff of some other concern...."

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:01:16 +1000

“If there’s anything going on about time in my novels it’s really a spinoff of some other concern. Something to do with the fine print of consciousness itself. I mean, I’m interested in how to represent, obviously in a very stylized way, what it’s like to be thinking. Or what it’s like to be conscious, or sentient, or, fatally, only half-sentient. And how difficult it is to see Everything that’s going on and understand everything at one time and how much our recollections can play into what we accept as reality—how much perception is distorted by will. That’s something I find very interesting. The ways in which we convince ourselves, persuade ourselves of things, either to settle some notion of our own or an intellectual position.”

- Ian McEwan echoes what science has already told us about the fallibility of our memory. (via explore-blog)

crisbrolo: Heads Up. An Ironman inspired photo series where I...

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:00:27 +1000

crisbrolo:

Heads Up.

An Ironman inspired photo series where I experimented in combining glamour portraiture with Sci-Fi conceptualism in order to create a Heads-Up-Display for each color of the rainbow. The virtual interfaces were not constructed randomly. Each suit display was designed uniquely to fit that suit’s specific function.

Monarch (Red) - Interstellar Flight
Paladin (Orange) - Heavy Weapons
Vulcan (Yellow) - HazMat
Jackal (Green) - Ground Combat
Mark 9 (Blue) - Air Combat
Genie (Violet) - Stealth
Gemini (Pink) - Neural Link Prototype

Imaginary Towns Francesco Romoli via MyModernMet These are so...

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:43:38 +1000

Imaginary Towns

Francesco Romoli

via MyModernMet

These are so beautiful it makes me ache.

myjetpack: My new book of cartoons “You’re All Just Jealous...

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:00:22 +1000

myjetpack:

My new book of cartoons “You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack” is out now. Details are here.

icancauseaconstellation: Eleanor Antin, 100 Boots, 1971 –...

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:01:11 +1000

icancauseaconstellation:

Eleanor Antin, 100 Boots, 1971 – 1973

Photographed by Philip Steinmetz

"That’s what art does, that’s what it’s for — to show you that what you think can be erased,..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:00:30 +1000

“That’s what art does, that’s what it’s for — to show you that what you think can be erased, cancelled, turned on its head by something you weren’t prepared for — by a work, by a play, a song, a scene in a movie, a painting, a collage, a cartoon, an advertisement — something that has the power that reaches you far more strongly than it reaches the person standing next to you, or even anyone else on Earth — art that produces a revelation that you might not be able to explain or pass on to anyone else, a revolution that you desperately try to share in your own words, in your own work.”

- A fine addition to history’s finest definitions of art from Greil Marcus’s fantastic 2013 SVA commencement address on how the division of high vs. low robs art of its essence. (via explore-blog)

Street urchin by JB Knibbs on Flickr.

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:28:12 +1000

Street urchin by JB Knibbs on Flickr.

abstraire: Megan Wilson

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:01:04 +1000

Hope

Dusk

Black Skies

Untitled

Rainbow Veins

abstraire:

Megan Wilson

africanfashion: For those of you who criticize Janelle’s...

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:00:33 +1000

africanfashion:

For those of you who criticize Janelle’s signature monochromatic look.

From her speech on “Black Girls Rock”:

“When I started my music career, I was a maid. I used to clean houses. My mother was a proud janitor. My stepfather, who raised me like his very own, worked at the post office and my father was a trashman. They all wore uniforms and that’s why I stand here today, in my black and white, and I wear my uniform to honor them.

This is a reminder that I have work to do. I have people to uplift. I have people to inspire. And today, I wear my uniform proudly as a Cover Girl. I want to be clear, young girls, I didn’t have to change who I was to become a Cover Girl. I didn’t have to become perfect because I’ve learned throughout my journey that perfection is the enemy of greatness.

Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable.” - Janelle Monáe

"What is it about lists that we find so irresistible? As far as I can tell, no one has tried to..."

Tue, 14 May 2013 08:01:30 +1000

“What is it about lists that we find so irresistible? As far as I can tell, no one has tried to figure it out (though it’s possible there are psychologists who have solved the mystery, and I just haven’t seen their work). Maybe it has to do with the promise of something both finite and complete, distilling the world down to something you can manage and then be done with. The world is full of photos of cute corgis, but these 37 are the cutest, and once you’ve seen them not only will your day be a little sweeter but you need search no more for cute corgi photos. It could also be the attraction of something easy to read—because it’s broken into small pieces, you know it won’t require too much work to read, you’ll be able to skim it easily, and if you want to read part of it and then stop, you’ll be able to.”

- Why we love lists. Better yet, Susan Sontag on the allure of lists. (via explore-blog)

I’m afraid you have me at something of a disadvantage. (or, The...

Mon, 13 May 2013 22:42:00 +1000

I’m afraid you have me at something of a disadvantage. (or, The Duel) by JB Knibbs on Flickr.

myampgoesto11: Oleg Oprisco Photography

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:00:52 +1000

myampgoesto11:

Oleg Oprisco Photography

artmonia: Leslie Ann O´Dell

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:00:32 +1000

artmonia:

Leslie Ann O´Dell

On doing what you love

Sat, 11 May 2013 08:18:17 +1000

austinkleon:

“The key to eternal happiness is low overhead and no debt.”
—Lynda Barry

Anybody who tells people to “do what you love no matter what” should also have to teach a money management course.

Low overhead + no debt + “do what you love” = a good life.

“I deserve nice things” + debt + “do what you love” = a time bomb.

(Image from Steal Like An Artist)

Incredible! caoine: Light sculpture Forms in Nature by Hilden...

Tue, 07 May 2013 08:01:21 +1000

Incredible!

caoine:

Light sculpture Forms in Nature by Hilden & Diaz

mitjaissick: Felice Varini

Mon, 06 May 2013 16:00:34 +1000

mitjaissick:

Felice Varini