Mathias Rust: the teenager who flew to Red Square - video

How Maurice Sendak helped me stage his operas | Music | The Guardian

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heracliteanfire: Lichtenberg, Berlin 2008. 70 x 92 inches. From BERLIN © Mitch Epstein (via FANTOMATIK: Zoum Zoum #288)

heracliteanfire:

Lichtenberg, Berlin 2008. 70 x 92 inches. From BERLIN © Mitch Epstein (via FANTOMATIK: Zoum Zoum #288)

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contemporary-art-blog: Anish Kapoor artist indian born british artist, La Monnaie, Brussels, 2008Contemporary-Art-Blog

contemporary-art-blog:

Anish Kapoor artist indian born british artist, La Monnaie, Brussels, 2008
Contemporary-Art-Blog

theshipthatflew: Buster Keaton in The Electric House (1922)

theshipthatflew:

Buster Keaton in The Electric House (1922)

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"Asked about the public reaction to his film, he said: “I don’t know who the public is, except a bunch of people who will soon be dead.” Asked if it was an homage to the history of film, he said: “If you decide to live in that island which is cinema, it is a beautiful island, with a very big cemetery … if you feel the film is about cinema, it’s not a conscious process. If you make a film, you make cinema."

Holy Motors: love it or hate it, Cannes cognoscenti can’t stop talking about it | Film | The Guardian

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guy: Sentinels of the Arctic by Niccolò Bonfadini:  During winter, with temperatures ranging from -40 to -15, the trees in some areas of the Finnish Lapland get completely covered by snow and ice. This makes for a unique landscape, where everything is white and frozen as far as the eyes can see. That morning I slept in my tent to watch the sun rise from the top of a hill; an eerie mist was forming around the trees, enhancing the mysterious atmosphere.

guy:

Sentinels of the Arctic by Niccolò Bonfadini: 

During winter, with temperatures ranging from -40 to -15, the trees in some areas of the Finnish Lapland get completely covered by snow and ice. This makes for a unique landscape, where everything is white and frozen as far as the eyes can see. That morning I slept in my tent to watch the sun rise from the top of a hill; an eerie mist was forming around the trees, enhancing the mysterious atmosphere.

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theatlantic:

8 Bits of Wisdom From Neil Gaiman on Being a Creator

This is a fantastic speech by Neil Gaiman, addressing the 2012 graduating class of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Gaiman himself never graduated from college—in fact, he never even enrolled in college—yet he earned his place in literary culture as one of the most celebrated and prolific writers working today. Here, he imparts several pieces of life wisdom on young people beginning a career in the arts.

  1. Say “no” to projects that take you further from rather than closer to your own creative goals, however flattering or lucrative.
  2. Approach your creative labor with joy, or else it becomes work.
  3. Embrace your fear of failure. Make peace with the impostor syndrome that comes with success. Don’t be afraid of being wrong.
  4. When things get tough, make good art.

Read the rest. [via Brain Pickings]

basava: Breughel by George Krause

basava:

Breughel by George Krause

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theatlantic:

theatlanticvideo:

The Psychedelic Deconstruction of an Ordinary New York City Street

Cyriak Harris, an animator known for his disturbing, Escheresque animations, brings his signature style to this music video for Eskmo’s “We Got More.”

Woah.

theshipthatflew: antitacta:The Book of the Seven Mortal Sins, French 15th century manuscript; scanned from Gilles Néret’s Devils (Taschen publication).

theshipthatflew:

antitacta:The Book of the Seven Mortal Sins, French 15th century manuscript; scanned from Gilles Néret’s Devils (Taschen publication).

basava: alternative landscape by *BenoitPaille

basava:

alternative landscape by *BenoitPaille