something about direct sunlight in bedrooms… its just so magical
the tenderness that comes into peoples voices when they read to little kids
musings on may
Franz Kafka Diaries, 1914-1923 | Felix Vallotton, The Dordogne with Carrenac (1925) | Vera Brittain, “Because You Died: Poetry and Prose of the First World War and After” | Jin Xingye | Haruki Murakami, "Norwegian Wood" | Jin Xingye
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The moon was so bright and jupiter motu and they all look so nice together
The moon and jupiter (right above it ) in the first two images . Last image - jupiter (above) and saturn ( really dim and top right 2 o' clock.
Peder Balke - The North Cape by Moonlight
Kiminin yalnızlığı hastanın kaçışıdır; kiminin yalnızlığıysa, hastalardan kaçıştır.
Nietzsche
“For nothing is fixed, forever and forever and forever, it is not fixed; the earth is always shifting, the light is always changing, the sea does not cease to grind down rock. Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have. The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.”
— James Baldwin, from “Nothing Personal,” in Collected Essays
The finger of God; Western Veil ll starpunker
It didn’t rain for you, maybe, but it always rains for me. The sky shatters and rains shards of glass.
– Tablo, Pieces of You
Ornitographies by Xavi Bou
ORNITOGRAPHIES ARISES FROM THE AUTHOR’S CONCERN FOR CAPTURING THOSE UNNOTICED MOMENTS AND FROM THE INTEREST IN QUESTIONING THE LIMITS OF HUMAN PERCEPTION.
Xavi Bou focuses on birds, his great passion, in order to capture in a single time frame, the shapes they generate when flying, making visible the invisible.
Unlike other motion analyses which preceded it, Ornitographies moves away from the scientific approach of chronophotography used by photographers like Eadweard Muybridge and Etienne-Jules Marey.
The approach used by Xavi Bou to portray the scene is not invasive; moreover, it rejects the distant study, resulting in organic form images that stimulate the imagination.
TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE, AND CREATIVITY COMBINE TO CREATE EVOCATIVE IMAGES WHICH SHOW THE SENSUALITY AND BEAUTY OF THE BIRD’S MOVEMENTS AND WHICH ARE, AT THE SAME TIME, CLUES FOR THOSE WISHING TO IDENTIFY OR RECOGNIZE THEM.
In Ornitographies, the skill envied by men, the long-lasting shared yearning of flying, is presented to us, extending our visual perception.
Art and science walk hand in hand to create images, which are no longer a single portrait of reality but become a witness of the instants that, for a moment, were past, present, and future all at once.
ORNITOGRAPHIES IS A BALANCE BETWEEN ART AND SCIENCE; A NATURE-BASED DISSEMINATION PROJECT AND A VISUAL POETRY EXERCISE BUT ABOVE ALL, AN INVITATION TO PERCEIVE THE WORLD WITH THE SAME CURIOUS AND INNOCENT LOOK OF THE CHILD WE ONCE WERE.
( information and pictures from his website
xavibou.com)
I feel like community is objectively the best show to ever exist
Like even if it wasn’t my favourite I still think it should be considered the best show out there like they just went the extra mile in so many things
First of all humour wise it’s a kind of funny that will always be funny like it’s not reliant on reference humour in the way so many shows nowadays are, and also it’s the little things they do that make it an overall more entertaining experience like its just laced in so effortlessly while still moving the story along because they aren’t trying to hard
Second of cinematically like directing styles and that it’s amazing I don’t know much about filming and that but I feel it’s aesthetically shot and also so clever with the high concept episodes and how they do all of that like I feel the boat scene in beginners pottery is really brilliant and often overlooked like they fitted this really cool shot into what was really an unassuming episode
Thirdly the soundtrack is unparalleled they used music in such a good and clever way like in epidemiology for comedy purposes or to explore characters like Jeff being a hardcore Dave Matthews fan and also Ludwig Göransson composed so many Greta peices that really fitted with the vibe of the show but even individually were amazing
They also had such nuanced and developed relationships that all worked and were realistic and showed the dynamics so well in such a way you understood why they were all friends in such a way that even most other character driven shows don’t do like it showed such a range of different types of relationships and you saw how they all affected each other
Fifth the actual characters were so unique like you know how people say there are like 8 types of sitcom characters well none of the community characters fit into that like really they are so original in a way that hadn’t been done and hasn’t been replicated all of them are separately funny even the background characters like Leonard and Garrett are entertaining and you somehow feel as if you know them even if they haven’t had like loads of screen time and development
The characters all have good arcs it’s unrealistic for all of the characters to not grow at all during a show and yet many tv shows don’t give their characters growth and development in the way community does the ones that most standout to me are Jeff and Troy
It done all of this amazing work on such a small budget like I watched the dvd commentary and they had basically nothing compared to most shows but they did so much with what they did it’s astounding how they managed that
Anyway this was basically just a really long rant about how much I love community but I truly do believe they are unparalleled in what they did like I don’t think it can ever be replicated because overall it is just such an astounding piece of television and I think it should be appreciated more