The video for “Love Is Making Its Way Back Home” was created with over 12,000 pieces of construction paper, shown as it was shot, with no effects added in post. The song is featured on Josh Ritter’s new EP, “Bringing In The Darlings,” available on 2/21/2012.
Putting our feelings and emotions into words is often a good thing. For example, verbalizing unpleasant negative emotions may reduce the strength of the emotional response and thereby contribute to psychological well-being. We should perhaps be more cautious when it comes to putting more subtle, “intuitive” feelings into words. A study by Ayumi Yamada published [...]
Artist Phil Cuttance uses a machine he designed to create beautiful faceted resin vases, lightshades, and tables. The process, as shown in the video below, on the hand-cranked machine is a real treat to watch and learn. via
For the fans of PBS’s series, “Downton Abbey,” New York Magazine’s Vulture has created a series of four spot-on, fun paper dolls with some of the best characters from the show. Awesome. Now you can play along with the characters and double your pleasure. You can print these out here. via
Artist Hong Yi spent about 12 hours to create this unique portrait of a singer, Jay Chou, inspired by his song, “Secret.” Yi explains that the opening sentence about lifting up a coffee cup off the saucer and the ending of the song about autumn leaves and fragmented pieces became her visual ideas. She [...]
Check out Korok Chatterjee’s visualization of an excerpt from David Brooks’ 2011 book “The Social Animal.” It is a wonderful way to communicate Brooks’ musings on the unconscious, or as Carl Jung would put it, “the shadow aspect.” via e>
Curator David Little says the inspiration for “The Sports Show,” at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, came when he saw a Paul Pfeiffer exhibition at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin. “I walk into this completely spare gallery with just these beautiful wood floors and barely perceptible speakers around the room, and the sound of this [...]
Argentinian filmmaker Fernando Livschitz’s mind-bending video for Inception Park has rollercoasters and other rides spin and twirl around buildings in Buenos Aires without tracks. That’s the cool magic of computer-generated special effects for you. via
This is an advice list from the late great jazz pianist Thelonious Monk, who died 30 years ago. Transcript T.MONK’S ADVICE (1960) JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT A DRUMMER, DOESN’T MEAN YOU DON’T HAVE TO KEEP TIME. PAT YOUR FOOT & SING THE MELODY IN YOUR HEAD, WHEN YOU PLAY. STOP PLAYING ALL THOSE [...]
Jacob Sutton’s video of pro snowboarder William Hughes dash across the French Alps in an LED-charged snowsuit is so very cool. The graphic black and white visual and the haunting soundtrack are quite arresting. On his site, Sutton writes, “I’ve always been excited by unusual ways of lighting things, so it seemed like an exciting [...]