Le Nuage is a neat short film by Russian film student Iulia Voitova which succinctly displays the many frustrations of creative output. Voitova created the work with the theme “bad weather” for La Poudrière animation film school:
Directing and animation : Iulia Voitova / Music : Lawrence Williams
Like Iulia Voitova’s style? Be sure to check out her art page http://ulavoytova.tumblr.com/
Look at this exquisite reef fish — the hallmark pink coloration Jeweled Gemfish. That is all 😀
Most species are found at deep reefs in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic, often well below depths reachable to a scuba diver.
‘Meateater’ is described by vocalist Lucinda John-Duarte as “about how frustrating it is to be categorised or stereotyped. We’re always in competition with each other or ourselves, trying to sell ourselves like meat and hiding parts of our being in the process.”
ALASKALASKA is a six-piece based in London, with roots from Scotland and Portugal and history working in jazz. This diverse array of influences came to bear on their debut EP last year, and seems only to be growing into a more potent force on their new single ‘Meateater’. Follow ALASKALASKA on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Californian photographer Craig Burrows has photographed hundreds of glowing flowers since 2014 after seeing Oleksandr Holovachov’s work with ultraviolet-induced visible fluorescence (UVIVF) photography. Here are his impressive findings (CLICK TO ENLARGE!):
“Each time I do a set of UVIVF photos, it starts with going out under the cover of darkness to snatch unsuspecting flowers growing around the neighborhood. I rarely know what to expect from a flower before I get it back to shoot. Some I think will dazzle end up flopping, and others I am surprised by their colors or light. Every one is a surprise!
In the same way a tee-shirt blue glows under a black light, most organic material glows at least a little with UV stimulation and in all kinds of colors. To make the most of it, I make sure I’m working in the darkest environment I can and use a 365nm light so the camera can’t see the UV light.
Any time the flowers are hit by sunlight, they’re letting off their own glow in response and it’s simply overwhelmed by the sunlight we can see. These photos capture something we always see, but never can observe.” – Burrows
Two years ago today, Prince Rogers Nelson passed away. He was an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, actor, and director, and he was loved the world over for those reasons and more. When Prince died in 2016, California artist Christine Stein painted a piece of plywood in the likeness of the late artist under a shrub outside her Citrus Heights home. Two years later, the shrub is in full bloom:
Prince fans are now making the pilgrimage to visit it, according to KTVU:
You can get a print of the flowering mural for $10 over at Stein’s Etsy shop.
The radio informed me that there were over fourteen thousand lightning strikes last night across Auckland, Northland. Wind speeds reached two hundred kilometers per hour in some areas, and power is still out to over ninety thousand homes and commercial businesses. Mine went out yesterday around 8 p.m.
The house was a little chilly today.
Dad suggested we go see a movie to kill time, before it got dark. We saw A QUIET PLACE, and we both agreed it was well told. When I came home the power was restored to the area, so it was out for roughly 27 hours. Not so bad, especially given what other parts of the country endured. I didn’t really want to gripe about the weather though, just wanted to have a written record of a moment, because it was nice. Doing my nightly/early morning writing under candlelight. Listening to Newstalk ZB radio the following day and then deciding to randomly see a movie with dad with an audience that was on edge throughout (hehe receptive much) and who were probably without power as well. Then coming home to reheat leftovers. No power got me feeling nostalgic, I guess. Used to make blanket forts in my room on rainy days and use the leftover sheets to cover the windows. Sit in the dark and listen to music on my mother’s Sony Walkman. Her mixtapes and the radio. And this funny thing used to happen on rainy days too, when evening came I’d run around the house looking at every windowsill, because I’d always find a small crocodile somewhere, waiting for me to gobble up. Thanks, Dad.
Links about the power situation: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/354736/as-it-happened-storm-aftermath-thousands-still-without-power / http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/04/weather-live-updates-auckland-wakes-up-to-massive-storm-damage.html
“After 3 months of work and probably more than 500 fails, I’m happy to present you my best video ever. Since magnets and marbles I’ve always wanted to make a big chain reaction in one take with this 2D style ! It’s also a “one marble path” which means you have to follow the same marble for all the tricks (in that case the little blue one.) Because everything is in a tilted plane, the hard part was to find different ways of having the marble riding up along the table (magnets, falling weight, catapult …). To do that, the marble has to be light. And because everything has to be triggered by this little marble, all the tricks are very unstable. Most fails happened when an element fall down earlier than expected.”
Discovered a new artist today while shuffling through random playlists, as you do, and she also happens to be a comic book illustrator and author. The first couple of issues of Lights‘ comic book series will be accompanied by new music from her fourth album, Skin & Earth. Here are the videos I saw today:
Savage is part of a bigger story (literally) as the vocalist’s album coincides with a comic series of the same name that she wrote and illustrated.
“I feel my whole life has lead up to a project like this. It’s a complete convergence of everything I love – music, comics, post-apocalyptic romance, crystals, wine and powerful ladies, all perfectly entwined. It’ll be by far my most care-free and fierce album yet. I think now, more than ever, people need a reason to listen to a whole record, and this is mine,” said Lights.
I had a good laugh with these commercials, especially at the end, so be sure to watch it all the way through. Sakeru gum comes in regular and long. In these TV ads, Chi-chan seems to prefer the long kind. About a dozen ads ran in the series over the past year, and we are lucky to have them all together with subtitles. While technically SFW, it’s full of innuendo that wouldn’t fly so well on American TV. The story takes some turns as Chi-chan battles her temptation and constantly loses, but it ends with a twist you do not see coming at all.
Since we’re on the topic of *cough cough* innuendo, McDonald’s Japan recently sent a startlingly suggestive tweet, encouraging customers with a pep talk, about French fries…
“The longest French fry isn’t necessarily the best French fry.
Short French fries, curved French fries, crispy French fries, and soft French fries. All of them have good points. All of them have people who love them.
As long as you value your own unique flavor, we believe you’ll be able to contribute in your own way. To all new employees, congratulations on your new jobs.
Sincerely,
McDonald’s French fries.”
A deep neural network making predictions on live camera input, trying to make sense of what it sees, in context of what it’s seen before. It can see only what it already knows, just like us.
Humanizing the idea that comprehension is reliant upon tangible concepts really reminds me of the climax in the film CONTACT (1997), so if you have yet to see it — spoiler alert —
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