a series of
small victories
and large defeats
and I am as
amazed
as any other
that
I have gotten
from there to
here."
— Charles Bukowski (via colinfirth)
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— Charles Bukowski (via colinfirth)
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Tv Cross (1966) by Nam June Paik
The images on the screens in the cross are products of electronic feedback – a phenomenon that’s characteristic of video technology, whereby a camera that’s hooked up to a monitor and simultaneously aimed at the same monitor spontaneously generates a stream of ever-changing images. Every movement of the camera causes new and suprisingly regular patterns. Feedback was the first electronic phenomenon to captivate both artists and the public with the sheer beauty of the infinite patterns.
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Did you know that in North America, Asians are bullied much, much more than other people of colour?
And yet, I’m told often that “you’re so lucky to be Asian, I wish I had your discipline”, “it’s not racism if you’re seen with positive connotations” or “you don’t…
— Real talk from Chris Rock (via unapologetically-black)
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Congratulations to Natasha Durley – her stunning landscape illustration ‘For The Love of Plants’ (above, and crops in the centre) has been shortlisted for the 2013 AOI Illustration Awards! We love the hand drawn textures and bright zingy colours she uses, and how her work has such a tropical vibe… if only we could dive in and go exploring.
Historical Evolution of Style: Japan, Illustrations c.1868-1908 via The New York Public Library
Katsushika Hokusai, The Great Wave Off Kanagawa, 1823-29
Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading The People, 1830
»ways the world ends« by richard grayson
The Hyper-realistic sculpture art of Felix Deac, featuring human-eqsue texture with alien shapes, invoke disgust and curiosity.
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