Beauty always takes place in the particular, and if there are no particulars the chances of seeing it go down.”
An Optimism Bias.
A delightful interview with Tali Sharot about why we are illogically optimistic.
Moving images move.
A brilliant clip about the way we interpret color from the BBC series Do you see what I see?
R.I.P. Cy twombly.
misrecognized identity.
“But even with respect to the most insignificant things in life, none of us constitutes a material whole, identical for everyone, which a person has only to go look up as though we were a book of specifications or a last testament; our social personality is a creation of the minds of others. Even the very simple act that we call “seeing a person we know” is in part an intellectual one. We fill the physical appearance of the individual we see with all the notions we have about him and of the total picture that we form for ourselves, these notions certainly occupy the greater part.”
Page 19, Swann’s Way
David Hockney loves his iPad. (pixel related period?) »
Incredible little thing, really, because it was like a sketchbook and a paintbox all in one,” the artist says. Better, even: “No cleaning up. No mess.”
Nicole Krause on constructed identity.
My question: But why would you trust your memory?
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This is a great website which allows users to generate start-up as easily as generating interest.
Roger Deakins loves light.
By Rivane Neuenshwander.
Technology lust spurs creativity and vice versa.
On the similarity of composing video and paint.
William Kentridge speaks on static time vs reality process.
