I bought this the day it came out and it was like a bible for me for several years.
“It’s a New Year and with it comes a fresh opportunity to shape our world.
So this is my wish, a wish for me as much as it is a wish for you: in the world to come, let us be brave – let us walk into the dark without fear, and step into the unknown with smiles on our faces, even if we’re faking them.
And whatever happens to us, whatever we make, whatever we learn, let us take joy in it. We can find joy in the world if it’s joy we’re looking for, we can take joy in the act of creation.
So that is my wish for you, and for me. Bravery and joy.”
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“My answer, then, as you may have guessed, is very simple. I write in service of illumination and memory. I write to reach into ‘the blind world where no one can help.’ I write because it is a way of glimpsing the truth. And I write to create something of beauty.”
— via theparisreview
This is my contribution to Guest Directed Self Portrait #21 as directed by SexArtAndPolitics.
“Take a picture of your face. The camera should be straight on but slight deviation is acceptable. You can’t put your hand in the frame or use a prop. Be as done up or plain as you like. Use whatever expression you like. But the only things in the shot can be your head and some neck.”
(That’s really the best I could manage.)
Here’s another thing.
I made that there globe in this trailer for the new BBC series Africa, coming your way soon.
At BDH we made the graphics for this new series from Prof Brian Cox. It features a specially updated version of the Galaxy Song by Eric Idle, pretty much outlining the 4 billion year history of life in three and a half minutes.
Hope you’re all where you meant to be, and aren’t too soggy.
— via Diagrams that changed the world
Paul Greer 