Children back at school.
Apples falling.
People talking about Halloween already.
Indian Summer ahead.
This one is really long I ought to be doing these weekly.
Dot To Dot by Melt Yourself Down
Malukayi (feat Konono No.1) by Mbongwana Star
My Willing Heart by James Blake
22 (OVER S∞∞N) (Bob Moose Extended Cab Version) by Bon Iver
The Jordan River Song by Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou
“After a while it becomes clear that there is no single unitary narrative nor a single mystery, but that there are many, branching out from each room and door, suggesting an infinity of readings and of occupations.”
My summer project creating an art exhibit using the Vive virtual reality system and Google’s TiltBrush. The future of education, not only in art, but across all disciplines will be influenced by virtual reality.
by Matthew Mauk
found via the Nearsightedmonkey who added:
I love the shots of people ‘in the garden’ — the way their bodies behave while they are seeing things that aren’t otherwise there. They are not only able to ‘see’ these images, they can put their heads inside of them.
Read at the level at which you want to write. Reading is the nourishment that feeds the kind of writing you want to do. If what you really love to read is y, it might be hard for you to write x.
Exercising is a good analogy for writing. If you’re not used to exercising you want to avoid it forever. If you’re used to it, it feels uncomfortable and strange not to. No matter where you are in your writing career, the same is true for writing. Even fifteen minutes a day will keep you in the habit.
You can only write regularly if you’re willing to write badly. You can’t write regularly and well. One should accept bad writing as a way of priming the pump, a warm-up exercise that allows you to write well.
– Jennifer Egan – Why We Write
via Brain Pickings
These are joined up Instagram Stories from last month.
I’ve been having lots of fun playing with the new facility, it’s more friendly to animators than Snapchat, I feel. The lack of pressure of permanence invites experimentation, because if you fail, it’s gone in 24 hours, so who cares. That’s the way wonderful accidents can happen.
And we like those.
(Edit: This is also now viewable on YouTube)
Ballard formed the ‘novel’ from scientific and technical material cut from professional literature such as Chemical and Engineering News (Ballard then worked for the journal of the Society of Chemical Industry). Letters, words and sentence fragments are pasted onto backing sheets with glue. Their design visually references everyday media, with headlines, body text and double-page spreads suggesting a magazine layout. Originally Ballard planned to display the work on billboards, as if it was a public advertisement.
From the British Library.
Found via @derekbeaulieu & @johnbrissenden.
Sun setting later than expected.
Wasps harassing one when eating salad.
Leaves falling.
Fruit heavy on the vine.
People selling Massive Attack tickets.
All that.
Shakedown Street by Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Her Life by Two Feet
Paul Greer 