“You constantly revile me with your singular lack of vision. Be aware, there is an essential truth and beauty in all things. From the death throes of a speared gazelle to the damaged smile of a freeway homeless. But that does not mean that the invisibility of something implies its lack of being. Though simpleton babies foolishly believe the person before them vanishes when they cover their eyes during a hateful game of peek-a-boo, this is a fallacy. And so it is that the unseen dusty build up that accumulates behind the DVD shelves in the rumpus room exists also. This is unacceptable.”
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“The reason I’m an artist is that it’s one of the few things that you can do in this world in which you are totally free — absolutely no one tells you what you can do and what you can’t do.” »
“Regular John” by Queens Of The Stone Age (1998)
According to LastFM, I listened to this song more than anything else in 2011.
Have 75 years of television made us smarter?
“A curious phenomenon is occurring each Wednesday. The BBC is receiving a lot of love. Well, to be specific, David Attenborough’s current series is. Frozen Planet is so beautifully put together, so moving, so informative, that even those cynical journalists who routinely abuse the BBC on behalf of their paymasters for the simple reason their products are in direct competition with it are eagerly embracing the brilliance of this programme.”
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Tessellate by alt-J (2011)
Occam’s razor »
“The principle was often inaccurately summarized as “the simplest explanation is most likely the correct one.” This summary is misleading, however, since in practice the principle is actually focused on shifting the burden of proof in discussions.That is, the razor is a principle that suggests we should tend towards simpler theories (see justifications section below) until we can trade some simplicity for increased explanatory power. Contrary to the popular summary, the simplest available theory is sometimes a less accurate explanation. Philosophers also add that the exact meaning of “simplest” can be nuanced in the first place.“
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“Whatever your idea is, don’t dwell on it. The execution is the important thing, not the idea. Ideas are shit. Anyone can have an idea and most people usually do.” »
The industry holds up rare examples of experimentation from the ‘mainstream’ media as paragon instances of innovation »
How to film a graphic novel
“The first thing to remember is that it’s not a graphic novel, it’s a comic. People are so afraid to say the word “comic”. It makes you think of a grown man with pimples, a ponytail and a big belly. Change it to “graphic novel” and that disappears. No: it’s all comics. Movies are all movies. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Orson Welles: one is shit, the other isn’t. But they’re all movies.”
Paul Greer 