Quote of the Day – December 9 2015
“Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.”
Bertolt Brecht
Understanding the Myth of Left Brain and Right Brain Dominance
Given the popularity of the idea of “right brained” and “left brained” thinkers, it might surprise you learn that this idea is just one of many myths about the brain.
While the idea of right brain / left brain thinkers has been debunked, its popularity persists.
So what exactly did this theory suggest?
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Quote of the Day – December 8 2015
“Almost every porn website in the world is in bad taste. The colours clash, the language is aggressive, the site is jumbled and chaotic. This isn’t a minor point. The French publishing house Gallimard takes immense trouble with its book jackets, because it knows that the experience of a book doesn’t begin with just the […]
Perfect and Unrehearsed
Beginning photographers are often tempted to reduce photography to rigid rules.
The rule of thirds — thinking of the picture plane in terms of a grid made of three equal vertical and three equal horizontal divisions, with the points of interest placed at the intersections of these lines — is a common starting point. More sophisticated […]
Quote of the Day – December 7 2015
‘The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.’
Andy Warhol
Impermanence. Photographs Of Beautiful Abandoned Places In Europe
Photographer Christian Richter fell in love with uninhibited buildings when he was just a child and since then has spent his career traveling Europe to capture the beauty within no longer used buildings.
His work ranges from desolate churches to deserted hospitals and can all be seen on his Instagram page, which has an army of […]
Quote of the Day – December 6 2015
“Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.”
Oscar Wilde
Summer is here in Australia. Reading “Naked At Lunch”
Not to be confused with Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs, this a light but amusing read on a sunny day
From article:
“Haskell Smith devotes several chapters in his book to trying to answer why many European cultures are so relaxed with nudity compared to other Western countries.
“The US is much more uptight than Australia, but […]
Quote of the Day – December 5 2015
“The two most engaging powers of a photograph are to make new things familiar and familiar things new.”
William Thackeray
Visit my tumblrs:
Hitchcock/Truffaut finally released!
“Ideas are less interesting than the human beings who have them.”
Francois Truffaut (February 6, 1932-October 21, 1984)
Intelligent discussion about film is rare these days. This is something I am very much looking forward to….
In 1962 Alfred Hitchcock and François Truffaut locked themselves away in Hollywood for a week to excavate the secrets behind the mise-en-scène […]