Quote of the Day – October 19 2014
“Confusing monogamy with morality has done more to destroy the conscience of the human race than any other error.”
George Bernard Shaw
Quote of the Day – October 18 2014
“There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says “Morning, boys. How’s the water?” And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes “What […]
Couple got stuck together having sex in the ocean
Italian media reported that the man was “unable to extricate himself from the woman due to suction” after a dreamy romp turned into a nightmare.
Read more:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news
I just had to include this. I just love the images they select to illustrate stories like these.
And, believe it or not, this story was on the front […]
Facebook has been forced to rethink its stand on nudie calendars
A charity publication showing naked female rowers in the UK was pulled offline by the social media giant as it was labelled “pornographic”.
Thanks to public outrage, the cheeky calendar was reinstated and went on sale this week to raise funds for cancer support.
Read more:
[…]What I’m Reading… ‘Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative’
You don’t need to be a genius, you just need to be yourself. That’s the message from Austin Kleon, a young writer and artist who knows that creativity is everywhere, creativity is for everyone. A manifesto for the digital age…
Read more:
http://www.amazon.com/Steal-Like-Artist-Things-Creative/dp/0761169253/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_z
Facebook Adventures
I only restarted my Facebook presence about a week ago with a new page.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007618304700
2, 200 new friends later, mainly creatives, photography lovers and music people from all over the world… but, of course, some idiots also.
Had to post this:
“I posted something about this a week ago, but it looks as though I must […]
Quote of the Day – October 17 2014
“The function of the imagination is not to make strange things settled, so much as to make settled things strange.”
G.K. Chesterton
Writing About Music is Like Dancing About Architecture
“Writing About Music is Like Dancing About Architecture”
There is another common version of the quote: “Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.”
We are all familiar with this quote, but who actually said it first? Laurie Anderson? Steve Martin? Frank Zappa? Martin Mull? Elvis Costello? Thelonius Monk? Bowie?
All wrong, actually:
http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/11/08/writing-about-music/
And, thank you David […]
Quote of the Day – October 16 2014
Two quotes today actually:
All doors open to courtesy.
Thomas Fuller
Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
Honoré de Balzac
The tide goes in and out!
AbelCine Expo: Innovations in Lighting – Part 1 Beyond the Bulb
Ok, this isn’t for everyone, though it should be if you want to create better imagery.
Stills or motion, it doesn’t matter. If there is no light – or poor light – you wont be taking anything. It just doesn’t happen.
How well do you understand light? What it is… the instruments we use to create it […]