Quote of the Day – August 9 2015
“All painters are interested in photography to a certain extent.”
David Hockney
David Hockney – Peter Getting Out of Nick’s Pool, 1966, acrylic on canvas
They really are phone equipped cameras now…
Apple has been putting a lot of emphasis on the iPhone as a photography device, and that’s looking to take a step further with the iPhone 6s.
An employee of Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturing company that builds Apple’s iPhones, is claiming that the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus will have 12MP rear cameras and support […]
Quote of the Day – August 8 2015
“A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.”
Leonardo da Vinci
What Susan Sontag Teaches Us about Visual Culture and the Social Web
“Needing to have reality confirmed and experience enhanced by photographs is an aesthetic consumerism to which everyone is now addicted.”
From the article :
“Ever since its invention in 1839, the photographic image and its steady evolution have shaped our experience of reality — from chronicling our changing world and recording its diversity to helping us understand […]
Quote of the Day – August 7 2015
“Sensuality is the total mobilization of the senses: an individual observes his partner intently, straining to catch every sound.”
Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Yes, you can actually be addicted to Tinder
While Americans’ excessive use of Tinder has become a public nuisance, it’s not entirely users’ fault. Tinder is designed to play off your brain’s internal chemistry and get you permanently hooked, according to experts—which is why it’s nearly impossible to quit.
We talked to neuroscience, psychology, and social-media experts, who revealed the real reasons Tinder […]
Quote of the Day – August 6 2015
“To be thirsty and to drink water is the perfection of sensuality rarely achieved. Sometimes you drink water; other times you are thirsty.”
Jose Bergamin
What I’m reading… ‘The Romantic Manifesto’ by Ayn Rand
Listening to, actually. Having read the book years ago…
In this beautifully written and brilliantly reasoned collection of essays, Ayn Rand throws new light on the nature of art and its purpose in human life. Once again, Rand demonstrates her bold originality and her refusal to let conventional ideas define her sense of the truth.
Rand eloquently […]
Quote of the Day – August 5 2015
“Of all sexual aberrations, perhaps the most peculiar is chastity.”
Rimy de Gourmont