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suicideblonde:

Using countless transparent layers of gouache, Japanese artist Kazuki Takamatsu (featured in Hi-Fructose Vol. 16) creates paintings that mimic 3D depth mapping technology. Takamatsu executes this holograph-like effect entirely by hand, giving his viewers a glimpse into an illusory world populated by ghostly, Lolita-esque figures. Takamatsu recently opened his solo show, “Japanese Ideology of Puberty,” at Culver City’s Corey Helford Gallery. 

Everyone: Look at Kazuki Takamatsu’s work. Do it. Do it. DO IT NOW.

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Andreas Nicolas Fischer; Schwarm VII; [generative Software]; 2013; Dimensions variable;

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Andreas Nicolas Fischer; Schwarm VII; [generative Software]; 2013; Dimensions variable;

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kateoplis:

Reiner Riedler’s shots of original filmrolls from The Deutsche Kinemathek

The Unseen

Get it while it lasts, folks. The movies of the future will be all digital, all the time.

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svaha3:

Compassion is not for others. It is not something to read about or admire. It is not something to praise. It is not a philosophy alone. It is not a dry ideal state beyond us….
Compassion is a priority and a way of life we have to embody daily. It can be hard or easy, depending on how much we want it and realize others need it.
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svaha3:

Compassion is not for others. It is not something to read about or admire. It is not something to praise. It is not a philosophy alone. It is not a dry ideal state beyond us….

Compassion is a priority and a way of life we have to embody daily. It can be hard or easy, depending on how much we want it and realize others need it.

Tsem Rinpoche

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thisfeliciaday:

You are officially spoiled if you read below, NO COMPLAINTS!

Up front I will say I enjoyed this latest Star Trek movie a lot. It was super noisy, but enjoyable, beautifully executed, and I particularly like some of the secondary characters, Spock was excellent, etc etc. I just want to share an…

Disclaimers: Spoilers. 

Also, I am primarily a Star Wars fan, so if I have made mistakes below, feel free to politely help clarify!

This is a different reality. If you’re going to reboot Khan as a white male you should feel welcome to step outside of the typical casting for other characters, too. I thought Benedict Cumberbatch did an amazing job as Khan, however I felt like other characters could also have been cast in this Star Trek alternate reality to reflect the fact that it has always been in many ways a pioneer of diversity. In my opinion, you are more than welcome to cast someone you find fits the role just as Benedict Cumberbatch did for Khan in “color-blind casting,” but this could be reflected as well in traditionally white male characters, such as Christopher Pike or Admiral Marcus. Historically, while sadly lacking in other than cis-gendered non-heterosexual relationships and orientations, Star Trek has always welcomed cast members from many backgrounds, and shows a truly global, let alone intergalactic view of its universe. And it owned that. Again. And again. So why did this incarnation not? Were those Starfleet meetings supposed to be comprised of members of all of the United Federation of Planets? If so, why do I not recall there being any representatives of note besides white, human males? 

The role of women in the film, as Felicia Day says in the post above, is also extremely disappointing. Though Uhura shows bravery with, “Then Let Me Speak Klingon,” besides that, most of her conversations revolve on her relationship to Spock. And while Alice Eve does a commendable job in the narrow role of Dr. Marcus, despite her intellect and her possession of tenacious curiosity and drive to place herself aboard Enterprise, her gratuitous lingerie scene with Kirk and the use of her relationship to her father as her largest contributions to the film are disheartening. (We also don’t know why we can’t see her face.) Even if the two characters had spoke, it is unlikely that the film would pass the Bechdel Test

This is the future, and in the future, we should all hope that those sitting around the Starfleet roundtable preparing to make important decisions are more diverse. That the people who “boldly go” are much bolder than this. 

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TangoCharlieESQ

Isn’t traveling wonderful?

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batfish:

I’ve been aboard refuelers who were giving the drink to my fighter jets, but that was daytime.  This is awfully pretty.

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whitmoosh:

- Eos, by Claire Prebble

I would like to take a moment to think about the phenomenal wearable art of Claire Prebble, which you can see more of at her website.

This is called Eos, named for the goddess of the dawn, but also stands for “Evolution of Spirit” here. It is made of silk, wire, and beads, and took over a thousand hours to create.

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In this picture from the early 1940s, travelers in California’s San Joaquin Valley gather owl’s clover and blue lupine in a field along Route 99.

In this picture from the early 1940s, travelers in California’s San Joaquin Valley gather owl’s clover and blue lupine in a field along Route 99.

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rcruzniemiec:

Photographic Memories

Chinese artist Dong Hong-Oai used a style known as pictorialism to create incredible photographs that look like traditional Chinese paintings. Pictorialism in general refers to a style in which the photographer has somehow manipulated what would otherwise be a straightforward photograph as a means of “creating” an image rather than simply recording it.

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Fly-In Movie Theater, which catered to helicopters and small piston planes, as well as cars, 1949

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Fly-In Movie Theater, which catered to helicopters and small piston planes, as well as cars, 1949

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jakiiiro:

Photographs taken inside musical instruments making them look like large and spacious rooms.

mierswa-kluska.

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lamorchemoveilsoleelaltrestelle:

Beauty has no age

Yohji Yamamoto, ‘Cutting Age’ Fashion Show in Berlin, 25th April 2013

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