Images that move me
by Langdon Graves
Monday, April 26, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Monday, April 05, 2010
old friends
I had a dream last night I was in an attic with an old friend. We sat across from each other cross legged and there was a deep aching to embrace. But as one moved toward the other, the distance was maintained, our bodies levitating away from each other and neither of us could penetrate the space. There was a point or fulcrum between us that we both revolved around but couldn't move closer to. The aching remained but the distance was accepted as appropriate. We stared. I felt I was holding back tears so as not to spoil the time. Symbols appeared permanently burned at the skin in the hollow below our necks but indecipherable. Perhaps this was the reason for the separation, but I didn't know.
I woke with a profound sadness and the feeling I had done something wrong. But the show I am working on, daily schedule, and the rush of the present quickly regained my emotions.
I woke with a profound sadness and the feeling I had done something wrong. But the show I am working on, daily schedule, and the rush of the present quickly regained my emotions.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
nature by Numbers
I remember being in love with this film they showed in elementary about how nature and math were seamless. i never really liked math, because it was just pointless calculation in school. But that film made it something that really existed. Filmmaker Cristóbal Vila produced this short animation, called Nature By Numbers, which shows examples of how mathematical relationships such as the Fibonacci sequence, golden ratio, and the Delaunay triangulationcan be found in the natural world.
Enjoy!
Nature by Numbers from Cristóbal Vila on Vimeo.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Lonely with everybody around
I live in one of the most populated cities in the world. But within this city, I have seen and experienced the most prolific solitude of my life. Not only personally have I felt the most individualized and lonely, but on the streets of New York, I have seen the mask of loneliness and solitude crafted on so many people. I don't think I understood what loneliness is until I lived in this city.
New York is about going after an individual goal. Most, almost all, of the wonderful people that I have met are all here because they made a decision to do something big in their life, they are committed to creating something bigger than themselves, achieving a goal, chasing a dream, proving something to themselves or others. This is a kinship that is shared within this city. But at times, the pursuit of something - all of the chasing, proving, achieving, and creating can have the side effect of loneliness.
But loneliness is a word with such indication. It's definition, sound and even the look of the word, two l's standing high amongest a mess of smaller case letters, is sad and slightly pitiful. At times, yes, it is the right word for how I feel in this city. But in this post, i think a better word is solitude.
The side effect of exploration right now for me is......solitude.
And I'd rather not judge that as good or bad.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Aline Smithson photographer
I've fallen in love with the photography of Aline Smithson. Wit, simple, and very full.
Check out the "Arrangement in Green and Black: Portrait of the photographer's mother series"
Thursday, January 14, 2010
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