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my name is tom and I am 21 years old.

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Beautiful Losers →

A 90 minute film, dedicated to artists who grew up doing their own thing and kept at it and made it.

Amazing. CREATIVITY. DEDICATION. ACTION.

Very inspirational.

January 29th 16:16 [permalink]

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January 29th 11:44 [permalink]

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L.S.D feeds on light via two LDR (light depending resistor) mounted on a suction cup, allowing the sensors to be mounted on any screen surface. An analogue synthesizer converts the light input to sound waves. This device can be used in many different configurations and feeds from any light sources.

Project pages:
recyclism.com/lsd_sonicgraffiti.php
recyclism.com/lsd.php

January 29th 11:41 [permalink]

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Butter

I went to get some butter, because I need it to make biscuits.

An old fellow was in front of me, paying for his things, which came to about £12.

He handed the man behind the counter a £20 note and said “That’s all I’ve got, sorry mate”

His use of “mate” really struck me. I saw then, I imagined, him as a younger man. As a guy who would actually use the word mate as part of his everyday language. It was unexpected because I didn’t associate that kind of language with the older generation.

And I saw him as an equal. There exists all of these barriers that are completely illusional. To me, to everyone, he looks like an old man. But he is simply a man, a person, who has grown old. We are the same.

January 28th 10:41 [permalink]

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In/Out

In is work, wondering about the future, wanting to be out.

When I got up this morning I stood on my table and leant out of the top half of my window and felt the cold morning air. The sky was a warm peach colour above the tops of the houses, and faded majestically into cool blue with the tiniest hint of grey at the top. It was quiet and the sky was clear save the seagulls flying about. Everything was sharp.

Now I have just climbed onto the roof to mend a dripping gutter. I got up there and all was cold. A great view of the rooftops, a view not many see. As a contrast to inside, to wondering about the future, to thinking I need to do work or else I will be seen to be slacking, to people and to wondering if I’m wasting my time, it was total.

Outside is actual reality. A distinction, a cut off and seperate from—although still connected to—the inside. Both are real but the outside with its differing viewpoint and chill wind to sharpen you up snaps you out of the dull mindset of inside.

Why bother with worrying about the inside when the outside is real and it’s there and it’s nothing to do with the mindset of inside? Inside is created in your mind; outside is simple reality and that’s all there needs to be.

January 28th 10:37 [permalink]

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The Earth Breathes

A timelapse view from space showing the changing seasons down on earth and how it affects the colours of our continents.

January 28th 09:51 [permalink]

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Upside Down, Left To Right: A Letterpress Film

January 28th 08:32 [permalink]

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I approve of this poster in both its message and style. Beautiful.

From here.

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January 26th 19:59 [permalink]

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Koko the Clown sings “St. James Infirmary Blues” in Betty Boop’s Snow White

Amazing animation and style. Coupled with the music it’s a top piece.

January 26th 19:42 [permalink]

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The New French Hacker-Artist Underground

A mysterious band of hacker-artists is prowling the network of tunnels below Paris, secretly refurbishing the city’s neglected treasures.

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January 26th 17:05 [permalink]

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Short video about Mark Jenkins who creates life-sized sculptures out of tape, clothes them and places them out in the city.

January 23rd 16:33 [permalink]

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Fish letter opener. It’s how I open letters.

January 21st 10:25 [permalink]

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It’s been time for a bit of dissertation writing recently. Been okay, been a bit boggy this morning trying to push out the things I’ve been wanting to say. No worries though. I like writing, it’s a good thing to be able to write at length about things you think about and express your opinions.

“TOM! You’ve got a love letter!” comes from the bottom of the stairs. Taint a love letter but a letter all the same and Hey, I feel good. A letter, piece of paper, all real and interesting and with real care and feeling in it. That kinda stuff makes me happy. My dissertation ain’t too important, it’s just gotta get done. No use thinking about the hard stuff when you’ve got things like letters to brighten your day. They’re more real than the work.

My friend was listening to this song (I could hear it faintly) and hey, now’s the time to listen to it proper. It’s playing behind me.

January 21st 10:21 [permalink]

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There are two wolves inside us all. A good wolf and a bad wolf. Which one survives?

The one that you feed.

I gotta starve the bad wolf, I feel like I’ve been giving him too many scraps recently. Time for a slap up meal for the Good Wolf.

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January 20th 15:46 [permalink]

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Netsky, Mellow

This came on the radio completely by chance when I was in Manchester about a year and a half ago. We were driving around at night having been somewhere and I was sitting in the passenger seat and all was excitement and darkness and happiness. Streetlights shining in, adventure, big city, good people, good music. Good moment.

January 19th 19:02 [permalink]

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