30 things to tell a book snob. It is World Book Night next week and World Book Night is a good thing, because it is fun and helps get books into the hands of people who wouldn't otherwise read them. And people should read books. Books are good. But many are intimidated. One of the reasons people are put off reading is snobbery. You know, the snobbery that says opera and lacrosse and Pinot Noir and jazz fusion and quails' eggs and literary fiction are for certain types of people and them alone? There is something innately snobby about the world of books. So here is my message to book snobs: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
Stanley Kubrick, cinephile. Web exclusive Revised and expanded, 25 October 2013. Stanley Kubrick, photographed by Dmitri Kasterine in 1970 on the set of A Clockwork Orange. Credit: Dmitri Kasterine: www.kasterine.com Stanley Kubrick worked for almost half a century in the medium of film, making his first short documentary in 1951 and his last feature in 1999. Fourteen years after Kubrick’s sudden passing, the intensity of his exacting filmmaking methods seems to be mirrored by the enthusiasm of his admirers to learn everything about him. I count myself among the many admirers of Kubrick’s films and his remarkable aptitude for problem solving in all areas of life. I wanted to try and pull together all the verified information I could locate and have it looked over by a wise, authoritative eye. Why does it matter what Kubrick liked? Early days In 1987, Kubrick touched on this period of his life in a newspaper interview: 1. “Highest of all I would rate Max Ophuls, who for me possessed every possible quality.
Metropolis. Whatever. The Vigilant Citizen » Discover the hidden symbolism in music videos, movies and famous landmarks around the world. Today and tomorrow. Colossal | Art, design and visual ingenuity. Blog. Love Hans’ Instagram photos? Be sure to check out his @89plus project with fellow curator @simoncastets. The project aims to support emerging artists born in the year 1989 or after with sustained stipends, grants and residencies. Hans Ulrich Obrist (@hansulrichobrist) of the Serpentine Gallery in London (@serpentineuk) is one of the art world’s leading curators and perhaps its most creative Instagrammer.
In the midst of his daily conversations with creatives—artists, architects, writers and poets like Marina Abramovic (@hudsonmai), Yoko Ono (@yokoonoofficial), Olafur Eliasson (@olafureliasson) and Kanye West—Hans will spontaneously ask them to handwrite a sentence which he then uploads to Instagram. The idea came to Hans a few weeks after starting his account. “I re-read an essay by Umberto Eco, who talks about the disappearance of handwriting, and actually a lot of people nowadays use handwriting less because of the internet. Cinema of Nigeria. The cinema of Nigeria (referred to informally as Nollywood) is the Nigerian film industry which grew quickly in the 1990s and 2000s to become the second largest film industry in the world in number of annual film productions, placing it ahead of the United States and behind only Indian cinema.[7][8] The Nigerian film industry is worth NG₦522 billion (US$3.5 billion) as at 2008 and produces over one hundred home videos and films per annum.[9] The value is likely to further increase when Nigeria's national data rebasing is carried out.
The current Nigeria's GDP is the calculated estimate from 1990, before the boom in Nollywood and some other sectors like telecommunications.[10] Nigerian cinema is Africa's largest movie industry in terms value and the number of movies produced per year. Although Nigerian films have been produced since the 1960s, the rise of affordable digital filming and editing technologies has stimulated the country's film and video industry. History[edit] Production[edit] Happy Birthday, Ruth Krauss: The Beloved Author's Final Collaboration with Maurice Sendak. By Maria Popova “Krauss books can be bridges between the poor dull insensitive adult and the fresh, imaginative, brand-new child.” Beloved children’s author Ruth Krauss (July 25, 1901–July 10, 1993) penned more than thirty books for little ones over the course of her forty-year career, but remains best-known as half of one of the most celebrated author-illustrator duos of all time, the other half being none other than Maurice Sendak.
Their eight-year partnership, masterminded by the great Ursula Nordstrom who also nursed Sendak into genius, produced such soul-stirring, heart-warming delights as the hopelessly wonderful ode to friendship I’ll Be You and You Be Me. But Krauss’s eighth and final* collaboration with Sendak, Open House for Butterflies (public library | IndieBound), was arguably their loveliest. In another letter from February of 1954, Nordstrom tells one of Harper & Row’s West Coast representatives: Donating = Loving Brain Pickings has a free weekly newsletter. Share on Tumblr. 30 Weirdest Deaths You’ll Find On Wikipedia. Many of us are afraid to die but perhaps hope that we will at least die of natural causes, at an advanced age, having recently seen those whom we love. Drift off into sleep and never wake up. The following list, culled from Wikipedia, describes unusual, strange, horrible deaths.
Although, a death is a death is a death. 1. Said to have died of sudden diarrhea followed by copious hemorrhaging and anal expulsion of the intestines while he walked across the imperial forum in Constantinople. 2. Died while riding through Paris, when his horse tripped over a black pig running out of a dung heap 3. Executed by his Mongol captors by being rolled up in a rug and then trampled by horses. 4. Died from a combination of indigestion and uncontrollable laughing. 5. Executed by drowning in a barrel of Malmsey wine at his own request. 6. Died when he broke his neck by tripping over his own beard. 7. Died after sticking a piece of whale bone through his urinary tract to relieve a blockage. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Tracing the Very Peculiar Career of David Lynch. 2013/07/22/295/ Que exista gente a la que le apasione la publicidad me sorprende. Y ser una de esas personas aún más, sobre todo por las contradicciones que eso conlleva.
Pero emocionarme con el anuncio de BMW al oír ¿Te gusta conducir? Cuando ni tenía carné ni coche (y sigo sin tenerlo) te deja claro que lo que te ha marcado no es el coche sino el anuncio.Y fijándome en la nota de acceso a Publicidad y RRPP, siempre bastante alta, entiendo que somos muchos los que compartimos ese raro sueño de trabajar en publicidad. Nos lo vendieron muy bien: que era el arte del s.XXI, que podías ganar premios como si fueras una estrella de cine, que viajarías para hacer los rodajes y que si conseguías ser de los mejores, tendrías el honor trabajar con genios como Toni Segarra. Nunca pensé que la misma persona que hizo que me emocionara este mundo, fuera el mismo que ha hecho que lo dé por perdido.
Para mí, la agencia S,C,P,F era mi meta. (fragmento del cómic “Los Capullos No Regalan Flores”) Me gusta: The Jealous Curator. » somorgujar Un día, una palabra | para ampliar cada día tu vocabulario en español. Must-Read Books About Pop Music, Politics, and Revolution. We can talk all we like about the importance of pop music as a culturally relevant form of art (and we do), but the fact remains that the politically charged hit, or at least the song that gets picked up and tacked on to some sort of political upheaval or social change, is a product of yesteryear. This is nowhere more evident than in Mark Kurlansky’s newest book, Ready for a Brand New Beat, which is sold as a book on how the 1965 Martha and the Vandellas hit “Dancing in the Street” became a rallying cry “for a changing America,” but is more a condensed history of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
Bound for Glory, Woody Guthrie Even though Guthrie’s 1943 autobiography is partially fictionalized, it’s difficult to overlook the importance of American music’s version of Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, and the influence it probably had on a young Jewish boy from Minnesota named Robert Zimmerman. Culturetas.es. WORD OF THE DAY - The Learning Network Blog. Io9 - We come from the future. 99 Problems. Pick up a SIGNED copy of 99 PROBLEMS($5.99 for a limited time) lil-ye: “Who Gon Stop Me?” Lil-ye: “Straight From The ‘Go“ lil-ye: “Pop Style” “Empire State Of Mind” lil-ye: “The Life Of Pablo” lil-ye: “Real Friends” yearinreview: Books Born on TumblrWhen a Tumblr and a publisher love each other very much, and they want to express that love physically, a book is born. lil-ye: “Kanye 2020″ lil-ye: “Back To Back”
Essential. Gawker - Today's gossip is tomorrow's news. Global Internet Porn Habits Infographic | PornMd Sex Search. Letters of Note. Palabra del Día | Un día una palabra. (Casi) siempre. Ato ou efeito de rojar som produzido por esse efeito, som produzido por algo que se arrasta ou se arremessa de rastos, tocando o chão, arremessadonome masculino ETIMOLOGIA Do latim arrotulāre: fazer rodar; adaptado ao português pelo castelhano arrojar: levar de rojo; lançar FONÉTICAro·jo sotaque de São Paulo: xˈo.ʒʊ sotaque de Lisboa: ʀˈo.ʒu UTILIZAÇÃO “Folhas murchas de rojo à tua porta” Florbela Espanca no poema Supremo Enleio VARIAÇÃO ERRADA roujo que não é agudo, bicudo ou penetrante tosco, rude estúpido, pouco inteligente, inepto em geometria, diz-se do ângulo que é maior que o reto e menor que o rasoadjetivo ETIMOLOGIA Do latim obtūsus: tosco, sem brilho FONÉTICA ob·tu·so sotaque de São Paulo: o.bə.tˈu.zʊ sotaque de Lisboa: ɔb.tˈu.zu UTILIZAÇÃO “A cultura não se obtém com um labor obtuso e intensivo e é antes o produto da liberdade e da ociosidade exterior.”
VARIAÇÃO ERRADA otuso, obetuso A livraria Bart’s Books tem várias peculiaridades. ONDE FICA? VARIAÇÃO ERRADA quisito. Fika (coffee break) "Fika" outside during Swedish spring People in Östersund queueing for a "fika" However, as some people (especially older and in higher social classes) still find the word "fika" slightly vulgar, not all Swedes use it. Some prefer phrases like "dricka kaffe/te" (drink coffee/tea) or "bjuda på kaffe/te". Fika is a social institution in Sweden; it means having a break, most often a coffee break, with one's colleagues, friends, date or family. The word "fika" can serve as both a verb and a noun. Swedes consider having a coffee an important part of the culture. You can fika at work by taking a “coffee break”, fika with someone like a “coffee date”, or just drink a cup of coffee.
Although the word may in itself imply "taking a break from work", this is often emphasized using the word fikapaus ("fika pause") or fikarast ("fika break"), with kaffepaus and kafferast, respectively, as near synonyms. Coffee portal. Cool Things In Random Places - A little refreshing randomness from around the globe. The Philosopher's Library » Library. MpdbnbW0TE1qa0uujo1_500.gif (500×441) Wordmap. Wordmap. Hours-Spent-Reading-Around-the-World.jpg (941×637) Who Are the Biggest Bookworms in the World?, Sadie Stein. HI-FI-POSTERS. Life-lessons-from-captain-america-and-deadpool-2666-1270392362-14.jpg (600×901) Transcendental Meditation. Transcendental Meditation (TM) refers to a specific form of mantra meditation called the Transcendental Meditation technique,[1] and can also refer to the organizations within the Transcendental Meditation movement and to the movement itself.[1][2] The TM technique and TM movement were introduced in India in the mid-1950s by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918–2008).
The Maharishi taught thousands of people during a series of world tours from 1958 to 1965, expressing his teachings in spiritual and religious terms.[3][4] TM became more popular in the 1960s and 1970s, as the Maharishi shifted to a more technical presentation and his meditation technique was practiced by celebrities. At this time, he began training TM teachers and created specialized organizations to present TM to specific segments of the population such as business people and students.
History[edit] Among the first organizations to promote TM were the Spiritual Regeneration Movement and the International Meditation Society. Project Unbreakable. You may have noticed that Project Unbreakable has been pretty quiet lately. For a few months now, those of us at Unbreakable have been making some pretty big life changes, and we have had to figure out where Unbreakable is placed. It has been a very long and incredible journey, but we are saddened to say that we will be closing our doors.
We will finish posting all the submissions we have, but after we run out, we are no longer going to be accepting submissions for the website (but everything will remain up – we aren’t deleting anything.) We hope you understand, and we are grateful for your support. A note from Grace: I can’t really sum up almost 4 years of doing this project and I am having a very difficult time writing this. I would be lying if I said that the rumors from other activists about my integrity didn’t get to me. But that is not why I am leaving the project. Please take care of yourselves.
A note from Christina: PSFK - Inspiring Creative Business. Mensweardog on Instagram. ISSUU - You Publish. Atlas of True Names. Una Vida en Mil Viajes | Experiencias y reflexiones viajeras alrededor del mundo. Famous Eyeglasses. Design by Federico MauroArt Direction, Illustration, Design2011. Video: estimular la lectura es un efecto dominó. The 50 Books Everyone Needs to Read, 1963-2013. The thing about reading is this: it takes a long time. There are innumerable books in the world, and many more good ones than can be read by any mortal in a lifetime.
It’s hard to choose — especially if you’re a slow reader. So, to go along with the list of the best albums from 1963-2013, here you will find a single must-read book from each of the last 50 years. Of course, this is by its very nature an absurd undertaking, and many books have gotten the short end of the stick — there’s no other way to do it. 1963 — The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath’s only novel manages to be both elegant and filled with raw, seething emotion – no small feat, and not the least of the reasons the reading world is still obsessed with her. Also recommended: Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak; The Group, Mary McCarthy; V., Thomas Pynchon; Cat’s Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut; The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan. Welcome - The Bold Italic - San Francisco. Surviving the San Francisco Zombie Apocalypse. Paris Review – Writers, Quotes, Biography, Interviews, Artists. BLDGWLF. How Caffeine Short-Circuits Creativity.
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