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Creative Cartography: 7 Must-Read Books on Maps

Creative Cartography: 7 Must-Read Books on Maps
by Maria Popova From tattoos to Thomas More’s Utopia, or what Moby Dick has to do with the nature of time. We’re obsessed with maps — a fundamental sensemaking mechanism for the world, arguably the earliest form of standardized information design, and a relentless source of visual creativity. Today, we turn to seven fantastic books that explore the art and science of cartography from seven fascinating angles. Map As Art, The: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography is the definitive overview of today’s bravest, boldest creative cartography, featuring 360 colorful creations by well-known artists and emerging visual experimenteurs alike, including Brain Pickings favorites Maira Kalman, Paula Scher and Olaful Eliasson. Matthew Cusick, 'Fiona’s Wave,' 2005 Cusick's oversized collages are painted with fragments of vintage atlases and school geography books from the golden era of cartography, 1872-1945. Qin Ga, 'Site 22: Mao Zedong Temple,' 2005 We reviewed it in full here. Donating = Loving

You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination: Katharine Harmon: 9781568984308: Amazon.com The Weird and Wonderful Burning Man 2010 [24 Pics Burning Man 2010, Bliss Dance by Lloyd Taylor 40 feet tall breathtaking modern sculpture in structure and balance of naked dancing beautiful woman. Photo Credit: Hector Santizo Burning Man is a week-long annual event held in the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, in the United States. Burning Man is organized by Black Rock City, LLC. The Photographer Hector Santizo has visited the Burning Man event and has agreed to share his wonderful pictures with us. Also see our Burning Man 2009 article Hint: Use the “j” and “k” keys to jump from one picture to the next. Burning Man 2010 – OINK by Laura Kimpton, Jeff Schomberg and Celtic Forest Crew Photo Credit: Hector Santizo Burning Man 2010 – The He(art) Communi-Tree by Hi-may Rivera The Heart Communi-Tree is a wooden assemblage sculpture of a tree made with materials salvaged from the trash. Burning Man 2010 – Infinitarium by Big Art Burning Man 2010 – Busy City Intersection by James Reagent Burning Man 2010 – Infinitarium by Big Art – Willow tree

Mapping the Human Condition by Maria Popova What the empire of love has to do with the intellect forest and the bay of agoraphobia. We love maps. There’s something about cartography that lends itself to visualizing much more than land and geography. We’ve previously looked at how the London tube map was appropriated as a visual metaphor for everything from The Milky Way to the Kabbalah, and today we turn to seven cartographic interpretations of the human condition, using the visual vocabulary of classical maps to interpret various facets of the human psyche — a genre that came of age during the late Renaissance, when it became known as “sentimental cartography.” In 1961, Norton Juster wrote The Phantom Tollbooth, a timeless children’s classic and one of our essential children’s books with philosophy for grown-ups. This map by mid-century American cartoonist Jules Feiffer, who illustrated the book, depicts the marvelous land that Milo finds himself in as he follows his own curiosity. Thanks, @dethe Map of an Englishman

SEED FREEDOM MAP | Seed Freedom Join the Global Alliance for Seed Freedom: Add Your Seed & Food Freedom Actions, Seed Sovereignty Initiatives and Real Food Heroes (CLICK HERE for other Languages) Seed Freedom Fortnight – 2-16 October 2013: Organise and add Actions for Seed & Food Freedom and profiles of your Real Food Heroes to our map below. Ongoing: Add your Seed Sovereignty Initiatives and Actions to join the growing Global Alliance for Seed Freedom. To add an Action, Real Food Hero profile or Seed Sovereignty Initiative to the map: Click on the ‘Add’ button in the upper right corner of the map aboveIn the ‘Location’ tab add your Action, Hero or Initiative’s name and other detailsSelect either Action for Seed & Food Freedom, Real Food Hero or Global Alliance for Seed Freedom (for Initiatives) as a MarkerSwitch to the ‘Details’ tab at the top of the boxAdd details about your Action, Hero or Initiative including DATE where applicable and your contact details.

Фото и рисунки, арт и креативная реклама John Steinbeck on Falling in Love: A 1958 Letter by Maria Popova “If it is right, it happens — The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.” Nobel laureate John Steinbeck (1902-1968) might be best-known as the author of East of Eden, The Grapes of Wrath, and Of Mice and Men, but he was also a prolific letter-writer. Steinbeck: A Life in Letters constructs an alternative biography of the iconic author through some 850 of his most thoughtful, witty, honest, opinionated, vulnerable, and revealing letters to family, friends, his editor, and a circle of equally well-known and influential public figures. Among his correspondence is this beautiful response to his eldest son Thom’s 1958 letter, in which the teenage boy confesses to have fallen desperately in love with a girl named Susan while at boarding school. New York November 10, 1958Dear Thom:We had your letter this morning. Complement with six tips on writing from Steinbeck. via Letters of Note Donating = Loving Brain Pickings has a free weekly newsletter. Share on Tumblr

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Would you give 30 gifts to 30 strangers on your birthday? THE old adage is that it's better to give than to receive - so for his 30th birthday Lucas Jatoba set out armed with 30 presents to give away to 30 strangers. Jatoba, who arrived in Australia just seven months ago from his native Brazil, recorded his acts of generosity on camera and watched as the video notched up more than 100,000 views in a week. Scroll down to watch the video "When I approached people, at first moment they thought it was a bit weird," he said. "But after I started to explain why I was doing it they were very receptive, warm and happy. "I think everyone loves it when they see that there are people in the world who care about their happiness." He told news.com.au the gifts given out on the streets of Sydney included books, cameras, T-shirts, vouchers, DVDs and a Wallabies rugby ball, and were to show his gratitude to others. "We all share the same home, planet Earth, so we need to treat everyone as brothers, not enemies," he said.

Charles Bukowski, Arthur C. Clarke, Annie Dillard, John Cage, and Others on the Meaning of Life by Maria Popova “We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.” The quest to understand the meaning of life has haunted humanity since the dawn of existence. Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Dillard: We are here to witness the creation and abet it. Ralph Morse Albert Einstein's study shortly after his death, Princeton, New Jersey Legendary science writer Stephen Jay Gould: The human species has inhabited this planet for only 250,000 years or so-roughly.0015 percent of the history of life, the last inch of the cosmic mile. Bill Owens Graduation dance Frank Donofrio, a barber: I have been asking myself why I’m here most of my life. Leonard Freed Harlem summer day Science fiction writer Arthur C. A wise man once said that all human activity is a form of play. Franco Zecchin Sicily Literary icon John Updike: Ancient religion and modern science agree: we are here to give praise. Abbas Fireman at scene of bomb explosion, Belfast, Northern Ireland Myron Davis

ArtAround 35 Celebrity Mosaics That Will Blow Your Mind PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, Recycled red, white & blue trash including McDonalds wrappers, toy soldiers, cigarettes, a Costco card, and a pretty sweet sneaker. COURTNEY LOVE, Pills. BIG BIRD, Cereal. CHEECH AND CHONG, Drug and alcohol paraphernalia KATHY GRIFFIN, Trash donated by Kathy to the artist. KIM KARDASHIAN, Red Vines. CHELSEA HANDLER, Snuggie wrappers, Belvedere vodka bottles and birth control pills, among other miscellany. LADY GAGA, Hello Kitty merchandise from a Gaga photoshoot, poker chips, sunglasses, rhinestones, recycled electronic parts and a dismembered Kermit the Frog doll. MICHAEL JACKSON, Pills. JAY-Z, Broken records. HEATH LEDGER, Pills. MISSY ELLIOT, Makeup. SIGMUND FREUD, Pills. MARY-KATE AND ASHLEY OLSEN, Jelly beans. CHRIS ROCK, Miscellany. CONAN O’BRIEN, Orange, Blue and Green garbage. GEORGE LOPEZ, Random trash. CONDOLEEZZA RICE, Rice. FREDDY KRUEGER, Red Vines. RACHAEL RAY, Pasta. ROSIE O’DONNELL, Snack food. TAYLOR LAUTNER, Red Vines. JERRY SEINFELD, Cereal. MONIQUE, Red Vines.

7 Must-Read Books on the Art & Science of Happiness by Maria Popova From Plato to Buddha, or what imperfection has to do with the neuroscience of the good life. If you, like me, are fascinated by the human quest to understand the underpinnings of happiness but break out in hives at the mere mention of self-help books, you’re in luck: I’ve sifted through my personal library, a decade’s worth of obsessive reading, to surface seven essential books on the art and science of happiness, rooted in solid science, contemporary philosophy and cross-disciplinary insight. From psychology and neuroscience to sociology and cultural anthropology to behavioral economics, these essential reads illuminate the most fundamental aspiration of all human existence: How to avoid suffering and foster lasting well-being. The question of what makes us happy is likely as old as human cognition itself and has occupied the minds of philosophers, prophets and scientists for millennia. Human rationality depends critically on sophisticated emotionality. Donating = Loving

maps.stamen.com For over a decade, Stamen has been exploring cartography with our clients and in research. These maps are presented here for your enjoyment and use wherever you display OpenStreetMap data. Toner These high-contrast B+W (black and white) maps are featured in our Dotspotting project. Available worldwide. Terrain Orient yourself with our terrain maps, featuring hill shading and natural vegetation colors. Available in the USA only. Watercolor Reminiscent of hand drawn maps, our watercolor maps apply raster effect area washes and organic edges over a paper texture to add warm pop to any map. Burning Map The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire! Requires a WebGL-enabled browser, such as Google Chrome. Mars?? Yes, Mars. Trees, Cabs & Crime Trees, Cabs & Crime started off as a weekend hack and ended up in the Venice Biennale. Available in San Francisco, California. Except otherwise noted, each of these map tile sets are © Stamen Design, under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 3.0) license. ModestMaps

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