"Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, lights and shadows. Select only things to steal that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic.
Authenticity is invaluable: originality is non-existent and don't bother concealing your thievery-celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said " It's not where you take things from-it's where you take them too."
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Monday, 28 June 2010
Geography...Of the National Kind.
I am a keen follower of all things National Geographic, I hope to one day have a photograph so awesome that they might like to publish it for me...
I got my July copy in the post this afternoon, and came across a very interesting article that I really want to share with everyone (nerd). well, two things actually...
"say it with parentheses"... I'm talking about text talk and emoticons (key-board made characters). Something I am sure most of us do automatically these days, what, with our mobile phones and everyone has really easy access to internet and email and all.
Ubiquitous today, the cute and clever icons were actually born long before the digital age. In 1881 the American magazine "Puck" ran a piece entitled "Typographical Art" in which four facial expressions - melancholy, indifference, astonishment, and joy were depicted with key strokes.
Ok, so the world gets it, people these days don't think twice before adding a :-) or :D but it's all well and good. However, in Japan they have hundreds of emoticons already installed into the latest mobile phones. Apparently, according to professor Scott Fahlman says "(with a :-) are only a modest threat to literacy and civilization in general".... we'll see about that when the next generation can even use the emotions in their face and have to use cards with text talk expressions on them.
Here are some of the examples of emoticons I am talking about:
Generally speaking in the Eastern Hemisphere the focus is more on the eyes and in the western ones they require a tilt of the head to read... (well not really but you get the gist)
Happy : Eastern Hemisphere = (^_^)
Happy : Western Hemisphere = :-)
_
Sad : Eastern Hemisphere = (;_;)
Sad : Western Hemisphere = :-(
_
Surprised : Eastern Hemisphere = (*o*)
Surprised : Western Hemisphere = :-o
_
Winking : Eastern Hemisphere = (^_~)
Winking : Western Hemisphere = ;-)
(but then the Eastern Hemisphere have loads more cute ones which I love)
Blushing = (*^.^*)
Embarrassed = (^^;)
Apologetic = m(_ _)m
and to conclude for this part:
ZOMG, exclamation mark, exclamation mark, smiley face...
Oh aye and the second thing... sorry to burst everyone's bubble about the five second rule. You know what I am talking about, picture the scenario, you've made your favorite tasty treat, and you accidentally drop in on the floor "ah! 5 second rule" you pick it up and carry on eating... well, Professor Paul Dawson shows us in his research that salmonella and other bacteria can live up to four weeks on dry surfaces and transfer to food immediately on contact...
Damn.
Peace. xx
I got my July copy in the post this afternoon, and came across a very interesting article that I really want to share with everyone (nerd). well, two things actually...
"say it with parentheses"... I'm talking about text talk and emoticons (key-board made characters). Something I am sure most of us do automatically these days, what, with our mobile phones and everyone has really easy access to internet and email and all.
Ubiquitous today, the cute and clever icons were actually born long before the digital age. In 1881 the American magazine "Puck" ran a piece entitled "Typographical Art" in which four facial expressions - melancholy, indifference, astonishment, and joy were depicted with key strokes.
Ok, so the world gets it, people these days don't think twice before adding a :-) or :D but it's all well and good. However, in Japan they have hundreds of emoticons already installed into the latest mobile phones. Apparently, according to professor Scott Fahlman says "(with a :-) are only a modest threat to literacy and civilization in general".... we'll see about that when the next generation can even use the emotions in their face and have to use cards with text talk expressions on them.
Here are some of the examples of emoticons I am talking about:
Generally speaking in the Eastern Hemisphere the focus is more on the eyes and in the western ones they require a tilt of the head to read... (well not really but you get the gist)
Happy : Eastern Hemisphere = (^_^)
Happy : Western Hemisphere = :-)
_
Sad : Eastern Hemisphere = (;_;)
Sad : Western Hemisphere = :-(
_
Surprised : Eastern Hemisphere = (*o*)
Surprised : Western Hemisphere = :-o
_
Winking : Eastern Hemisphere = (^_~)
Winking : Western Hemisphere = ;-)
(but then the Eastern Hemisphere have loads more cute ones which I love)
Blushing = (*^.^*)
Embarrassed = (^^;)
Apologetic = m(_ _)m
and to conclude for this part:
ZOMG, exclamation mark, exclamation mark, smiley face...
Oh aye and the second thing... sorry to burst everyone's bubble about the five second rule. You know what I am talking about, picture the scenario, you've made your favorite tasty treat, and you accidentally drop in on the floor "ah! 5 second rule" you pick it up and carry on eating... well, Professor Paul Dawson shows us in his research that salmonella and other bacteria can live up to four weeks on dry surfaces and transfer to food immediately on contact...
Damn.
Peace. xx
Introduction...
So, I don't really think I have a very big impact on anyone, nor do I think for one second, that by having a blog I would be doing us any significant favours by blessing the world with some of my absent minded rambling and thoughts. However, blogging is something which I have thought about for quite a while and took the final push when Miss Naeve showed me her fan-ta-bulous and very nice blog.
Why not?
Still some tidying and personalising to do, and figuring out how on earth you use this thing. Perhaps it will be something which will help to enlighten some people, perhaps for you to find something profound. Who knows.... I guess you'll just have to wait and see!
Why not?
Still some tidying and personalising to do, and figuring out how on earth you use this thing. Perhaps it will be something which will help to enlighten some people, perhaps for you to find something profound. Who knows.... I guess you'll just have to wait and see!
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