Quote of the Day

"When you tell the truth your problem becomes part of your past; if you lie it becomes part of your future."
-unknown

plan to have a shower like this one day

random junk in my head

I swear I'm so mad at college debt. Stay in school my ass.

Speechless from Victor Del Toro on Vimeo.

mila kunis

39 Degrees North: Christmas Card 2010 from 39 Degrees North on Vimeo.

The Art of Argument from Bryan Villagonzalo on Vimeo.

Cutest kid ever... this is hilarious

did not know prince could shred like that

Plato's Allegory of The Cave

Art is...

a word.

The Tree of Life Trailer

Quote of the Day

"Find your voice. Inspire others to find their voice."
- Stephen Covey

Grafitti writer SURE describing writing styles

SURE was recently killed in the line of duty in Afghanistan.

Written by his partner in crime, Faust:
"Sure was born and bred in Brooklyn and recognized for his exceptional handstyle which brought together elements of classic New York graffiti with ornamental calligraphy. His script signatures could be found throughout the city and were a major influence on myself and countless others...He was my partner-in-crime and my best friend. I am grateful for the time we had and that everywhere I go in New York City I see his name and know that his presence will be felt by many long after his passing”

Tom Waits - Blue Valentines

Valentina Lisitsa

and just because its nasty:

wish i knew where this came from so i could credit it

Thought of You from Ryan J Woodward on Vimeo.

via conteanimated.com

Conte Animated is a personal project of mine that combines several art forms into one exhibition. These concepts include the following:

1.The exploration of the drawing the human figure in a variety of creative approaches. This stems from years of teaching creative gesture drawing.
2.2d Animation. This process of animation revisits the passion in my early career as a 2d animator. The illusion of life!
3.Contemporary dance. Although I am not a dancer, I appreciate the talent and dedication that goes into a beautifully choreographed piece. A graceful moving human form can communicate more emotion that any length of dialogue.
4.and finally, the exploration of experimental processes and concepts contributes to my own personal growth as an artist. Having worked commercially for years, this project has allowed me to stretch beyond my former understanding of art.

Marques Toliver

Marques Toliver from Black Cab Sessions on Vimeo.

RHETORIC

I strongly believe everyone should be at least familiar with this concept, especially because of the extent to which it is manipulated and abused in media.
(all taken from Wikipedia)

Rhetoric is the art of using language to communicate effectively and persuasively. It involves three audience appeals: logos, pathos, and ethos, as well as the five canons of rhetoric: invention or discovery, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery. Along with grammar and logic or dialectic, rhetoric is one of the three ancient arts of discourse.

DONT SELL THE KIDS DREAMS! WAKE EM UP!

Roland is God. Week 7 from Owen Gee on Vimeo.

UTOPIA

via Guerilla Futures | Jason Tester Flikr

The White Stripes - Icky Thump

The White Stripes - You Don't Know What Love is (You Do as You're Told)

Hey Young World

mm hmm

American Psychosis: What happens to a society that cannot distinguish between reality and illusion?

via projectworldawareness

The United States, locked in the kind of twilight disconnect that grips dying empires, is a country entranced by illusions. It spends its emotional and intellectual energy on the trivial and the absurd. It is captivated by the hollow stagecraft of celebrity culture as the walls crumble. This celebrity culture giddily licenses a dark voyeurism into other people’s humiliation, pain, weakness and betrayal. Day after day, one lurid saga after another, whether it is Michael Jackson, Britney Spears or John Edwards, enthralls the country … despite bank collapses, wars, mounting poverty or the criminality of its financial class.
...

http://9eyes.tumblr.com/

9eyes of Google Street View

Glide

Last Minutes with ODEN from phos pictures on Vimeo.

Re: WORDS by everynone

Re:WORDS from Everynone on Vimeo.

what the fuck
i just realized
i vent in venues that are much too like a menu
pick and choose what to listen to
who your friends are at specific moods
changing by the minute
its too easy to feign connections
makes correcting a life too precious
insignificant.. its an invention
creative, ill admit it
progressive? i have questions.
necessary? unfortunately.
progressing? optomistically.

I believe in life
I believe that the only way to create joy
is to juxtapose those moments with strife
I don't believe in eternal bliss
But that God is in us, through us, and around us
I believe we are here to simultaneously
birth the best and worst in the universe
and its up to us to perceive
our heaven or hell

Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill

(some commercial for a messenger bag)

bored of lying, bored of being insincere, but seeming sincere
bored of the rewards
bored of feeling trapped
by my facial hair
by my bills
by my pen
bored of people
who i can literally script conversations with
small talk
bored of your fucking priorities
bored of black and white
bored of safe
bored of U Street, Adams Morgan, Dupont Circle, Georgetown, Chinatown, H Street, Bethesda, Silver Spring,
bored of numbness,
bored of passive aggressive conflict avoidance
its a fucking disease
bored of guilt trips
attempting to control another human being
is apparently ok,
bored of just not getting it
and right now,
honestly, bored of myself

The 1-Step Plan for Super Productivity

"When I interview creatives, I often ask them what advice they would give to the next generation, the up-and-comers. Curiously, there’s one incredibly important habit that nearly all of them possess that is almost never mentioned. So what is the secret ingredient in their productivity regime? It’s simple: They get up early."

So how can you become an early riser?
Getting up early is like most any habit that makes you a more productive creative: It’s hard at first. Here are a few tips to get you started:

1. Set an exact time to get out of bed.

If you normally get up at 11am, it’s unrealistic to start abruptly getting up at 6am. Think about what time you’d like to be getting up in the morning, and work up to it. Try to wake up 30 minutes earlier every week, until you get to the desired time.
2. Move up your bedtime in sync with the time you plan to get up.

Seven to eight hours of sleep is the recommended dosage for maximal productivity (with a few super-human exceptions). So if you’re getting up at 6am, you’ll want to go to bed by 11pm at the latest. If you try to go to bed at midnight and get up at 5am, you’re eventually going to run into some problems.
3. Get out of bed immediately.

The moment that you start procrastinating – read: hit the snooze button – it’s very easy to convince yourself of a multiplicity of reasons why you wouldn’t want to get out of bed yet. Don’t even allow those thoughts to kick in – just get up!
4. Expose yourself to sunlight.

Sunlight is key to adapting your circadian rhythms. If you’re having trouble getting up, don’t close your blinds all the way, so you have some natural light as your wake-up call. Once you’re up, a short walk (or run) outside helps reinforce the message with your body.

5. Develop a routine for your morning.

Whether it’s taking in the sunrise, brewing a cup of tea and reading the paper, or walking to the café down the street for a cup of joe, you’re more likely to continue to get up early if you develop a brief routine that is, in itself, a reward.

6. Stick with it.

Know going in that it’s going to take some time to adapt to waking up early – probably about 30 days. Don’t expect to feel bright-eyed and bushy-tailed from Day 1. But if you stick with it, getting up early is likely to become one of your favorite rituals.

read the whole article here

Uprising Live

(Song starts at 3:53)

a little feelgood for your wednesday

Casteller from Mike Randolph on Vimeo.

Al Pacino's speech in "Any Given Sunday"

love it

love ideas, sounds, life coming together - music

Don't watch.

Quote of the Day

"You are always in the process of making yourself into you."
- Albert Murray

heres some adrenaline for your office

"Wheel Number" performed by Ethan Law

wheel number from E and M-P on Vimeo.

Influencers

INFLUENCERS FULL VERSION from R+I creative on Vimeo.

Sucker Punch

largest snake EVER found dead in texas - over 50 feet long some Anaconda shit for real

just saying

catchy apple commercial indie music

Chairlife - "Bruises"

food

"The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. "
– Ayn Rand

"Listen. There are 200 countries in the world now. Do these people honestly think that God is sitting around picking out his favorites? Why would he do that? Why would God have a favorite country? And why would it be America out of all the countries? Because you have the most money? Because he likes our National Anthem? Maybe it’s because he heard we have 18 delicious flavors of Classic Rice-A-Roni! It’s delusional thinking! And America is not alone with this sort of delusions. Military cemeteries around the world are packed with brainwashed dead soldiers who were convinced God was on their side. America prays for God to destroy our enemies. Our enemies pray for God to destroy us. Somebody’s gonna be disappointed. Somebody’s wasting their fucking time. Could it be everyone?"
– George Carlin

"The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force us to destroy the person we really are: a subtle kind of murder."
- Jim Morrison

"Human communities depend upon a diversity of talent, not a singular conception of ability."
- Sir Ken Robinson

watch this twice

FarEastMovement - Don't F*cking Tell Me What To DRINK

Quote of the Day (2)

“The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it,
but that it is too low and we reach it.”

- Michaelangelo

Quote of the Day

“It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief.
And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.”

- Muhammad Ali

i liked this

How to use your* prostitute. (*yes, you have one regardless of your sex)

I’m different. I’ve always been different, always felt different, but didn’t always have peace with it. Sometimes I fought it, bumped heads with others because of it, and even embraced it. It’s a sordid past I share with it. As I matured, though, I began to appreciate the fact that I was different. I eventually found it odd that most of us spend so much of our youth trying to fit in before usually spending the rest of our lives trying to distinguish ourselves. After all, aren’t we all different?

My official occupation for the past five years should read “nomad”. I’ve lived in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Antonio, St. Louis, and even in an L.A. suburb. Right now, I’m on my way to South Korea. Each line of my resume places me in a different state and/or in a different industry so it’s quite likely that most companies seeking a long-term employee will immediately discard it upon review despite my qualifications; it doesn’t exactly scream company loyalty. Here’s the thing: I’m okay with that. Why? Because I’m different. That fact is evidenced not just by my thought process, hairstyle, interests or style of dress; my journey and choices are highly reflective of my individuality. My path hasn’t always been easy or glamorous, but it has been true to my essence as a free spirit.

Now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, here’s a little something else: you’re different, too. You have dreams you haven’t followed, thoughts you haven’t shared, passions you haven’t explored. In short, you have a life you haven’t lived.

heres a video of media sucking its own dick

I REFUSE TO HAVE ANOTHER SUMMER OF BAD VIBES

50 People/1 Question - Post Secret

PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death and God from Frank Warren on Vimeo.

Kid Cudi feat. Kanye West

I think I'm brainwashed. I like Cudi. really I do. he's got potential. his songs are pretty infectious, and he's creative, emotional. he's just not that GOOD.

and kanye wests verse doesn't "fit"

but i still like it. he just has to grow into what he's trying to be. but everyones a critic, right?

We No Speak Americano ft. Cleary & Harding

One Minute Racist

this was so much fun to make - kind of proud of it

Dj Sega from Ian Crawford on Vimeo.

whaaat

Thought/Quote of the Day

Life is sum of our choices. Live in the moment of decision.

"Greatness lives at the edge of destruction."
- Will Smith. yes, that Will smith

ConSOUL

Heads Down! Stay Down!

An emergency landing when the planes landing gear malfunctioned - caught on camera phone

Procrastination

Procrastination from ism studios on Vimeo.

speaking of Muse

This is a video created with MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking) to Muse's "MK Ultra."

sidenote: if you have time look up "MK ULTRA" on wikipedia (or less mainstream sources), its some crazy CIA program from back in the day... scary shit

Official Video: Muse and MTV EXIT: MK Ultra from MTV EXIT on Vimeo.

Muse playing a song 10 years apart - observe the nearly identical levels of ROCK

Muse - Plug in Baby (2000)


Muse - Plug in Baby (2010)


these guys love their jobs

some promo(i guess?) videos for clothing brand Black Scale. not really a cosign but these are just well-done captivating vids

Black Scale Lookbook Part: 1 from The WereHaus™ on Vimeo.

Black Scale Lookbook Part: 2 from The WereHaus™ on Vimeo.

this is STUPID

a very entertaining watch

Run 4 Cover (Starring : Nigel Sylvester) from 13thWitness™ on Vimeo.

Jam Session 2.0

Jam Session 2.0 from Cain Mosni on Vimeo.

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8 people
5 instruments
4 continents
3 language

this is amazing

VerbRoots

responsible

1590s, "answerable (to another, for something)," from Fr. responsible, from L. responsus, pp. of respondere "to respond" (see respond). Meaning "morally accountable for one's actions" is attested from 1836. Retains the sense of "obligation" in the Latin root word.

EVERYTHING IS AMAZING, AND NOBODY IS HAPPY

love the original, this ones pretty dope too

Chiddy Bang - Opposite of Adults

How can you tell when I've found a new blog?

Thinking Is Fun from Davis Silis on Vimeo.

AT&T was ahead of it's time (1993 commercial)

We Are Scientists - "Nice Guys"

Memory construction

a.k.a. be careful what you think, you might start believing your own lies!

The Giving Pledge

The Giving Pledge

The Giving Pledge is an effort to invite the wealthiest individuals and families in America to commit to giving the majority of their wealth to the philanthropic causes and charitable organizations of their choice either during their lifetime or after their death.

Each person who chooses to pledge will make this statement publicly, along with a letter explaining their decision to pledge. At an annual event, those who take the pledge will come together to share ideas and learn from each other.

The Pledge is a moral commitment to give, not a legal contract. It does not involve pooling money or supporting a particular set of causes or organizations.

While the Giving Pledge is specifically focused on billionaires, the idea takes its inspiration from efforts in the past and at present that encourage and recognize givers of all financial means and backgrounds. We are inspired by the example set by millions of Americans who give generously (and often at great personal sacrifice) to make the world a better place.


Over 30 Billionaire have pledged to give half of their fortunes to philanthropy:
http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2010/08/04/40-billionaires-sign-the-gates-buffett-giving-pledge/

If this is legit, holy shit.

how it starts

25 years on the planet

and nothing to show for it

not okay with this

bubbles

Chimamanda Adichie - Power of a Story

breast cancer foundation ad - "are you obsessed with the right things?"

Empathy

Quote of the Day

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave."
- Mark Twain

i know what you're thinking; yes, he did murder that

pretty cool

http://www.geekologie.com/image.php?path=/2010/08/27/life-hacks-full.jpg

INSPIRED

My boss when I was at my AmeriCorps position has recently left IMPACT Silver Spring and is on a journey across the country.

It's a project he calls "Let's Teach Them All," the purpose of which being to gain a comprehensive understanding of education on the ground level, in all corners of this extremely diverse nation. An understanding that can fuel the closing of the Acheivement Gap, a residue of past injustices.

His blog, documenting his journey:
Let's Teach Them All

As I read through his last post, it made me realize something.

I see alot of people in the midst of some major change in their lives when I look around, especially those closest to me. The reasons for this change aren't always positive, progressive in inception. Change is being forced on many, and being forced by many others. And I see a HUGE spectrum of reactions to change. It's as if the entire fabric of reality is quaking beneath our feet. Some people are terrified, some are overzealous, nervous, hurt to lose all that they know, welling up with excitement for all they can gain.

It's so interesting to be surrounded by so much uncertainty, so many people wondering "what's next?" I just hope that those who are lost, are comfortable being so, and live life earnestly and honestly. Because tomorrow we enjoy the fruits of today's passion.

So here's to the sense of adventure, a sense of purpose, of hope, and passion for life, that maybe - had there not been change forced upon us - wouldn't be pushing us to be better, more aware, happier human beings.

And here's to you, Ray Moreno. Good luck on your journey, and I hope you know that your mission has inspired me, and hopefully I'll be able to pass that along to everyone in my life, especially those who need it.

Cheers

check him out - what a champ

(turn the lights low)

Portishead - Roads

Quote(s) of the Day

"Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire."

"The consequences of our actions are the scarecrows of fools, and the beacons of wise men."

F**K YOU - Cee Lo Green

PLEASE WATCH THIS

17 year old Tupac

Black Swan Trailer

Thought of the Day

All you really need is love.

And to get love, you gotta give love.

And you can't really give love unless you love yourself.

So make sure you do that.

Quote of the Day, possibly of 2010

"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly."
- Dalai Lama

The Dead Weather - Treat Me Like Your Mother

Ken Robinson/Elizabeth Gilbert --- I think I'm just gonna post these talks every few months

Truth Happens

i created this blog, with all these thoughts, and all this insight...

..but its really that easy.

power

Quote of the Day

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."
- Thomas A. Edison

Tip of the Iceberg

WORK-->BUY-->CONSUME-->DIE

ADBUSTING IS THE SHIT

Photoshop:

Math

Convinced.

Quote of the Day

"Resentment is like drinking poison, and hoping someone else gets sick."

Quote of the Day

"Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around."

one of my favorite quotes

Life is a Chinese Finger Trap

I Don't Know

I don't know if I should be living my life this way. I don't know if I should be afraid of whats coming, or if I am ignoring things I shouldn't. If regret is going to sieze me one day, and cripple me. I don't know if I'm going in the right direction. Or if I'm making progress or not. I don't know where I'll be in 10 years. 5 years. 1 year. Or October. I don't know if I'm inclined in any way, towards anything, or I've skated by. I don't know if my life is an elaborate ruse, and I just really have myself convinced. I don't know if people see through it. I don't know if I'm being emo right now. I don't know why I'm not panicing. I don't know why I haven't shocked myself into change. I don't know if I already have changed. I don't know if I'm going backwards. I don't know if I'm growing up. I don't know if I should get back to acting like a child again, with all its purity and flaws and innocence and earnest, or grow up and handle all the things everyone expects me to handle. I don't know where to draw the line between living passionately and living selfishly. I don't know if people hate me. I don't know if people love me. I don't know if they should or shouldn't. I don't know if I'll be a household name, or be homeless. I don't know if I am going to help people, or feed off of people. I don't know if I'm doing anything right, and I don't know why I'm not working right now.

All I know is this shit is fucking confusing and God better forgive me if I mess up.

"Moments" by Will Hoffman

"This is Karma" by Erling Hoveid

This is Karma from Erling Hoveid on Vimeo.

Etymological Background of the Day

In all honesty I think the etymology of words is so much cooler than just knowing the definition. I feel like understanding the root of a word, helps you understand the base reason for why it was chosen in English to signify whatever it's intended concept is, thereby making it much easier to FEEL the language and use it well. Instead of just memorizing fucking definitions.

So I decided to make an Etymologocal Background feature. I just got to think of a better name.

Without further ado:


integrity
mid-15c., "wholeness, perfect condition," from O.Fr. integrité, from L. integritatem (nom. integritas) "soundness, wholeness," from integer "whole" (see integer). Sense of "uncorrupted virtue" is from 1540s.

THE VOODOO EXPERIENCE

New Orleans, LA
Oct. 29-31















are you kidding me
click here for full setlist or to book tickets

because sharing is caring

Lauryn Hill - Repercussions



Tabi Bonney - Nuthin' But a Hero

GETTING IT IN

I do love the blues

especially when they go "prREEEEEEEEEEEEE preeedededeeeeeeww"

My Terrible Friend/Pomplamoose

NYC

click here for complete set

Race Shmace, Whatever (an article I wrote for Saaret's site "The Root" -- link, along with the other perspective at the bottom)

The situation is this: Two friends of mine; one white male, one black female. One very incendiary word. And the black girl wasn't the one who said it.

I watched the following exchange with nervous curiosity, my eyes flitting back and forth as if the two were engaged in an intense game of ping-pong. My white male friend had been standing there talking like the rest of us, peppering his speech with "nigga this" and "nigga that" as he joked and laughed.

"I'm going to need you to refrain from using that word," my black female friend announced. With a short chuckle of confused acceptance, my white friend agreed. And I breathed a sigh of relief.

Aspirations

try this on

"Radiodread"
Karma Police Cover

SELECTIVE ATTENTION TEST

Part I



Part II

smarter than your average graphic designer

hardest watch ever. will pay alot of money to have this

SO COOL

Thom Yorke on PRINCIPLES

LISTEN for a bit (Thanks Rachel)

Quote of the Day (Thanks Rahima)

"All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else."
- My boy Buddha

SON HOUSE - Death Letter Blues

SON HOUSE - Grinnin' in your Face

FULL CIRCLE

In line with the ironic fashion this universe normally chooses to operate, my first post - the one that started this damn blog to begin with - popped in my head.

The post where I struggled to rationalize my internal feelings towards art, and match it up with the rest of the world, and see where it fits. How it fits. I was trying so hard to find some kind of connection, some way that everything made some fucking sense.

But those were just words.

A thought that would have temporarily turned my world upside down dawned on me:

I STILL have no idea what it means to be an artist.

But maybe I'm growing up, because I don't give a damn.



DO YOUR THING, AND HAVE FUN or else its all a waste of time





p.s. This is Post 451 - i'm not smart enough to make the Farenheit 451 joke, but its out there.

risky business in the A

Big Boi - Shutterbugg

good friends are hard to come by

could the GOOD remix actually be making a comeback??

Janelle Monae feat B.o.B. and Lupe Fiasco - Tightrope (Wondamix)

FACEBOOK IS A STUPID IDIOT

check it out

slide to unlock

real talk

its really cool when i see an idea i had in my head verbalized from someone a world away