The Dangers of the Internet – Narrated by Alain Botton
Ironic, isn’t it that you are watching this on my blog, via Youtube?
Have a good day!
Amanda
Quote of the Day – December 3 2015
“Art is the highest task and the proper metaphysical activity of this life.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
Online Dating… self-commodification or self-manipulation?
Slavoj Zizek Explains What’s Wrong with Online Dating & What Unconventional Technology Can Actually Improve Your Love Life…
Perhaps you’ve tried online dating — a practice that, given the increasingly thorough integration of the internet and daily life, we’ll probably soon just call “dating.”
Perhaps you’ve had positive experiences with it, perhaps you’ve had negative ones, […]
Quote of the Day – December 2 2015
“Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a moment – this very moment – to stay.”
Sam Abell
[…]David Lynch In Conversation – Brisbane Australia 2015
David Lynch In Conversation with David Stratton.
On Saturday 14 March 2015, in this exclusive to Brisbane, David Lynch shared insights into his life, his work and his many passions – painting, film, music and meditation. 
Quote of the Day – December 1 2015
“Tarkovsky for me is the greatest [director], the one who invented a new language, true to the nature of film, as it captures life as a reflection, life as a dream.”
Ingmar Bergman
The artistic world could use more Tarkovskys
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Pirelli Calendar 2016 given feminist makeover
“A white, able-bodied cis-gendered woman being naked is just not revolutionary anymore. I don’t think anyone is going to be like, ‘Damn, I wanted those naked chicks’.”
Amy Schumer
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/pirelli-calendar-2016
The evolution of the smile captured in 100 years of yearbook photos
We take it for granted that, when someone takes our photo, we should smile for the camera. But if Instagram had existed a century ago, it’s highly likely that stone-faced selfies rather than the beaming faces would dominate our photo feeds.
The smiles we turn on for the camera today are roughly 10 times bigger than […]
Quote of the Day – November 30 2015
“A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself to second-hand thoughts and to second-rate friends.”
Cyril Connolly
