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eliesabeth — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:33:03 -0400

paulo freire in his last public interview (1996). 75 years old...

eliesabeth — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:03:20 -0400

paulo freire in his last public interview (1996). 75 years old and so alive with creative thinking.

billy bob thornton is too cool.

eliesabeth — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:15:15 -0400

billy bob thornton is too cool.

The Perfect Human (1967) by Lorgen Leth

eliesabeth — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:48:10 -0400

The Perfect Human (1967) by Lorgen Leth

pyongyang

eliesabeth — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:16:54 -0400

pyongyang

Albert Einstein’s office at the Institute for Advanced Study,...

eliesabeth — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:59:00 -0400

Albert Einstein’s office at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, photographed on the day of his death, April 18, 1955. (via Einstein’s Office: LIFE Magazine)

Zizek's Guardian article on the "Arab Spring"

eliesabeth — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:36:32 -0400

Zizek's Guardian article on the "Arab Spring"

Slavoj Zizek and an interesting panel on popular culture and...

eliesabeth — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:00:00 -0400

Slavoj Zizek and an interesting panel on popular culture and politics.

Judith Butler, you soothsayer you.

eliesabeth — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:45:00 -0400

Judith Butler, you soothsayer you.

Judith Butler reading (an original) script from her smart phone...

eliesabeth — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:14:00 -0400

Judith Butler reading (an original) script from her smart phone during an oathing ritual at Occupy Wall Street. It’s Mau Mau reconfigured, and I love it. Well, until the last part—

Die Antwoord: Zef Side

eliesabeth — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:43:25 -0400

Die Antwoord: Zef Side

tUnE-yArDs: Bizness

eliesabeth — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:42:09 -0400

tUnE-yArDs: Bizness

The Bazaar Economy

eliesabeth — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:39:02 -0400

The Bazaar Economy

Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending

eliesabeth — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:20:03 -0400

Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending

Andrei Tarkovski speaking about art and meaning-making. This...

eliesabeth — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:06:00 -0400

Andrei Tarkovski speaking about art and meaning-making.

This interview is good in every way.

Inside the staircase at Christ Church, Oxford

eliesabeth — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:58:30 -0400

Inside the staircase at Christ Church, Oxford

Overture to Lars von Trier’s Melancholia (2011)

eliesabeth — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:53:00 -0400

Overture to Lars von Trier’s Melancholia (2011)

Melencolia I is a 1514 engraving by the German Renaissance...

eliesabeth — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:48:00 -0400

Melencolia I

Magic Square

Melencolia I is a 1514 engraving by the German Renaissance master Albrech Durer. “Melancholic” is one of the four humors. It was the least desirable humor because it was responsible for depression, apathy, and even insanity. The advantage of being melancholic, however, was that this humor tended to be associated with the most creative and intelligent individuals. It was believed that carpenters, mathematicians, artists, and grammarians all tended to be melancholic.

Hammer: Carpenter

Compass: Mathematician

Putto with notebook: Grammarian

Bell: Eternity

Bat: Darkness. Boiled bats were recommended by the ancients as a remedy for melancholy

Wreath: Made from a plant which was believed to be a cure for excessive melancholy

Comet: Sign of Saturn, the god affiliated with melancholy

Magic square: Orderliness of numbers, each line (horizontal, vertical, diagonal) adds up to 34. Thought to be a talisman to attract Jupiter (The god who could heal the effects of Saturn)

1514: The year of the death of Dürer’s mother. Also the date of this print

“The power of a myth in shaping perceptions sweeps people along in agreement, so that alternative...

eliesabeth — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:40:33 -0400

“The power of a myth in shaping perceptions sweeps people along in agreement, so that alternative visions of history become hard to find. The myth seems all-encompassing. Where small-group traditions are usually poor in content and rich in variety, large-group traditions are rich in content but lack variations for critical analysis. Oral historians reconstruct the past by comparing divergent accounts; the more powerful the myth, the more restricted the divergence.” —Steven Feierman

Iron Smelting!

eliesabeth — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:21:20 -0400

Iron Smelting!