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jonnyskov: theparisreview: “I blurb only for the dead, these days.” Margaret Atwood’s form rejection poem. For more of this morning’s roundup, click here. Margret Atwood will not blurb your book. Nothing personal.
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The world is full of painful stories. Sometimes it seems as though there aren’t any other kind and yet I found myself thinking how beautiful that gleam of water was through the trees. Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler (via ethiopienne)
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In order to rise From its own ashes A phoenix First Must Burn. Octavia Butler, Parable of the Talents (via postmodernismruinedme)
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russellmoreton: “The half-made”: Liminal spaces merging. on Flickr. La Jetée “a fusion of science fiction,a psychological fable” J.G. Ballard
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Grit, chess, and how to think
Grit, chess, and how to think
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Indie developers are having an especially troubled time in this environment. For every story about a venture-capital-backed superfirm pulling in daily revenues of $2m, there’s another tragic tale of some tiny studio trying to find success in the F2P market and getting crushed. Mikengreg’s Gasketball gave too much away for free and flopped. Earnings from…
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“I’m all about mixing generative art and code with figurative work,” says George. “I want to be like a figure painter with code. That’s why a 3D scanner to me is really powerful, because it turns people into data that I can manipulate.” By tweaking the code, George is able to create an abstract yet…
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Royals – (“Sad Clown With The Golden Voice” Version) – Lorde Cover (by ScottBradleeLovesYa) a little Postmodern Jukebox for my sons (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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Creating a National Art in El Salvador
hyperallergic: The outside courtyard of the Museum of Art in El Salvador. (all photos were taken by the author unless otherwise specified) SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — What is Salvadoran about El Salvador is not immediately apparent in San Benito, a leafy neighborhood in the country’s capital San Salvador, where the national art museum, El…
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laughingsquid: Black Simon and Garfunkel Cover Lorde’s ‘Royals’ on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ (Source: http://links.laughingsquid.com/)