Emily M. Danforth's Blog, page 33

imremembering:Mello Smello scratch + sniff...

imremembering:

Mello Smello scratch + sniff stickers

via playing80s

actegratuit:Eric Pedersen

actegratuit:

Eric Pedersen

"Every time I write a new book, I like to destroy the former structure, to make up a new thing. And I..."

“Every time I write a new book, I like to destroy the former structure, to make up a new thing. And I always put a new theme, or a new restriction, or a new vision into the new book. I’m always conscious of the structure. If I change the structure, I have to change the style of my prose and I have to change the characters accordingly. If I did the same thing each time, I would be tired. I’d get bored.”

- Haruki Murakami (via mttbll)

"I have a real issue with anyone trying to protect children from their own imaginations. If we cannot..."

“I have a real issue with anyone trying to protect children from their own imaginations. If we cannot acknowledge that a lot of us have a bit of darkness within ourselves, some more than others perhaps, and bring it into the light and examine it and talk about this part of the human condition, then I think we will be living in quite a dangerous climate. I think that’s much more damaging for children.”

- J.K. Rowling on parents that forbid their children from reading Harry Potter (or any fantasy novel that they vaguely disagree with)

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joehillsthrills:

henryholt:

uispeccoll:

Follow up from our post last week featuring Autumn, the art and design blog Colossal asked to see all four volumes and posted about them today. These are scientific books on the seasons by Robert Mudie from 1837 and were donated by Charlotte Smith. See it in the catalog: http://infohawk.uiowa.edu/F/?func=find-b&find_code=SYS&local_base=UIOWA&request=002786455

See the post on Colossal! “Secret Fore-edge Paintings Revealed in Early 19th Century Books at the University of Iowa”

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Even more dimensions to books.

Beautiful.

sarazarr:Moved 3 rolls of Charmin nearer to the toilet.

sarazarr:

Moved 3 rolls of Charmin nearer to the toilet.

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erinbowman:

drbirdsadviceforsadpoets:

leslieseuffert:

Cameron Davidson

that last one is gold.

Man-made patterns

visualgraphc:vimeo:Tao Tajima’s lights and shapes combine in...

visualgraphc:

vimeo:

Tao Tajima’s lights and shapes combine in a visually stunning nighttime display across the streets of Tokyo.

Animation

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likeafieldmouse:Mike Brodie - A Period of Juvenile Prosperity...

likeafieldmouse:

Mike Brodie - A Period of Juvenile Prosperity (published 2013)

"At 17 Mike Brodie hopped his first train close to his home in Pensacola, FL thinking he would visit a friend in Mobile, AL. Instead the train went in the opposite direction to Jacksonville, FL.

Days later, Brodie rode the same train home, arriving back where he started. Nonetheless, it sparked something and Brodie began to wander across the U.S. by any means that were free - walking, hitchhiking and train hopping.

Shortly after, Brodie found a Polaroid camera stuffed behind a carseat. With no training in photography and coke-bottle glasses, the instant camera was an opening for Brodie to document his experiences.

As a way of staying in touch with his transient community, Brodie shared his pictures on various websites gaining the moniker The Polaroid Kidd [sic]. When the Polaroid film he used was discontinued, Brodie switched to 35mm film and a sturdy 1980s camera.

Brodie spent years crisscrossing the U.S. amassing a collection, now appreciated as one of the most impressive archives of American travel photography. When asked about his approach to travel and photography Brodie has said: ‘Sometimes I take a train the wrong way or…whatever happens a photo will come out of it, so it doesn’t really matter where I end up.’”