Bill Cheng's Blog, page 14
January 10, 2015
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British illustrator Helen Green celebrates David...
British illustrator Helen Green celebrates David Bowie’s birthday with this brilliant visual tour of his many permutations. Peek into the influences and inspirations behind them with Bowie’s reading list of all-time favorite books, then see the psychological foundation them all in Bowie’s answers to the Proust Questionnaire.
theparisreview:
“The truth I’m talking about is the stuff that gets distorted and compromised...
“The truth I’m talking about is the stuff that gets distorted and compromised every time you write something down or open your mouth to speak, because your priority when communicating isn’t to represent your thoughts or feelings exactly but to make sense, to appear sane and comprehensible and appealing. I like working within that impossibility.”
—Dennis Cooper, who turns sixty-two today.
December 30, 2014
December 28, 2014
shihlun:
A giant helium balloon bearing the face of an ojisan...
A giant helium balloon bearing the face of an ojisan (middle-aged man) appeared in the sky in Utsunomiya on Sunday, in an event organized by the Utsunomiya Museum of Art to bring artwork to the public outside museums.
The balloon measures 15 meters in diameter and features the face of a man who lives in the city. The man was selected from 218 applicants.
Found Functions
“Nevertheless, the fact is that there is...
Found Functions
“Nevertheless, the fact is that there is nothing as dreamy and poetic, nothing as radical, subversive, and psychedelic, as mathematics. It is every bit as mind blowing as cosmology or physics… and allows more freedom of expression than poetry, art, or music… Mathematics is the purest of the arts, as well as the most misunderstood.” - Paul Lockhart
