Book scanning, 70s style:
Even the pages were turned automatically. Somehow there isn’t a video of this on the internet anywhere!
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It’s visible in the opening credits.
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The last couple of times I’ve visited the library of congress, several people were scanning or photographing old books in toto. And these were things like commercial directories, not books of significant literary value-- so the alienation factor is closer to mechanical turk than it is to bibliophile.
Often it’s a dslr setup on a tripod (either inverted tripod, or tripod with an extra arm).
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The historiography of brexit.
Humans, Nietzsche thought, are always looking for meaning in their suffering. Grand narratives identifying economic circumstances or a national identity crisis behind Brexit are a way to give meaning to it. But sometimes, the reason we find ourselves in the present is simply the result of a cascade of unrelated and meaningless events—“just one bloody thing after another.”
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Personally, I blame a lot of lousy politicians.
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That opening whole scene is a gem between her outfit, the machine, and the music.
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OK, I’ll bite.
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Great work. Definitely Ignoble Prize worthy.
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A reason to go to Indianapolis … Hmmm
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Road trip!
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Franchise!
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Awesome photos of dancers:
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All Cuadrado bananas have four sides. I’ve only ever seen them in Central America, because they do not travel well. But they are wonderful, custard-like flavor and firm, even when ripe:
If you freeze them, then let them thaw for a little while, it’s basically ice cream. I lived in an apartment with one of these trees right outside the front door, and the landlord let us pick whatever fruits we would eat, on his farm.
Bananas in US stores are an unending disappointment to me because there are a lot of great ones, and we get the least common denominator because it travels well: the cavendish. Blah-nana.
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Well, your disappointment might not last much longer…
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I’m not really into dance, but I keep coming across this IG post and it’s so gorgeous…
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt1UP21nQVr/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=82ejt73da9v6
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As somebody with quite a bit of experience in dance (including working for several professional dance companies), I can tell you that the balance and precision needed to do pointe work like this is phenomenal. These are highly trained dancers, not simply young students.
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All I know is that next time I’m in Chicago visiting my dad, I’ll be trying to find out how to score tickets to their next performance.
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All the classical art of dogs I’ve seen makes them look kinda hideous, like short-haired hyena-rats.
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