The ancient tradition that the world will be consumed in fire at the end of six thousand years is true;
As I have heard from hell.
The whole creation will be consumed, and appear infinite and holy, where as it now appears finite and corrupt.

This will come to pass by an improvement of sensual enjoyment.
If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.

“Murmuration” bezeichnet einen Starenschwarm.
Und nein, das Video ruckelt nicht. Am Anfang ersetzen nur ein paar Fotos die Filmsequenz.

Nachtrag: Island, Irland – ist ja alles die selbe Ecke. Irgendwie. Jedenfalls ist die Aufnahme nicht in Island sondern in Irland auf dem Fluss Shannon entstanden. Pardon von meiner Seite.
Dass Island selbst eine wunderbare Natur zu bieten hat, sollte landläufig bekannt sein. Wer das noch nicht weiß, der sollte sich Klara Hardens Kurzfilm ansehen. Sie war 25 Tage allein zu Fuß unterwegs und brachte aus dem fernen Norden ein paar atemberaubende Aufnahmen mit.
Wen da das Fernweh nicht packt…

I’d sell your heart to the junkman baby
For a buck, for a buck
If you’re looking for someone to pull you out of that ditch
You’re out of luck, you’re out of luck

Ship is sinking
The ship is sinking
The ship is sinking

There’s a leak, there’s a leak in the boiler room
The poor, the lame, the blind
Who are the ones that we kept in charge?
Killers, thieves and lawyers

God’s away, God’s away
God’s away on business, business
God’s away, God’s away
God’s away on business, business

Digging up the dead with a shovel and a pick
It’s a job, it’s a job
Bloody moon rising with a plague and a flood
Join the mob, join the mob
It’s all over, it’s all over
It’s all over

There’s a leak, there’s a leak in the boiler room
The poor, the lame, the blind
Who are the ones that we kept in charge?
Killers, thieves and lawyers

God’s away, God’s away
God’s away on business, business
God’s away, God’s away on business, business

Godddamn there’s always such a big temptation
To be good, to be good
There’s always free cheddar in a mousetrap, baby
It’s a deal, it’s a deal

God’s away, God’s away
God’s away on business, business
God’s away, God’s away
God’s away on business, business

I narrow my eyes like a coin slot baby
Let her ring, let her ring

God’s away, God’s away
God’s away on business, business
God’s away, God’s away
God’s away on business, business

Regie, Animation, Sound: Uli Henrik Streckenbach
Sprecher: Hilmar Eichhorn

via Design made in Germany

By the way if anyone here is in advertising or marketing… kill yourself.

No, no, no it’s just a little thought. I’m just trying to plant seeds. Maybe one day, they’ll take root – I don’t know. You try, you do what you can. Kill yourself.

Seriously though, if you are, do.

Aaah, no really, there’s no rationalisation for what you do and you are Satan’s little helpers. Okay – kill yourself – seriously. You are the ruiner of all things good, seriously. No this is not a joke, you’re going, “there’s going to be a joke coming,” there’s no fucking joke coming. You are Satan’s spawn filling the world with bile and garbage. You are fucked and you are fucking us. Kill yourself. It’s the only way to save your fucking soul, kill yourself.

Planting seeds. I know all the marketing people are going, “he’s doing a joke…” there’s no joke here whatsoever. Suck a tail-pipe, fucking hang yourself, borrow a gun from a Yank friend – I don’t care how you do it. Rid the world of your evil fucking makinations. Machi… Whatever, you know what I mean.

I know what all the marketing people are thinking right now too, “Oh, you know what Bill’s doing, he’s going for that anti-marketing dollar. That’s a good market, he’s very smart.”

Oh man, I am not doing that. You fucking evil scumbags!

“Ooh, you know what Bill’s doing now, he’s going for the righteous indignation dollar. That’s a big dollar. A lot of people are feeling that indignation. We’ve done research – huge market. He’s doing a good thing.”

Godammit, I’m not doing that, you scum-bags! Quit putting a godamm dollar sign on every fucking thing on this planet!

“Ooh, the anger dollar. Huge. Huge in times of recession. Giant market, Bill’s very bright to do that.”

God, I’m just caught in a fucking web.

“Ooh the trapped dollar, big dollar, huge dollar. Good market – look at our research. We see that many people feel trapped. If we play to that and then separate them into the trapped dollar…”

How do you live like that? And I bet you sleep like fucking babies at night, don’t you?

“What didya do today honey?”

“Oh, we made ah, we made ah arsenic a childhood food now, goodnight.” [snores] “Yeah we just said you know is your baby really too loud? You know?” [snores] “Yeah, you know the mums will love it.” [snores]

Sleep like fucking children, don’t ya, this is your world isn’t it?

Der Blick nach drinnen ist der Blick nach draussen.
Menschen, die auf Computer starren, ohne zu wissen, dass der Computer ein Foto macht. Jede Minute eins, auf hundert Rechnern verteilt, drei Tage lang. Ergebnis: tausend Fotos ziemlich gelangweilt Dreinblickender. Und: Apples Sicherheitsleute vor Kyle McDonalds Haustür, der die Videokunstaktion veranstaltete und in diesem Tumbl-Blog seine Fotos sammelt.

via Mashable: EXCLUSIVE: Apple Store Sets Secret Service on Spy Camera Artist

Statistiker und Umweltforscher Hans Rösling über die gesellschaftsverändernde Magie der Waschmaschine.
TED Talk
(via gizmodo)

Nichts wirkt auf die Menschen so beeindruckend, wie jemanden zu beobachten, der etwas in Perfektion beherrscht.

Ultra slowmotion Aufnahmen gibt es mittlerweile wie Sand am Meer und so schön langsam hat man sich auch sattgesehen. Dieser Dreissigsekünder ist trotzdem ganz toll.

Art work by Shinichi Maruyama
Composited by Tetsushi Wakasugi

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The point is: We don’t know where we get our ideas from. What we do now is we do not get them from our laptops.
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To know how good you are in something requires the same skills as it does to be good at this thing.
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Most people who have absolutely no idea what they are doing, have absolutely no idea that they have no idea of what they are doing. It explains a great deal of life. It explains particularly Hollywood. But it also explains why so many people in charge and so many organizations have no idea what they are doing. They have a terrible blindspot.
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Aus der Reihe “Tales Of Mere Existence“