I tend to remember things by the way they make me feel.
I can re-live a memory, no matter how old, that is as clear and as strong as the day it happened.
However, there is a bias towards the melancholic. I don’t seem to retain happy memories in the same way.
I live the sad stuff over and over again.
I secretly think this is why I need to write.
This is my first piece of ‘art’. It’s a photo-painting hybrid I made on my iPad.
I focused on the face, not wanting to show pain or fear, but that equilibrium that exists beyond it.
I also wanted to get the overall effect of being ‘consumed’ by the sun.
He is falling backwards, looking straight into the sun as he descends, bathed in all it’s golden glory.
More on Icarus’ tragic tale here.
I’ve been in Ghana since early December. Having been back now for about 2 weeks, it’s taken me this long to get back to ‘normal’ life. The dreamy mist of 5 weeks in the sun hasn’t quite lifted yet, but all that is familiar is beginning to slot back into place.
Still one of my favourite adverts EVER. To me, this is not an Ad … It’s art. I wish all advertising was this emotive.
Directed by Jonathan Glazer in 1999, the advert won numerous awards at the time.
The pounding soundtrack is called ‘Phat Planet’ by Leftfield. You can find out more about the ad here
They don’t make them like this anymore.
This is one of my favourite paintings by Alexandre-Georges-Henri Regnault entitled “Automedon with the Horses of Achilles”.
The horses, although foaming at the mouth, are not wild, they are grieving. Both immortal, the horses Xanthos and Balious were given to Achilles’ parents as a gift from Poseidon and pulled the young hero’s chariot during the Trojan war. When Achilles was mortally wounded, the horses were inconsolable, and it is Automedon, Achillies’ charioteer, who tries to console them.
Three different apples changed the world. The one eaten by Eve, the one that hit Newton, the one created by Steve Jobs.
My most expensive app purchase to date. Korg iMA-20 synth studio for iPad. Really getting into the whole songwriting thing.
Bjork better watch her back. Just saying.
I’m about to set in motion something I have been planning for awhile.
To say I’m excited is an understatement. After months (years, actually) of complaining, I’m finally doing something about it.
So easy to forget that we are the creators of our own story.
Updates to follow soon.
Who has never killed an hour? Not casually or without thought, but carefully: a premeditated murder of minutes. The violence comes from a combination of giving up, not caring, and a resignation that getting past it is all you can hope to accomplish. So you kill the hour. You do not work, you do not read, you do not daydream. If you sleep it is not because you need to sleep. And when at last it is over, there is no evidence: no weapon, no blood, and no body. The only clue might be the shadows beneath your eyes or a terribly thin line near the corner of your mouth indicating something has been suffered, that in the privacy of your life you have lost something and the loss is too empty to share.
— Mark Z. Danielewski (House of Leaves)
Found this great video on YouTube. Powerful stuff when you mix inspirational quotes with art.
I’m starting again. Everything.
Not for the first time.
Probably not for the last.
Until I find what I’m looking for.
UPDATE: I reverted back to the old version. I think it looks better. This design also works great on iPhone and looks fantastic on an iPad.
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Yep! I did it.
Finally got around to giving the site a bit of a makeover. Still very much a work in progress, got a few bugs to take care of and need to clean up my messy tags and categories.
Will fine tune it over the coming weeks.
Not sure if this is better than the old design … or just feels that way because it’s new.
This has been my worst week in a long time. I’ve been feeling really down.
My mum just gave me some brilliant advice.
When you’re feeling low, focus on things that give you instant gratification rather than things that take a long time to achieve.
Do things that show immediate results. Do lots of those things.
Use those mini achievements to pull yourself though.
