Images
Mimicry and ingenuity
It’s the democratization of manipulation! Which is, by the way, also what we’re up to over at Project Shelldrake.
The feed from 9 0 0 0
The Flickr user known only as 9 0 0 0 is one of my favorite internet mysteries. He or she or it produces a steady stream of amazing images—subtle, snarky, and always perfectly textured. They’ve been at it for years, but there’s a coherence to the feed; it feels like some opus being revealed over time, some crazy pop Kabbalah with AdBusters overtones. It’s often very droll.
Point samples don’t do it justice. You need to see it longitudinally.
Maybe it’s an ARG that’s never actually going to start.
Update: Seriously, sooo weird!
What, is this a Tumblr now?
I don’t know; it just felt very Snarkmarket to me.
The birth of Aphrodite
I like this drawing by Walt Pascoe a lot. In my head, it’s the birth of Aphrodite—but of course Aphrodite is not a woman on a clamshell, but rather a bright burning star. And the whole thing is a bit more violent than Botticelli would have you believe.
I also like this one; it looks like a dragon to me. A very modern, 2010 sort of dragon.
Frame of the decade
Ah, I love this: over at The Auteurs, they’re pitching ideas for the most memorable frame of film from the 2000s. Don’t take the assignment too literally (“That’s absurd! How could you ever make such a judgment?”); really, it’s just a prompt for a fun thread of wonderful images.