Put The Latte Down And Chill The Fuck Out

nevver: Freud and Moss

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:40:47 -0400

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Freud and Moss

kateoplis: Michel Gondry tours his favorite Paris video store,...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:55:29 -0400

kateoplis:

Michel Gondry tours his favorite Paris video store, A Cinephile’s Labyrinth

“Get your ass out of the house.”

A BitterSweet Life: Notes on the Cinematographer by Robert Bresson

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:55:20 -0400

A BitterSweet Life: Notes on the Cinematographer by Robert Bresson:

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R.L. Wasteland has given a gift to all in the form of Robert Bresson’s must-read book on filmmaking Notes on the Cinematographer, known in other publications as Notes on Cinematography. The book is made up of a series of koan-like statements on the art of cinema, which Bresson chose to…

nevver: “The true man wants two things: danger and play. For...

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:07:35 -0400

ARNOLD FROLICS

ARNOLD FROLICS

ARNOLD FROLICS

nevver:

“The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.” — Nietzsche

nevver: Dope

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:10:29 -0500

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Dope

nevver: — Ignatius J. Reilly, A Confederacy of Dunces

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:21:02 -0500

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— Ignatius J. Reilly, A Confederacy of Dunces

erdalinci: The Galata Bridge , Istanbul , 2013

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:47:16 -0500

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The Galata Bridge , Istanbul , 2013

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Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:45:09 -0500

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Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:44:53 -0500

nevver: — John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:11:11 -0500

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— John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

nevver: Exile

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:54:16 -0500

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Exile

nevver: Defend the herd

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:40:14 -0500

nevver:

Defend the herd

kylejthompson: I often draw out concepts before I take them. I...

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 14:47:16 -0500

kylejthompson:

I often draw out concepts before I take them. I think it makes it easier to visualize the composition of the photo. I put together a few of the sketches I did before each photograph, so you can see how the final product compares to the original sketch. Just thought it might be interesting haha :)

nevver: Will work for a justified existence

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 14:14:06 -0500

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Will work for a justified existence

In Plain View

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 08:31:06 -0400

In a 2001 book, “Identifying Child Molesters,” the psychologist Carla van Dam tells the story of a young Canadian elementary-school teacher she calls Jeffrey Clay. Clay taught physical education. He was well liked by his students, and often he asked boys in his class to stay after school, to do homework and help him with chores. One day, just before winter break, three of the boys made a confession to their parents. Mr. Clay had touched them under their pants.

The parents went to the principal. He confronted Clay, who denied everything. The principal knew Clay and was convinced by him. In his mind, what it boiled down to, van Dam writes, “is some wild imaginations and the three boys being really close.”

The parents were at a loss. Mr. Clay was beloved. He had started a popular gym club at the school. He was married and was a role model to the boys. He would come to their after-school games. Could he really have abused them? Perhaps he was just overly physical in the way that young men often are. He had a habit, for example, of grabbing boys in the hallway and pulling them toward him, placing his arms over their shoulders and chest. At the gym club, he would pick boys up and turn them upside down, holding them by the legs. Lots of people—especially gym teachers—like to engage in a little horseplay with young boys. It wasn’t until the allegations about Clay emerged that it occurred to anyone to wonder whether he might have been trying to look down the boys’ shorts.

“We weren’t really prepared to call the police and make it into a police investigation,” one of the mothers told van Dam. “It was an indiscretion, as far as we were concerned at this point. It was all vague: ‘Well, he put his hands down there.’ And, ‘Well, it was inside the pants, but fingers went to here.’ We were all still trying to protect Mr. Clay’s reputation, and the possibility this was all blown up out of proportion and there was a mistake.”

The families then learned that there had been a previous complaint by a child against Clay, and they took their case to the school superintendent. He, too, advised caution. “If allegations do not clearly indicate sexual abuse, a gray area exists,” he wrote to them. “The very act of overt investigation carries with it a charge, a conviction, and a sentence, a situation which is repugnant to fair-minded people.” He was responsible not just to the children but also to the professional integrity of his teachers. What did they have? Just the story of three young boys, and young boys do, after all, have wild imaginations.

Clay was kept on. Two months later, after prodding from a couple of social workers, the parents asked the police to investigate. One of the mothers recalls an officer interviewing her son: “He was gentle, but to the point, and he wanted to be shown exactly where Mr. Clay had touched him.” The three boys named other boys who they said had been subjected to Mr. Clay’s advances. Those boys, however, denied everything. A new, more specific allegation against Clay surfaced. He resigned, and went to see a therapist. But still the prosecutor’s office didn’t feel that it had enough evidence to press charges. And within the school there were teachers who felt that Clay was innocent. “I was running into my colleagues who were saying, ‘Did you know that some rotten parents trumped up these charges against this poor man?’ ” one teacher told van Dam. The teacher added, “Not just one person. Many teachers said this.” A psychologist working at the school thought that the community was in the grip of hysteria. The allegations against Clay, he thought, were simply the result of the fact that he was “young and energetic.” Clay threatened to sue. The parents dropped their case.

Clay was a man repeatedly accused of putting his hands down the pants of young boys. Parents complained. Superiors investigated. And what happened? The school psychologist called him a victim of hysteria.

When monsters roam free, we assume that people in positions of authority ought to be able to catch them if only they did their jobs. But that might be wishful thinking. A pedophile, van Dam’s story of Mr. Clay reminds us, is someone adept not just at preying on children but at confusing, deceiving, and charming the adults responsible for those children—which is something to keep in mind in the case of the scandal at Penn State and the conviction, earlier this year, of the former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky on child-molestation charges.

The Absence Of Malick

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 08:29:45 -0400

The Absence Of Malick

"Finally, here is a “guaranteed” way to lengthen your life. Childhood holidays seem to last forever,..."

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:11:35 -0400

“Finally, here is a “guaranteed” way to lengthen your life. Childhood holidays seem to last forever, but as you grow older time seems to accelerate. “Time” is related to how much information you are taking in – information stretches time. A child’s day from 9am to 3.30pm is like a 20-hour day for an adult. Children experience many new things every day and time passes slowly, but as people get older they have fewer new experiences and time is less stretched by information. So, you can “lengthen” your life by minimising routine and making sure your life is full of new active experiences – travel to new places, take on new interests, and spend more time living in the present – see Making Time by Steve Taylor.”

- Why the return journey feels quicker – a fascinating read on our perception of the passage of time.

The Ghost Of Bobby Dunbar

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 15:13:10 -0400

The Ghost Of Bobby Dunbar

Haneke At 70

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 07:26:02 -0400

Haneke At 70

a-bittersweet-life: Photography by Brittany Markert

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 07:26:58 -0400

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Photography by Brittany Markert