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September 2
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August 30
Giving thanks for the giant mushroom turkey feast

Giving thanks for the giant mushroom turkey feast

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“I have often spoken of what I call the inadequate imagery of today’s civilization. I have the impression that the images that surround us today are worn out; they are abused and useless and exhausted. They are limping and dragging themselves behind the rest of our cultural evolution. When I look at the postcards in tourist shops and the images and advertisements that surround us in magazines or I turn on the television, or if I walk into a travel agency and see those huge posters with that same tedious image of the Grand Canyon on them, I truly feel there is something dangerous emerging here. …As a race we have become aware of certain dangers that surround us. We comprehend, for example, that nuclear power is a real danger for mankind, that over-crowding of the planet is the greatest of all. We have understood that the destruction of the environment is another enormous danger. But I truly believe that the lack of adequate imagery is a danger of the same magnitude. It is as serious a defect as being without memory. What have we done to our images? What have we done to our embarrassed landscapes? I have said this before and will repeat it again as long as I am able to talk: if we do not develop adequate images we will die out like dinosaurs. Look at the depiction of Jesus in our iconography, unchanged since the vanilla ice-cream kitsch of the Nazarene school of painting in the late nineteenth century. These images alone are sufficient proof that Christianity is moribund. We need images in accordance with our civilization and our innermost conditioning, and this is the reason why I like any film that searches for new images no matter in what direction it moves or what story it tells. One must dig like an archaeologist and search our violated landscape to find anything new. It can sometimes be a struggle to find unprocessed and fresh images.” -Werner Herzog, via Herzog on Herzog (photo by Beat Presser, c. 1981) (via oldhollywood)

“I have often spoken of what I call the inadequate imagery of today’s civilization. I have the impression that the images that surround us today are worn out; they are abused and useless and exhausted. They are limping and dragging themselves behind the rest of our cultural evolution. When I look at the postcards in tourist shops and the images and advertisements that surround us in magazines or I turn on the television, or if I walk into a travel agency and see those huge posters with that same tedious image of the Grand Canyon on them, I truly feel there is something dangerous emerging here.

…As a race we have become aware of certain dangers that surround us. We comprehend, for example, that nuclear power is a real danger for mankind, that over-crowding of the planet is the greatest of all. We have understood that the destruction of the environment is another enormous danger. But I truly believe that the lack of adequate imagery is a danger of the same magnitude. It is as serious a defect as being without memory. What have we done to our images? What have we done to our embarrassed landscapes? I have said this before and will repeat it again as long as I am able to talk: if we do not develop adequate images we will die out like dinosaurs. Look at the depiction of Jesus in our iconography, unchanged since the vanilla ice-cream kitsch of the Nazarene school of painting in the late nineteenth century. These images alone are sufficient proof that Christianity is moribund.

We need images in accordance with our civilization and our innermost conditioning, and this is the reason why I like any film that searches for new images no matter in what direction it moves or what story it tells. One must dig like an archaeologist and search our violated landscape to find anything new. It can sometimes be a struggle to find unprocessed and fresh images.”

-Werner Herzog, via Herzog on Herzog (photo by Beat Presser, c. 1981)

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August 28
“ We should use Glenn’s nightmare to reconnect with Martin’s dream. Op-Ed Columnist - Charles M. Blow - Glenn Beck’s Nightmare - NYTimes.com
August 23
“ The planned “ultra-mosque” will be a staggering 5,600ft tall – more than five times higher than the tallest building on Earth – and will be capped with an immense dome of highly-polished solid gold, carefully positioned to bounce sunlight directly toward the pavement, where it will blind pedestrians and fry small dogs. The main structure will be delimited by 600 minarets, each shaped like an upraised middle finger, and housing a powerful amplifier: when synchronised, their combined sonic might will be capable of relaying the muezzin’s call to prayer at such deafening volume, it will be clearly audible in the Afghan mountains, where thousands of terrorists are poised to celebrate by running around with scarves over their faces, firing AK-47s into the sky and yelling whatever the foreign word for “victory” is. Charlie Brooker | ‘Ground Zero mosque’? The reality is less provocative | Comment is free | The Guardian
August 14

One Square Mile - Smith Center, Kansas (by Carl Crum)

Excerpt from the short film “One Square Mile - Smith Center”. The town of Smith Center, Kansas is a microcosm of small town life in America. Located at the center of the contiguous United States, Smith Center offers a glimpse into life in rural communities throughout the mid-west and beyond. This excerpt is from the program series called One Square Mile. The series examines life in individual square miles around the United States and beyond to gain a better understanding of how people live and view the world around them.

August 11

Words

August 6

Jack White performing Mother Nature’s Son at the White House.

See also: Fuck you, you hip motherfuckers!

August 4
“The trees in Lisbon are old and wicked .. People who don’t like trees are a bummer.” Wayne Coyne has joined Twitter. (via kateoplis)

“The trees in Lisbon are old and wicked .. People who don’t like trees are a bummer.”

Wayne Coyne has joined Twitter.

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August 3
“ We stayed out too late that night, hiking to see one last plateau and miscalculating our time. Walked back in the bowing dusk, stopping by the side of the road to gather wild strawberries. Small as pebbles, sweeter than anything. Licked the stain off our finger tips and walked home to cook dinner in the dark, to rebuild a fire by lantern light.

been thinking…