During the Rests (Grunt Space)

"Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences...."

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:45:18 -0400

““Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences. (Roy Ascott’s phrase.) That solves a lot of problems: we don’t have to argue whether photographs are art, or whether performances are art, or whether Carl Andre’s bricks or Andrew Serranos’s piss or Little Richard’s ‘Long Tall Sally’ are art, because we say, ‘Art is something that happens, a process, not a quality, and all sorts of things can make it happen.’ … [W]hat makes a work of art ‘good’ for you is not something that is already ‘inside’ it, but something that happens inside you — so the value of the work lies in the degree to which it can help you have the kind of experience that you call art.””

- Brian Eno (via jessiethatcher)

I could reblog/post this every day as a constant reminder.

(via notational)

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Wed, 22 May 2013 15:44:40 -0400

galaxys4: hello students. welcome to my math class. we will be having a class trip this year, the...

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:44:19 -0400

galaxys4:

hello students. welcome to my math class. we will be having a class trip this year, the first ever math field trip in history. it’s to hell. here we are

"The question why I would LET Willow cut her hair. First the LET must be challenged. This is a world..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:26:13 -0400

“The question why I would LET Willow cut her hair. First the LET must be challenged. This is a world where women, girls are constantly reminded that they don’t belong to themselves; that their bodies are not their own, nor their power or self determination. I made a promise to endow my little girl with the power to always know that her body, spirit and her mind are HER domain. Willow cut her hair because her beauty, her value, her worth is not measured by the length of her hair. It’s also a statement that claims that even little girls have the RIGHT to own themselves and should not be a slave to even their mother’s deepest insecurities, hopes and desires. Even little girls should not be a slave to the preconceived ideas of what a culture believes a little girl should be.”

- Jada Pinkett Smith (via volatileandawake)

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Wed, 22 May 2013 12:24:03 -0400

Doctor Who's Girl Problem

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:13:13 -0400

Doctor Who's Girl Problem:

thebriness:

Companions are absolutely vital to Doctor Who — they are its lifeblood. They provide new stories and new possibilities. But if you keep writing the same women again and again and again, you don’t get anything new. Each season of Russell T. Davies’s era got a shot in the arm from a brand new and completely different companion. And then there were all of the great side companions like Jack or Mickey or Wilf or Jackie. Moffat’s Who, by comparison, just feels empty. These girls are here to look pretty and serve as convenient, but empty, plot catalysts.

I love it when I find articles that sum up my feelings in ways that I cannot.

Interesting read.

heroinfriday: foulmouthedliberty: Too many facepalms for a...

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:01:21 -0400

heroinfriday:

foulmouthedliberty:

Too many facepalms for a single post.

Dumb fucking asshole.

-Liv

malformalady: A tongue of lava oozes out from beneath the...

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:59:33 -0400

malformalady:

A tongue of lava oozes out from beneath the recently cooled crust of a flow. The silica contained within, reflects the early morning sunlight, giving its surface a glassy sheen.

Photo and caption credit: Bruce Omori

cameronclarke: jessikarp: cryptaniac: bananneli: I wish that there was a socially acceptable way...

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:58:09 -0400

cameronclarke:

jessikarp:

cryptaniac:

bananneli:

I wish that there was a socially acceptable way to say, “I’m having a bad mental health day and need you to pay attention to me,” without alienating everyone.

or: “I’m having a bad mental health day and need to be on my own for a while so please don’t be mad if I cancel our plans on short notice.”

We basically need mental health safe words.

Yeah!

farahbear: was that a horcrux

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:55:56 -0400

farahbear:

was that a horcrux

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Wed, 22 May 2013 11:54:51 -0400

itsallinyourheadharry: New Who : Companions that never...

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:51:45 -0400

itsallinyourheadharry:

New Who : Companions that never were.

joshsundquist: More graphs like these in my new video Arrested...

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:34:51 -0400

joshsundquist:

More graphs like these in my new video Arrested Development for Math Nerds

poco-loki: thecorruptedquietone: prongsmydeer: Plot twist: The next companion is a normal...

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:16:00 -0400

poco-loki:

thecorruptedquietone:

prongsmydeer:

Plot twist: The next companion is a normal girl/boy who only dies once in their lifetime and has no remarkable back story but he thinks they’re wonderful because they are human and the Doctor needs reminding that you don’t need to be a mystery to be remarkable.

#and the doctor never has to kiss them or sexualize them at all #in fact they are not even attracted to the doctor

so basically we want Donna back

Yes. Although to be fair, Donna had the whole, My existence is pivotal to the timeline of the world, turn left vs. turn right thing. So I wouldn’t say Donna was completely mystery free.

"Rose is open, honest, heartfelt, to the point of being selfish, wonderfully selfish. Martha is..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:15:47 -0400

“Rose is open, honest, heartfelt, to the point of being selfish, wonderfully selfish. Martha is clever, calm, but rarely says what she’s really thinking. Donna is blunt, precise, unfiltered, but with a big heart beneath all the banter. […] If Rose can be selfish, then her finest moments will come when she’s selfless. If Martha keeps quiet, then her moments of revelation — like her goodbye to the Doctor — make her fly. Donna is magnificently self-centred — not selfish, but she pivots everything around herself, as we all do — so when she opens up and hears the Ood song, or begs for Caecilius’ family to be saved, then she’s wonderful.”

- Russell T. Davies, The Writer’s Tale (via doctormaster)

childhoodgames: Gaythering Storm it’s a parody of this...

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:41:05 -0400

childhoodgames:

Gaythering Storm

it’s a parody of this video which you should watch first, but yeah it’s good

dnlhern: i can’t believe the teen titans bought tumblr

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:15:36 -0400

dnlhern:

i can’t believe the teen titans bought tumblr

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Mon, 20 May 2013 20:08:00 -0400

Meg Jay: Why 30 is not the new 20 | Video on TED.com

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:23:03 -0400

Meg Jay: Why 30 is not the new 20 | Video on TED.com:

Clinical psychologist Meg Jay has a bold message for twenty somethings: Contrary to popular belief, your 20’s are not a throwaway decade. In this provocative talk, Jay says that just because marriage, work and kids are happening later in life, doesn’t mean you can’t start planning now. She gives 3 pieces of advice for how twenty somethings can re-claim adulthood in the defining decade of their lives.

davusignavus: aprill-showers: by Mark Bridger a wizard...

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:38:45 -0400

davusignavus:

aprill-showers:

by Mark Bridger

a wizard tending its garden