Overpainted Photographs by Gustaf Von Arbin and Vassili Brault
"To highlight the irony often held within model poses in editorials, we turned obviously sexually explicit pictures meant to display designer clothes, into a show of models gasping for air. Thank you for shopping."
It is part of human nature to like order, to see patterns even when no patterns exist. When we look at the stars, we imagine that they form constellations - shapes that link these points of light into a skeletal picture - when in reality there is no such link between them.
"Infinity: The Quest to Think the Unthinkable" by Brian Clegg
"No youre not a measure of what's in your pocket/ but its certainly a pleasure just to buy a gold locket/ I can never stop it/ These material things/ Oh the happiness these materials bring/"
& over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over & over
The society that molds you when you are young stays with you the rest of your life. Today's young people are experiencing that society right now, and they speak the language of the self as their native tongue. The individual has always come first, and feeling good about yourself has always been a primary virtue. Their expectations are highly optimistic: they expect to go to college, to make lots of money, and perhaps even to be famous. Yet this generation enters a world in which college admissions are increasingly competitive, good jobs are hard to find and harder to keep, and basic necessities have skyrocketed in price. This is a time of soaring expectations and crushing realities.
Tracks like these make me feel like I am in the divine favor of the Music Gods. With an ever-changing recipe for sound, Bosco has released a new cut, Ragdoll. Makes me wanna go trainhopping in heels. For more updates, be sure to follow her on twitter. Click the image to visit the official site.
We are in a vast ever-changing plane devoid of all sensation. Create your profile. Build your profile. Update your profile. Now your profile owns you. Man versus box. Man versus screen. Man versus cycle. Make a blog post about twitter, then tweet that you blogged. Keep in touch with people, get out of touch with people. Retweet the retwitted retweet. Reincarnate yourself in 2-Dimensional Hell. Stay connected. Live under a log. Login. Logout. Reboot.
Once upon a time, a computer screen traded everything real in exchange for everything wonderful & this is where it ended up. Here, you will find tiny outstretched palms everywhere, like ivy leaves, all leading you toward inspiration. This Dream Journal is a collection of stimulants--some homemade, some remixed, some borrowed--as well as personal anecdotes & updates from our mothership accessories line, Manifest Content.