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To Slow Down The Time: Stories

09/06/10

I’ve been following Matthew Allard’s lovely tumblr for a while and have really enjoyed reading the stories—or even bits of stories—that he writes and publishes from time to time. He’s been working on a book of short stories, written to illustrations by Ian Dingman and it’s just about out.

I love the concept. Normally you ask an illustrator to create some art based on stories that have already been written (or, at least, concepts), but Matthew and Ian did it the other way around.

He announced the pre-sale while I was taking a bit of an internet break, so, as of this post, he’s sold out of the custom hardcover edition. But you can still pre-order the paperback edition.

My order is in. What are you waiting for?

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Alright To Be Alone

by Tanya Davis

09/04/10

Poignant. Beautiful.

(via Andrew Hyde)

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Remembering Anchorage in the Seventies

by Stephen Cysewski

07/28/10
Remembering Anchorage in the Seventies

This entire photoset by Stephen Cysewski is amazing. It makes me not simply want to visit Anchorage, but wish I could go back in time and visit it in that very specific period. It looks rough, at times dreary, but at the edge of a frontier: a life without pretense. It draws me in and makes me want to craft the stories that go behind the photos.

Be sure to check out his blog and flickr for a lot of other wonderful photos.

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The Sandpit

by Sam O’Hare

07/22/10

I’m such a sucker for these kinds of short films. This one takes a slightly different look at New York City. No skylines, no subways, or any of the cliché landmarks. For some reason it makes the lives that are being filmed seem more real or human.

Check it out on Vimeo for HD or get some more information in an interview with the filmmaker. He put over 35,000 still images into this thing. Amazing.

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Poison & Wine

by The Civil Wars

02/09/10

Props to Joshua Blankenship for posting and thus reminding me of this amazing video. I don’t know when I first saw it, but I remember thinking it was one of the most captivating and haunting music videos I’d seen in a while. Unlike a lot of videos it enhanced the story of the song, Poison & Wine by The Civil Wars

The short film was produced & directed by Becky Fluke.

Joy Williams, one half of The Civil Wars duo (and I name I keep hearing more and more about) says this about the song:

“Poison & Wine is a musical snapshot about the dichotomy of love—that while it can be the thing that destroys you, it can also be the very same thing that beckons and builds you. JP [John Paul White] and I are both married have been for several years now – and we got to talking one day about what a tug and pull our individual relationships can be. The longer you know someone—and the longer you allow someone to know you—the more the light and shadows inside each person become more vivid. This song was our attempt at being as brutally honest about the dangerous and beautiful process of knowing and being known.”

(emphasis mine)

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Humans are naturally drawn to stories. I think she’s right.

(via @skaw)

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So what we’re seeing today isn’t new. It’s neither the unprecedented flowering of human potential nor the death of intelligent discourse, but rather the correction of a historical anomaly. There was a brief period of time in the 20th century when “media” was understood as something professionals created for others to passively consume. Collectively, we rejected this idea.

June Cohen, The Rise of Social Media is Really a Reprieve

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Field Notes Colors

11/25/09

I love this ad/promo video for the Field Notes Colors subscription. I also love the notebooks, but as beautiful as the Colors sets look, can’t bring myself to pay for it. I just don’t go through that many notebooks in a year…

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Travel Time Lapse Winter ’09

by Brad Kremer

09/30/09

Brilliantly shot (all on a 5d Mark II) and edited.

(via Phil Coffman)

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Two Weeks

Grizzly Bear

09/05/09

This unofficial music video for Grizzly Bear by fan and animator Gabe Askew is simply stunning. It’s almost that much more incredible knowing it was the work of one dude, inspired by the music. I hope the band is honored.

(via @micah)

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100ft of joy and failure

John Tenjack’s Sketchbook.

04/04/09

Drawn over 2 years, each 100ft section continues the story from the last section. Incredibly imaginative.

(via @bergrbergr)

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Where the Wild Things Are

The first trailer for the upcoming film.

03/25/09

A while back I posted some frame-captures from the upcoming movie by director Spike Jonze. Now the first trailer is out.

It seems like they carried the distinct visual tone of the frame-captures throughout the film in a really effective way.

I’m also loving the titling and hope that’s carried through into the film titles.

Do we really have to wait for October 16th?

(via @willw)

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The Crisis of Credit Visualized

The underpinnings of the credit crisis explained in motiongraphic goodness.

02/28/09

Simply put, this video is incredibly well done. Not just the animation, but the writing and the way an incredibly complex topic has been made understandable for just about anyone.

It’s a bit long, but well worth the investment of your time. I wish everyone in our country had at least this fundamental understanding of what has happened. We’d collectively make much better decisions about the future.

Visit the Crisis of Credit Visualized site.

(via @wiseacre)

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Abandoned HBO Soundstage for “The Wire”

01/08/09

I think it says a lot about this show that I’ve only watched the first two seasons so far and I’m already lamenting that fact that its done.

(via Subtraction)

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Where the Wild Things Are

01/06/09

This was one of my favs as a child. I’m trying not to build up my expectations of the movie too much because I don’t want to be disappointed. That said, I’m still really excited to see where they took it.

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People don’t believe what you tell them, but they believe what they tell themselves and others.

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What leaders do: they give people stories they can tell themselves. Stories about the future and about change.

Seth Godin, Tribes

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12/12/08

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The Art of the Title Sequence

Storytelling

11/26/08

A glorious site showcasing title sequences of films.

(via Signal vs. Noise)

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Choose Well: Separation of Powers

Explaining things with a Sharpie

11/25/08

Watch this video Jason Polan created for the State Bar of Texas.

He does tons of videos like this. Such a fun way of grabbing attention and explaining how stuff works.

(via Signal vs. Noise)

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The end of
the Beginning, Middle, & the End

A brief look at the changing landscape of storytelling in our culture.

07/29/07

Lately I’ve been reading a bit out of Convergence Culture by Henry Jenkins. It’s a look at the convergence of media disciplines and how that affects our culture. I’m currently only in the 3rd chapter, but it got me thinking about how storytelling is changing. Long, complex plots carrying over multiple seasons are moving from the niche to the mainstream.

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