“Some old desire for personal dominance was broken and gone. Life around me was a solemn dream, and I lived on the letters I wrote to a girl in another city. A man does not recover from such jolts — he becomes a different person, and, eventually, the new person finds new things to care about.”

—

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Crack-Up

He wrote a short series to Esquire, linked above, about his own struggles with ego, success, despair, and the eventual abandonment of it all. Fascinating, and it makes me think I ought to revisit some of his fiction.

I was digging around my files, trying to decide what I wanted to post today. This one jumped out at me, I guess it maybe suggests how different people approach the sensation of wonder. In reality, I don’t think age is as simple of an explanation as the image suggests, but it has some truth to it I’m sure. I had a great weekend, getting new gear, seeing movies, a concert, a good friend, and participating in a shoot. But now I am crashing rather badly. I should just go to sleep and hope it is better in the morning- it usually is. Script reading tomorrow night! “I’m just a soul/Whose intentions are good/Oh lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood”

I was digging around my files, trying to decide what I wanted to post today. This one jumped out at me, I guess it maybe suggests how different people approach the sensation of wonder. In reality, I don’t think age is as simple of an explanation as the image suggests, but it has some truth to it I’m sure.

I had a great weekend, getting new gear, seeing movies, a concert, a good friend, and participating in a shoot. But now I am crashing rather badly. I should just go to sleep and hope it is better in the morning- it usually is. Script reading tomorrow night!

“I’m just a soul/Whose intentions are good/Oh lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood”

angrywhistler: Antonio Pisanello (1395-1455) - Detail from “Saint George and the Princess” I love art with very fine, minute detail. Today’s posts reflect such.See the full image (or what is left of it) here.

angrywhistler:

Antonio Pisanello (1395-1455) - Detail from “Saint George and the Princess”


I love art with very fine, minute detail. Today’s posts reflect such.
See the full image (or what is left of it) here.

lomographicsociety:

Straight from the Retronaut: WTF 11

Retronaut is a website dedicated to archiving weird, wonderful, and historic photographs from the last 200 years. Included in this vast collection are the photos of London from 1913, raunchy fashion shoots from the 1920’s, futuristic designs from 1962, and everything you could possibly imagine in between. This week, we dug through the archives and found Retronautic WTF 11. Expect the unexpected!!

Detail edit of a portrait. Click to zoom.She’s a good actress if you’re casting.

Detail edit of a portrait. Click to zoom.
She’s a good actress if you’re casting.

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
Saul Williams

—Act III, Scene 2 (Shakespeare)

Saul is the best. Nice assist by Zack on this one.

Lyrics @ http://saulwilliams.com/act3.html

“But Brutus is an honorable man.”

See you at the show next Saturday?

See you at the show next Saturday?

ellipsisart: A little monster ACEO I did a month or so ago.

ellipsisart:

A little monster ACEO I did a month or so ago.