February 2012
21 posts
1/125: Some Questions about Portraits →
one125:
Hi, folks. I’m interested in your thoughts on portraiture. Specifically, I’d like to know one example each of: A best/great/favorite portrait — something that you consider to be at the top of the genre
A portrait that is highly regarded or popular, but that you dislike
If you can also say a…
tj asked: "One just has to make piece with that." Or 'peace' even ;-)
The second most incorrect thing people say about evolution is that it is the survival of the fittest. (The most incorrect award has to go to the claim it doesn’t exist). The problem with this framing is that it sets up a picture of evolution-as-craftsman, carefully scrutinizing genetic variations and selecting and nurturing the most promising variant.
But evolution isn’t selecting for,...
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Portraits
I just wanted to pull out a bit from my recent 1/125 post on Meatyard’s photos of Merton, because (a) that post is something of an infodump, and (b) there’s a bit in there that relates to an aspect of how I personally look at portraits which I have in the past sometimes had difficulty explaining:
The point is that these photographs are light years away from the portrait as a...
“I mean its not the end of the world, but for the last decade its been my...”
– Gamer’s Last Name Deemed Obscene by Xbox Live Cops
Tumblr Staff: A New Policy Against Self-Harm Blogs →
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One of the great things about Tumblr is that people use it for just about every conceivable kind of expression. People being people, though, that means that Tumblr sometimes gets used for things that are just wrong. We are deeply committed to supporting and defending our users’ freedom of speech,…
Because when I’m feeling terrible and about to do something awful, the thing...
“While most coverage of the issue naturally tends to focus on the interns...”
– Intern Xuedan Wang sues Harper’s Bazaar: Why don’t more unpaid interns protest? - Slate Magazine (via indefensible)
“A year ago, Ohio ranked 48th in job creation. We trailed only Michigan and...”
– Ohio Gov. John Kasich, in his 2012 State of the State address. (h/t Emily Steiger for the submission)
Sounds about right to me.
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X-Men 3
Excerpt of myself from another era. (What era? Well, I was listening to Diggnation and being surprised by Firefox having a spell-check function.) Just reposting here for convenience of linking.
There were some oddly creepy gender issues, especially pertaining to Jean Grey and Rogue. The way they repurposed the Dark Phoenix storyline was positively Victorian in its overtones. On the one hand,...