25 January 2017

http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/291-federal-lands-in-the-us

Brain Visualization: http://labocine.com/spotlight/42

http://www.star2.com/culture/arts/2016/12/31/yoichi-ochiai-japanese-scientist-makes-art/

Projection Mapping Software;  http://troikatronix.com/isadora/about/   taught by http://maziart.ca/

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ah/ah-news-publication/ucl_announces_scientist_in_residence_at_slade

http://waysofseeingwaysofseeing.com/ways-of-seeing-john-berger-5.7.pdf

https://www.facebook.com/pg/RawnWild/photos/

CollageArtist: http://www.juanortiz-apuy.com/

(Video) How to make a FlexTangle

Google Photo; Back up photos & videos

"Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they’re finished." - Daniel Gilbert, Harvard psychologist
"The only way to avoid pissing people off is to do nothing important." - Oliver Emberton
"... we live in a time when it is especially challenging to articulate the importance of experiences that don’t produce anything obvious, aren’t easily quantifiable, resist measurement, aren’t easily named, are categorically in-between." - Josef Pieper, German philosopher
"Be ready to hear what whispers in your ear." - Steven Spielberg
"We change the world not by what we say or do, but as a consequence of what we have become." - David R. Hawkins

17 January 2017

Aerial Photography

https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/walking-and-mapping

https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2016/nov/16/the-lie-of-the-land-when-map-makers-get-it-wrong-edward-brooke-hitching-in-pictures

(Residency) http://polyhedra.eu/knowledge-link-art-science-klas/

http://www.arcticinspirationprize.ca/art/art-2015.php

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-worlds-largest-dada-collections-can-now-be-viewed-online

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2014/08/22/341898975/a-picture-of-language-the-fading-art-of-diagramming-sentences

Fusion 360 YouTube channel   tutorial Paul   community link

http://www.indiewire.com/gallery/the-50-best-films-of-2016/

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/01/awesomeness-is-everything/508775/

"The standards you set for yourself, whether at work or in your friendships or when alone with your thoughts, can be felt by everyone around you." - Hugh Macleod
"Everyone is reasonable. They just have their own reasons." - TU
"Our Heads Are Round So Our Thoughts Can Change Direction." - Francis Picabia ✨
"In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism, ... it's your Count that votes." - ?
"His way had therefore come full circle, or rather had taken the form of an ellipse or a spiral, following as ever no straight unbroken line, for the rectilinear belongs only to Geometry and not to Nature and Life." - Hermann Hesse, The Glass Bead Game

09 January 2017

(Maps) http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/26/upshot/duck-dynasty-vs-modern-family-television-maps

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-totally-jinxed-map-of-global-superstitions

http://sensorymaps.com/

http://www.cntraveler.com/story/the-longest-straight-road-in-the-world-is

http://www.archdaily.com/802427/this-architect-fuses-art-and-science-by-hand-illustrating-the-golden-ratio

https://soundcloud.com/goodpoint (Jeremy Bailey podcasts)

http://www.artbombdaily.com/archive/artwork/available

(Erasing graffiti) http://torontoist.com/2016/12/before-and-after/

More is Different

http://themindunleashed.com/2016/12/neuroscientists-discover-song-reduces-anxiety-65-percent-listen.html

"THE PRINCIPLE OF EMERGENCE: "…more is different. When things are combined meanings emerge, a most benevolent principle behind the universe." - Charles Jencks
"The only bird that doesn't get a worm is the bird that doesn't go out to get one." - The Universe
"On how one orients himself to the moment, depends the failure or fruitfulness of it." - Henry Miller (December 26, 1891–June 7, 1980)
"Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil." - J. Paul Getty
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." - Friedrich Nietzsche

03 January 2017

http://geographical.co.uk/places/mapping/item/2002-the-great-thaw

http://hyperallergic.com/342381/panoramic-maps-from-library-of-congress/

Most Influential Images of All Time

http://www.juxtapoz.com/news/magazine/anatomy-of-a-painting-todd-schorr-s-liquid-universe/

http://thegeniusdeck.com/

Triangular Mess Models. https://3dwarehouse.sketchup

http://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2016/12/29/14103820/arctic-piano-elegy

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/23/arts/design/kenneth-snelson-dead-sculptor.html

http://mashable.com/2016/02/23/how-to-get-all-pics-in-google-photos

http://mg.co.za/article/2016-12-22-00-the-age-of-humanism-is-ending/

"Faith is the ability to honor stillness at some moments, and at others to ride the passion and exuberance." - Alan Lightman
"As you start to walk on the way, the way appears." - Rumi
"... if you can keep from growing sour, surly, bitter and cynical… you’ve got it half licked." - Henry Miller (December 26, 1891–June 7, 1980)
"People used to laugh at me when I would say 'I want to be a comedian', well nobody's laughing now." - online
"For the rest of all time, your kindness will be felt, in waves that will spread, long after you move on." - The Universe

30 December 2016

CIA Declassifies Maps from 75 Years of Surveillance

http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/brexit-a-fairytale-in-four-maps

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/535596/high-resolution-3-d-scans-built-from-drone-photos/

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-the-tech-behind-bitcoin-could-help-artists-and-protect-collectors-so-why-won-t-they-use-it

Film Collage

Digital Artist / Curator

ART Immersion Workshop  http://www.iceamericas.org/

http://www.juxtapoz.com/tag/scene-report/

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/the-potential-benefits-of-mental-distractions-for-the-aging-brain/

http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-macbook-pro-2016-consumer-reports-2016

"In the end, we will not remember the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Dr. King
"Having a broad range of choice can attract visitors, but it discourages buyers (Choice Overload Problem)." - Via
"Concern should drive us into action  and not into a depression." - Pythagoras
"Actually, it's not that most people don't have much and just want a little. It's that they have it all and just want a little. Realign; want it all." - The Universe
"Punk has become another marketing tool to sell you something you don’t need." - Joe Corre

12 December 2016

http://www.mytravelmap.tk/?0

http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/all-pop-music-since-1880-in-one-clickable-map

http://hyperallergic.com/256268/before-google-earth-a-rare-cartographic-compendium-from-renaissance-europe/

http://allmyeyes.blogspot.ca/2011/03/visualize-world-inspiration.html

http://www.cutoutfoldup.com/index.php

http://hyperallergic.com/343259/a-tech-collective-sets-up-a-sleek-boutique-to-help-visitors-elude-big-data/

Video Mapping artist

http://www.myseumoftoronto.com/cosmopolis

Online Prediction Market: https://www.augur.net (wisdom of the crowd)

(PodCast) MMIW Inquiry http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-december-7-2016-1.3883544

"The growth in understanding of spatial order seems to follow closely man’s own evolution as a conscious being. First as a tool of orientation, the ‘where’ of things, and eventually becoming the ‘how’ inherent in things." - Keith Critchlow. Order in Space: A Design Source Book. 1969
"We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give." - Winston S. Churchill
"If the professor on Gilligan's Island can make a radio out of a coconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat?" - 
"The price is what you pay; value is what you get." - Warren Buffett
"In all things, always and forever, simply wish the best for all involved, without stating what you think that is. And then, whatever does happen, no matter what happens, know that it was." - The Universe

02 December 2016

http://gizmodo.com/this-wacky-world-map-just-won-japans-biggest-design-award

(Video) The Map of Physics   (buy the poster)

http://www.myseumoftoronto.com/cosmopolis

https://www.epiloglaser.ca/resources/sample-club.htm

(Book) Finding yourself through Collage

https://artistsandclimatechange.com/

(Still working?) https://vine.co/u/1083199718462763008
http://blog.vine.co/post/152386882201/important-news-about-vine

https://www.wired.com/2015/02/whats-up-with-cats-and-boxes

(Music Video) Dwight Yoakam 'Fast as You'

http://hyperallergic.com/336812/the-trump-nightmare-is-here/

"Art is purposiveness without purpose." - Kant
"'...And what else?' is powerful because it recognizes that the first answer somebody gives you is never the only answer and it’s rarely the best answer." - Michael Bungay Stanier, Innovation Ecosystem
"You're already the kind of person you once dreamed you'd become." - The Universe
"وقل ربي زدني علما And say, oh my Lord increase my knowledge." - Via
"Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance." - Albert Einstein