I was truly moved the other night on Stephen Colbert! The combination of Bill Murray at his ironic best and the absolute top notch classical musicians headed by cellist Jan Vogler make magic! Puerto Rico !!!
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30 day time-lapse: view from a Container Ship
Here’s an awesome time-lapse from JeffHK on YouTube!
Pavement Numbers Loop
Another abstract construction in the opArt series.
Swirly Abstract Cloud(s) Loop
Seriously, I just figured out that you can loop embeds on Vimeo! Optical illusion: if you stare at this long enough, and stop it manually, it will appear to reverse direction and keep moving, slowly.
opArt loops are like little experiments, that sometimes evolve into larger pieces, or sometimes not.
1994 Soundgarden – Fell On Black Days
Chris Cornell 1964-2017. Rest In Peace.
EVERYTHING – mini masterpiece from David OReilly
This is (I guess) a promo for an interactive game with the tag “Be the Universe in this epic reality simulation game” created by David OReilly. I better stop there. I am NOT a gamer, and I have no business trying to explain a world I can not understand. BUT, as a film, a meditation, a work of art, EVERYTHING is a work of great beauty. Give it a chance to grow on you, let it unfold before your eyes and mind. Featuring narration by philosopher Alan Watts. Inspired.
1968 Plymouth commercial with Petula Clark
They don’t make car commercials like they used to.
Seagull portraits GIF
Ok, I cheated. It’s the same seagull throughout.
Chopin’s sublime Prelude in C Sharp Minor Opus 45
Young Polish pianist Krzysztof Książek performs the work with great delicacy. From a performance at the 2015 International Chopin Competition. Prepare to be mesmerized.
Catalogue: a visit to the American Museum of Natural History
Shooting with a digital SLR, I sort of animate my way through portions of the American Museum of Natural History (New York City). Entire sequence was edited “in camera”. Each of the 16 tiles contains the same movie, but offset in time, if you watch it long enough, this becomes apparent.
Lapsed Time Images 