hmmn: musings from the far east(erwood)
The images below are hot off the presses, so to speak, having been shot a little more than an hour ago in my neighborhood. I’ll write more later as I’ve got to go to work, but for an idea of what this is about, see this post and the comments that follow over at Antipixel. I will post more pictures, and links to larger images, later tonight.
UPDATE: You can now click on the thumbnails above for a larger image.
I’m sorry if this pisses you off.
I’m tired of September 11th. I’m tired of hearing about it. I’m tired of seeing news stories about it, and I’m tired of reading weblogs about it (which sort of makes this the pot calling the kettle black). In short, I’m tired of the longest news story of my life. I’m tired of patriotism, I’m tired of hearing phrases like “war on terrorism” or “new war” and the word “evil” bandied about with no sense of perspective, and I’m tired of hearing about “how we’ve changed”. I’m tired of having had my grief hijacked for 365 days. I’m tired of being embarrassed that I’m a citizen of a rogue state. (I’m an American in case that wasn’t clear). I’m tired of dissenting views being called anti-American. I’m tired of losing respect for people who bought the party line hook and sinker. I could go on and on and on but yeah, you guessed it, I’m tired of ranting about September 11th as well.
Via the Psycho Studio created by Brendan Dawes, you can try your hand at editing the famous shower scene that was drawn up by Saul Bass. (Found at Exploding Fist.) I did it, and must admit my version looked pretty swift. But I think this has nothing to do with my film editing experience and all to do with the nature of the shots themselves. There’s a wonderful sense of composition, framing, and timing inherent in the actual shots that can’t be defeated by mere amateur hands, no matter in what order they’re assembled.