Norman Rockwell made the best Pollock. The Connoisseur, 1962.
“I believe God lives in everything. Not just churches and cathedrals. Not just in trees and leaves of grass and flowers. But even in—especially in—the leads of pencils, the lenses of cameras, the tips of paintbrushes, the pirouette of a ballerina, the rich alto of a singer, the curve of a sculptor’s cut, in books and poems and music. He made all of these things and made them a gift to us, so let us all go out into the world with the hope of giving back this gift.” — Silas House (via twobluebirds)
The following glossary was printed on the inside cover of “Boogie Woogie in Blue,” a 1944 album by jazz pianist Harry “The Hipster” Gibson. Most notable on its list is the very early definition of the word “hipsters.” Image courtesy of hyzercreek.
JIVE TALK FOREVER.
(Source: listsofnote. com, via doubledaybooks)
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“Movies are living thing. They evolve. They’re never finished, just abandoned.” — David Fincher, talking about The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Not just movies — novels, too. (via)
Current status…
Revising is fun, I guess. Referring to 130+ notecards, my 260ish-page marked-up draft, and 20 pages of notes-to-self from my last read-through.
There’s really not enough room on my desk for all that.
It got cold. #writing
Neil Gaiman is a ninja.
EDIT: And he uses a Unicomp keyboard!
Alfred Hitchcock and a Westie. Here’s another picture of the director and a Westie. I don’t know if it’s the same one. Later in life Hitchcock owned two Sealyham terriers who appeared with him in his cameo in The Birds.
Alfred Hitchcock reads.
Alfred Hitchcock
“Initiating power transfer in 3… 2… 1…”
Space Mountain
-Disney World
“Like all who possess libraries, Aurelian felt a nagging sense of guilt at not being acquainted with every volume of his.” — Jorge Luis Borges, “The Theologians”
I cannot tell you how much I love this poster for John Carter of Mars.
The “Google Doodle” for Mark Twain’s birthday might just be my favorite one yet.
Geez, Indy, just pull the trigger already. (Via gatsbylives)
(Source: lawyerupasshole)
The mechanical hand Luke should have gotten at the end of ESB.
(via cyberneticzoo.com » Blog Archive » 1965-71 – G.E. Hardiman I – Ralph Mosher (American))
(via thisistheverge)
“I think there are three steps to writing a script. First, you have to have a theme, something you want to say. It doesn’t have to be a particularly great thing, but you have to have something that’s bothering you. In the case of Taxi Driver, the theme was loneliness. Then you find a metaphor for that theme, one that expresses it. In Taxi Driver, that was the cabbie, the perfect expression of urban loneliness. Then you have to find a plot, which is the easiest part of the process. All plots have been done; they’re fairly easy, you just work through all the permutations until the plot accurately reflects the theme and the metaphor. You push the theme through the metaphor and you should come out with the plot.” —
Via Austin Kleon, who adds:
I love that substitution for theme: something that’s bothering you