Mindscape

Awesome new documentary: The Mindscape of Alan Moore, about his development as an artist and becoming a "magician."



If you don't like Alan Moore I don't want to be your friend. While your at it make sure you have read From Hell, V for Vendetta, Watchmen, and Lost Girls.

Consumed...

Photoshop + Animal Insides = SO MUCH FUN!

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Natural Flavor sounds vegetarian friendly, but based on that definition it may, or may not be. What the hell.

Speak to Us of Freedom

"At the city gate and by your fireside I have seen you prostrate yourself and worship your own freedom,
Even as slaves humble themselves before a tyrant and praise him though he slays them.
Ay, in the grove of the temple and in the shadow of the citadel I have seen the freest among you wear their freedom as a yoke and a handcuff.
And my heart bled within me; for you can only be free when even the desire of seeking freedom becomes a harness to you, and when you cease to speak of freedom as a goal and a fulfillment.
You shall be free indeed when your days are not without a car nor your nights without a want and a grief,
But rather when these things girdle your life, and yet you rise above them naked and unbound.
And how shall you rise beyond your days and nights unless you break the chains which you at the dawn of your understanding have fastened around your noon hour?
In truth that which you call freedom is the strongest of these chains, though its links glitter in the sun and dazzle your eyes.
And what is it but fragments of your own self you would discard that you may become free?
If it is an unjust law you would abolish, that law was written with your own hand upon your own forehead.
You cannot erase it by burning your law books nor by washing the foreheads of your judges, though you pour the sea upon them.
And if it is a despot you would dethrone, see first that his throne erected within you is destroyed.
For how can a tyrant rule the free and the proud, but for a tyranny in their own freedom and a shame in their won pride?
And if it is a care you would cast off, that care has been chosen by you rather than imposed upon you.
And if it is a fear you would dispel, the seat of that fear is in your heart and not in the hand of the feared.
Verily all things move within your being in constant half embrace, the desired and the dreaded, the repugnant and the cherished, the pursued and that which you would escape.
These things move within you as lights and shadows in pairs that cling.
And when the shadow fades and is no more, the light that lingers becomes a shadow to another light.
And thus your freedom when it loses its fetters becomes itself the fetter of a greater freedom.

[From 'The Prophet' by Kahlil Gibran]

So awesome!

Someone made photoshop REAL.

I don't care what you think...

I still like NIN. I went to the show in Charlottesville tonight and it was pretty pretty mind-blowing. Maybe it's because I've loved NIN since middle school and hadn't gone to a concert until now. There was a huge amount of energy and an insane light show. The variety was really great, high energy stuff mixed with soothing beautiful stuff, old mixed with new. I had an amazing time. If you ever get the chance to see a NIN show I suggest you go.

This bicycle is made of skin!

Festivities

Whew. What a fun weekend! I saw Man Man at the national on Thursday Here is a video of one of their songs:

Friday night was halloween. All the Saints put on their third annual Halloween parade. It was 'The Funeral March of Our Founding Fathers' with huge, multi-person puppets. A ton of people came out. People on bikes were blocking off the streets ahead of the parade, and Lily managed to dodge the cops and make the whole thing happen. I can't believe they would try to stop such an amazing parade. No BS played at the front and Special Ed and the Shortbus played at the back. After the parade I went to a costume party/show at Gallery 5. There was a Tom Petty cover band, and Prabir and the Substitutes played, as well. Good times. I'll probably be missing Richmond next Halloween. Oh and I need to find some pictures of my halloween costume. I was Max from Where the Wild Things Are. There was a costume contest, and Condoleeza Rice and Beans won! Gotta find a picture of that one too.