Random Musings
Alex’s Final
What is that feeling when you’re driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? — it’s the too-huge world vaulting us, and it’s good-by. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.

Third Eye Blind - There’s No Hurry To Eternity 

Man Flies Like a Bird using Actual Wings (by sabotagetimes)

If fans of your art don’t like something so much does that mean that you should change it? Part of me says yes, especially with this medium, but the other part of me says no because I don’t create things for other people to enjoy, I create them for my own pleasure. If this is changed I think it will set the precedent for a lot of mediums that if consumers don’t like something they are entitled to get a “better” version of a piece. 

I thought this was really interesting. 

Game of Thrones - Season 2 - New Trailer 

 Peter Weyland TED Talk 2023

Cool viral marketing for Prometheus.

Mattress Factory

I think the Mattress Factory is really cool. That being said I don’t fully understand how to make a site specific installation in a ziplock bag.  After reading some of the mattress factory site it seems more like the space is defining the object more than the object is defining the space. 

“What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.”

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”

Henry David Thoreau