Eos

He/They || Level 22

[ur-not-u]

[p0laroid-sx-70]

(Jin Chan)

[sitting-on-me-bum]

“The Watchers”

Location: Derby, Australia

“Rare red sprites dancing over the tidal flats of Western Australia. A large sprite like this exists for 10 milliseconds, up to 40x faster than an eye blink. This makes photographing them challenging and requires very dark skies. The central sprite is unusual. It’s known as a ‘jellyfish’ sprite, the largest and fastest of all sprites.”

JJ Rao

Capture the Dark Photo Contest

[nasawifey]

[spacewonder19]

Red Sprites © florian.riou

[stay-the-knight]

[soupdwelling]

guy with the coolest cane in the galaxy

[dr-manhattan-alt]

My new and absolutely normal i swear obsession is hand routed, or otherwise free-form, circuit board layouts.

It just strikes such a beautiful intersection between artistic and tech that gives me all the right neuron activations.

[yodaprod]

1988

[anasabdin]

Conditions Apply [ 10 colors ]

[anasabdin]

relentless

[soraka-in-warhammer40k]

Diverting from the 90s movie aesthetic for a new attempt at Ghost in the Shell sure is a bold move. Given it is done by Science Saru I am confident they can pull it off, but that early decision must have been controversial even for them.

That old movie's pure aesthetic has for a lot of the audience completly overwritten the style of the original manga - and it was a tremendously well made movie too. One could even go so far to say the the movie is one of the most influental anime movies ever made.

The thing is, the new series' "cartoony" style is a lot closer to the original manga that a lot of people have never read. I have seen people say that the scene of the politican getting his body hacked and being made to punch himself in the face by Kusanagi was "too silly" but...

... this is exactly how it happened in the original.

It is funny just how that changes the perspective on the original movie that cut out ALL "cartoony" elements for a super-serious sci-fi look. Like, why did they make that choice back in the day? What were they afraid of? What media were they trying to be like? How did the perception of the style change over the last decades?

[shapeoftheday]

restless spirits

[amaplaka]

⎍⎍⎍⎎⬦◦·⍎

[ragsy]

Contemporary art haters will be like "i don't get it" and then not read the title or artist statement or the medium or the year or

[ragsy]

How to "get it":

Ask yourself, how does this piece make you feel? (No wrong answers)

Look for an artist statement nearby. What does it say about the artist and their relationship to their work? What does the artist say that they are trying to convey with their art? What contextual clues can you pick up from what they say about their background, or what they omit?

Look at the title of the piece. What is the artist saying about their work by naming it that, either explicitly or implicitly?

Look at the medium. Is there anything about the piece that stands out to you, knowing what it's made of?

Look at the year it was made. What cultural events might have been happening around this time? Was this piece part of a particular art movement? What was the purpose of that art movement, and what was it trying to say?

Accept that sometimes, you still might not get it. This is perfectly okay.

[sstefania]

Source: Milky☆Highway

[manglestar]

looks like mama