Pieces of Light and Dark

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No. 359

A new geometric design every day

[radical-eve]

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No. 295 

A new geometric design everything day

Inspired by the bauhaus designs

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No. 294

A new geometric design every day

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No.299

A new geometric design every day

[henkheijmans]

Hey, hey, wake up, Thompson’s Beach, New Jersey, 2016 - by Ray Hennessy, USA

[lacuna-matata]

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No. 279

A new geometric design every day

[little-dose-of-inspiration]

Rocky Raider by kvacm

[jonwilton26]

The beginner's guide to The Beginner's Guide

The beginner’s guide to The Beginner’s Guide

Exiting

Upon completing (it would be better to say ‘began exiting’) The Beginner’s Guide I was reminded of a story I heard from a lecturer at Sussex University who was a professor of queer theory, and specialised in the works of Jane Austen. If you didn’t know already, there is speculation by some historians that Miss Austen was gay. At a conference on this subject one male professor raised his…

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Jigsaw Narratives: A Normal Lost Phone and Her Story

Jigsaw Narratives: A Normal Lost Phone and Her Story

I want to talk about a loose genre of games where you sift through the narrative yourself, and chip away until you reach completion (or until it makes enough sense that you feel satisfied). A Normal Lost Phoneis described variously as a investigative story game or a story puzzler. It reminded me of another game, Her Story,  where the player is also interacting with a piece of technology to…

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A change of direction: virtual worlds

A change of direction: virtual worlds

I just wanted to signpost a change of direction for this blog. The blog will now focus on virtual worlds, and some of the interesting insights, peculiarities and problems they churn up. I have a range of interests in this area, and they might not all be yours, but hopefully there is enough overlap to keep you interested and you might find some new ideas to chew on. A short list of things this…

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Invisible walls: La Cabina (The Telephone Box)

Invisible walls: La Cabina (The Telephone Box)

La Cabina is a Spanish horror short which was aired on television in 1972. You can find it on You Tube with English subtitles and I will paste a link at the end of this article. I suggest you watch the film first as my commentary below contains some spoilers. The opening shot is a closed frame of some apartment blocks and the camera quickly pans down to a deserted square and a truck entering the…

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What Lies at the Centre

What Lies at the Centre

Ran emerges into a green cathedral whose foundations are ingloriously sunk in a rank swampland.  The green light is like a bilious cloud and through it dart every sort of flying insect, many species grotesquely enlarged or displaying weird protrusions and organs growing externally to perverse ends.  A giant purple-tinted dragonfly appears above her head, and fixes a motionless hover.  Suddenly it…

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How to make a neon labyrinth that you can walk at night

How to make a neon labyrinth that you can walk at night

Walking a labyrinth is very similar to meditation. You clear you mind and try to think of nothing except each step towards the centre. If you do it with a friend, one can lead the other and whoever is led can close their eyes. It shows trust but also it speaks to an inner child as we give up control to another which in turn allows us to focus on minute details in our environment. There are many…

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We Move Along Never-Ending Tracks

We Move Along Never-Ending Tracks

The earth scooped-out and bare-boned. A changeless backdrop of black sands under a pink-flecked fugue of sky. Bellows of heaven and earth pressing together and heaving great lungfuls across the endless desert. The last of our kind are fated to explore darkly in ships that cannot steer across a dried-up ocean that has no stops. This world outside you have reimagined over and over using the bare…

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We will not let you escape this labyrinth (Part 1)

We will not let you escape this labyrinth (Part 1)

PLEASE NOTE: THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS Cube Farms I want to talk about the postmodern maze as a gradual evolution of the labyrinth as both a metaphor and a physical structure. The postmodern maze is Kafkaesque and often warps time and space. Memory, of a lack of, often plays an important part in the process of navigating the spaces. The postmodern maze is usually three dimensional and may be…

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