Let Us Do This

Musings of Megan Lavelle (me) and my mask, Ten/Four Studio.

[theparisreview]

Sadie Stein on the language of mental illness at the Oscars.

[mlavelle]

A bit of Istanbul so far. 

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[lustik]

One drawing a day keeps the doctor away - Mrzyk & Moriceau via Optically Addicted.

Artists on tumblr

Lustik: twitter | pinterest | etsy

[grupaok]

Anthony McCall, Long Film for Ambient Light, installation at Idea Warehouse, New York, June 19, 1975, 3am

[nprfreshair]

Historian Terry Golway's book Machine Made is a colorful history of Tammany Hall, which takes a more sympathetic view of the organization than many historians. He says the Tammany machine, while often corrupt, gave impoverished immigrants critically needed social services and a road to assimilation. According to Golway, Tammany was responsible for progressive state legislation that foreshadowed the New Deal. He writes that some of Tammany's harshest critics, including cartoonist Thomas Nast, openly exhibited a raw anti-Irish and anti-Catholic prejudice:

Thomas Nast was a bigot. There’s no getting around it. He’s of course an icon in American history; his cartoons helped bring down Boss Tweed, and rightfully so…

Thomas Nast depicted the Irish as apes, as ignorant, drunken, violent thugs who followed Tammany simply because Tammany told them to follow. There wasn’t even interest there — they were just so stupid and ignorant that they didn’t know any better.

Thomas Nast was part of a New York militia unit on July 12, 1871, when there was a parade of Irish Protestants — July 12 is [practically a] national holiday in Northern Ireland to this day, where the Protestants commemorate a victory over the Catholics …

In New York … because of threats of violence and such, the National Guard was sent out. Thomas Nast was part of the National Guard and at a certain point, the National Guard, the militia, opened up [fire] on Catholics and about 26 or [2]7 Irish immigrants were killed and dozens and dozens wounded. After that, Thomas Nast drew a cartoon for Harper’s Weekly which shows the feminine figure of Columbia with her [hand] on the neck of the Irish and the caption simply read “Bravo.”

Nast cartoon via thomas nast cartoons

[grupaok]

Billy Monk, The Catacombs, 30 September 1967, 1967/2011

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[thelearningbrain]

This Insane New App Will Allow You To Read Novels In Under 90 Minutes | Elite Daily

The reading game is about to change forever. Boston-based software developer Spritz has been in “stealth mode” for three years, tinkering with their program and leasing it out to different ebooks, apps, and other platforms.

This is super clever. And super simple. Elegance always wins. 

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[mlavelle]

what a ride.

[moma]

Director Alejandro Jodorowsky joins us 3/14 for a screening of his new film The Dance of Reality.

[latimes]

That is our hope, to get celebrities on board, sample their cells, and then use them to mass produce artisanal salami.

a representative from a start-up called BiteLabs, which claims it is working to make human test-tube meat a reality (via latimes)

open engagement

(via belashayevich)

[mlavelle]

A new and yet another career tangent as a Materials Librarian has introduced me to this - Aerogel. A very strong and very light material with an appearance similar to solid smoke. It is currently used by NASA to filter space dust and is being tested by the University of Wisconsin as an agent capable of cleaning up oil and chemical spills and waste. 

Pretty cool. I want to touch it. 

[mlavelle]

This is just the beginning...

[mlavelle]

99% Invisible does it again. The last Pizza Hut featured in the above photos is down the street from my apartment in Oakland.

I haven't been inside a Pizza Hut since the days of "Book-It", but I do miss the pebbly ice. 

[mlavelle]

Missing Baltimore storms.

[mlavelle]

Gig Union Spotlight: Megan Lavelle

Gig Union connects the Bay Area's community of media and tech entrepreneurs, freelancers and contractors to resources, networking opportunities, and gigs. The Gig Union Spotlight

Shameless, self-promo.

I was recently honored to be a featured designer in BAVC's Gig Union Spotlight. BAVC is an organization I discovered while in graduate school at CCA. I can't scream their praises loud enough - every city should have an organization like this.