Otis

Featuring simplicity and a fluid grid system, Otis takes a break from Style Hatch's more complex and highly customizable themes. The minimal focus will give you the freedom to install it, make a few adjustments and start creating and posting.

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The Debut of Otis

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## Chapter 01 Retaining the freshness of the first paint stroke, French illustrator and designer [Florian Nicolle](http://www.behance.net/gallery/Chapter-01/2802101) uses the expression of the line to create free and spontaneous portraits.

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Every practice has a set of rules which governs it. Mastery occurs with the realization of these rules. Innovation occurs at the point of intelligent and creative rebellion against them.

Fiel Valdez

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## Understand Music >Music is a good thing. But what we did not know until we started with the research for this piece: Music is also a pretty damn complex thing. This experimental animation is about the attempt to understand all the parts and bits of it. Created by [finally.](http://finally-studio.com/)

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One-Point Perspective

Wes Anderson peers down from above, while Quentin Tarantino likes to peer up from below. Darren Aronofsky uses sharp sounds and Stanley Kubrick prefers the one-point perspective.

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Canon Blue

Album cover for Canon Blue’s soon to be released album, Rumspringa.  Designed by HVASS & Hannibal.

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The line that describes the beautiful is elliptical. It has simplicity and constant change. It cannot be described by a compass, and it changes direction at every one of its points

Rudolf Arnheim

[jonathanmoore]

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When we are presented with moments of crisis, large decisions or new opportunities often we find ourselves crippled by the lack of knowledge. We justify inaction with our insecurities in not knowing the right way to move forward. Or we trap ourselves in an endless search for knowledge to attempt to reassure our actions.

Over the course of my career and journey as an entrepreneur, I have learned that success and fulfillment is found when we push ourselves beyond our comfort zone. There is tremendous value in having knowledge ahead of time—I am now CPR certified—but simply taking action is often what it takes.

You don’t have to do it right. You just have to do something.

A beautifully written story that will hopefully inspire you to action.  Success in life can be found by overcome your doubts and fears so that you can do something.

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## Digitized Exploring new styles and concepts, motionographer [Tony Zagoraios](http://vimeo.com/tonyzagoraios) beautifully composes a futuristic opening title for the [Digitized 2012](http://digitized.gr) design conference.

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## Monotales Post by graphic designer [Felix Pfäffli](http://www.feixen.ch/) for the Suedpol multi purpose cultural center in Kriens, Switzerland.

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## Black Beach From [Outliers, Vol. I: Iceland](http://www.outliersiceland.com) by [Deru](http://deru.la). Shot on location at Reynisfjara Beach, Iceland. October 2011.

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September 20th marks the 30th birthday of Berlin pianist Nils Frahm, but also the day he has chosen to give his fans a special gift in the form of 9 songs he recorded with 9 fingers, entitled 'Screws'. Nils experienced an unfortunate accident which saw him fall from his bunk bed located directly above his studio, which resulted in a broken thumb. But through inspiration from his fans and after a gentle walk and talk through the park with a close friend, he decided to deal with the situation in the only way he knew – playing his piano. With four screws surgically placed inside his thumb, he started recording with his remaining 9 fingers, what later resulted in 9 intimate piano recordings.

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>It's late on a Friday afternoon. You've already spent hours on a mind-twisting task. But before you can turn in for the evening you have another demanding project that requires your attention. > >It's going to take some serious willpower to stay focused. Will you power through? Or will you stagger to the weekend? The answer depends on how you think about your state of mind in this kind of situation.

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atavus:

Katharina Grosse - They had Taken Things Along to Eat Together, 2012

Images Via [Caroline Kurze]

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## Geometry Daily Every day [Tilman](http://tint.de) creates a new geometric minimal composition at [geometrydaily.tumblr.com](http://geometrydaily.tumblr.com). Select Geometry Dailies are available to purchase as [hand-made silkscreen prints](http://geometrydaily.tumblr.com/prints).

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I want everything we do to be beautiful. I don’t give a damn whether the client understands that that’s worth anything, or that the client thinks it’s worth anything, or whether it is worth anything. It’s worth it to me. It’s the way I want to live my life. I want to make beautiful things, even if nobody cares.

Saul Bass

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How do theme updates work? Are they free? Do I need to do anything?

With Tumblr premium themes we have the ability to submit updates to each of the themes. Once Tumblr approves the update, it will automatically apply to your blog, and all of the updates are free!The only exception is if you edit the theme’s HTML. In that case you will need to manually update your blog. We’re glad to help you out with that over email - [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]).