• Rose Uniacke at home in London

    Rose Uniacke at home in London

    In Residence: Rose Uniacke At Home in London Inside interior designer Rose Uniacke’s impeccably decorated Neo-Georgian London home. Read the full feature on NOWNESS: http://bit.ly/1QNBsao #RoseUniacke #InteriorDesign

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  • Making Art

    Making Art

    What’s Art got to do with it? *  *  * What drives an artist to make art. Art is a higher form of communication, closer to emotional experience than structured application and perceived reality ….. In these posts and articles we want to explore what affect art can have in our lives when we can…

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  • Captured Sounds
  • Megalithic Basic

    Megalithic Basic

    T-shaped dark megalith hosts a back-to-basics family home To create a light-filled home on a small plot where an adjacent building blocked the southern sun, Tilemachos Andrianopoulos elevated a concrete prism (housing bedrooms for a family of 4) freeing up space below for indoor/outdoor living and dining rooms. Walls of plants provide “green screens” to…

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  • The Station Agent

    The Station Agent

    The Station Agent (2003) | Full HD Comedy/Drama movie Finbar McBride, a quiet, unmarried man with dwarfism, deeply loves railroads and leads a solitary existence. He works in a Hoboken, New Jersey, model train hobby shop owned by his elderly and similarly taciturn friend, Henry. He keeps to himself and is uncomfortable when people react…

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  • Yasujiro Ozu – Movie Star

    Yasujiro Ozu – Movie Star

    Considered one of the greatest films ever made, Floating Weeds (Japanese: 浮草, Hepburn: Ukigusa) is a 1959 Japanese drama directed by Yasujirō Ozu, starring Nakamura Ganjirō II and Machiko Kyō. it is a remake of Ozu’s own black-and-white silent film ‘A Story of Floating Weeds’ (1934).

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  • Thunderbirds Are Go

    Thunderbirds Are Go

    Thunderbirds Are Go! 1966 Full Film published on YouTube 2024 This 1966 movie was strange and wonderful back then – before computers, and only the first years of Television, where Thunderbirds began as a weekly series of adventures.

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  • Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

    Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

    The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows is a compendium of invented words written by John Koenig, that aims to fill holes in the language—to give a name to emotions we all feel but don’t have a word for. Book version coming this fall from Simon & Schuster! The author’s mission is to capture the aches, demons,…

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  • Quickie Biogs

    Quickie Biogs

    George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American director, actor, writer, producer, and magician who is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre.[1][2] He is among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time.[3] Aged 21, Welles directed high-profile stage productions…

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  • A.C. Grayling: The Origins and Future of Humanism

    A.C. Grayling: The Origins and Future of Humanism

    A.C. Grayling British writer, thinker and philosopher has been a respectful and emphatic voice within the Humanist movement. During his distinguished career, he’s celebrated ideals of human rationality and progress, arguing for humanism as a powerful, practical alternative to religion.

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  • Our AI Future – a conversation with Yuval Noah Harari

    Our AI Future – a conversation with Yuval Noah Harari

    Yuval Noah Harari, renowned historian and author of “Nexus,” explores the indelible impact of AI on human society. We discuss his iconoclastic views on information networks, the inextricable link between technology and political systems, and actionable ways to navigate our rapidly changing world.

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  • Mind Your Head

    Mind Your Head

    The state of the human consciousness is a very relevant and popular theme in our shared experience of our world in modern times. Sparky presents here a regularly updated selection of conversations from YouTube and other platforms in video, audio or text formats. Delve in or find in search your topic of interest.

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  • Food in Photography

    Food in Photography

    Burt Wolf, PBS’ Travels & Traditions, along with other art and gastronomic scholars, looks at food in photographs by some of the world’s most celebrated photographers, including Philippe Halsman, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bernice Abbott, and Cindy Sherman. From Marilyn Monroe eating a hamburger to the drive-in diner, these images are a visual feast.

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Category: Mood Music

Music and natural rhythms that inspire a mood or state of mind, humour, feeling or flavour …

  • Megalithic Basic

    T-shaped dark megalith hosts a back-to-basics family home To create a light-filled home on a small plot where an adjacent building blocked the southern sun, Tilemachos Andrianopoulos elevated a concrete prism (housing bedrooms for a family of 4) freeing up space below for indoor/outdoor living and dining rooms. Walls of plants provide “green screens” to…

  • The Station Agent

    The Station Agent (2003) | Full HD Comedy/Drama movie Finbar McBride, a quiet, unmarried man with dwarfism, deeply loves railroads and leads a solitary existence. He works in a Hoboken, New Jersey, model train hobby shop owned by his elderly and similarly taciturn friend, Henry. He keeps to himself and is uncomfortable when people react…

  • Yasujiro Ozu – Movie Star

    Considered one of the greatest films ever made, Floating Weeds (Japanese: 浮草, Hepburn: Ukigusa) is a 1959 Japanese drama directed by Yasujirō Ozu, starring Nakamura Ganjirō II and Machiko Kyō. it is a remake of Ozu’s own black-and-white silent film ‘A Story of Floating Weeds’ (1934).

  • Thunderbirds Are Go

    Thunderbirds Are Go! 1966 Full Film published on YouTube 2024 This 1966 movie was strange and wonderful back then – before computers, and only the first years of Television, where Thunderbirds began as a weekly series of adventures.

  • Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

    The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows is a compendium of invented words written by John Koenig, that aims to fill holes in the language—to give a name to emotions we all feel but don’t have a word for. Book version coming this fall from Simon & Schuster! The author’s mission is to capture the aches, demons,…

  • Quickie Biogs

    George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American director, actor, writer, producer, and magician who is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre.[1][2] He is among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time.[3] Aged 21, Welles directed high-profile stage productions…

  • Rose Uniacke at home in London

    Rose Uniacke at home in London

    In Residence: Rose Uniacke At Home in London Inside interior designer Rose Uniacke’s impeccably decorated Neo-Georgian London home. Read the full feature on NOWNESS: http://bit.ly/1QNBsao #RoseUniacke #InteriorDesign

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  • Making Art

    Making Art

    What’s Art got to do with it? *  *  * What drives an artist to make art. Art is a higher form of communication, closer to emotional experience than structured application and perceived reality ….. In these posts and articles we want to explore what affect art can have in our lives when we can…

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  • Captured Sounds
  • Megalithic Basic

    Megalithic Basic

    T-shaped dark megalith hosts a back-to-basics family home To create a light-filled home on a small plot where an adjacent building blocked the southern sun, Tilemachos Andrianopoulos elevated a concrete prism (housing bedrooms for a family of 4) freeing up space below for indoor/outdoor living and dining rooms. Walls of plants provide “green screens” to…

    Read More …

  • The Station Agent

    The Station Agent

    The Station Agent (2003) | Full HD Comedy/Drama movie Finbar McBride, a quiet, unmarried man with dwarfism, deeply loves railroads and leads a solitary existence. He works in a Hoboken, New Jersey, model train hobby shop owned by his elderly and similarly taciturn friend, Henry. He keeps to himself and is uncomfortable when people react…

    Read More …

  • Yasujiro Ozu – Movie Star

    Yasujiro Ozu – Movie Star

    Considered one of the greatest films ever made, Floating Weeds (Japanese: 浮草, Hepburn: Ukigusa) is a 1959 Japanese drama directed by Yasujirō Ozu, starring Nakamura Ganjirō II and Machiko Kyō. it is a remake of Ozu’s own black-and-white silent film ‘A Story of Floating Weeds’ (1934).

    Read More …

  • Thunderbirds Are Go

    Thunderbirds Are Go

    Thunderbirds Are Go! 1966 Full Film published on YouTube 2024 This 1966 movie was strange and wonderful back then – before computers, and only the first years of Television, where Thunderbirds began as a weekly series of adventures.

    Read More …

  • Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

    Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

    The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows is a compendium of invented words written by John Koenig, that aims to fill holes in the language—to give a name to emotions we all feel but don’t have a word for. Book version coming this fall from Simon & Schuster! The author’s mission is to capture the aches, demons,…

    Read More …

  • Quickie Biogs

    Quickie Biogs

    George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American director, actor, writer, producer, and magician who is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre.[1][2] He is among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time.[3] Aged 21, Welles directed high-profile stage productions…

    Read More …

  • A.C. Grayling: The Origins and Future of Humanism

    A.C. Grayling: The Origins and Future of Humanism

    A.C. Grayling British writer, thinker and philosopher has been a respectful and emphatic voice within the Humanist movement. During his distinguished career, he’s celebrated ideals of human rationality and progress, arguing for humanism as a powerful, practical alternative to religion.

    Read More …

  • Our AI Future – a conversation with Yuval Noah Harari

    Our AI Future – a conversation with Yuval Noah Harari

    Yuval Noah Harari, renowned historian and author of “Nexus,” explores the indelible impact of AI on human society. We discuss his iconoclastic views on information networks, the inextricable link between technology and political systems, and actionable ways to navigate our rapidly changing world.

    Read More …

  • Mind Your Head

    Mind Your Head

    The state of the human consciousness is a very relevant and popular theme in our shared experience of our world in modern times. Sparky presents here a regularly updated selection of conversations from YouTube and other platforms in video, audio or text formats. Delve in or find in search your topic of interest.

    Read More …

  • Food in Photography

    Food in Photography

    Burt Wolf, PBS’ Travels & Traditions, along with other art and gastronomic scholars, looks at food in photographs by some of the world’s most celebrated photographers, including Philippe Halsman, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bernice Abbott, and Cindy Sherman. From Marilyn Monroe eating a hamburger to the drive-in diner, these images are a visual feast.

    Read More …

  • Rose Uniacke at home in London

    Rose Uniacke at home in London

    In Residence: Rose Uniacke At Home in London Inside interior designer Rose Uniacke’s impeccably decorated Neo-Georgian London home. Read the full feature on NOWNESS: http://bit.ly/1QNBsao #RoseUniacke #InteriorDesign

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  • Making Art

    Making Art

    What’s Art got to do with it? *  *  * What drives an artist to make art. Art is a higher form of communication, closer to emotional experience than structured application and perceived reality ….. In these posts and articles we want to explore what affect art can have in our lives when we can…

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  • Internet Tips from Teens to Technophobes

    Internet Tips from Teens to Technophobes

    More helpful advice at: http://joshshipp.com/get-started Young people today live a huge portion of their lives online. According to a recent study from the Pew Research Center, 92 percent of teens report going online daily—including 24 percent who say they go online “almost constantly.” Why so much online activity? The accessibility of smartphones, of course. Fully 91…

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  • Are you safe online?

    Are you safe online?

    For more like this subscribe to the Open University channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXsH… For more like this subscribe to the Open University channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXsH… Are you a safe sharer or a menace to society? Take the test now: http://www.open.edu/openlearn/science… — DESCRIPTION Oversharing on the internet can be hazardous. This animation from the fictional Ministry of Sharing outlines the…

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  • Words as Feelings

    Words as Feelings

    THE EMOTIONARY • A dictionary of words that don’t exist for feelings that do written by The Middle actress Eden Sher and illustrated by acclaimed graphic novelist Julia Wertz. All her life, Eden Sher has suffered from dyscommunicatia (n. the inability to articulate a feeling through words.). Then, one day, she decided that, whenever she…

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  • Cold Comfort

    Cold Comfort

    How An Igloo Keeps You Warm Published on Jan 9, 2017 Building a perfect igloo takes cool science! And more Info below… If you ever find yourself stranded in the snowy Arctic (or bored in Minecraft), you’re gonna need to know how to build an igloo. But how can building a house made of ice…

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  • Barcelona : Fewer Cars More Life

    Barcelona : Fewer Cars More Life

    Superblocks: How Barcelona is taking city streets back from cars Modern cities are designed for cars. But the city of Barcelona is testing out an urban design trick that can give cities back to pedestrians. Read more: http://www.vox.com/2016/8/4/12342806/… Thumbnail image from http://shutterstock.com Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the…

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  • Wind Sculpture

    Wind Sculpture

    Kinetic masterpieces by Anthony Howe. http://www.howeart.net 1. SPINES 2. In-Out Quotient 3. About Face 4. In Cloud Light 5. OctoThanks for watching! Subscribe for new video every Friday! ► http://bit.ly/1b7cigB Published on YouTube Apr 18, 2014 Anthony Howe, an Eastsound, WA-based painter and sculpture artist to highlight his work in the medium of surreal kinetic wind…

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  • The Next Black

    The Next Black

      • The Next Black – A film about the Future of Clothing ‘The Next Black’ is a documentary film that explores the future of clothing. Watch as we meet with some of the most innovative companies on the planet to get their opinion on clothing and its future, including: heroes of sustainability, Patagonia; tech-clothing…

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  • Future of Fashion

    Future of Fashion

     • i-D journeyed back to 2013 to look at conversations then, about changes in technology, and the effects these will have on the future of fashion. Director Ben Fries Producer Garen Barsegian Production Company GAREN. Cinematographer Jesse Cain Editor Ben Fries, Will Znidaric & Michael Bell Production Sound Harris Karlin Assitant Editor Michael Bell Camera Assistant…

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  • Jellyfish Eyes

    Jellyfish Eyes

    Takashi Murakami on Jellyfish Eyes, Nuclear Monsters, and Artistic Influences Creators Published on YouTube May 29, 2013  Takashi Murakami’s first live-action feature film, Jellyfish Eyes, has been ten years in the making. The Creators Project sits down with the legendary Japanese artist to discuss the filmmaking process, advances in CGI, and his overall artistic influences…

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  • Bad Friends

    Bad Friends

    French teenagers on a boat on the Seine river, Paris 1988 – Photo: David Alan Harvey / Magnum   Think of a time when you sat across from a friend and felt truly understood. Deeply known. Maybe you sensed how she was bringing out your ‘best self’, your cleverest observations and wittiest jokes. She encouraged…

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  • Not too Positive

    Not too Positive

    Photo by Eve Arnold / Magnum Source: Thinking positive is a surprisingly risky manoeuvre | Aeon Essays • Do you believe that positive thinking can help you achieve your goals? Many people today do. Pop psychology and the $12 billion self-help industry reinforce a widespread belief that positive thinking can improve our moods and lead…

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  • Design and the Self

    Design and the Self

    Christmas 16 – Giant Snow Globes, Barcelona – photo: Greville Ed Everywhere we go, we are surrounded by bad design — from aeroplane seats that distort our posture to aesthetically inelegant cars. Landscapes that were once green and blue are now paved over. Our surroundings are full of missed opportunities to introduce delight and joy…

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  • Pamela Wilson’s Women

    Pamela Wilson’s Women

      Pamela Wilson – Recent Work for sale The End of Shadows, 2016 • RJD Gallery $28,000 Contact gallery     SaveSave SaveSave

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  • Designer Resolutions

    Designer Resolutions

    In an exciting and ever-evolving industry, the possibilities for better, great design seems limitless. Read these designer’s comments about the future as 2017. “For me, it’s to focus on writing and publishing more of my work. I’ve fallen into a trap of being heads down and doing work but not talking about or sharing it. Writing…

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  • Save Our Space (SOS)

    Save Our Space (SOS)

      Kristine Tompkins plans to create six more national parks, including one from land holdings in Chile’s Chacabuco Valley.   Photo: Linde Waidhofer   We’ve always felt a sense of urgency. That’s why we have all these proposals in front of the governments. These proposals are not new, but since the accident, it just adds fuel to…

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  • Children and Gender

    Children and Gender

    In Their Words: How Children Are Affected by Gender Issues They’re only 9 years old, but these kids from around the world offer keen insight into how gender shapes destiny. At nine, a girl in Kenya already knows that her parents will marry her off for a dowry, to a man who may beat her.…

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  • Thrift Shop Rap

    Thrift Shop Rap

    Thrift Shop. feat. Wanz Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Published on Aug 29, 2012 Thrift Shop on iTunes:http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/thri… The Heist physical deluxe edition: http://www.macklemoremerch.com The Heist digital deluxe on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZ… The Heist on Amazon: http://amzn.com/B00908DDZM The Heist in-stores NOW! Credits: VIDEO Directed By Jon Jon Augustavo, Ryan Lewis, Ben Haggerty Produced By Hollis Wong-Wear, Tricia Davis, Zach Quillen…

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  • Life’s a Beach

    Life’s a Beach

      Beach Yoga Lessons? Published on YouTube Jul 23, 2015  

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  • Accept It!

    Accept It!

    Everyone is insecure about something. It’s not just you. 2. You will never be 100% sure about decisions you made. But always make a decision because it’s better to go back and fix it than to never make it at all. 3. There is always someone better than you. So there’s no point to compare.…

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  • An Artists Space

    An Artists Space

      Frances Bacon’s Studio in 1974 – now restored as a museum piece at the Hugh Lane Gallery Dublin Francis Bacon was an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his bold, grotesque, emotionally charged and raw imagery. Wikipedia Born: October 28, 1909, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Died: April 28, 1992, Madrid Movies: Francis Bacon Influenced by: Edvard Munch, Diego Velázquez, T. S. Eliot Periods: Expressionism, Surrealism, Cubism…

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  • Rooms with a View

    Rooms with a View

    • My Room by John Thackeray – In 2010, John Thackwray started his long-term photographic project, the “My Room Project”. The concept is simple: photographing young men and women who were born in the 80’s and 90’s, in the places they sleep, all around the world, and interviewing them about lifestyle, local issues, education, religion, or love. – It…

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  • Bo Bartlett Artist

    Bo Bartlett Artist

    • As part of his ongoing series “Making Art” (https://goo.gl/6A0za4), director and filmmaker Jesse Brass (https://goo.gl/Gi7ucL) of Brass Brothers Films (https://goo.gl/gxCqMM) has produced this beautiful documentary about American realist painter Bo Bartlett. Music courtesy of Century of Aeroplanes, Lee Rosevere, Betsy Eby & Jason Leonard. Poetry by T. S. Eliot. Published on YouTube Dec 27,…

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  • Desert Cosmonauts

    Desert Cosmonauts

    What is Burning Man…? • It depends on who tells you, and how it’s told. It depends on whether it’s your first time or if you are a veteran, if you go alone or accompanied. It even depends on the alignment of the stars that year. This summer, the partners of La Despensa agency, faithful…

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  • Human population over time

    Human population over time

    Human Population & Movement It took 200,000 years for our human population to reach 1 billion—and only 200 years to reach 7 billion in 2020, and now in 2025 it’s 8.4 billion. But growth has begun slowing, as women have fewer babies on average. When will our global population peak? And how can we minimize…

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  • Golshifteh Farahani just Hangin’

    Golshifteh Farahani just Hangin’

    •  Golshifteh Farahani on the hang drum, 18 June 2015 Published on YouTube Jun 19, 2015  

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  • Once is never enough

    Once is never enough

    •   Enjoy a short handpan duo video filmed on an autumnal morning in the beautiful spa town of Bath, England The Hang is a musical instrument, a handpan, fitting into the idiophone class. This particular handpan is made by Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer in Bern, Switzerland. Their company is called PANArt Hangbau AG.The…

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  • Rose Uniacke at home in London

    Rose Uniacke at home in London

    In Residence: Rose Uniacke At Home in London Inside interior designer Rose Uniacke’s impeccably decorated Neo-Georgian London home. Read the full feature on NOWNESS: http://bit.ly/1QNBsao #RoseUniacke #InteriorDesign

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  • Making Art

    Making Art

    What’s Art got to do with it? *  *  * What drives an artist to make art. Art is a higher form of communication, closer to emotional experience than structured application and perceived reality ….. In these posts and articles we want to explore what affect art can have in our lives when we can…

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  • Captured Sounds
  • Megalithic Basic

    Megalithic Basic

    T-shaped dark megalith hosts a back-to-basics family home To create a light-filled home on a small plot where an adjacent building blocked the southern sun, Tilemachos Andrianopoulos elevated a concrete prism (housing bedrooms for a family of 4) freeing up space below for indoor/outdoor living and dining rooms. Walls of plants provide “green screens” to…

    Read More …

  • The Station Agent

    The Station Agent

    The Station Agent (2003) | Full HD Comedy/Drama movie Finbar McBride, a quiet, unmarried man with dwarfism, deeply loves railroads and leads a solitary existence. He works in a Hoboken, New Jersey, model train hobby shop owned by his elderly and similarly taciturn friend, Henry. He keeps to himself and is uncomfortable when people react…

    Read More …

  • Yasujiro Ozu – Movie Star

    Yasujiro Ozu – Movie Star

    Considered one of the greatest films ever made, Floating Weeds (Japanese: 浮草, Hepburn: Ukigusa) is a 1959 Japanese drama directed by Yasujirō Ozu, starring Nakamura Ganjirō II and Machiko Kyō. it is a remake of Ozu’s own black-and-white silent film ‘A Story of Floating Weeds’ (1934).

    Read More …

  • Thunderbirds Are Go

    Thunderbirds Are Go

    Thunderbirds Are Go! 1966 Full Film published on YouTube 2024 This 1966 movie was strange and wonderful back then – before computers, and only the first years of Television, where Thunderbirds began as a weekly series of adventures.

    Read More …

  • Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

    Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

    The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows is a compendium of invented words written by John Koenig, that aims to fill holes in the language—to give a name to emotions we all feel but don’t have a word for. Book version coming this fall from Simon & Schuster! The author’s mission is to capture the aches, demons,…

    Read More …

  • Quickie Biogs

    Quickie Biogs

    George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American director, actor, writer, producer, and magician who is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre.[1][2] He is among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time.[3] Aged 21, Welles directed high-profile stage productions…

    Read More …

  • A.C. Grayling: The Origins and Future of Humanism

    A.C. Grayling: The Origins and Future of Humanism

    A.C. Grayling British writer, thinker and philosopher has been a respectful and emphatic voice within the Humanist movement. During his distinguished career, he’s celebrated ideals of human rationality and progress, arguing for humanism as a powerful, practical alternative to religion.

    Read More …

  • Our AI Future – a conversation with Yuval Noah Harari

    Our AI Future – a conversation with Yuval Noah Harari

    Yuval Noah Harari, renowned historian and author of “Nexus,” explores the indelible impact of AI on human society. We discuss his iconoclastic views on information networks, the inextricable link between technology and political systems, and actionable ways to navigate our rapidly changing world.

    Read More …

  • Mind Your Head

    Mind Your Head

    The state of the human consciousness is a very relevant and popular theme in our shared experience of our world in modern times. Sparky presents here a regularly updated selection of conversations from YouTube and other platforms in video, audio or text formats. Delve in or find in search your topic of interest.

    Read More …

  • Food in Photography

    Food in Photography

    Burt Wolf, PBS’ Travels & Traditions, along with other art and gastronomic scholars, looks at food in photographs by some of the world’s most celebrated photographers, including Philippe Halsman, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bernice Abbott, and Cindy Sherman. From Marilyn Monroe eating a hamburger to the drive-in diner, these images are a visual feast.

    Read More …