Milindo Taid - Part 21

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008)

Jun 19

Kurt Kuenne, a friend of Dr. Andrew Bagby made this devastating documentary, crafted to be a letter to Dr. Bagby’s son, Zachary. Deploys all the cinematic weaponry to tell a tragic tale. If truth is, at times, stranger than fiction – this is it. Watch.

Procol Harum: A Whiter Shade Of Pale. 1967

Jun 19

Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale - 1967 (Tom Moulton's Sync Stereo Mix)

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Mitch Dobrowner – Fine Art Photography

Jun 19

Inspired by Ansel Adams in his early years, American fine art photographer Dobrowner produces imagery which is ‘painterly’ more than anything else. I am not sure whether that is good or bad, but the end results are grand indeed. The decision to not engage with colour comes from the lineage of Adamsian photographic practice, and also the broad sweep of Dobrowner’s vistas puts the viewer in a unique privileged position. Take a look.

Martin Heidegger – Thinking the Unthinkable

Jun 18

“We are attempting to learn thinking. The way is long. We dare take only a few steps. If all goes well they will take us to the foothills of thought. But they will take us to places which we must explore to reach the point where only the leap will help further. The leap alone takes us into the region where thinking resides. We shall therefore take a few practice leaps right at the start, though we won’t notice it at once, nor need to…In contrast to a steady progress, where we move unawares from one thing to the next and everything remains alike, the leap takes us abruptly to where everything is different, so different that it strikes us as strange. Abrupt means the sudden sheer descent or rise that marks the chasm’s edge. Though we may not founder in such a leap, what the leap takes us to will confound us.” – Martin Heidegger

Victoria India Doctoral Scholarship 2013

Jun 18

Ten prestigious doctoral scholarships are now available to international scholars from India to pursue research based at a university in Victoria, Australia commencing in 2013. The scholarship round for 2013 is open from 1 June, 2012.

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Du Pont Cellophane: Advertisements 1930-1950

Jun 17

Cellophane was a novelty once, and Du Pont pushed very hard to propagate the ‘cellophane’ idea, and were convinced that the way to reach households is through housewives, and the way to reach housewives is through baby imagery. Babies, condom analogies and appeals to clothesline snatchers. A lesson in why it may not be such a good idea to push too hard. Take a look. 1930-1950. “Better Things for Better Living…Through Chemistry”.

Exit Through the Gift Shop – Banksy (2010)

Jun 17

Banksy made this exhilarating piece centering around Frenchman Thierry Guetta, himself (in his usual hooded brilliance), and the curious, and lamentable question of ‘What is Art?’. Watch! Read More…

The Jeff Healey Band: While My Guitar Gently Weeps. 1990

Jun 17

The Jeff Healey Band - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (HQ Audio).wmv

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1990 | Jeff Healey: lead vocals, guitar | Joe Rockman: bass guitar, backing vocals | Tom Stephen: drums, George Harrison: backing vocals, acoustic guitar | Jeff Lynne: backing vocals, acoustic guitar.

Jason de Graaf – Acrylic artist extraordinaire.

Jun 16

It took me a while to assimilate Canadian artist de Graaf’s paintings because they are so photographic in their communicative appeal. M.C Escher tributes are certainly visible, and I guess its de Graaf’s way of thanking the Maestro for lessons in optics, reflective surfaces and geometric precision. What you see and what you are about to see, believe it or not, is acrylic on canvas.

Jean-Paul Sartre: The Road to Freedom

Jun 16

The late Jean-Paul Sartre is arguably one of the best known philosophers of the twentieth century. His indefatigable pursuit of philosophical reflection, literary creativity and, in the second half of his life, active political commitment, gained him worldwide renown, if not admiration. He is commonly considered as one of the leading figures of Existentialist philosophy, and whose writings set the tone for occidental intellectual life in the decade immediately following the Second World War. A student of Edmund Husserl and his phenomenology, Sartre brought a refreshingly startling philosophical perspective on contemporary life, society and being.