A Perspective on Black & White

I joined the HitRecord platform recently and was stunned by all the material on it. Completely driven by audio, video, images and text from anyone it powers itself. If you have time, it's worth looking through. Oh, and also, Joseph Gordon Levitt is on it. Just a thought to bear in mind.

They look for curators, writers, animators, artists, and anyone who will invest a small piece of themselves for some great collabs. One of the biggest ones are "The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories".

My latest find was "The Untitles Pattern Book" which I will be thrilled to own in the near future. Now this book isn't finished yet. They are still picking pieces. There are thousands upon thousands of photos in this category, but not as many texts. What they are looking for are collaborations, or submissions to existing photos and albums. That's where i found Dovile's album Black & White. http://www.hitrecord.org/records/1533712

This is my interpretation of the chapter, if it was to land in the book. It isn't very long, but it is a work I would be more than willing to continue working on.


Black & White; What contrasts create

As opposites, sometimes stripped of even the name colour, black & white is the original composition of contrasts. It has existed since the first photos were taken. Since then we have developed new technology. There is option. Why do we chose this style of recording still images?

Never get stuck on the concept of black or white. It is what is in between that creates scales, gradients, and life. On many photos done in this manner it captivates a stillness. It's valiant, breathless, and magical. Softened edges allows this category freedom like none other. Allowing us to reach back into the past and regain control, regain composure of the past and what can't be changed is the big allure.

If there is a reason why this style is on the way back, it lies within the individual taking the photograph. Stylistic devices allow us to create, and interpret a mood. As it has passed we cannot regain the knowledge of it. All we can do, is pretend to be back there.

Colour or not, black & white remain an artist secret, the viewers mind, and the books cover.


That's it for now! Byee

Books, and their "value"

As many other internet go-ers, I stumbled over the concept of buying things over the internet.

As I was looking around, I noticed how the values of a book is graded. When you buy a book from a store you usually pay around 7 British pounds for it, or 100 Swedish crowns. After that book has been read once, if it is a pocket-book, it will re-retail for around 3 British pounds.

Isn't that crazy? We pay so much for a new book, and after one read, it is barely worth anything.

And even though it might sound a bit weird, I get a bit emotionally attached to all my books. Recently I decided to sell my Hunger Games trilogy through the Swedish Ebay "Tradera" against better judgement.

I thought it wouldn't be so bad, since I did not enjoy the series particularly much. But when it came down to it, I do not want to send them off! I read them, cried over the protagonists, and hated the antagonists. Now someone else will put them in their bookshelf. The only comfort is that the series had clashing colored covers and did not fit in well with the rest.

All that is left is to package them, and then ship them away...


So I ask you, dear reader; how do we value books? It is not so much about their story after the first read. We hand them off to a new pair of hands to grasp them, and cling to the pages, ripping their hair out over the plot twists, just like you did the first time you read that exact, same passage.

How do we know they do not just become a pretty addition on someone else's bookshelf?

And why do we care?

By Yours Truly,
ETBlogsHome 2013-12-07

I'm constantly asking myself....

How my life situation reflects on my surroundings.

We all have times when we feel a need to be in control. (Or at least I do quite often). Everyone has their way of dealing with stress. Some common things that people do to relieve this is;

- Eat

- Cry

- Exercise

- Eat

- Talk

- Publicly humiliate the item or person that is the source of the stress

- Eat

I've developed a bit of a tweaked way of ... "dealing".

It's not compulsive, as much as it is needed! So don't you dare judge me, you, ....butt-scratcher! (warning nsfw)

I organize my bookshelf. A lot. I'm not talking like okay, I feel stressed, tear down all books, put them back up. We are talking majorly changing the appearance and organization. It makes me feel.. in control.

Here's what I'm going to do! Below are some of today's and yesterday's organizations. I feel as if when I confess this to no one in particular, I'll be able to at least stop a little. 

Yours truly,
ETBlogsHome 2013-07-14