Status:
Today’s inadequate fatigue metaphor is that someone has injected expanding foam insulation into the gap between my brain and my skull.
Overnight listening:
Reading:
- Clavicular and contentmaxxing - via Warren Ellis who notes: “People like this guy are the creators whom a frightening number of people are listening to the most, these days. This is television now. Pay attention. It’s weird."
- Are you not entertained? - “a short essay on the politics of spectacle, or maybe the spectacle of politics, and how that explains the state of many things right now." Rather disconcertingly the second mention of this Clavicular wanker in my inbox today.
- Wrong Lens, Right Place - nice short piece about shooting portraits with an 11mm lens. “Unusual gear creates conversation. People get curious. That curiosity loosens them up, and suddenly you’re not just taking their picture. You’re collaborating." That’s been my experience too with my weird contraptions back in the day. (Which I’ve been thinking about recently.)
- The great crime decline is happening all across the USA - thanks to “a huge investment by the federal government in education, police, librarians, community centers…" Every so often my MP asks what my priorities are and I have to make a note that yes, crime is important, but it’s only really going to be solved by fixing all the other “soft” things. Nice to have some proof.
- “Throwing my camera was the right thing to do”: The photographers behind the viral protest photos - inconsequential sidebar: I like how John Abernathy shoots at f11 with a wide lens so everything’s in focus. I tend to lean on the good-old fuzzy background trick but would like to try this more. Reminds me of Joel Meyerowitz’s deep field photos of New York.
Watching:
- Hot Compost for Cold Snap (18:33)
- Video update Cha0sHof week 174 (4:19)
- Writing for Comics Masterclass with John Allison (1:29:00) - contains a nice overview of the early 2000s webcomics boom and subsequent decline.