LIFE photographer Gjon Mili visited Picasso in 1949. Mili showed the artist some of his photographs of ice skaters with tiny lights affixed to their skates jumping in the dark—and Picasso's mind began to race. The series of photographs that follows—Picasso’s light drawings—were made with a small flashlight in a dark room; the images vanished almost as soon as they were created.LIFE photographer Gjon Mili visited Picasso in 1949. Mili showed the artist some of his photographs of ice skaters with tiny lights affixed to their skates jumping in the dark—and Picasso's mind began to race. The series of photographs that follows—Picasso’s light drawings—were made with a small flashlight in a dark room; the images vanished almost as soon as they were created.
STONEHENGE, England (AP) -- Pagans and partygoers drummed, danced or gyrated in hula hoops to stay awake through the night, as more than 35,000 people greeted thesummer solstice Sunday at the ancient stone circle of Stonehenge. Despite fears of trouble because of the record-sized crowd, police said the annual party at the mysterious monument was mostly peaceful. Stonehenge, which sits on Salisbury Plain about 80 miles southwest of London, is one of Britain's most popular tourist attractions, visited by more than 750,000 people a year. It was built in three phases between 3,000 B.C. and 1,600 B.C. Mystery surrounds the monument's original purpose. The solstice is one of the few times during the year that visitors can get close enough to touch the rocks. (25 images)
Round-the-world solar plane debut
Posted on 6/26/2009 12:36:00 PM, under Article, Environment, Flight, sustainability
Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard has unveiled a prototype of the solar-powered plane he hopes eventually to fly around the world.
The vehicle, spanning 61m but weighing just 1,500kg, will undergo trials to prove it can fly through the night.
Dr Piccard, who made history in 1999 by circling the globe non-stop in a balloon, says he wants to demonstrate the potential of renewable energies.
The final version of the plane will try first to cross the Atlantic in 2012.
Link here for the rest of the article and a video of the unveiling.
Samparkour is a short that reveals the city of São Paulo (Brazil) under the look of Parkour. Where people see obstacles, Zico Corrêa visualize new possibilities.
Sorry for all the trailers lately but there are some great fils coming out.
The Cove, made by our friends over at Participant, tells the story of Ric O’Barry and his attempts to reveal a secret and, it seems, geniunely sinister dolphin hunting/smuggling operation in Taiji, Japan. Rolling Stonedescribes it as “a cross between Flipper and The Bourne Identity” and that’s not hard to believe given the trailer.
It also won the Audience Award at Sundance. The website’s here.
Granted, this seems a bit biased, it still makes some sense, and is still ridiculous that we cannot come up with a solution that fits everyone's needs and wants.
Jordy Smith is a 21-year-old pro surfer from South Africa. He's in his second year on the Association of Surfing Professionals tour. And off the coast of Indonesia, he just pulled what GrindTV is calling "the most high-performance maneuver ever executed on a wave". It's called a "rodeo flip," and it's pretty insane.
See for yourself as Smith executes a high-flying rotating-flip into a reverse 360.
Colby Curtin, a 10-year-old girl suffering from terminal vascular cancer, told her mom that she wanted to live to see Pixar's Up. But before she could visit the theater, her condition became too unstable for her to be moved.
Colby's family called Pixar, guessed a name of an employee to break through the automated operator and explained the situation to the first person they reached. A Pixar employee flew out immediately with a DVD, toys and posters in hand. From the OC Register:
Colby couldn't see the screen because the pain kept her eyes closed so her mother gave her a play-by-play of the film.
"Do you think you can hang on?" Colby's mother said.
"I'm ready (to die), but I'm going to wait for the movie," the girl replied.
At the end of the film, the mother asked if her daughter enjoyed the movie and Colby nodded yes, Lisa Curtin said.
Colby died later that evening and hopefully was fulfilled in some way. I also really appreciate Pixar for doing that for her. My thoughts go out to Colby's family.
Urban Improv of the Day: 2,000 honorary Improv Everywhere agents descended upon Roosevelt Island this past weekend for the Sixth Annual MP3 Experiment — a one-of-a-kind happening in which all participants press play on the same MP3 track simultaneously, and uniformly perform the oddball instructions contained therein.
What’s essentially a pulled-back overview of the planet—in all its breathtaking beauty and harrowing fragility—Home looks utterly captivating. The Earth, of course, is quite resilient, but we do run the risk of making the place inhospitable. Here’s the artist’s statement:
We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth’s climate. The stakes are high for us and our children. Everyone should take part in the effort, and HOME has been conceived to take a message of mobilization out to every human being. For this purpose, HOME needs to be free. A patron, the PPR Group, made this possible. EuropaCorp, the distributor, also pledged not to make any profit because Home is a non-profit film. HOME has been made for you : share it! And act for the planet.
Watch the Entire Movie For Free Here.
