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Skibinskipedia™ is the online wunderkammer of B Dean Skibinski, a graphic designer and writer based in New York City. Launched in 2010, it has since been a repository of inspirations and links related to design, architecture, art, film, literature, music, photography, and, of course, New York City. I take great care to either retain or add accurate attribution to each post, but if for some reason any citations are missing or incorrect, please don't hesitate to let me know. Additionally, if work I've featured is yours and you for some reason don't want it featured, I shall be happy to remove it upon your request. Please email or message me as you wish.

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“The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent; but if we can come to terms with this indifference and accept the challenges of life within the boundaries of death – however mutable man may be able to make them – our existence as a species can have genuine meaning and fulfillment. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.” —Stanley Kubrick, 26 July 1928 – 07 March 1999

“The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent; but if we can come to terms with this indifference and accept the challenges of life within the boundaries of death – however mutable man may be able to make them – our existence as a species can have genuine meaning and fulfillment. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.”

—Stanley Kubrick, 26 July 1928 – 07 March 1999

Tags Film Stanley Kubrick Anniversaries In Memoriam

 Source phaidon.com

Fear and Self-Loathing

zachbaron:

In July, I somehow talked a bunch of otherwise smart humans into flying me to Las Vegas for seven days (never spend seven days in Las Vegas) in order to write something about Hunter Thompson and, uh, the American Dream. FEAR AND SELF-LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS, the comically long result, runs to around 14,200 words; parts one (“EVERY DAY I’M SHUFFLIN’”) and two (“TOPLESS AT THE SAHARA”) are up now, with the latter two sections—which are when the non-metaphorical guns come out—due tomorrow.

The talented Nikola Tamindzic took the photos, including the one above, which I believe he shot from the plane while coming down on psilocybin mushrooms. Nikola is the best Ralph Steadman surrogate a writer could hope for.

Thanks to him, Ramon, and Fleur, whoever they are.

Adoring everything about this.

Tags Lit Photography Zach Baron Nikola Tamindzic Hunter S. Thompson Fear and Loathing Anniversaries Fear and Self-Loathing

Reblogged from Yes  Source zachbaron

bbook: Blue Velvet was, again, in its visual intimacy and sure touch, a distinctively homemade film (the home being, again, D. Lynch’s skull), and it was a surprise hit, and it remains one of the ’80s’ great U.S. films. And its greatness is a direct result of Lynch’s decision to stay in the Process but to rule in small personal films rather than to serve in large corporate ones. Whether you believe he’s a good auteur or a bad one, his career makes it clear that he is indeed, in the literal Cahiers du Cinema sense, an auteur, willing to make the sorts of sacrifices for creative control that real auteurs have to make-choices that indicate either raging egotism or passionate dedication or a childlike desire to run the sandbox, or all three. read more

bbook:

Blue Velvet was, again, in its visual intimacy and sure touch, a distinctively homemade film (the home being, again, D. Lynch’s skull), and it was a surprise hit, and it remains one of the ’80s’ great U.S. films. And its greatness is a direct result of Lynch’s decision to stay in the Process but to rule in small personal films rather than to serve in large corporate ones. Whether you believe he’s a good auteur or a bad one, his career makes it clear that he is indeed, in the literal Cahiers du Cinema sense, an auteur, willing to make the sorts of sacrifices for creative control that real auteurs have to make-choices that indicate either raging egotism or passionate dedication or a childlike desire to run the sandbox, or all three.

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Tags Film David Lynch David Foster Wallace Blue Velvet Anniversaries

Reblogged from BlackBook  Source lynchnet.com