Detroit photographer Michelle Gerard has created “The Artist Diet” a wonderfully whimsical photo series in which she has recreated meals reflecting the eating habits such luminary artists as John Steinbeck, Georgia O’Keeffe, Jack Kerouac, Andy Warhol, Charles M. Schulz, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Marcel Proust. Gerard stated that she got the idea after reading about…
How the Use of CGI in Film Successfully Popularized Psychedelic Experiences in Blockbuster Movies
Film Qualia, a self-described “obscure, overlooked films reviewer and video essayist”, takes a deep dive into the history of psychedelic images in film, noting how it was first sparingly used to recreate a highly visual drug experiences in lesser known films. With the advent of animation and then CGI, however, psychedelia was accepted into the…
Hypnotic Animated Timelapses Showing Which Way the World’s Surface Winds Blew During a Tumultuous 2018
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As he did in previous years, engineer Cameron Beccario of NullSchool has created mesmerizing timelapses in calming blues and greens showing ocean surface wind patterns over both the
A Seamless Animation Connecting the Beautifully Sleek Designs Found on Blank VHS Tape Covers
Russian video editor 4096 paid elegant tribute to the long since eclipsed blank VHS tape with a seamlessly morphing animation that connects and celebrates the beautifully sleek design of their covers. blank vhs covers were kinda beautiful The animation is set to the song “Before the Night” by Home. via Jason Scott
Ozzy Osbourne Meets the Fast Food Themed Black Sabbath Tribute Band ‘Mac Sabbath’
In a particularly touching clip from the television series Ozzy and Jack’s World Detour, an excited Jack Osbourne surprises his father Ozzy Osbourne with a private performance by the fast food themed heavy metal Black Sabbath tribute band Mac Sabbath (previously). At first Ozzy was a bit confused by the rather evil looking clown fronting…
Terence McKenna’s Remarkable 1998 Talk About Time Acceleration Told Through Whiteboard Animation
A brilliantly illustrated episode of After Skool features a talk given by author, botanist and psychedelic drug advocate Terence McKenna in 1998, during which he spoke about the acceleration of time. McKenna had formulated his own sense of time through fractals and the I Ching, topics included in his remarkable speech. Towards the end of…
An Orange Tabby Cat Lives in a Chicken Coop After Being Banished by the Alpha Male of the Farm Clowder
A really beautiful orange tabby cat appropriately named Outlander has found a safe and comfortable home in the chicken coop after the alpha male cat at the White House on the Hill farm in Easton, Missouri banished him for good. Outlander is a happy cat who doesn’t mind bunking with the chickens, in fact the…
Biophysicist Scientifically Analyzes ‘Rick and Morty’
In a methodical episode of the BuzzFeed series Professionals React, biophysicist James Bodecker of the Dornsife School at the University of Southern California scientifically analyzes several different plotlines from Rick and Morty. Among those subjects Boedicker addresses are multiverses, wormholes, the Big Bang theory and carbon-based life forms. Boedicker also mentions that he’s a big…