Senses working overtime #260

1 Goin' back 1

I love this photo so much - taken while we lived in Cambridge (Alpha St.)  purely for the fact that we are all genuinely smiling at something Nita (the photographer) has said.

2 Goin' back 2
The nostalgia thing is an impulse right now. 

Interesting that my Facebook friends appear to be responding to a challenge (from someone somewhere) to post pictures of themselves as young children. I think The Byrds nail the reason why.

 


3 She has always been ahead of her time

Mask Piece I Make a mask larger than your face. Polish the mask every day. In the morning, wash the mask instead of your face. When somebody wants to kiss you,  let the person kiss the mask instead. Yoko Ono (1961) Mask Piece II Make a mask smaller than your face. Let it drink wine instead of you. Yoko Ono (1962)

4 Zoom fatigue

Wondering why you are so tired from all those online video calls? Here's why.

5 Today’s special

I just noticed something about the ubiquitous sign at every diner.

On one hand, it means, “the special that was assigned to today.” It’s possessive.

But on the other hand, it could simply mean, “today is special.”

Because both are true.

Plan accordingly.

(Seth Godin) 

Overtime: The Warren Ellis sign off-
And that's it from me.  Remember to be kind to yourself this week, because you do actually deserve it and you need to quit arguing with yourself about that.  The days are still passing, you're still moving forward, and the good times are ahead. Hold on tight. Be well.

Senses working overtime #201

1 Vinyl Easy Rider record covers

Records are not like books - getting regularly updated with new covers to tempt the punters, but there are exceptions - especially if they are released in different countries via different record companies.

I bought the American yellow ABC-Dunhill version in NZ way back in time and then lusted after Europe's blue EMI-Stateside version for many years. So when I spotted a mint copy in Chaldon Books and Records for 5 quid... 

I hadn't realised that the blue version was both a photo (the blue tinged cityscape) and a painting (inside the Easy Rider letters), I'd always believed the whole thing was a photo.

It's a gorgeous cover!

2 Eric Idle

I've started this one this week, so I'll finish: LOL on each page for a start but gets bogged down in name checking all the parties and all the famous (yawn) friends! Still - there's The Rutles stories and the George pictures to keen me interested until the end.


3 Seth on feeling incompetent

At some point, grown ups get tired of the feeling that accompanies growth and learning.

We start calling that feeling, “incompetence.”

We’re not good at the new software, we resist a brainstorming session for a new way to solve a problem, we never did bother to learn to juggle…

Not because we don’t want the outcomes, but because the journey promises to be difficult. Difficult in the sense that we’ll feel incompetent.

Which accompanies all growth.

First we realize something can be done.

Then we realize we can’t do it.

And finally, we get better at it.

It’s the second step that messes with us.

If you care enough to make a difference, if you care enough to get better–you should care enough to experience incompetence again.


4 Colour!

Some amazing colour shots bring WW2 to life.

5 Imagination

Normal objects reimagined (thanks to JW for the alert)

Overtime Ballad Of Easy Rider

We started here, so seems a good idea to end here. The lyrics are very apt for me at the moment:

The river flows
It flows to the sea
Wherever that river goes
That's where I want to be

Flow, river flow
Let your waters wash down
Take me from this road
To some other town