A self-isolated but pleasingly frisky cover of The Cure’s ‘The Lovecats’ performed by The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.
Category Archives: Video
A short by German animator Vincenz Neuhaus about a boy with a nose capable of discerning the intrinsic essence of everything on earth.
Keep that kid away from my cocaine, etc.
A short film from The School Of Life about the importance of speaking up when the time is right. To wit:
It can seem as though we all need to learn to be less angry – and that no one has any problem raising their voice and getting their opinions across. The truth is more nuanced. A sizeable number of us suffer from shyness about expressing our real needs and our true aspirations – and thereby do ourselves and others a disservice.
Previously: Listen Up
Mashup maestro DJ Cummerbund’s homage to Danny Devito’s turn as ‘man cheetah’ from ‘It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia’ – seamlessly blending tracks by Hall & Oates, The Strokes, The White Stripes and Chris Isaak.
A post-societal world imagined by the digital artists of Universal Everything, who obviously had time on their hands during the lockdown.
A short by Parisian designer Benoit Leva illustrating why boxing up your emotions is never good for your mental heath.
A short directed by Dane Winn inspired by the true story of Ada Blackjack who was stranded for two years on the Arctic island of Wrangel in the 1920s. To wit:
Stranded on an arctic island with a dying man in 1921, an Alaskan seamstress must overcome her fears of the wilderness and find the strength to survive if she ever hopes to return home to her son.
Launching rockets is hard, as evidenced by this montage of missile mishaps from rocket component developer, BPS Space.
Pop Art
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The very impressive pop-up sculptures, greeting cards and packaging designs of artist Peter Dahmen.
He also gives tutorials.
Listen Up
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Another fascinating video essay by The School Of Life. Are you listening? Anyone? Hello? To wit:
Though we all long to have our feelings and needs acknowledged, it seems that nothing is more common than for these to be neglected by people around us. We take so little time to listen to one another and to show that we have absorbed what people have told us. As a result, everyone gets increasingly angry and – deep inside – sad. The answer is to make the art of listening a global priority.
Previously: I Am Not My Body