Koyaanisqatsi sped it up 1552% and compressed to about 5 minutes. (via)
Arts administrators:
@missionparadox: “Accepting that ur audience will always be this narrow slice of the world is the same as accepting your upcoming demise.”
@halcyontony: “Completely agree. Also, contrary to current spin, these issues did not suddenly start with the economic woes in ‘08.
Amen.
Ignite is a six-week, seminar series for artists and arts managers aiming to design actionable and effective strategies for answering their creative calling. Here is what some of Ignite’s alumni have had to say about the seminar.
For more information, or to support programming like Ignite, go to c4atlanta.org.
The intersection of art and science as fertile ground for the future of health and innovation in medicine
On Morning Edition today, NPR reported on a lab performing experiments on the capacity of rats to demonstrate empathy and altruistic behavior. One rat was trapped in a tube, while another rat had the capability to release the trapped rat. In all the cases, the free rat saved the trapped rat.
But the story doesn’t end there.
The free rat was also trained to release a tube full of rat delicacies like chocolate. The free rat didn’t simply release the chocolate and eat it. The free rat released the trapped rat before releasing the chocolate so that they could share in the feast.
In a follow-up experiment, the free rat was given a copy of Ratlas Shrugged. After reading the novel, the free rat released only the chocolate and ate it all. Afterward, the free rat explained to the trapped rat that the tube was built by the government, and the trapped rat should be able to use his own abilities to free himself.
The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra asked people to tweet their tips for surviving winter in Calgary, then sang them. Best thing since the Complaints Choir.
In the late 20st Century, Georgia’s Constitution was amended to allow counties to provide municipal services. This gave citizens living in unincorporated areas permission to pretend they live in the city.
In the early 21st Century, new cities formed in Georgia so that citizens living in newly incorporated areas could pretend they live on the farm.
SOPA Bill *NOT* Rejected
There’s a rumor going around Tumblr that the Senate rejected SOPA. Wrong.
The Senate rejected a measure to reverse an FCC ruling on Net Neutrality. Thankfully, Net Neutrality won that battle.
There are now two more bills floating through Congress: SOPA (HR 3261), and the Protect IP Act (S 968). Follow those links and learn about them. Open Congress is a wonderful site that will let anyone track their favorite (or least favorite) pieces of legislation that fail to create jobs.
The fact of SOPA/ProtectIP’s popularity on Capitol Hill — not to mention Congress recently declaring that pizza is a vegetable — demonstrates how Congress exists in a parallel universe, completely disconnected from the reality the rest of us face.
(Source: drneverland)
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