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Photo by Ralph Zamarippa III
Model: Trevor Allen
“Special Delivery”

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    Photo by Ralph Zamarippa III

    Model: Trevor Allen

    “Special Delivery”

    Posted on Friday, April 26th 2013

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kyle skor, view of mt. fuji with jim lambie installation that jim lambie doesn’t know about yet, gouache and acrylic on paper, 2012

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    kyle skor, view of mt. fuji with jim lambie installation that jim lambie doesn’t know about yet, gouache and acrylic on paper, 2012

    Posted on Friday, April 26th 2013

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levels and levels reexamined from the process of making series 
steel, tool dip, resin, rock, aluminum, polish
Samuel Rosen, 2012

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    levels and levels reexamined from the process of making series 

    steel, tool dip, resin, rock, aluminum, polish

    Samuel Rosen, 2012

    Posted on Friday, April 26th 2013

    1. Associative orientation: Imaginative, playful, have a wealth of ideas, ability to be committed, sliding transitions between fact and fiction.

    2. Need for originality: Resists rules and conventions. Have a rebellious attitude because of a need to do things no one else does.

    3. Motivation: Have a need to perform, goal oriented, innovative attitude, stamina to tackle difficult issues.

    4. Ambition: Have a need to be influential, attract attention and recognition.

    5. Flexibility: Have the ability to see different aspects of issues and come up with optimal solutions.

    6. Low emotional stability: Have a tendency to experience negative emotions, greater fluctuations in moods and emotional state, failing self-confidence.

    7. Low sociability: Have a tendency not to be very considerate, are obstinate and find faults and flaws in ideas and people.

    Norwegian researchers find the 7 characteristics of highly creative people. Pair with John Cleese on 5 factors to make your life more creative and Ira Glass on the secret of success in creative work.

    Particularly interesting and counter-intuitive is #6 – but then again, we do know that emotional excess is essential to creativity

    (via explore-blog)

    Posted on Thursday, April 25th 2013

    Reblogged from Explore

    Photographer and guest curator Leo Rubinfien has estimated that perhaps two million people passed through Garry Winogrand’s photographs, equaling roughly one percent or more of everyone in America during Winogrand’s productive years. Image: Garry Winogrand, Los Angeles, ca.1980–83; gelatin silver print; Garry Winogrand Archive, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona; © The Estate of Garry Winogrand, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

    Photographer and guest curator Leo Rubinfien has estimated that perhaps two million people passed through Garry Winogrand’s photographs, equaling roughly one percent or more of everyone in America during Winogrand’s productive years. 

    Image: Garry Winogrand, Los Angeles, ca.1980–83; gelatin silver print; Garry Winogrand Archive, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona; © The Estate of Garry Winogrand, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

    Posted on Thursday, April 25th 2013