Beth Goolsby
Artist
Jay Howell’s solo show “Enthusiastic Person” at FFDG opens Friday, Feb 1st (6-9pm).
Here is a small preview and also a short interview with the man who’s been working his butt off in Los Angeles on his upcoming cartoon with Nickelodeon, video shorts with Vans, a new zine, and other projects when he’s not walking Street Dog in the warm Southern California air.
http://www.fecalface.com/SF/features-mainmenu-102/5129-interview-w-jay-howell
For nine decades Fulton Market Cold Storage Company operated in Chicago’s meatpacking district with a full ten stories of freezing storage situated close to major railways. Last summer the company decided it was time to start fresh in a state-of-the-art facility outside of Chicago, so the building was sold…
Read all about it over at Colossal. The insane ice photos are by this fellow.
Buenos Aires (Argentina). 2013
This video where André Leon Talley interviews Quvenzhané Wallis about fashion is just about the cutest thing we’ve ever seen. She forgot to do her homework!
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A Land Without Guns: How Japan Has Virtually Eliminated Shooting Deaths
Even the most basic framework of Japan’s approach to gun ownership is almost the polar opposite of America’s. U.S. gun law begins with the second amendment’s affirmation of the “right of the people to keep and bear arms” and narrows it down from there. Japanese law, however, starts with the 1958 act stating that “No person shall possess a firearm or firearms or a sword or swords,” later adding a few exceptions. In other words, American law is designed to enshrine access to guns, while Japan starts with the premise of forbidding it. The history of that is complicated, but it’s worth noting that U.S. gun law has its roots in resistance to British gun restrictions, whereas some academic literature links the Japanese law to the national campaign to forcibly disarm the samurai, which may partially explain why the 1958 mentions firearms and swords side-by-side.
Read more. [Image: Reuters]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/24027cbc75ef5d19e9c8a4096074c741/tumblr_mf1gp4TwPb1qcokc4o1_500.jpg)
A Land Without Guns: How Japan Has Virtually Eliminated Shooting Deaths
Even the most basic framework of Japan’s approach to gun ownership is almost the polar opposite of America’s. U.S. gun law begins with the second amendment’s affirmation of the “right of the people to keep and bear arms” and narrows it down from there. Japanese law, however, starts with the 1958 act stating that “No person shall possess a firearm or firearms or a sword or swords,” later adding a few exceptions. In other words, American law is designed to enshrine access to guns, while Japan starts with the premise of forbidding it. The history of that is complicated, but it’s worth noting that U.S. gun law has its roots in resistance to British gun restrictions, whereas some academic literature links the Japanese law to the national campaign to forcibly disarm the samurai, which may partially explain why the 1958 mentions firearms and swords side-by-side.
Read more. [Image: Reuters]
#348 Tension – A new minimal geometric composition each day
These amazing animations where created by fine artist and designer INSA. He makes them by painting the space several times to create each frame of the animation.
Note: Please keep the epilepsy warnings in the tags. I don’t want this to cause anyone to have a fit.
19th Century Mathematical Illustrations of Consciousness (via the always interesting Brain Pickings)
The Rings and Moons of Saturn
Barack!
Morning Funnies: Obammmaaaaaaaa!!! Edition
Balenciaga Spring 2006
Photographed by Irving Penn, Vogue, March 2006
- David Bowie (scanned from Moonage Daydream)
