Hi. I like to watch videos and they inspire some of my creative work. I hope these ones will inspire you too.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
iPod Magic Deceptions by Marco Tempest
Isn’t the moving image the greatest magic trick of all?
The Humpty Dance
Folks who post videos of themselves dancing inspire me… with their ballsy attitude. Keep dancing guys.
Venice in a Day by Joerg Niggli
Venetian light is quite spectacular.
P.S. I can’t believe this was shot with a Canon G10.
Birth to 12 years old by Frans Hofmeester
How I feel about this video is pretty much summed up in this comment left on Hofmeester’s Vimeo page: “What a beautiful gift to your daughter.”
Cause and Effect: How the Media you consume can change your life
I came across this video from Mitch Joel’s blog. It was cited together with Ashley Judd’s article. In this article, Judd not only eloquently defended herself from all the flack she received about her physical appearance, she also spoke out against the “misogynist assault on all women” when the media maliciously tears down celebrities’ poor physical appearances.
It’s funny, I’ve been (and still am) a long-time reader of fashion magazines but I’ve never wanted to be as thin as models (which I logically knew was impossible). I was raised in an environment that placed accomplishments above physical looks. But in the real world, I’ve found society to be completely opposite. As much as we like to believe the media causes women to develop all sorts of self-identity issues, I think we also have to look at ourselves and how we automatically judge others based on superficial appearances.
Yosemite HD by Project Yosemite
YOO-SEMMM-MEE-TEEE.
I’ve never been but the photographer part of me wants to go. After all, that’s where Ansel Adams captured his famous images.
People who have never been to YOO-SEMMM-MEE-TEEE (I really like saying it!) will enjoy this video. It films the national park over several days and nights. Parts of it look like the barren surface of the moon or a gray Grand Canyon. In the film, you get some idea how the park visitors interact with the environment (lots of rock climbers) and a clear view of the spectacular night sky.
Vowels by Studiocanoe
Hypnotic and mesmerizing.
The Love Competition by Brent Hoff
An interesting experiment: what love looks like on an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan. And to make it more interesting: get a bunch of people of different ages and figure out who has (or had in some cases) the greatest ability to love.
Clearly people experience love differently, so is it possible to “quantify” love? I imagine a future where couples line up to scan their brains before saying “I do”.
Holy Cow by Patrik Wallner
The odd juxtaposition of guys doing skateboarding tricks in old India keeps me watching.
Minding Your Mitochondria (a TEDx presentation)
This is not the typical kind of video I would normally post on this Tumblr site but nevertheless it is inspiring and I encourage everyone, for the sake of their health, to watch this and pass the knowledge around.
Profile of Sophie Blackall by Etsy TV
She’s one of my favourite artists of all time ever since the first time I saw a Missed Connections illustration. Here, she talks about her latest project for New York’s Art for Transit program.
Drunk by Saman Keshavaraz
Cats are man’s true best friends.
