No Time And Yet A Life

∞ The Occident

I have started another blog. It is supposed to be one of those æsthetic, atmospheric collections of images and quotations that float around so much. It is comprised of images and things that catch my eye - it represents my æsthetic taste based on the tumblrs i follow.

It is called the Occident in order to bring some kind of perspective to that æsthetic. The Occident is supposed to be the way in which the west is viewed from the east, in opposition to Said’s Orientalism. So, it is filled with my western privileged tastes, and should be viewed critically… at least that is the hope.

I hate to jump on the classic “hate the new design” wagon but these are a little odd…

For those of you that don’t know, I have another blog dedicated to my own analogue photography. It is called Intra Contra and only features film photography!

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Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?

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- The Who

I need some more bridges and circles in my life, some more interaction with outside.

Andy Goldsworthy knows the way.

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The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. What redeems it is the idea only. An idea at the back of it; not a sentimental pretence but an idea; and an unselfish belief in the idea — something you can set up, and bow down before, and offer a sacrifice to…

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- Conrad - Heart of Darkness

US muscle reigns, but there’s a world of difference in value - University Rankings

‘Howard Hotson, professor of early modern intellectual history at the University of Oxford, who has become a prominent critic of the government’s higher education policy, said: “You can turn the data from the World University Rankings upside down and inside out…to measure different things; but the end results are more or less the same.

“Several small and prosperous countries - notably the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark - do best in per capita terms; the UK comes at or near the top of the value-for-money table; and Switzerland does exceptionally well across the board.

“The US, by contrast, offers unimpressive performance in per capita terms and very poor value for money.” He added: “Although many of the world’s very best universities are private, all the world’s best university systems are public…All this puts a fresh onus on the UK minister for universities and science - and on his counterparts in other countries - to provide equally clear and compelling evidence to justify radical market-driven reforms.”’

Times Higher Education, by John Morgan

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Nothing like a Breakfast Club Reference to brighten my day!

So my friend Emily Sams only went and got published in the Guardian!

You can read the article Here (by Patrick Mcguiness) and have a look at more of her work on her Website or for more up-to-date information her Blog.

I keep hearing “Movin’ on up” in my head….

Vice are throwing a serious party tomorrow night to celebrate the launch of vice.com (No longer a porn site, but if they still have those American apparel ads … )

Tom Vek will be about as well as some other Cool Cats like iceage!

Not only but also, vice want to know how much you hate their irreverent, soft porn stylings by filling out their survey here: Vice.com/you with the chance to win a double page feature in the next issue AND 5 years supply of vice! Do it.

No Time And Yet A Life

∞ The Occident

Who are you? Who, who, who, who? Who are you? Who, who, who, who? Who are you? Who, who, who, who? Who are you? Who, who, who, who?

US muscle reigns, but there’s a world of difference in value - University Rankings

Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?