K.M.Krebs \ 833-45

The city is a fact in nature, like a cave, a run of mack­erel or an ant-heap. But it is also a con­scious work of art, and it holds within its com­mu­nal frame­work many sim­pler and more per­sonal forms of art. Mind takes form in the city; and in turn, urban forms con­di­tion mind.

– Lewis Mum­ford

Hay on Flickr.

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“In mys­ter­ies what we know, and our real­iza­tion of what we do not know, pro­ceed together; the larger the island of knowl­edge, the longer the shore­line of won­der. It is like the quan­tum world, where the more we under­stand its for­mal­ism, the stranger that world becomes.” — Hus­ton Smith

Hall of the Ancients [HDR] on Flickr.

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“To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dan­ger­ous.” — Con­fu­cius

Autumn in Small-town Korea (tilt-shift) from amor fati on Vimeo.

I’ve recently become mes­mer­ized by tilt-shift time lapse videos.  Rem­i­nis­cent of films like Baraka and Koy­aanisqatsi with sweep­ing ges­tures and large-scale per­spec­tives which, even though devoid of nar­ra­tion, inspire reflec­tion on pro­found ques­tions about cul­ture, his­tory and progress.  The tilt-shift effect, which gives the impres­sion of look­ing at a minia­ture scale model, in con­junc­tion with time lapse footage, adds an even greater dis­tance and poignancy.

Here are some selected resources:

• The spirit of Baraka
• High def­i­n­i­tion tilt-shift stuff chan­nel on Vimeo.

Used Tires on Flickr.
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“We learn from his­tory that we learn noth­ing from his­tory.” — George Bernard Shaw

Sim­ply Green on Flickr.

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“A per­son who thinks all the time has noth­ing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with real­ity, and lives in a world of illu­sion.” — Alan Watts

Jogye­saTem­ple Lanterns on Flickr.
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“Do not the most mov­ing moments of our lives find us all with­out words?” — Mar­cel Marceau