Tag Archives: Inspiration

Richard Feynman on Beauty

After dismissing the popular notion that scientists are unable to truly appreciate beauty in nature, physicist Richard Feynman (1918 – 1988) explains what a scientist really is and does. Beauty is the first video in The Feynman Series, along with … Continue reading

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Where were you in 92?

Marko Slavic returns to his home city of Sarajevo for the first time since the war tore it apart in 1992. 2009 – Documentary – Run time: 2:10

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The Hug Lady

Elizabeth Laird, known as “The Hug Lady,” by the soldiers at Ft. Hood, attends every single deployment and homecoming at the army base with one purpose: to hug every soldier going to or returning from war. 2009 – Documentary – … Continue reading

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Table 7 – a short film

A couple having an intimate dinner conversation don’t realize they are being monitored. A short film by Marko Slavnic. -via Neatorama

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Dublin Dr Pepper

This is for those poor souls who just can’t make it to Texas, more specifically, Dublin, Texas. Okay. I like a Dr. Pepper, and I’m sure you will too. But the cool part is the Dr. Pepper Bottling Company in … Continue reading

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Tribute to Kurt Vonnegut

The Res reads passages that focus on her latest obsessive topic, global warming, from her favorite author’s latest book.

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NASA – The Frontier Is Everywhere

“The Frontier is Everywhere” — breathtaking fan-made NASA promo video, lovingly compiled by YouTuber damewse, and “narrated” by Carl Sagan. In all of their brilliance, NASA seems to have forgotten to share their hopes and dreams in a way the … Continue reading

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Thoughts on my bicycle

This is a film made for the NYC Bicycle Film Festival ’09 http://bicyclefilmfestival.com/. Kev Corbett http://kevcorbett.com/ wrote the fabulous score to go along with it.

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The Sartorialist

Intel’s “Visual Life” campaign presents an aptly aesthetic profile of famed street photographer / people watcher Scott “The Sartorialist” Schumann. (via TheDailyWhat)

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Teaching the world how to listen – Evelyn Glennie

In this soaring demonstration, deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie illustrates how listening to music involves much more than simply letting sound waves hit your eardrums.

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