Album art and CD liner art for Laulu Laakson Kukista by Paavoharju.
Fonal Records, 2008.
Silent Hill 2
Betrayal (Pyramid Head theme)It’s amazing how Akira Yamaoka can create music that is terrifying but still gorgeous at the same time.
Trevor Paglen
They Watch the Moon
2010
“Everything in the world–whether it’s a secret airplane or secret satellite–has to intersect the visible world at some point,” says Paglen. “With photographing the invisible, it’s about identifying where those boundaries and intersections may be.”
Taking photographs of covert government institutions like the NSA and military bases may be Paglen’s way of highlighting that democracy is abstract, while invisible privacy invasion and mysterious organizations are concrete. Through exhausting research and patience (taking a photograph from many miles away is no easy task), Paglen finds those boundaries and intersections and makes them… beautiful. Or, at least, he makes extremely abstract concepts more digestible. His long-distance, blurry photos of secret military bases have been compared to impressionistic paintings.
– From the creators project (2013)
Slavic celebrations of summer solstice in Poland. Event in Puławy, via pulawy.naszemiasto.pl.
Jumping over bonfires is a traditional activity during the Slavic celebrations of the Kupala Night (also known under different names for example Sobótki in many parts of Poland). It’s a part of a ritual in which the bravery and faith are tested, but also a popular way to impress the beloved person during that unique night of the year. Couples or friends could try to jump over the bonfire together, holding hands, as a test of their compatibility and cooperation – if failed or let go of the hands, the couple was seen as destined to separate. (via lamus-dworski)
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