I am in love with Wayne McGregors Brain

Wayne McGregor made a stunning choreography for the Ingenue video by Atoms for Peace.
I am taken by the way the bodies merge visually, sometimes hard to differentiate, yet the 100% opposite of each other in every visual aspect: gender, color, movement.
McGregor thinks with bodies, which he describes in his Ted Talk (yes, also worth a watch even if you're not madly into dance). Interpreted loosley, it seems like a metaphor for relationships, where the protagonists are both similar and very different. Watch for yourselves, it's beautiful.

Paul Haggis: A shortfilm on his working process

Paul Haggis: A short Film on his working process

I miss you, Baby.

I miss you Baby.

Hold me tighter.

My Friend Kills Time - Shortfilm by Rørvik

'My Friend Kills Time' a film by Norwegian filmmaker Jakob Rørvik, recently seen on NOWNESS.

Have you ever thought of escaping the city?

Dropping the rat race and living for the basics?

Rørvik says: “The idea of not being around people and the hustle and bustle of London frightened me. Questioning that fear was my starting point.”

A starting point which surely many Londoners and city dwellers can relate to.

Rørvik has a distict sense for aesthetics which he showcases in collaboration with perfect sound composed by Knut Jonas Sellevold. The images let the audience drift between beautiful imagery and repulsive closeness. That friend who kills time get's quite close, at times. Affirmed by brilliantly produced music by the composer Knut Jonas Sellevold, only rarely it comes to the foreground but when it does it does it with an impact.

Upshot:It raises some questions without forcing an answer and exists very much in his own right. My Friend Kills Time' is a wonderfully repelling piece, worth a watch if you have 10 minutes to spare.

In response to

A Love Letter from Emilie Blachère to Rémi Ochlik

A letter from someone loving to a loved one.Instantly evoking 2 main questions such as "what is love" and "what is passion".
For the letter was written by a loving to a loved one.
And that love, by my judging, was supported through a fascination and respect towards someone who followed his calling.
Someone who was eager and fortunate enough to know what he was looking for in a young age and who, tragically lost his life doing it.

It made me think about "the real thing" what I'd die for, and what I wouldn't.

Do you know?
Can you define your 5 main values on the spot?
Honestly, I had to think about it. Which is something I plan to change. (Seems handy to know at least one or two things you'd like to die for, doesn't it? Shift those values a bit per day; just like you strech in that weekly yoga classes - push it just a little more.)
Jokes aside, on these few lines, I don't want to get too deep but I strongly believe that giving importance to once life is the sole purpose of life.
Harold S. Kushner sums up what Victor E. Frankl's discusses in his "Man's Search for Meaning": '[...]that life is meaningful and that we must learn to see life as meaningful despite our circumstances'.
You will never be able to become something specific whilst being unaware.
It has been a little more than a year since the death of the mentioned photographer who spent his life photographing the disasters of this world and I regret that I couldn't have seen his work while he was alive. I take him and Emilie as an eye opener.
I wish for many courageous human beings to follow their calling and should they not know it, to find strength in their environment to keep searching. I hope to meet some of them but moreso to build an environment of support, love and courage.
Support your friends with their love and passions, find your own.
What values do we life by and how ofter might we use an excuse, an "I'll do it tomorrow"?

Alix Marie - London based Artist

Just had a look at Alix's work.
She's currently studying her M.A. at the Royal College, making a variety of works both in ceramics and photography...
see for yourselves:
www.alixmarie.com