March 26, 2012 1:53 pm by: Rebecca McInroy
If you're familiar with the work of Erik Johansson you may frequently ask yourself "what is photography?". Exploring that question can be a fun exercise, however in this TED Talk Erik also delves into another deeper question, which is "what is reality?" and "how do our brains decide what is possible and impossible?". It is in sorting out our perspective on these questions that we can then fully appreciate Erik's intricate work and why it's important to be aware of the way we process, not only images, but ideas, concepts and dilemmas on a daily basis....
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We’re always coming across things on the web that inspire us and capture our attention and in our What We’re Watching section we share these pieces with you that we find are just too interesting, captivating, or inspiring to turn off. What we’re watching right now are all the great musical performances the Storyboard team recorded at SXSW when KUT was at the Four Seasons. We’ve collected all these wonderful videos from people like Jimmy Cliff, James Mercer of the Shins, Punch Brothers, Glen Hansard, and more right here for you so you can relive some of the best musical moments from SXSW and KUT at the Four Seasons.
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Austin is already electric with SXSW Interactive and Film upon us and the Music conference only a few days away, and if you’re coming in from out of town it’s easy to get…...
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With Valentine’s Day upon us there was no shortage of material for us to consider for What We’re Watching. There are great short videos everywhere you look on the web that celebrate love and romance. But the more we looked, the more we knew we had to get your eyes on this wonderful short film...
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Like many around the world we are still celebrating the Chinese New Year! Here is one of our favorite displays of festivity thus far. Make sure to watch it to the end for the full effect!...
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Just when you thought it was safe to jump into a foreign policy discussion this political season, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) reminds us just how murky those waters are. Thank goodness they’ve brought together all kinds of incredible information from crisis guides, summits, news...
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If the delicious milk chocolate inside of each door of your advent calendar isn’t really doing anything for your serotonin levels we have a different kind of calendar that is guaranteed to satiate your desire for stimulation and inspiration without the calories or the messy fingers.
Video...
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We’re big fans of the “Explorations” of Palladium Boots. Not only because they are so much fun to watch with their beautifully slick shots and graphics, but because they bring us issues from the point of view of their boots...the street. Here in the Tokyo Rising series we see how a group of...
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Here at Storyboard we love NY Fashion Week, or let's say we like the idea of it as we watch from the sidelines. However, with fashion bloggers like Scott Schuman of The Sartorialist and his significant other Garance Dore who runs the Garance Dore blog, the sidelines are the place to be....
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In 1951, Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats (featuring Ike Turner on keyboards) recorded “Rocket 88” at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. This is considered by most rock historians as the first rock and roll single and it’s led to Sun Studio being thought of as the birthplace of rock and...
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The Esme Barrera Fan Club band was created in less than five days, and performed an original arrangement of “She’s A Rainbow” by the Rolling Stones at the Austin Memorial Service for Esme Barrera, on January 15, 2012, at Fiesta Gardens. The 37-member band is composed entirely of volunteers...
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We know you may have already seen this out and about in the wonderful world of the web, but on the slight chance you have not, we wanted to let you know of it's existence. Given we are not that sure how authentic it is, but that said, the words are powerful and the ideas behind them speak volumes...
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The old adage, “the more things change the more they stay the same,” couldn’t be more true when it comes to the internet according to organizer and author
Eli Pariser. Pariser, author of
The Filter Bubble,...
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The whole idea behind
What We’re Watching was hatched at Cain and Abel’s just a couple of blocks off the drag on a sunny Tuesday afternoon in the fall of 2010. The first group of “Storyboarders” were always coming across things on the web that inspired and captured our attention or...
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