Yet another wry and clever reduction of one of life’s conundrums from the folks at The School of Life.
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WHAT IS AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS?, The School of Life, 5 min.
Another great video from the folks at The School Of Life, who have a knack for reducing monumental questions and fields of study to 5 minute video explanations.
In this video, the characteristics and underpinnings of what some schools of philosophy refer to as an “Existential Crisis” are discussed. This clip is as enjoyable as it is relevant, recommended!
LAO TZU: A CONDENSED SUMMARY BY THE SCHOOL OF LIFE, 4.5 min.
Some spend a lifetime developing an understanding of the Tao, and in the light of that, a four and a half minute synopsis of Lao Tzu and his teachings seems comically philistine. But as with most School of Life videos, Lao Tzu and his teachings are summed up responsibly and accurately, albeit far from exhaustively. Go School Of Life!
HOLLYWOOD, ANKARA: SUPERFAMILIARITY and TERROR By Brad Feuerhelm on December 21, 2016
*REPUBLISHED FROM AMERICANSUBURBX.COM
HOLLYWOOD, ANKARA: SUPERFAMILIARITY and TERROR
“We must also dissect why images such as this one resonate to a larger global community so quickly and we must de-stabilize somehow the tenuous relationship between the press and the Hollywoodization of the images that are meant to produce information lest it all becomes to difficult to distinguish image-reality from image-projection”
The Image of the assassination of Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov by Turkish 22 year old off duty policeman Mevlut Mert Altintas by photographer Burhan Ozbilic has set alarm bells ringing for denizens of the press, but also the photographic community. Questions of under whose authority and moral compass should one print such an image arise as do the questions of what it means to engage in confrontation with an extreme image. Continue reading HOLLYWOOD, ANKARA: SUPERFAMILIARITY and TERROR By Brad Feuerhelm on December 21, 2016
STORIES FROM THE GREAT DEPRESSION, documentary, US National Archives
The National Archives Southeast Region presents stories from survivors of the Great Depression overlaid with powerful pictures from era.
DOROTHEA LANGE: SKID ROW, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA (THE GREAT DEPRESSION), 1937
Skid Row, San Francisco, California (Great Depression), 1937
MOTHER AND CHILDREN CAMPING AT CITY HALL, ST. LOUIS, MO, APRIL 29, 1936
A mother and children rest as they and over 40 men, women and children camp out at City Hall in St. Louis, Mo., April 29, 1936, the heights of the Great Depression. When a St. Louis alderman took no action to increase relief appropriations, protesters descended upon City Hall and threatened to stay “‘til hell freezes over or we get relief.” They started their second day in the building this day.
CENTRAL PARK’S HOOVERVILLE, NEW YORK CITY’S GREAT DEPRESSION SHANTYTOWN
1837, Manhattan, New York City, New York State, USA — Original caption: New York City: Depression shacks “Hoover Village” in the old Central Park reservoir. Undated photograph. — Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
The History of Central Park’s Hooverville, the Great Depression Pop-Up Shanty Town
In October of 1929, the stock market experienced a devastating crash resulting in an unprecedented number of people in the U.S. without homes or jobs, a period of history now known as the Clutch Plague. While homelessness was present prior to the crash, the group was relatively small and cities were able to provide adequate shelter through various municipal housing projects. However, as the Depression set in, demand grew and the overflow became far too overwhelming and unmanageable for government resources to keep up with. Homeless people in large cities began to build their own houses out of found materials, and some even built more permanent structures from brick. Small shanty towns—later named Hoovervilles after President Hoover—began to spring up in vacant lots, public land and empty alleys. Three of these pop-up villages were located in New York City; the largest of them was on what is now Central Park’s Great Lawn.
At the same time as the stock market crash, the reservoir in Central Park, north of Belvedere Castle, was drained and taken out of service leaving a large expanse of open land for what would become the Great Lawn. The construction planned for the area had been delayed due to the economic crisis.
Continue reading CENTRAL PARK’S HOOVERVILLE, NEW YORK CITY’S GREAT DEPRESSION SHANTYTOWN
NKISI NKONDI : AFRICAN POWER FIGURES
The School Of Life: Higher Consciousness, a secular view
Another interesting video from The School of Life, positing a secular view of the concept of “Higher Consciousness.”
The Incubator 