Glen Milner is a London based filmmaker who created a short vignette of a book being created using traditional printing methods.

Really nice work coming from Monterrey, Mexico’s Face, a self-described “supermodernist design studio”. I can dig it.

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I honestly think that great literature (and David Simon’s The Wire) can save the world. But, ours is currently a world of blogs, tweets, instagram, status updates and cat videos. There is a sort of loss that we are suffering, not to mention a lapse in Monday afternoon productivity due to…well, in my case, it is probably cats. I’m not sure we’ve seen the dividends of this suffering just yet, but I can imagine there will be less and less books like Lolita being published in the future. Unless someone turns Lolita into a fucking zombie OH GOD IN HEAVEN PLEASE DON’T DO THAT.

Lately, I’m longing for something very far away from a computer screen. I’m looking for evidence of a human hand connected to a human brain and heart. The best proof is often found in the scribbles and scratches in the margins. Just look at Nabokov’s butterflies above. He had an obsession that wouldn’t quit, even here when he was working on a translation of the Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin. It’s like seeing Picasso’s brushstrokes in a museum. It’s thrilling to be that close to his moving hand. Most of the time, we can’t get that close to a writer’s hand. Unless, you look in the margins of their working manuscripts.

The above, is a page from T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland. I love knowing what he wanted to rework, how he crossed out sections, how some words had to be cobbled out.

And this scene from The Godfather – Coppola uses TWO colored pens here! And all those arrows, all that movement while there is eating and shooting! I love it.

Maybe this is the same reason why some ladies throw their panties on stage at a Poison concert (and yes, some ladies are still doing it). Maybe we all just want to get a piece of us a little closer to the things we love. For me, it’s my eyes on beautiful words and ideas.

Though, back in the day, if Faulkner was playing the Arena, I may have thrown a pair his way.

P.S. of course, there is a Tumblr for this and that. That’s our world of today in a nut-shell, baby.

I am sure most of you guys are aware of the brilliant artist and illustrator Lisa Congdon. You must have seen her 2010 “Collection a Day” series… She just came to Portland to show some of  her amazing work (at Land Gallery)—and it continues to be nothing short of RAAAAAAAAAD.

As per usual, take this Monday to get inspired for the week.

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Favorite Places Ep #1 – Hosannas from Into The Woods on Vimeo.

Hosannas wanted to play in the Ape Caves, aka a giant lava tube. Into The Woods made it happen, and documented the process. Take a little time to watch this, it’s AMAZING.

James Karales, Selma-to-Montgomery March for Voting Rights in 1965, 1965. Photographic print. Located in the James Karales Collection, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University. Photograph © Estate of James Karales

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Welcome back, everyone. Teebs is one of my favorites. Both visually and musically. Enjoy and MAKE SOME AWESOME SHIT THIS YEAR.

“TEEBS” the artwork of Mtendere Mandowa from Theo Jemison on Vimeo.

I always admire other people’s style. I love to dream about being that inventive and that coordinated and that bold and bright and RAD. Which brings me to my latest tumblr obsession. The Daily Ray. A blog about Aaron—his fashion, accessories and brilliant quotes—and some guest characters… Where can I sign up for fashion class? (PS: The above fabulorious necklace is a “success-ory”)

Happy Monday friends.

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When Graphic Designers come together to found a new firm, in the Netherlands, an angel gets his wings. Or something. Really though. RAD work. Strong typographically, great editorial work, and a beautiful site.

Thanks Buro Reng.

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Aaron Kizer is a speed painter.  I had no idea something like this existed, but damn, this is cool.  Watch the video above to see him live-painting a portrait of Steve Jobs.  For about the first 2 minutes, it’s all abstract blobs and lines, but somewhere around 3 min in, all the sudden Steve pops out of nowhere.  Pretty amazing stuff.