Each day I attach less value to the intellect. Each day I realize more clearly that only away from it can the writer possess something of our past impressions, that is attain to something of himself and to the one subject matter of art. What the intellect gives us back under the name of the past is not it. In reality, as happens with the souls of the departed in certain popular legends, each hour of our lives, as soon as it is dead,...

A great short about the life of artist John Baldessari. Narrated by the man with the gravelly voice, Mr. Tom Waits. via BoingBoing

“Pieces of wood, love, knowledge and 299 hours of work, condensed in a 3 minute film.” Director & VFX – Spiros Rasidakis, Dimitris Ladopoulos Director of photography – Nikos Mexis Editing – Yiannis Kostavaras Sound Design – Nikos Tsines Guitarist & Composer – Edsart Udo De Haes Guitar Maker – Vassilis Lazarides lazarides.com via Deep Green...

This programmed water fountain in Osaka beats a crumby old LCD marquee any day.

An incredibly smooth stop motion film created by Steven Briand aka BURAYAN. When I say incredibly smooth, I mean it. It's no easy task to produce stop motion animation with such a seamless quality.

We all know of Dali’s bloated ego; He fancied himself quite the Renaissance Man. In this clip from “What’s My Line?” – Dali gives the panel a good run-around trying to figure out what it is, exactly, that he does. …oh, and just in case you didn’t already...