I'm Jacob Sam-La Rose: poet, editor, creative consultant, artistic director, and
sometime photographer. This is a collection of things that I like, things that make
me smile, things that make me think, things that I admire, things that I desire,
and so on...

Comments? Holler.


Video

Dec 1, 2009
@ 7:24 pm
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“I’m a blues man in the life of the mind… I’m a Jazz man in the world of ideas…”

I booked my ticket immediately.



Video

Nov 30, 2009
@ 6:42 pm
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This is doing the rounds. And rightly so. It’s lovely. And to think, it was made with a DSLR. Might have to skip teaching myself music software in favour of learning how to shoot short films with my camera…


Photo

Nov 29, 2009
@ 12:04 pm
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benjaminf:

The first interchangeable unit camera system GXR by Ricoh.
More information & pictures on DP Review.

Congratulations, camera companies. Every time I convince myself that I really don’t need another camera (I really don’t) you produce something to shake my resolve. I’m still playing with my new Canon 500D, and I’ve just about managed to convince myself to not chase after a TLR or a Lumix GF1. You just don’t want to make it easy for me, do you?

benjaminf:

The first interchangeable unit camera system GXR by Ricoh.

More information & pictures on DP Review.

Congratulations, camera companies. Every time I convince myself that I really don’t need another camera (I really don’t) you produce something to shake my resolve. I’m still playing with my new Canon 500D, and I’ve just about managed to convince myself to not chase after a TLR or a Lumix GF1. You just don’t want to make it easy for me, do you?


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Nov 28, 2009
@ 10:04 pm
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The list is the origin of culture. It’s part of the history of art and literature. What does culture want? To make infinity comprehensible. It also wants to create order — not always, but often. And how, as a human being, does one face infinity? How does one attempt to grasp the incomprehensible? Through lists, through catalogs, through collections in museums and through encyclopedias and dictionaries.

SPIEGEL Interview with Umberto Eco: ‘We Like Lists Because We Don’t Want to Die’ - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International


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Nov 27, 2009
@ 10:03 pm
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Biggest surprise about Snoop: he took calculus because “if you stop at general math, you’re only going to make a general math salary.

The Entrepreneurial Generation


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Nov 26, 2009
@ 10:03 pm
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not only do write our own patterns, but at any moment, we can willingly jump to a new one. We can look at the random numbers on that blinking sign and give them meaning. That’s incredibly empowering. And I think it’s the best we can hope to do, before we place our bets and the wheel spins again.

Roulette — Jack Cheng

Makes sense, and looks beautiful while doing so. Go Jack.


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Nov 25, 2009
@ 10:01 pm
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I tried to take a snap of the iPhone user carriage, but an annoying woman kept glancing at me as I tried to get the right shot. She was doing that ‘terrorist’ frightened look at me. I reckon she was moments away from ‘being assertive’ so I put my phone down and started typing. She’s still giving me a panicked look.

A new iPhone record «  Mobile Industry Review

Gotta love this as a representation of the way that photographers (or really ANYONE taking pictures) are subject to so much suspicion these days. Praise the free-thinking society in which we live…



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Nov 23, 2009
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Given the demands of required texts and standardized tests, there just isn’t enough time for poetry.

Making Room for Poetry : John S. O’Connor : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation