The lovely month of my birthday~ My friend’s sixteenth was today, and mine will be in 5 more days. ^u^
I think the greatest poetry… is revealing to the reader the beauty in something that was so simple, you had taken it for granted. That, I think, is the job of the poet.
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| — | Neil deGrasse Tyson (via writers-bloc) |
This week, we’re bringing you the very first of our new annual Money Issue. Its cover was rendered by artist Brock Davis who shared the story behind his work. (Find more of Davis’ work on Tumblr.)
“Art for an article about the great division in spending between the upper and middle class by Jeffrey Sachs,” he said. “I wasn’t sure if TIME would like the idea of the cover appearing as if it has been slashed in half, as it basically rips through the identity. But thankfully they loved it. The stack of money is copy paper that I cut. I colored the paper using my son’s sidewalk chalk. I ground up the green, yellow and white chalk and made a powder until the hue was correct. Then I dusted the powder over the paper with my wife’s blush brush.”
A TIME cover created with recession-friendly resourcefulness? It just seems so appropriate.
Craziest part: “sick passenger on the train” announcements are code for “dead passenger on the train.” Also, “train delayed for a police investigation” announcement is code for “suicide on the tracks.” Also, dude explains why the L and G train service is so bad!This is fascinating.
Not only is this subway conductor full of statistics (136 people committed suicide on the subway tracks in 2010) but also full of movie knowledge (good horror subway flicks—Midnight Meat Train? Snakes On A Train?)
Thank you to my history teacher Mr. Tann (whose class I’ve kind of blown off this past semester) for having a really great conversation with me today, giving me an extension, reading my comics, and being a really really great guy.
