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+ It Wasn’t Meant to End Like This

(The Glue Society, 2009)

I think this image would make great album artwork.

“It wasn’t meant to end like this” follows previous artistic explorations via a sculpture of a miniature man defecating on a ten foot pigeon (shown in New York) and their infamous God’s Eye View project…”

(via Creative Review)

+ How to Teach a Child How to Argue

“And let’s face it: Our culture has lost the ability to usefully disagree. Most Americans seem to avoid argument. But this has produced passive aggression and groupthink in the office, red and blue states, and families unable to discuss things as simple as what to watch on television. Rhetoric doesn’t turn kids into back-sassers; it makes them think about other points of view. “

HERE.

+ NPR Interview with Pixar’s Pete Docter (Director of UP)

30 minute long interview talking about the themes of the movie, influences, and a ton of little interesting facts.  While recording voice overs for the scene where the child is being tickled by the bird Pete picked up the voice actor, held him by the ankles, and tickled him while he read his lines so that his reading would sound more authentic.

HERE.